Rich Abbott

Former pastor. Author of 30+ books. Teaching the space between prosperity gospel and poverty theology — where scripture actually lives.

Who He Is

The Man Behind the Message

Rich Abbott is a Canadian author, publisher, and biblical wealth psychology educator based in rural Manitoba. He writes nonfiction under his own name and speculative fiction under the pen name R.G. Abbott.

His core positioning rejects both prosperity gospel and poverty theology in favor of what he calls biblical wealth psychology — the intersection of scripture, behavioral science, and real financial change.

He is the founder of Rich Abbott Media, creator of The Steward’s Mind 30-Day Biblical Wealth Psychology Audio Journey, and author of more than 30 published titles spanning wealth psychology, Christian living, and speculative fiction.

I’ve been dabbling online since 2000. It’s all coming together only now — because I found my why only years before I die.

— Rich Abbott

By the Numbers

What 45 Years Produces

30+

Published titles across Amazon KDP and Draft2Digital

Years of lived experience with poverty theology — and what it costs

Books in the Frequency Series (R.G. Abbott speculative fiction)

Books in the Firmament Inquiry Series (R.G. Abbott)

Days in The Steward’s Mind audio journey — Week 1 complete

Years old. Building in public. Done waiting.

The Story

I Believed a Lie — and Taught It From Pulpits

Rich Abbott grew up in the welfare system. Foster homes. Financial instability was not a condition — it was the environment. At 29 he took a literal vow of poverty to serve in ministry, believing that staying poor was staying faithful to God.

He taught that theology from pulpits for years. And everyone who listened believed him.

That wasn’t bad luck. That wasn’t circumstance. That was a belief system running on autopilot — producing poverty outcomes while calling itself faithfulness.

The crack came late. A government pension statement arrived that told the whole story in one number. And Rich realized he hadn’t made those financial decisions — his theology had made them for him.

Not his faith. His poverty theology. Those are not the same thing.

Today Rich Abbott teaches biblical wealth psychology — not to get rich quick, not to name it and claim it, but to understand what scripture actually says about money, stewardship, diligence, generosity, and the belief systems that keep well-meaning people financially paralyzed.

He documented the journey — including a significant loss to a cryptocurrency scam and the recovery that followed — in his memoir The Honest Fool. That book is positioned not as a cautionary tale but as a credibility asset: proof that knowing the principles doesn’t automatically change the behavior. That’s why the psychology matters.

Work & Resources