David Demola

Rev. Dr. David Trev DeMola (also David T. De Mola) (from the Latin de Mola, de, "of/from"; and "Mola", a small coastal city in Bari, Italy [](born April 13, 1943) is an American Pentecostal minister, evangelist, author and Christian theologian. Pastor DeMola has served in the ministry for over 40 years and is the pastor of the Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center in Sayreville, New Jersey.
Ministry
DeMola's television program, The Teaching Ministry of David T. DeMola can be seen on both television (via the Church Channel and DayStar TV as well as many other small TV stations), and the Internet via streamingfaith.com, IssacTV, and other Christian Internet TV streams in both the US and Internationally.
Early life, family and ministry
David DeMola is the son of the Italian-Pentecostal evangelist Rev. Joseph De Mola of Staten Island. The younger DeMola began his ministry as a teenager working with David Wilkerson's Teen Challenge in Brooklyn. While working in Brooklyn he shared the message of Jesus Christ with gang members, the homeless and other street people. Following his work there, he ministered extensively as a young evangelist throughout Europe, the Caribbean, South America, and the United States for eleven years. David DeMola is a former member of the Christian Church of North America (CCNA)[], an organization originally formed under the guidance and direction of the Italian-Pentecostal pioneers Louis Francescon (1866-1964) and Francesco Emma (1875-1948).
Literary works
Pastor DeMola is the author of the books Dominion and Authority To Rule and Reign, and Meditations of a Shepherd.
Education and personal life
Pastor DeMola did his undergraduate work at Valley Forge Christian College (formerly Northeast Bible College) and has earned a doctorate in theology from Golden State University.
Pastor DeMola's wife, Diane B. DeMola, has served as the Executive Secretary and Treasurer of Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center since its inception and in the role of Administrator since they co-founded it in 1993.
Criticism
David DeMola's teachings fall under the Word of Faith or prosperity theology movement. This theology has been criticized by conservative theologians of almost every stripe among academia for its lack of exegesis and the consequential ethics of its adherents by way of attitude (i.e. greed, idolatry, covetousness rather than contentment, generosity and stewardship) and actions (lying rather than truth telling about one's own health and finances).
 
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