The doctrine emphasizes the importance of personal empowerment, proposing that it is God's will for the people to obtain wealth, health and total success in the world. The micro and macro economies retrogression in many African nations enable some charismatic and neo-Pentecostal preachers to incorporate prosperity messages into sermons. The social-economy context of prosperity theology has become a great attraction to impoverished people of Africa. Priests now use luxurious cars, fly expensive private jets and are escorted by well-armed military/police officers. This orientation has been discarded for prosperity vocation in this 21st century. They toiled selflessly for their flock without caring for personal material benefits. They upheld what is known as "Vow of Poverty", which was taken prior to sacerdotal ordination. Before the advent of African priests, expatriate missionaries in Africa were noted for their detached and abstemious ways of life.
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