Evangelist Nick Vujicic warned that the prosperity gospel has “disabled” two entire continents, namely Africa and Latin America, in a recent message urging people to go back to the basics of the Gospel. Vujicic, known as the limbless evangelist because he was born without arms and without legs, answered several questions on the importance of evangelism when interviewed by Hannah Schuller, the wife of pastor Bobby Schuller, at Shepherd’s Grove church in California. The preacher argued in a video posted

to Facebook on Sunday that evangelists need to go back to focusing on the “original Gospel,” without “adding or subtracting” from it. “The prosperity gospel has disabled two continents as we speak — Africa and Latin America,” Vujicic warned. “It is time that we go back to the basics.” A number of nations in South America, especially Brazil, which is experiencing a growing evangelical movement, have also seen a rise in prosperity gospel preaching, with charismatic leaders offering hope to people with economic troubles. READ MORE


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