Costi Hinn’s Journey from Prosperity Gospel to Reformed Theology
Costi Hinn, who is the nephew of well-known televangelist Benny Hinn, grew up in the world of prosperity gospel and Word of Faith. In 2013, while examining a commentary by John MacArthur as he prepared to speak on Jesus’ healing of a man at the pool of Bethesda, his long-held beliefs about faith healing began to unravel. By 2017, he had actively denounced the prosperity gospel and started accepting Reformed theology.
Currently, Hinn serves as the teaching pastor at Shepherd’s House Bible Church in Chandler, Arizona, a Reformed church that he was instrumental in establishing in 2022. He also founded an online ministry called For the Gospel.
At the third annual Share the Arrows conference, hosted by Allie Beth Stuckey, Hinn made history by being the first man to participate as a speaker at the event aimed at empowering Christian women with solid doctrine amid cultural challenges.
Hinn addressed the audience about the distinction between a wife seen as “the crown of her husband,” as mentioned in Proverbs 12:4, and a contentious wife, as highlighted in various verses within Proverbs.
“God has given you a divine calling,” he emphasized. “Your responsibility isn’t to control others or manage every outcome but to first be under submission to Christ and exhibit self-control.”
He warned that marriage often becomes “the enemy’s number-one target” because many aspects of life—parenting, education, politics—spring from the home environment.
According to him, the overall health of a household is directly linked to the state of the marriage. “If you have an unhealthy marriage, the devil is going to wreak havoc in so many other areas of your life,” Hinn cautioned.
He added that much of a marriage’s well-being hinges on the wife. “The greatest benefactor of a woman’s ministry,” he elaborated, “is not the world or the school system; it’s her husband.”
Hinn described an “excellent wife” as one of high character, strength, dignity, and valor, portraying her as “the crown of her husband.” In contrast, he spoke negatively about the “contentious woman,” who is likened to “the continual dripping of rain” and “rottenness in [her husband’s] bones.”
He noted several ways a wife could become “contentious,” like being sarcastic, condescending, shaming her husband publicly, comparing him unfavorably to others, or being overly controlling and resentful of past mistakes.
Hinn pointed out four essential truths that every wife should know:
- “Every wife is building or breaking her home.”
- “A contentious wife tears down her husband and her home.”
- “Contentiousness is a heart issue; it’s not a husband issue.”
- “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband.”
He concluded with a poignant reminder that, while our days are fleeting, the contributions of wives and mothers hold eternal significance. “The home is your ministry… God wants you to relish in it and enjoy it. Embrace the mess, and remember that within that mess lies your ministry.”
