Marilyn Hickey
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Marilyn Hickey is an American Christian minister and Christian television
televangelist and personality who teaches Bible
studies both nationally and internationally.
, intending to become a public high school teacher until she met her husband, Assemblies of God
pastor Wallace Hickey, who challenged her commitment to Christ and was her encouragement to become a Pentecostal. The couple married, and after a short time in Texas returned to Denver to found Full Gospel Chapel. The church, now known as Orchard Road Christian Center, is now one of the largest churches in the Denver area, and currently meets in a former mall in Greenwood Village. They have since turned over the pastorate to their daughter Sarah Bowling and son-in-law Reece Bowling.
(TBN) and the DayStar Network
and independent stations in both the U.S. and across the globe, and also on web and podcasts, including the ministries website.
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Word of Faith message. Some people have stated that the Hickeys are at the conservative end of the prosperity gospel ladder but others have criticized their emphasis on the "Name it and Claim it" ethos, in which they tell their audience or TV viewers that if they "sow a seed in fertile ground" (pledge to sow money and/or prayer into a ministry that is active and financially sound, such as their own), God will reward them. The Hickeys have a strong commitment to a born-again salvation message with a strong Assemblies of God theological background.
, Don Stewart and Kenneth Copeland
. They have been accused of exploiting their audiences to raise money, and using God's words as their own, promising His blessings in return for funding the work of God through their ministries. Many of her followers/partners are receiving letters asking them to "sow seed" (send money) in order to reap and receive various blessings (healing, deliverance, financial prosperity).
Religious broadcasting
Religious broadcasting refers to broadcasting by religious organizations, usually with a religious message. Many religious organizations have long recorded content such as sermons and lectures, and have moved into distributing content on their Internet websites.While this article emphasises...
televangelist and personality who teaches Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
studies both nationally and internationally.
Biography
As a young girl, Marilyn, whose parents were professing Methodists, attended church only casually, but she became a born again Christian when she was a teenager. In college, she studied SpanishSpanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, intending to become a public high school teacher until she met her husband, Assemblies of God
Assemblies of God
The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination...
pastor Wallace Hickey, who challenged her commitment to Christ and was her encouragement to become a Pentecostal. The couple married, and after a short time in Texas returned to Denver to found Full Gospel Chapel. The church, now known as Orchard Road Christian Center, is now one of the largest churches in the Denver area, and currently meets in a former mall in Greenwood Village. They have since turned over the pastorate to their daughter Sarah Bowling and son-in-law Reece Bowling.
Marilyn and Sarah TV program
Hickey has aired a television program since 1973, and since 1996 has co-hosted it with her daughter Sarah. Marilyn and Sarah can be seen on various Christian networks such as Trinity Broadcasting NetworkTrinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
(TBN) and the DayStar Network
Daystar
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and independent stations in both the U.S. and across the globe, and also on web and podcasts, including the ministries website.
Missionary works
With her daughter Sarah and at times with her husband Wallace and others, Hickey also regularly appears as both a speaker in conferences, especially overseas, leading missions trips with strong emphasis on outreach and aid in third-world nations. Hickey has served as a member of the Board of Regents of Oral Roberts UniversityOral Roberts University
Oral Roberts University , based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the United States, is an interdenominational, Charismatic Christian, comprehensive university with an enrollment of about 3,790 students from 49 U.S. states along with a significant number of international students from 70 countries...
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Theology
The Hickeys preach and teach a CharismaticCharismatic movement
The term charismatic movement is used in varying senses to describe 20th century developments in various Christian denominations. It describes an ongoing international, cross-denominational/non-denominational Christian movement in which individual, historically mainstream congregations adopt...
Word of Faith message. Some people have stated that the Hickeys are at the conservative end of the prosperity gospel ladder but others have criticized their emphasis on the "Name it and Claim it" ethos, in which they tell their audience or TV viewers that if they "sow a seed in fertile ground" (pledge to sow money and/or prayer into a ministry that is active and financially sound, such as their own), God will reward them. The Hickeys have a strong commitment to a born-again salvation message with a strong Assemblies of God theological background.
Criticism
At numerous times in the past, Marilyn Hickey Ministries has been criticized for some of their fundraising practices, and also at times has been compared to other ministries such as Peter PopoffPeter Popoff
Peter Popoff is a German-born American faith healer and the president of Peter Popoff Ministries. He conducts revival meetings and has a national television program...
, Don Stewart and Kenneth Copeland
Kenneth Copeland
Kenneth Copeland is an American author, public speaker, and televangelist. He is the founder of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, which preaches a “prosperity gospel”: "Prosperity gospel assures followers that the more they give including in the form of tithes to the church, the more they will receive...
. They have been accused of exploiting their audiences to raise money, and using God's words as their own, promising His blessings in return for funding the work of God through their ministries. Many of her followers/partners are receiving letters asking them to "sow seed" (send money) in order to reap and receive various blessings (healing, deliverance, financial prosperity).
See also
- PentecostalismPentecostalismPentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
- GlossolaliaGlossolaliaGlossolalia or speaking in tongues is the fluid vocalizing of speech-like syllables, often as part of religious practice. The significance of glossolalia has varied with time and place, with some considering it a part of a sacred language...
- Faith healingFaith healingFaith healing is healing through spiritual means. The healing of a person is brought about by religious faith through prayer and/or rituals that, according to adherents, stimulate a divine presence and power toward correcting disease and disability. Belief in divine intervention in illness or...
- Full GospelFull GospelThe term Full Gospel is often used as a synonym for Pentecostalism, a Protestant movement originating in the 19th century. Early Pentecostals saw their teachings on baptism with the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and divine healing as a return to the doctrines and power of the Apostolic Age...
- ApologeticsApologeticsApologetics is the discipline of defending a position through the systematic use of reason. Early Christian writers Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, "speaking in defense") is the discipline of defending a position (often religious) through the systematic use of reason. Early Christian writers...
- Charismatics