** I'd have to disagree with him being what would considered a prosperity theologian because in the Christian belief prosperity is apart of the Christian faith in essence this life is not focused on you but on Jesus and supporting the kingdom and prosperity is a component. I've looked into the category and it seems confusing because what I'm picking up is the category is for preachers who say follow these 7 steps and you'll get rich "the usual stigma with true prosperity gospel preaching". A number of the preachers in the category have preached about prospering but haven't made that their entire focus of preaching while some preachers have never/rarely preach on other issues that are foundation in Christianity e.g. trusting God's timing, accepting when God says no, going through suffering, the resurrection of Jesus, etc.  From an unbiased few point I don't think Joel Osteen falls into the category because over the years he has changed his preaching style and has focused on other issues such as trusting God's timing, resisting temptation, and not solely focusing on prospering.