“A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_denomination
According to this definition and the idea behind denominations I have to say no “Word of Faith” is not a denomination. Adherents share certain beliefs but there is no organized structure or governing body as a whole. To preach under the Presbyterian denomination umbrella you must adhere to certain beliefs and if you don’t adhere to them you will be sat down. “Word of Faith” does not have that kind of structure as a whole. Anyone could start a Store Front ministry and call themselves “Word of Faith” or be called “Word of Faith” and teach anything that they want with no one to challenge them. This is a very important point because everyone labeled “Word of Faith” is not saying the same thing.
I’ll be addressing the subject of Positive Confession in the next blog in this series and following that with Negative Confessions.
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