Yesterday morning, a tremendous panel addressed the conference's theme "Flourish" in the context of how such a word/idea could be misunderstood as prosperity theology.
Dr. Kate Bowler, author of Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel gave us a brief look at the origination and nature of the prosperity gospel.
Dr. Luis Carlo, Vince Bantu, and Dr. Terry LeBlanc all weighed in on questions asked by the panel facilitator, Chanequa Walker-Barnes. I didn't take many notes but am buying the DVD of this session...such an important dialogue to share with some of my friends back home.
A few quotes I did randomly commit to the notebook:
"When the church becomes the church of the empire, we lose our way. The Church has lost her identity. we identify with the wrong thing."
"If you want to be prosperous, someone else is going to pay the bill for it."
"We are part of the sin we're preaching against."
"Who are the exiles? We are. Who are the oppressors? We are."
"Not 'we are' because 'I am', but 'I am' because 'we are'."
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