| − | Global media outreach is criticized by some Christians for teaching the "four spiritual laws." These "laws" can fail to provide a complete salvation message (leaving out concepts such as [[predestination]]) and tending toward a "Health, Wealth, and Prosperity Gospel."<ref>http://www.billionbibles.org/global-media-outreach.html</ref> More recently, GMP has changed tactics slightly away from specifically teaching the Four Spiritual Laws, although they still value them highly.<ref>https://cq.globalmediaoutreach.com/resources/pdf/Understanding%20Primary%20and%20Secondary%20Cultural%20Characteristics.pdf</ref> | + | Global media outreach is criticized by some Christians for teaching the "four spiritual laws." As a summary, they are no substitute for the passages on which they are based. Without the trained follow-up from thousands of Online Missionaries, who follow up in multiple languages, visitors could conceivably miss a complete salvation message. However, Global Media Outreach trains their volunteer Online Missionaries to carefully work to verify their contacts' indicated decisions and warns against a "Health, Wealth, and Prosperity gospel."<ref>[http://thefieldistheworld.com/files/2019-07/gmo-volunteer-resources-prosperity-gospel.pdf] Online Missionary White Paper warning Online Missionaries against this harmful false doctrine</ref> More recently, GMO has changed tactics slightly away from specifically teaching the Four Spiritual Laws, although they still value them highly.<ref>[https://cq.globalmediaoutreach.com/resources/pdf/Understanding%20Primary%20and%20Secondary%20Cultural%20Characteristics.pdf] See internal contextualization training materials warning against allowing visitors to misunderstand.</ref> |