Influence Links Of The Third Wave Movement
compiled by Deception In The Church


INDEX

Influences Chart

(a) Gnosticism
(b) Mystical Eastern Religion
(c) Pelegianism
(d) New Thought Movement
(e) Shamanism
(f) Arminianism
(g) Christian Science
(h) Mesmerism
(i) Spiritism/Spiritualism
(j) George Fox
(k) Azusa Street Revival
(l) Quakers
(m) Pentecostals
(n) Assemblies Of God
(o) Oneness Pentecostals
(p) Charles Parham
(q) United Pentecostals
(r) Gunner Payne
(s) Word-Faith Movement
(t) William Branham
(u) Essek Kenyon
(v) Kenneth Hagin
(w) Kenneth Copeland
(x) Baptist
(y) Roman Catholic
(z) Latter Rain
(aa) Manifest Sons Of God
(bb) Kingdom Now
(cc) Reconstructionism
(dd) Aimee Semple McPherson
(ee) Joel's Army
(ff) Kathryn Kuhlman
(gg) John Avanzini
(hh) Benny Hinn
(ii) Paul Crouch
(jj) Morris Cerullo
(kk) Calvary Chapel
(ll) Marilyn Hickey
(mm) Rodney Howard-Browne
(nn) Randy Clark
(oo) Paul Cain
(pp) John Wimber
(qq) Kansas City Prophets
(rr) Vineyard
(ss) Rick Joyner
(tt) Bob Jones
(uu) John Arnott
(vv) Jack Deere
(ww) Sandy Millar
(xx) Steve Hill
(zz) John Kilpatrick


(a) Gnosticism

BRIEF HISTORY

GNOSIS is a Greek work that means knowledge, in particular, "Revelation knowledge", hidden truths that are revealed supernaturally to the initiate. The Gnostics of old had certain central beliefs and these are now coming to the surface again today."

DEFINITION

The "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church" defines gnosticism thus:

A religious movement in which central importance was attached to the gnosis, or revelation knowledge, of God and of the origin and destiny of mankind. The source of this special gnosis or knowledge was held to be either the Apostles from whom it was derived by a secret tradition, or by a direct revelation."

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

The goal was to attain self-awareness as a spiritual being, and god-consciousness. The true world is spirit, and the material realm is a snare from which we must escape. All men possess a divine spark, a part of the divine being, which fell from the transcendent realm into the material universe, and was imprisoned in human bodies. Reawakened by knowledge, the divine element in humanity can return to its proper home in the transcendent spiritual realm. Gnostics knew nothing of the redemption of the body. Their hope was in the transformation of the soul!

Characteristic of the gnostic teaching was that the material creation was antagonistic to what is truly spiritual, but that each man had a spark or seed of the divine substance within. Through the secret doctrines and the rites associated with them, this divine spark might be rescued from its evil material environment and be reunited with the divine.

- Hymns and magic formulas were recited to help achieve a vision of God.

- Wine and drugs were used to open up the mind to the spirit realm.

Gnosticism existed before the time of Christ's birth, but afterwards there were Christian Gnostics. They explained the phenomenon of Jesus Christ in this way:

The christ spirit simply inhabited the body of the man Jesus. The christ spirit had come to teach man the gnosis whereby he could free himself from bondage to the evil material world. Some even taught that Jesus did not actually have a body of flesh, but was pure spirit. Thus the ideas of physical death and resurrection were denied by the gnostics.

How did so-called "christian" Gnostics deal with scripture, and the reality of God Almighty?

- Gnostics rejected the literal and traditional interpretations of the Gospels

- Gnostics rejected the God of the Old Testament as a despot trying to keep us in bondage to this world. - The Creator God, to the Gnostics, was not the Supreme Being, but a secondary being who had fallen from the pure spiritual realm of the Supreme Being. This creator god (the demiurge, or craftsman) was the architect of the universe but his mistake was to imprison men in earth-bound bodies and apply to them the bondage of Law. Gnostics sought to escape, through superior wisdom, the rule of this god, and rise to spiritual intimacy with the Supreme Being, the centre of all being. Thus, they did not accept the Law of God. They were in essence lawlesss. (Tricia Tillin, THE NEW THING - Part One. Global Revival as the Key Element In Deception in Twentieth Century Pentecostalism, 1997,  http://www.banner.org.uk/res/newthing_cont.html )

For an excellent booklet on Christian Gnosticism, read the article "Strange Fire: The Rise of Gnosticism in the Church" by Travers and Jewel van der Merwe, 1995 located online at: http://www.ncinter.net/~ejt/gnostic1.htm

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Simon Magus, a famous magician who lived during the reign of Claudius Caesar, possibly Simon The Sorcerer of Acts (Paul Trejo at: http://www.webcom.com/gnosis/simon.magus.bio.html)
Valentinius, the philosopher 
Apollonius of Tyana (The Gnostics, Anders Sandberg, http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~nv91-asa/Mage/gnostics.html)

LINKS

New Thought Movement

"EXAMPLES OF ILLUMINISM: Mystery cults such as the Egyptian, (the worship of Isis, the veiled goddess); And also Greek Mystery religions; Freemasonry and suchlike orders. EG Templars, Rosicrucians, Priory of Zion; Alchemy and the search for the Grail:

"In the book, "A Dictionary of Alchemy" by Mark Haeffner, he says this: "The old view of alchemists as seeking after the elixir of life, or touchstone for transmuting metals into gold is totally inadequate. Alchemical roots go back to primitive mythology; and its adepts treated alchemy as both a scientific, experimental tradition and a mystic wisdom tradition in which there was a confluence of gnostic ideas about man and nature Alchemy always has a strong element of magic and of mysticism. The experimental physical aspect seems to be an introduction to mystic, magical secrets about the transformation of the spirit."

"Also in New Age Theosophy, based on Mdme Blavatsky and Alice Bailey. Later, found in the doctrines of "New Thought" which led to Christian Science and Word of Faith doctrines." (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

Latter Rain Movement

"The doctrines of gnosticism are taught by a ruling caste, an elite who have ascended above the mere mental realm and who possess the wisdom of the ancients - new agers calls them Ascended Masters. The Latter Rain calls them the Apostles and Prophets, but they have the same end in view - a teaching of the hidden secrets of God, the revelations that will lead us to liberation. In the case of the Latter Rain and toronto teachings, these "masters" are the conduits through which the anointing flows, as well as the verbal mouthpieces of the hidden wisdom. Thus they become both guru and shaman at once." (Tricia Tillin, THE NEW THING - Part One. Global Revival as the Key Element In Deception in Twentieth Century Pentecostalism, 1997,  http://www.banner.org.uk/res/newthing_cont.html )

Word-Faith Movement

"... it can be shown that Word of Faith does hold to gnosticism in some degree: the true man is spirit, not flesh; we can rise above sin, sickness and even death, to a life of the spirit; we can overcome this fallen world - not by the life of Jesus, the Tree of Life, but by the Tree of hidden Wisdom, through the possession and use of words - which have creative power to release us from the material world; ultimately we become so glorified that we are transformed into spiritual-beings." (Tricia Tillin, THE NEW THING - Part One. Global Revival as the Key Element In Deception in Twentieth Century Pentecostalism, 1997,  http://www.banner.org.uk/res/newthing_cont.html )


(b) Mystical Eastern Religion

BRIEF HISTORY

Mystical Eastern religions have been around since the time of the tower of Babel, when the peoples who dispersed toward the East took their gods and religions with them.

DEFINITION

mys·ti·cism
Pronunciation: `mis-t&-"si-z&m
Function: noun
Date: 1736

1 : the experience of mystical union or direct communion with ultimate reality reported by mystics

2 : the belief that direct knowledge of God, spiritual truth, or ultimate reality can be attained through subjective experience (as intuition or insight)

3 a : vague speculation : a belief without sound basis b : a theory postulating the possibility of direct and intuitive acquisition of ineffable knowledge or power

"Mysticism in which knowledge of the true self and the true secret doctrines is attained by a mystical experience of the divine." (Webster's Dictionary)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Examples of mystical rites:

- Catholic mysticism, with trances states, levitation and visions of angels

- New Age and eastern mysticism, meditation, trances, sleep and sensory deprivation, etc

- Yoga, chanting, dancing, - tribal rites

- Rock music, other forms of trance-inducing music, disco-dancing, head-banging, shaking, whirling dervishes

- Drugs, especially hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD

- Apparitions, visions, encounters with aliens from UFO's

- Prolonged fasting and prayer, with meditation (Tricia Tillin, THE NEW THING - Part One. Global Revival as the Key Element In Deception in Twentieth Century Pentecostalism, 1997,  http://www.banner.org.uk/res/newthing_cont.html )

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Sai Baba, eastern fakir
Bagwan Sri Rajneesh, deceased yogi
Budhists
Hindus

LINKS

Shamanism

"Shamanic ecstasy is the real "Old Time Religion," of which modern churches are but pallid evocations. Shamanic, visionary ecstasy, the mysterium tremendum, the unio mystica, the eternally delightful experience of the universe as energy, is a sine qua non of religion, it is what religion is for! There is no need for faith, it is the ecstatic experience itself that gives one faith in the intrinsic unity and integrity of the universe, in ourselves as integral parts of the whole; that reveals to us the sublime majesty of our universe, and the fluctuant, scintillant, alchemical miracle that is quotidian consciousness. Any religion that requires faith and gives none, that defends against religious experiences, that promulgates the bizarre superstition that humankind is in some way separate, divorced from the rest of creation, that heals not the gaping wound between Body and Soul, but would tear them asunder... is no religion at all!" (Jonathan Ott, http://deoxy.org/shaman.htm, 1997)

John Wimber/Vineyard/Third Wave

"John Wimber's teachings about "paradigm shifts" and "worldviews" are very similar to those in the New Age movement, which seeks to draw people into Eastern mysticism. New Age philosophy also attacks Christianity as being a product of Western "rationalism" and "scientism" in its attempts to shift people's thinking away from rational thought to the non-rational base associated with Eastern religions. It is also comparable in most ways to the blind leap of faith into a non-reasoned relgious experience of existentialism. True Christianity never includes the demand for a non-reasoned blind leap of faith. Paul said," I know whom I have believed in ...". This concept originated with the Babylonian Mystery religions and were require for the initiate to enter into the deeper mysteries of this mother of all false religions and heresy. If you have not had the chance to read Hysop's "The Two Babylon's' ", I encourage you to purchase that book and investigate for your self the bizarre connection with the present day and the days of Nimrod."  (Testing The Fruit Of The Vineyard, John Goodwin, Pastor, Solid Rock Christian Fellowship, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/KJCVINEY.HTM


(c) Pelegianism

BRIEF HISTORY

Early in the Fifth century, an English lawyer and moralist, Pelagius sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church in Europe. His concern justifiably centered on the behavior of morally lax clergy and church members who used the fact of human frailty as license for immorality. He and his followers became the life-long theological antagonists of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354-430), who sought to defend the truth of man's ruin at the Fall as recorded by God in the Bible.

By the end of the Fifth century, through a process of compromise and conciliation with the teachings of the Bible, Pelagianism spawned Semi-Pelagianism. It has been described by Dr. Kenneth Good in these words:

"Though it retained much of the philosophical basis of its parent (Pelagianism), as opposed to divine revelation (i.e. the Bible), Semi-Pelagianism compromised with truth sufficiently to gain favorable audience with some Christians. It became, thus, a far more dangerous form of infidelity than its parent. As such, it eventually overcame the Roman Catholic Church and returned it to the very Pelagianism condemned by Augustine. Semi-Pelagianism changed its disguise and further altered its voice at a later date to become known as Arminianism, following some scholastic refinements and adjustments to Christianity. (Good, Kenneth H., Are Baptists Calvinists?, Oberlin, OH, 1975, Regular Baptist Heritage Fellowship)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Pelagius taught that man did not inherit Adam's propensity toward sin, possessed free will, and consequently constructed a system of rationalistic moralism. While accepting the Bible's account of Adam and Eve, but relying on reason and experience, he insisted that a good and just God would not command of fallen man that which was impossible and that anyone could live free from sin, if they just chose to. According to Pelagius, man was autonomous, unhindered, and free to choose for or against God. Further, he also erroneously believed that man's mental abilities were unaffected by the Fall.

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Pelegius, originator of this doctrine
Roman Catholic Church
John Wimber

LINKS

Arminianism

"... in rejecting the excesses of Calvinism, and in the attempt to construct his own system of beliefs, Arminius drew upon both Semi-Pelagianism and the Bible to create a new theological hybrid subsequently dubbed Arminianism." (The Unholy Alliance, Dan S., 1997)

John Wimber

"He holds a radical Arminianism (some might well argue it is Pelagianism). Wimber seems to have little or no appreciation of the doctrine of the Fall and speaks of being involved in "restoring the Edenic state" in and through his ministry." (Assessing the Wimber Phenomenon, Dr. Don Lewis)

Roman Catholic Church

"Though it retained much of the philosophical basis of its parent (Pelagianism), as opposed to divine revelation (i.e. the Bible), Semi-Pelagianism compromised with truth sufficiently to gain favorable audience with some Christians. It became, thus, a far more dangerous form of infidelity than its parent. As such, it eventually overcame the Roman Catholic Church and returned it to the very Pelagianism condemned by Augustine. (Good, Kenneth H., Are Baptists Calvinists?, Oberlin, OH, 1975, Regular Baptist Heritage Fellowship) 


(d) New Thought Movement

BRIEF HISTORY

The movement originated in 19th Century New England, and is now worldwide. New Thought includes Divine Science, Religious Science (Science of Mind), Seicho-No-Ie, Unity, and other groups. From its early writings to its current use of process philosophy, it consciously has incorporated Eastern and Western insights. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby generally is recognized as the "Father of New Thought." He transmitted his views to patients Warren Felt Evans, Mary Baker Eddy, and Julius and Annetta Dresser.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

New Thought is a popular application of philosophical idealism, optimistic mental discipline, and the practice of the presence of God in healing and in daily living.

New Thought metaphysics in its various forms combines (1) Hindu-like, world-denying pantheism and (2) Western, largely Christian, recognition of the reality of the world as divine creation, with matter a name for certain mental experiences.

Influenced by quantum physics as well as philosophy, Process New Thought:

(1) replaces the idea of enduring thing-like substance with process, understood as living energy, activity, feeling;

(2) maintains that there is only one type of reality, called mental or spiritual, but

(3) recognizes that there are many units of it.

(4) Each unit is an experience that develops for only a fraction of a second. Then it becomes a changeless part of the past, exerting influence on future experiences.

(5) Each experience co-creates itself with God by blending the influence of the past with individually-tailored divine guidance: PAST + DIVINE PROPOSAL (God's offer of perfection as expressible in that situation) + CHOICE = NEW CREATION.

(6) This pattern or law (an abstraction summarizing how reality works) is changeless, since it is a description of the essence of reality; but laws of nature are habits of interaction that may change over vast periods of time. Laws do not act. They are only descriptions. Like Buddhism, process thought believes in process rather than substance, but

(7) Process thought agrees with Christian and other Western emphasis on God as the ultimate person.

(8) In order to be fully impartial, God has to be fully personal, i.e., self-conscious, rational, and powerfully, alluringly, purposeful. God is not human, but is the infinite person; we are finite persons.

(9) God plays an essential role in creativity, which could not occur without God's offer of the best that is possible for each experience.

(10) All creating is co-creating; there was no original creation.

(11) Process New Thought's panentheism considers everything to be in God; as the INTA Declaration of Principles says, the universe is God's body.

(12) In serial selfhood, a human body is a vast collection of many-at-a-time servant-experiences that are subordinate to the one-at-a-time selves that make up one's soul (mind, spirit, whatever of oneself is not body). (Alan Anderson, The New Thought Movement: A Link Between East And West, 1993, http://websyte.com/alan/parlsum.htm)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Divine Science
Religious Science (Science of Mind) 
Seicho-No-Ie
Unity

LINKS

Christian Science

"Phineas Parkhurst Quimby generally is recognized as the "Father of New Thought." He transmitted his views to patients Warren Felt Evans, Mary Baker Eddy (Founder of Christian Science), and Julius and Annetta Dresser." (Alan Anderson, The New Thought Movement: A Link Between East And West, 1993, http://websyte.com/alan/parlsum.htm)

Many of the current New Age teachings can find their historical roots in the Christian Science and New Thought movements. (The Watchman Expositor, Index Of Cults, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/cat954.htm#ChristSci)

"Christian Science and the New Thought agree that all life is one; that God is all in all; that all intelligence is one. And they disagree on the following points: Christian Science says the visible world is mortal mind; the New Thought declares the universe to be an expression of God's work. Christian Science asserts that sin, sickness, and death have no existence. The New Thought affirms that they have an existence; but that their existence is only limited and their destruction comes through right thinking and hence right living." This show a digression from New Thought to Christian Science regarding the doctrines of God and sin and a further departure of Christian Science from orthodox Christian doctrines. (The Confusion Of Tongues, Charles W. Ferguson, 1927, p. 171; with comment by Sandy Simpson)


(e) Shamanism

BRIEF HISTORY

"The word "shaman" comes to English from the Tungus language via Russian. Among the Tungus of Siberia it is both a noun and a verb. While the Tungus have no word for shamanism, it has come into usage by anthropologists, historians of religion and others in contemporary society to designate the experience and the practices of the shaman. Its usage has grown to include similar experiences and practices in cultures outside of the original Siberian cultures from which the term shaman originated. (Dean Edwards, Shamanism-General Overview-Preface, 1997, originally at http://www.webcom.com/gspirit/Shaman/shamanov.html now here.)

Shamanism is classified by anthropologists as an archaic magico-religious phenomenon in which the shaman is the great master of ecstasy. Shamanism itself, was defined by the late Mircea Eliade as a technique of ecstasy. A shaman may exhibit a particular magical specialty (such as control over fire, wind or magical flight). When a specialization is present the most common is as a healer. The distinguishing characteristic of shamanism is its focus on an ecstatic trance state in which the soul of the shaman is believed to leave the body and ascend to the sky (heavens) or descend into the earth (underworld). The shaman makes use of spirit helpers, with whom he or she communicates, all the while retaining control over his or her own consciousness. (Examples of possession occur, but are the exception, rather than the rule.) It is also important to note that while most shamans in traditional societies are men, either women or men may and have become shamans. (Dean Edwards, Shamanism-General Overview-Preface, 1997, originally available at http://www.webcom.com/gspirit/Shaman/so.shamanism.html but now avialable here.)

DEFINITION

sha·man·ism
Pronunciation: -"ni-z&m
Function: noun
Date: 1780
: a religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive only to the shamans; also : any similar religion
- sha·man·ist /-nist/ noun
- sha·man·is·tic /"shä-m&-'nis-tik, "shA-m&-/ adjective (Webster's Dictionary)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

One becomes a shaman by one of three methods:

a) Hereditary transmission

b) Spontaneous selection or `call' or `election'

c) personal choice and quest. (This latter method is less frequent and traditionally such a shaman is considered less powerful than one selected by one of the two preceding methods.) The shaman is not recognized as legitimate without having undergone two types of training:

1) Ecstatic (dreams, trances, etc.)

2) Traditional ("shamanic techniques, names and functions of spirits, mythology and genealogy of the clan, secret language, etc.) The two-fold course of instruction, given by the spirits and the old master shamans is equivalent to an initiation." It is also possible for the entire process to take place in the dream state or in ecstatic experience. (Mircea Eliade, The Encyclopedia of Religion, v. 13 , p. 202. Mcmillian, N.Y., 1987.)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Nikolai Agitshev, son of an Ostyak-Samoyedic Siberian shaman
Medicine men, mediums and witch doctors in all cultures

LINKS

Mesmerism

The term Mesmerism eventually became analogous with hypnosis and was linked with both Spiritualism and the Mind Science religions. (The Watchman Expositor, Index Of Cults, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/cat952.htm)

Spiritism

Spiritualism is a movement that began in the last half of the 1800's. A form of Spiritism normally associated with mediums or channelers who contact the spirits of the deceased. (The Watchman Expositor, Index Of Cults, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/cat953.htm)


(f) Arminianism

BRIEF HISTORY

Although trained in the reformed tradition, Arminius had serious doubts about the doctrine of "sovereign grace" as taught by the followers of John Calvin. He was a pastor of the Reformed congregation in Amsterdam (1588), but during his fifteen years of ministry there, he began to question any of the conclusions of Calvinism. He left the pastorate and became professor of theology at the University of Leyden. It was his series of lectures on election and predestination that led to a violent and tragic controversy. After his death in 1609, his followers developed the Remonstrance of 1610 which outlined the "Five Points of Arminianism." This document was a protest against the doctrines of the Calvinists, and was, submitted to the State of Holland. In 1618, a National Synod of the Church was convened in Dort to examine the teachings or Arminius in the light of Scripture. After 154 sessions, lasting seven months, the Five Points of Arminianism were declared to be heretical. After the synod, many of the disciples of Arminius, such as Hugo Grotius, were imprisoned or banished. When John Wesley took up some of the teachings of Arminianism, the movement began to grow, and it affected the Methodist tradition as well as the beliefs of most Pentecostal and Charismatic churches.

Arminianism is mentioned here mainly as a link to the Azusa Street Revival, being a factor behind the Pentecostal and charismatic movement that came out of it. Hyper-Arminians and hyper-Calvinists are more rare these days in othodox Christianity. Most mailine Christians subscribe to some points from both doctrines or even, in some cases, that parts of both doctrines are somehow, though apparently opposite logically, paradoxically true. The problem with straight Arminianism is that it ascribes too much power to the creatures and not enough to the Creator. It also is heretical in its belief that there is some good in man and that the "fall" was not complete.

CONTRAST OF DOCTRINES

The "Five Points of Arminianism" and the "TULIP" of Calvanism are contrasted point by point:

ARMINIANISM - FREE WILL

Arminius believed that the fall of man was not total, maintaining that there was enough good left in man for him to will to accept Jesus Christ unto salvation.

CALVANISM - "T" = TOTAL DEPRAVITY

The Calvinists believed that man is in absolute bondage to sin and Satan, unable to exercise his own will to trust in Jesus Christ without the help of God.

ARMINIANISM - CONDITIONAL ELECTION

Arminius believed that election was based on the foreknowledge of God as to who would believe. Man's "act of faith" was seen as the "condition" or his being elected to eternal life, since God foresaw him exercising his free will" in response to Jesus Christ.

CALVANISM - "U" = UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION

The Calvinists believed that foreknowledge is based upon the plan and purpose of God, and that election is not based upon the decision of man, but the "free will" of the Creator alone.

ARMINIANISM - UNIVERSAL ATONEMENT

Arminius held that redemption was based on the fact that God loves everybody, that Christ died for everyone, and that the Father is not willing that any should perish. The death of Christ provided the grounds for God to save all men, but each must exercise his own "free will" in order to be saved.

CALVANISM - "L" = LIMITED ATONEMENT

The Calvinists believed that Jesus Christ died to save those who were given to Him by the Father in eternity past. In their view, all for whom Jesus died (the elect) will be saved, and all for whom He did not die (the non elect) will be lost.

ARMINIANISM - OBSTRUCTABLE GRACE

Arminius believed that since God wanted all men to be saved, He sent the Holy Spirit to "woo" all men to Christ, but since man has absolute "free will," he is able to resist God's will for his life. He believed that God's will to save all men can be frustrated by the finite will of man. He also taught that man exercises his own will first, and then is born again.

CALVANISM - "I" = IRRESISTIBLE GRACE

The Calvinists believed that the Lord possesses irresistible grace that cannot be obstructed. They taught that the free will of man is so far removed from salvation, that the elect are regenerated (made spiritually alive) by God even before expressing faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. If a totally depraved person wasn't made alive by the Holy Spirit, such a calling on God would be impossible.

ARMINIANISM - FALLING FROM GRACE

If man cannot be saved by God unless it is man's will to be saved, then man cannot continue in salvation unless he continues to will to be saved.

CALVANISM - "P" = PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS

The Calvinists believed that salvation is entirely the work of the Lord, and that man has absolutely nothing to do with the process. The saints will persevere because God will see to it that He will finish the work He has begun.

LINKS

Azusa Street Revival

"After working with (Charles) Parham for a short time in Texas, (William J.) Seymor moved on to Los Angeles, California where he established the beginning foundation of the movement. Seymor was based in the Azusa Street Mission which became known as the center of Pentecostalism and its main location of growth and expansion ... Arminianism is strongly held in many (Pentecostal and charismatic) groups ... " (Michael R. Ramos, Pentecostals, Charismatics, and the Third Wave, 1997, http://www.leaderu.com/isot/docs/3wave.html)


(g) Christian Science

BRIEF HISTORY

Mary Baker Eddy, founded the Christian Science Church in 1879. Her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, first published in 1875, was named in 1992 as one of the 75 books by women whose words have changed the world. The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, is located in Boston, Mass. USA. (Committee on Publication for Victoria, Christian Science, 1997, http://yarra.vicnet.net.au/~cscience/CSMenu.html)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

- Believes that the idea of the Trinity is polytheistic.

- Teaches the Godhead is composed of God the Father-Mother, Christ the spiritual idea of sonship and the Holy Ghost is the Divine Science or Christian Science.

- They make a distinction between Jesus the man and Christ the Divine Idea.

- Jesus simply possessed and demonstrated the Christ Idea or Consciousness to a greater extent than other humans. However, all humans posses the Christ-consciousness.

- Matter, Sin, Sickness and Death are all illusions.

- Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is their main text. Many of the current New Age teachings can find their historical roots in the Christian Science and New Thought movements. (The Watchman Expositor, Index Of Cults, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/cat954.htm#ChristSci)

"Important Points", not a "doctrines" list, from their home page:

1. As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life.

2. We acknowledge and adore one supreme and infinite God. We acknowledge His Son, one Christ; the Holy Ghost or divine Comforter; and man in God's image and likeness.

3. We acknowledge God's forgiveness of sin in the destruction of sin and the spiritual understanding that casts out evil as unreal. But the belief in sin is punished so long as the belief lasts.

4. We acknowledge Jesus' atonement as the evidence of divine, efficacious Love, unfolding man's unity with God through Christ Jesus the Way-shower; and we acknowledge that man is saved through Christ, through Truth, Life, and Love as demonstrated by the Galilean Prophet in healing the sick and overcoming sin and death.

5. We acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection served to uplift faith to understand eternal Life, even the allness of Soul, Spirit, and the nothingness of matter.

6. And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure. (From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, page 496)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Mary Baker Eddy, founder

LINKS

Word-Faith Movement

"... the real father of the `Faith' message is E.W.Kenyon, who was teaching the same things before Kenneth Hagin was even born (Kenyon died in 1948). To the casual observer, the `Faith' movement has certain similarities in experience, etc., to the Pentecostal and charismatic movements. However, the core of the message, and its origins, are widely divergent. Kenyon, its founder, inadvertently `borrowed' from the ideas taught by Christian Science, New Thought and Unity School of Christianity." (A Different Gospel, D.R. McConnell, p. 7) 


(h) Mesmerism

BRIEF HISTORY

An 18th century movement begun in France by the Austrian doctor Franz Anton Mesmer.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Anton Mesmer believed that astrological influence on humans was based on a force or substance similar to magnetism. He first began treating patients with magnets or charged fluids but quickly modified his position theorizing that cures were actually coming from an energy or mysterious "magnetic fluid" coming from the hands, voice, or nervous system of the practitioner. This invisible substance or magnetism was thought to be similar to electro-magnetism and was dubbed "Animal Magnetism". Mesmer's pupils were later able to induce a "magnetic sleep" (trance state or hypnotic condition) in their patients. The term Mesmerism eventually became analogous with hypnosis and was linked with both Spiritualism and the Mind Science religions. (The Watchman Expositor, Index Of Cults, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/cat952.htm)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Anton Mesmer - originator of "mesmerism"
Hypnotists 


(i) Spiritism/Spiritualism

BRIEF HISTORY

Specifically the belief found in many primitive Cultures that inanimate objects, plants and/or animals are possessed by spirits (good or evil) which must be appeased through Occult practices. More generally, the term can refer to any alleged contact with spirits through Occult techniques. (The Watchman Expositor, Index Of Cults, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/cat953.htm)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

This classification includes trance-mediums, New Age channeling, Edgar Cayce, seances, and Ouija. This form of occultism would also include Satanic groups that believe Satan is a real entity and who attempt to gain supernatural power by contacting, worshipping, or appeasing Satan and/or his demons.

The Occult practice of Spiritualism (Spiritism) is given a new name in the New Age Channeling or trance channeling. Spirit beings, "ascended masters," deceased humans, or animal spirits allegedly communicate important messages by temporarily entering the body and controlling the voice of a host (channel or medium). Most channelers give the same basic message, man is God. (The Watchman Expositor, Index Of Cults, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/cat953.htm)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Faith healers - William Branham, Aimee McPherson, Kathryn Kuhlman, Benny Hinn
Harry Edwards - The Harry Edwards Spiritual Healing Sanctuary
Allan Kardac - "The Spirit's Book" and "The Book Of Mediums"
Mediums
New Age channelers

LINKS

William Branham

Years ago (William Branham) told his interpreter, Pastor Ruff, "If my angel does not give the sign, I cannot heal." Ruff noticed several features of spiritism in the work of Branham, and therefore stopped working with him. These "angels" of whom (Harry) Edwards and Branham spoke are evil spirits masquerading as angels of light. As in many areas of the occult, we are here reminded again that the devil appears as an angel of light (2 Cor. 11:14) Another evidence is the fact that neither Edwards nor Branham were able to perform cures when faced with born-again Christians who had committed themselves to the protection of Christ. In the case of Branham, I have experienced this myself. When he spoke in Karlsruhe and Lausanne, there were several believers among the audience including myself who prayed along these lines: "Lord, if this man's powers are from You, then bless and use him, but if the healing gifts are not from You, then hinder him." The result? On both occasions Branham said from the platform, "There are disturbing powers here. I can do nothing." (Kurt Koch, Occult ABC, 1978, p. 235)

Kathryn Kuhlman

There is a long report about Kathryn Kuhlman's appearances in Vancouver and Seattle. Lack of space again compels me to mention only the main points. This observer writes, "Kathryn Kuhlman calls herself an instrument of the Lord. In reality, she is a medium of the lord of this world. A person cannot receive a second birth from the Holy Spirit when someone touches his face and says a few words to him. I believe in the charismata gifts of the Spirit. But what Kathryn Kuhlman displays is not a gift of the Holy Spirit of God, but a gift of the spirits who rule in the air. These spirits make use of her, herself deceived and deceiving others ... She is a medium of Satan." (Kurt Koch, Occult ABC, 1978, p. 118)

A well-known professor of theology at the University of Tubingen who has the reputation among believers of being a born-again Christian ... wrote to me, "Kathryn Kuhlman is a spiritist. Twenty years ago you would have said so yourself." (Kurt Koch, Occult ABC, 1978, p. 118)

Benny Hinn

Benny Hinn claims to actually be a channel for God that God enters him and takes over his mind and tongue to the point where he is unaware of what he has said. After his sermon on December 31, 1989, at Orlando Christian Center, during which he gave several future prophecies, Hinn expressed that he was drunk presumably on the Holy Spirit and asked someone to tell him what he had just said. (Biblical Discernment Ministries - 5/92) 


(j) George Fox, founder of the Quakers/Shakers, Friends (deceased)

BRIEF HISTORY

"The term "Quaker" refers to a member of the Religious Society of Friends, which is the proper name of the sect. There are two reputed origins of the term, the first refers to people "quaking" or trembling when feeling moved by the Holy Spirit to speak in Meetings for Worship. The other according to Elfrida Vipont Brown, is: "George Fox was arrested in Derby in October 1650 and charged with blasphemy. The magistrates who tried him were Gervase Bennett and Colonel Nathaniel Barton. George Fox was questioned intermittently over an eight hour period, during which at one point George Fox told the magistrates "Tremble at the word of the Lord". It was Justice Bennett who coined the name "Quakers" for the followers of George Fox." (Quaker FAQ, http://www.jmas.co.jp/FAQs/Quaker-faq)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

"Quakers (Friends) beliefs are a little hard to quantify, since Friends do not believe in having a fixed Creed or Dogma, but rather in seeking for the leadings of God within ourselves. Some generalizations are possible however: (Other than the titles, the following is largely quoted from: soc.religion.quaker Answers to Frequently asked questions, Obtained from the Society of Friends internet server)

- Doctrines of Jesus' deity and the virgin birth are nonessential and not accepted as fact.

- Primacy of "feelings" over scripture as source of testing doctrine.

- Acceptance of any document as valid for doctrine (i.e. Tao Te Ching, Koran, etc.)

- Unitarian Universalists (by their own description) (i.e. all religions and beliefs are correct and of equal value.)

- Great manifestations including trembling and shaking.

- George Fox saw himself as an apostle restoring the true church." (Quaker FAQ, http://www.jmas.co.jp/FAQs/Quaker-faq)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Richard Foster, author

LINKS

Quakers

George Fox is deemed to be the "prophet" whose teachings tend to be the prime source of guidance for the philosophy followed in the Quaker faith. 


(k) Azusa Street Revival

BRIEF HISTORY

The Azusa Street Revival began in 1906, with a number of signs and manifestations, such as speaking in tongues and healings. This revival was sound in doctrine, but many of the breakoff or branch movements did not emphasize a strong scriptural foundation, but rather emphasized the manifestations themselves. There is little doubt that the Azusa Street Revival was a true work of God. Many churches with sound doctrinal basis also grew out of the movement but unfortunately, others choose to ignore the scriptural teachings, and thus a number of movements preaching error or cultic doctrines also grew out of some offshoots of this revival. William Seymour was an elder in the Azusa Street Revival, who was criticized for his strong belief that all experience/doctrine needed to be tested against scripture. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

The doctrines of the Pentecostals including Oneness Pentecostals, United Pentecostals, Assmeblies of God and other Pentecostal and charismatic organizations developed partly as a result of the Azusa Street Revival.

Rodney Howard Browne commends Charles Parham and William Branham as men of God. Both of these men, as well as the movement that started as a result of Branhams efforts were cut off from credible Christian institutions and movements as follows:

- 1906 Charles Parham "excommunicated" from the Azusa Street revival.

- The Latter Rain movement was forced out of the Assemblies of God church in 1949:(Excerpt from [1]) " These doctrines caused division in traditional Pentecostal churches. They led to the condemnation of the `The New Order of the Latter Rain' by the Assemblies of God in their general council in 1949. After this action, many Assembly ministers resigned or were excommunicated for their involvement and formed independent Latter Rain churches. Most of these churches were small. Their evolving doctrines became increasingly heretical and, many degenerated into clearly definable cults (Church of the Living Word, The Body, House of Prayer, etc.)." (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Pentecostals
Assemblies Of God
Oneness Pentecostals
United Pentecostals
William Branham

LINKS

Pentecostals

The Pentecostal and the Assemblies of God denominations grew out of the Azusa street Revival. Charles Parham was removed from the movement out of concerns about heretical teachings. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

Assemblies Of God

The Pentecostal and the Assemblies of God denominations grew out of the Azusa street Revival. Charles Parham was removed from the movement out of concerns about heretical teachings. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

Oneness Pentecostals

The United Pentecostal Church (UPC) grew out of the Azusa Street Revival, and is a member of what is commonly known as the Oneness Pentecostal movement. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

United Pentecostals

The United Pentecostal Church (UPC) grew out of the Azusa Street Revival, and is a member of what is commonly known as the Oneness Pentecostal movement. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)


(l) Quakers, Friends

BRIEF HISTORY

"The term "Quaker" refers to a member of the Religious Society of Friends, which is the proper name of the sect. There are two reputed origins of the term, the first refers to people "quaking" or trembling when feeling moved by the Holy Spirit to speak in Meetings for Worship. The other according to Elfrida Vipont Brown, is: "George Fox was arrested in Derby in October 1650 and charged with blasphemy. The magistrates who tried him were Gervase Bennett and Colonel Nathaniel Barton. George Fox was questioned intermittently over an eight hour period, during which at one point George Fox told the magistrates "Tremble at the word of the Lord". It was Justice Bennett who coined the name "Quakers" for the followers of George Fox." (Quaker FAQ, http://www.jmas.co.jp/FAQs/Quaker-faq)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

"Quakers beliefs are a little hard to quantify, since Friends do not believe in having a fixed Creed or Dogma, but rather in seeking for the leadings of God within ourselves. Some generalizations are possible however: (Other than the titles, the following is largely quoted from: soc.religion.quaker Answers to Frequently asked questions, Obtained from the Society of Friends internet server)

- Doctrines of Jesus' deity and the virgin birth are nonessential and not accepted as fact.

- Primacy of "feelings" over scripture as source of testing doctrine.

- Acceptance of any document as valid for doctrine (i.e. Tao Te Ching, Koran, etc.)

- Unitarian Universalists (by their own description) (i.e. all religions and beliefs are correct and of equal value.)

- Great manifestations including trembling and shaking.

- George Fox saw himself as an apostle restoring the true church." (Quaker FAQ, http://www.jmas.co.jp/FAQs/Quaker-faq)

It should be mentioned here that certain Friends groups such as the Evangelical Friends no longer subscribe to the heretical beliefs of classic Quakerism.

QUOTES

"At the close of the singing, one of the sisters began to rock to an fro; at first gently, then in a more violent manner, until two of the sisters, on on each side, supported her else she would have fallen to the floor. She appeared to be wholly unconscious of her surroundings, and to be moved by an invisible power. The shaking of the subject continued to increase in violence, and it was with great difficulty that she was restrained from throwing herself forcibly to the floor. Her limbs became rigid, her face took on an ashen hue, her lips moved, and she began to speak in a clear, distinct voice, every word of which penetrated every part of the room, which was as still as death. Every eye was on the recipient of the gift, every ear open to catch each word as it fell from her lips. She spoke of the shortness of life, of the absolute necessity of abandoning the world and its sinful pleasures before it was too late; that in Shakerism were embodied all the virtures and none of the vices of mankind; that through her the spirit of Mother Ann was speaking to every Shaker present to remain steadfast to the faith ..." This is an account that bears comparison with a recent happening in the Brownsville A/G Church of Pensacola, FL, in the early stages of the "revival" there. The Brownsville account is almost identical to the one mentioned here. It is important to note that this Shaker account shows clearly that they had opened themselves up to demonic influence by the use of mediums and necromancy. It is also interesting to note that the message is very much the same in these two accounts. What we read about regarding the Shakers and what we see and hear going on in the "counterfeit" revival are clear indications of spiritism. (Sears, op. cit., p. 201; as cited in The Confusion Of Tongues, Chrales W. Ferguson, 1927, p. 336; with comment by Sandy Simpson)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Gunner Payne
Richard Foster
John Wimber

LINKS

Gunner Payne

John Wimber began as a Quaker, originally being a member of the Quaker church. George Fox is deemed to be the "prophet" whose teachings tend to be the prime source of guidance for the philosophy followed in the Quaker faith. Gunner Payne was the person who initially had the primary influence in John Wimber's life. 


(m) Pentecostals

BRIEF HISTORY

Pentecostals, in general, are representative of a wide array of Pentecostal denominations which include Oneness Pentecostals and United Pentecostals, among others. The William Branham strain of Pentecostalism was deemed heretical in its time, even though leaders of the current "counterfeit" revival claim Branham as one of their founding prophets and the Oneness Pentecostals as a basis for the doctrines of their movement.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

The following are the key doctrinal beliefs that distinguish the Oneness Pentecostal movement:

- Doctrine of "trinity" considered to be demonic

- Speaking in tongues is an essential sign of salvation

- Denial of the pre-existence of Christ

- Jesus was Himself the Father

- Modalism - Jesus is the only person of the trinity, but appears in three modes at different times.

- Baptism "in Jesus' name" alone is necessary for salvation.

The following are the key doctrinal beliefs of William Branham:

- God's Word consists of the zodiac, Egyptian pyramids and scripture.

- Doctrine of trinity is considered demonic

- The claim that he was Elijah the prophet

- Millennium to begin in 1977.

- That he was the seventh angelic messenger to the Laodicean Church Age. (Using the dispenational theory that each of the churches in Revelations represents an age of the church, the current one being the Laodicean Church Age).

- That anyone belonging to any denomination had taken "the mark of the beast"

- That he received divinely inspired revelations (The Revelation of the Seven Seals, Branham; Spoken Word Publications, Tucson, Ariz., n.d.; pg.19; Questions and Answers, Book 1, Branham; Spoken Word Publications, Tucson, 1964; pg. 60.)

- The fall of man happened when Eve had sexual relations with Satan, that his sexual union produced Cain.(Branham said that "every sin that ever was on the Earth was caused by a woman....the very lowest creature on the Earth" The Spoken Word, Vol. III Nos. 12, 13, 14;, Branham; Spoken Word Publications, Jeffersonville, Ind. 1976; pp. 81-82. Quoted in The Man and His Message, pg. 41).

- Branham denied the biblical triune Godhead. He pronounced it a "gross error" (The Spoken Word, pg. 79) and as a prophet with the authority of a "Thus saith the Lord," revealed that "trinitarianism is of the devil".

- Unsaved descended from the serpent. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

William Branham 
Charles Parham
Oneness Pentecostals
United Pentecostals

LINKS

Charles Parham

The Pentecostal denomination grew out of the Azusa street revival. Charles Parham was removed from the movement out of concerns about heretical teachings. (A PROPHET SENT FROM GOD? : Examining the Life and Claims of William M. Branham, Stephen F. Cannon, Personal Freedom Outreach, 1988)

Word-Faith Movement

"... the real father of the `Faith' message is E.W.Kenyon, who was teaching the same things before Kenneth Hagin was even born (Kenyon died in 1948). To the casual observer, the `Faith' movement has certain similarities in experience, etc., to the Pentecostal and charismatic movements. However, the core of the message, and its origins, are widely divergent. Kenyon, its founder, inadvertently `borrowed' from the ideas taught by Christian Science, New Thought and Unity School of Christianity." (A Different Gospel, D.R. McConnell, p. 7) 


(n) Assemblies Of God

BRIEF HISTORY

A Pentecostal denomination which was formed in 1914, eight years after the Azusa Street meetings in Los Angeles, California, from which Pentecostalism traces its roots in this century. As of 1990 the Assemblies of God (AG) had 2,160,000 members, 11,000 churches, 1,530 foreign missionaries, 18 colleges and Bible schools in the United States, and 299 Bible schools abroad (Handbook). (Way Of Life, Encyclopedia, 1997, http://www.wayoflife.org/ency/textency/ency002b.htm)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

The A/G are evangelical and dispensational and are sound concerning Jesus Christ, the Scriptures, death, resurrection, judgment, Heaven, and Hell. Their major denominational distinctives denote their errors, which are these:

- The baptism of the Holy Spirit is an experience to be sought subsequent to the new birth.

- The baptism and filling of the Holy Spirit are evidenced by tongues' speaking.

- A Christian can lose his salvation.

- Physical healing is promised to the Christian because of Christ's atonement. All of these teachings are contrary to the Word of God.

- Ecumenism: The AG has become increasingly ecumenical during the past fifty years. In 1943, the AG joined the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). Thomas Zimmerman, formerly the general superintendent of the AG, served two terms as president of the NAE. In 1948 the Assemblies helped form the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America. They have held low-key dialogue with the National Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches.

- Sadly, the AG have also opened their arms to Romanism. The change in attitude toward Roman Catholicism is witnessed in the Assemblies' relationship with the late David du Plessis. In its first 60 years the AG had taught that the pope is of the antichrist, that Roman Catholicism is heresy, that Catholics need to hear the Gospel, and those who are converted need to separate themselves from Romanism. Thus when AG minister David du Plessis began to develop close communications with the Catholic hierarchy, he was forced to submit his resignation in 1962. Du Plessis did not change. He grew so friendly with Rome that he attended the Vatican II Council meetings in the mid-1960s. He was received in audience by three Roman Catholic popesJohn XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II. He helped develop the Roman Catholic-Pentecostal dialogues. Rome awarded Du Plessis with the Pax Christi award in 1976 and the Benemerenti award in 1983. Du Plessis did not change, but the AG did. By 1980 the attitude within the AG had changed so radically that du Plessis was welcomed back as a credentialed minister. Today it is common for Catholic priests to speak in AG churches and for AG leaders to participate with Catholics in ecumenical meetings. (Way Of Life, Encyclopedia, 1997, http://www.wayoflife.org/ency/textency/ency002b.htm#002B_011C)

The Assemblies Of God has forced a number of heretical teachers from its ranks in the past, which is to their credit. However, the Pensacola "Outpouring" started at Brownsville A/G church in Pensacola, FL is fully sanctioned by Thomas Trask, General Superintendant of the A/G: "First, let me say that the Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola, Florida, is an outstanding church that has been in a sovereign move of the Spirit now for many months ... My appraisal of what is taking place is that where strong leadership is in place, there is a wonderful outpouring of the Holy Spirit with good balance." (Thomas Trask, General Superintendant of the A/G, The Official Response, 1997, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/general.htm, with comment by Sandy Simpson)

LINKS

Latter Rain Movement

"Over 50 years ago, William Branham, George Warnock, Paul Cain and others attempted to introduce Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God teachings into the Pentecostal movement. In 1949, however, the Assemblies of God officially rejected the Latter Rain/ Manifest Sons of God doctrine as "heresy." The cult went underground but surfaced again in the 1960's as the Manchild Company. Disregarding the Assemblies of God decision, Paul Cain, the Kansas City Prophets and Vineyard Ministries have subsequently reintroduced and successfully established this false doctrine in the Pentecostal churches." (The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)

After the Assemblies of God denounced this (Latter Rain) movement and excommunicated some ministers it died down as a movement per se. Yet its heretical teachings were never abandoned and they took root in the Charismatic Renewal Movement of 1967, the Discipleship/Shepherding Movement, and all of the other alleged moves of the Holy Spirit, up to an including the Holy Laughter Movement in Toronto which has some of the original N. Battleford people involved in it. (Restoration "The Latter Rain Movement" by Rev. Robert S. Liichow, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/restorat.htm)

"... how has the Latter Rain revival come to influence Pentecostals and Charismatics today? Most Christians think that particular movement died out in the 1950's when it was banished from the Pentecostal denominations. However, the Latter Rain doctrines did not die - they just went underground, as this quote from Bill Hamon's book, "The Eternal Church" illustrates. Bill Hamon traces spiritual movements that he believes restored the Church progressively from its dark ages. He comes to the "Fourth Doctrine" restored, that of the "laying-on-of-hands", not for healing but for the transference of the anointing and gifts: "The Laying on of Hands produced another major movement. This movement started in the late 1940's and infiltrated into EVERY PENTECOSTAL GROUP in the 1950's. During this time, it was known as the Latter Rain and Revival Movement. In the early 1960's, very few Christians were knowledgeable of the movement except Pentecostal churches which had been affected by it. However, in the mid 1960's, the Holy Spirit had spread the truths and spiritual experiences of the restoration doctrine into every church groups within Christendom. The move of the Spirit which took the four restoration doctrines of Hebrews 6:1-2 and made them known to all Church denominations and independent groups became known as the Charismatic Movement". It was the Charismatic Movement that provided a home for Latter Rain teachings, according to its own proponents." (The New Thing by Tricia Tillin, 1997,  http://www.banner.org.uk/res/newthing_cont.html )

Manifest Sons Of God

"In 1948, the Assemblies of God confronted and denounced the extremes of the Latter Rain Movement, and teachers among them fell into disrepute. Not many would want to openly admit to being of the Latter Rain or it's offshoot, the Manifested Sons. In fact, people balk at those labels to this day. However, the doctrines and concepts of this heresy have continued to be promoted, frequently recurring under different names, but using the same premises. When a Charismatic Bible teacher, or media personality prophesies of that "great end time army," that will "take nations for God," and "usher in the kingdom of God!" or give birth to the "next revival," call him a Manifested Sons teacher and see what he does. Usually they balk, because of the scandal and some of the extremes associated with those titles, but in effect, that is what they are espousing!" (Weighed And Found Wanting, Bill Randles, 1997, http://www.hutch.com.au/~rlister/charis/randles/randle4.htm )

Kingdom Now

"We've been foolishly waiting for Christ to come "for us" and all the while, He's been wanting to "come within us." That, in a nutshell, is the philosophy of the Manifested Sons of God. You have all heard it in some form or another. If not called Latter Rain, it's come to you in the shepherding movement. There are many different Charismatic strains of it including Word Faith, Kingdom Now, Dominion, The Prophetic Move, and of course, this laughing "revival." As Bill Hamon says, "The earth and all of creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God, the time when they will come into their maturity and immortalization...The church has a responsibility and ministry to the rest of creation. Earth and its natural creation is anxiously waiting for the church to reach full maturity and come to full sonship. When the church realizes it's full sonship, it's bodily redemption will cause a redemptive chain reaction throughout all creation." (Weighed And Found Wanting, Bill Randles, 1997, http://www.hutch.com.au/~rlister/charis/randles/randle4.htm)

Restoration Movement

"All the great outpourings of the past have had their outstanding truths. Luthur's truth was Justification by Faith. Wesley's was Sanctification. The Baptists taught the premillenial [sic] coming of Christ. The Missionary Alliance taught Divine Healing. The Pentecostal outpouring has restored the Baptism of the Holy Ghost to its rightful place. But the next great outpouring is going to be marked by all these other truths plus such a demonstration of the nine gifts of the Spirit as the world, not even the Apostolic world, has ever witnessed before. This revival will be short and will be the last before the Rapture of the Church." (Riss, Richard M., Latter Rain, Honeycomb Visual Productions, pg. 56-57) This paragraph has been restated and echoed for the last fifty years (in the Pentecostal and charismatic movements). It is significant because it details the restoration concept now held by the Word of Faith Movement, the Prophetic Movement, The Signs and Wonder Movement, and the Apostolic Movement. (Restoration "The Latter Rain Movement" by Rev. Robert S. Liichow, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/restorat.htm)

Joel's Army

"In some Christian circles today, the "peer pressure" upon leaders to accept this (Joel's Army) movement (or at least to keep any qualms about it to themselves) has been quite incredible at times. I have to say that I have been utterly staggered that such an obviously suspect and `strange' movement has been able to sweep through the church so easily, when the Bible clearly warns us in the last days to BEWARE OF DECEPTION, AND ESPECIALLY OF "LYING SIGNS AND WONDERS"! Surely it is obvious that we are now paying a heavy price for all the shallowness and experience-centred soulishness that we have sown in the years of the Charismatic Movement. God has indeed seemingly given the Laodicean church over to believe a lie, a "strong delusion", and millions are now falling prey." (THE TRUTH ABOUT JOEL'S ARMY)


(o) Oneness Pentecostals

BRIEF HISTORY

A heresy that emerged from the mainstream Pentecostal movement of the early 19th century. Unlike traditional Pentecostals, "Oneness" followers deny the doctrine of the Trinity in favor of Modalism. In addition to this heresy, most Oneness Pentecostal organizations also teach that speaking in tongues, baptism (in Jesus' name only), and maintaining various moral "standards" are necessary for salvation. (The Watchman Expositor, Index, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/cat952.htm)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

The following are the key doctrinal beliefs that distinguish the Oneness Pentecostal movement:

- Doctrine of "trinity" considered to be demonic

- Speaking in tongues is an essential sign of salvation

- Denial of the pre-existence of Christ

- Jesus was Himself the Father

- Modalism - Jesus is the only person of the trinity, but appears in three modes at different times.

- Baptism "in Jesus' name" alone is necessary for salvation. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

LINKS

United Pentecostals

"(Modalism is) a second and third century heresy that denies the doctrine of the Trinity, teaching there is only one Person in the Godhead. While the Trinity doctrine teaches three distinct Persons, Modalism maintains that one Person (usually the Father) has manifested Himself at different times under different names (Jesus/Spirit) or modes. Thus, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are three names for the same Person. Originally taught in various forms by Noetus, Praxeas and Sabellius. Modified forms of this doctrine can be found in the teachings of William Branham, some Apostolic churches and the United Pentecostal Church." (The Watchman Expositor, Index, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/cat952.htm#Modalism)


(p) Charles Parham, founder of Pentecostalism (deceased)

BRIEF HISTORY

1906 Charles Parham "excommunicated" from the Azusa Street revival.

"Charles Fox Parham who is the father of the contemporary Pentecostal movement, came to the conviction originally (this is way back at the turn of the century when the Charismatic movement was then known as Pentecostalism and just starting) he claimed that God desired all believers to have complete healing and he developed that into an entire Pentecostal system, and then it began to flow through the leaders." ("Does God Still Heal?", John MacArthur, 1997, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/chaos9.htm)

"Rodney Howard-Browne speaks glowingly of Charles Parham, apparently unaware that Parham was thrown out of the Azusa Street work in 1906 and banned from that time on. Parham spent the rest of his days denouncing W.J. Seymour and the Azusa Street revival." (see Synan, "The Holiness Pentecostal Movement", pg. 112).

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

- Doctrine of "trinity" considered to be demonic

- Speaking in tongues is an essential sign of salvation

- Denial of the pre-existence of Christ

- Jesus was Himself the Father

- Modalism - Jesus is the only person of the trinity, but appears in three modes at different times.

- Baptism "in Jesus' name" alone is necessary for salvation. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)


(q) United Pentecostal Church

BRIEF HISTORY

The UPC grew out of the Azusa street revival, and is a member of what is commonly known as the Oneness Pentecostal movement.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

The following are the key doctrinal beliefs that distinguish the Oneness Pentecostal movement:

- Doctrine of "trinity" considered to be demonic

- Speaking in tongues is an essential sign of salvation

- Denial of the pre-existence of Christ

- Jesus was Himself the Father

- Modalism - Jesus is the only person of the trinity, but appears in three modes at different times.

- Baptism "in Jesus' name" alone is necessary for salvation.

LINKS

Latter Rain Movement

"Over 50 years ago, William Branham, George Warnock, Paul Cain and others attempted to introduce Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God teachings into the Pentecostal movement. In 1949, however, the Assemblies of God officially rejected the Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God doctrine as "heresy." The cult went underground but surfaced again in the 1960's as the Manchild Company. Disregarding the Assemblies of God decision, Paul Cain, the Kansas City Prophets and Vineyard Ministries have subsequently reintroduced and successfully established this false doctrine in the Pentecostal churches." (The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)

Manifest Sons Of God

"Over 50 years ago, William Branham, George Warnock, Paul Cain and others attempted to introduce Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God teachings into the Pentecostal movement. In 1949, however, the Assemblies of God officially rejected the Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God doctrine as "heresy." The cult went underground but surfaced again in the 1960's as the Manchild Company. Disregarding the Assemblies of God decision, Paul Cain, the Kansas City Prophets and Vineyard Ministries have subsequently reintroduced and successfully established this false doctrine in the Pentecostal churches." (The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)

Kingdom Now

"Christian humanism has gripped the English-speaking world by means of the Wesleyan movement (Methodism), and Methodism's first and second generation heirsthe Holiness and Pentecostal movements, the out-of-control Charismatic Movement ... Recently, new variations of Christian humanism have emergede.g. the Word-Faith & Kingdom Now, Latter Rain, Third Wave Movement and `New Age' Christianity, so-called. Strangely, a convergence is beginning to form between secular humanists who are dabbling in New Age occult spirituality and `New Age' Christians." (The Unholy Alliance by Dan S., 1997, was at http://www.ezlink.com/%7Etrbranch/unholy.htm now available here)

Restoration Movement

"All the great outpourings of the past have had their outstanding truths. Luthur's truth was Justification by Faith. Wesley's was Sanctification. The Baptists taught the premillenial [sic] coming of Christ. The Missionary Alliance taught Divine Healing. The Pentecostal outpouring has restored the Baptism of the Holy Ghost to its rightful place. But the next greatoutpouring is going to be marked by all these other truths plus such a demonstration of the nine gifts of the Spirit as the world, not even the Apostolic world, has ever witnessed before. This revival will be short and will be the last before the Rapture of the Church." (Riss, Richard M., Latter Rain, Honeycomb Visual Productions, pg. 56-57) This paragraph has been restated and echoed for the last fifty years (in the Pentecostal and charismatic movements). It is significant because it details the restoration concept now held by the Word of Faith Movement, the Prophetic Movement, The Signs and Wonder Movement, and the Apostolic Movement. (Restoration "The Latter Rain Movement" by Rev. Robert S. Liichow, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/restorat.htm)

All The Above Movements

These movements are built upon the same foundation: the neo-Pentecostalism of the mid-twentieth century. They draw from one another the support needed to develop their strategy for gaining preeminence among Christians. All zealously propagate their "new revelations" which allegedly are to prepare the Church for "the next move of God," bringing us closer to the Kingdom Age (the rule of God on earth). The most prominent of these movements are:

- Latter Rain
- Identity
- Manifest Sons of God
- Restoration
- Reconstruction
- Charismatic Renewal
- Shepherding/Discipleship
- Kingdom Message
- Positive Confession (Kingdom Theology, Albert James Dager, 1986, http://www.contenders.com/kingdom1.htm)

Joel's Army

"Today's prophets fall pretty much follow the doctrines and beliefs of the New Order of the Latter Rain (LR). This is especially true for Paul Cain, John Sandford, Rick Joyner, Mike Bickle, Bill Hamon, Jefferson Edwards, Turnel Nelson, Myles Monroe, and many other international charismatic leaders. A central thought of LR doctrine is the belief that God is raising up an army that will manifest all the supernatural power of the Old Testament and the New Testament combined. This power will be manifested to bring the entire world under the dominion of the Church. The Church will then in turn hand it over to Jesus, who will hand it over to His Father. The great conquering army of supernatural saints is commonly referred to as Joel's Army or the Manchild company." (The Prophetic Movement, Rev. Robert S. Liichow, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/prophet.htm)

William Branham

Branham started off as a Baptist and then changed over to a Oneness Pentecostal. (Robert S. Liichow, William M. Branham, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/precedin.htm)

"(Modalism is) a second and third century heresy that denies the doctrine of the Trinity, teaching there is only one Person in the Godhead. While the Trinity doctrine teaches three distinct Persons, Modalism maintains that one Person (usually the Father) has manifested Himself at different times under different names (Jesus/Spirit) or modes. Thus, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are three names for the same Person. Originally taught in various forms by Noetus, Praxeas and Sabellius. Modified forms of this doctrine can be found in the teachings of William Branham, some Apostolic churches and the United Pentecostal Church." (The Watchman Expositor, Index, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/cat952.htm#Modalism)


(r) Gunner Payne, Quaker/Freinds pastor

BRIEF HISTORY

George Fox is deemed to be the "prophet" whose teachings tend to be the prime source of guidance for the philosophy followed in the Quaker faith. Gunner Payne was the person who initially had the primary influence in John Wimber's life. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

(Wimber) eventually began attending a Bible study group led by a Quaker, Gunner Payne, who became somewhat of a mentor to them, for a period, in the things of God. (The Roots: John Wimber and the Vineyard, Bob Hunter, 1997, http://www.contenders.com/9.htm)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Gunner Payne, being a Friend (Quaker) held to some of the heretical doctrines of the Quakers:

"Quakers (Friends) beliefs are a little hard to quantify, since Friends do not believe in having a fixed Creed or Dogma, but rather in seeking for the leadings of God within ourselves. Some generalizations are possible however: (Other than the titles, the following is largely quoted from: soc.religion.quaker Answers to Frequently asked questions, Obtained from the Society of Friends internet server)

- Doctrines of Jesus' deity and the virgin birth are nonessential and not accepted as fact.

- Primacy of "feelings" over scripture as source of testing doctrine.

- Acceptance of any document as valid for doctrine (i.e. Tao Te Ching, Koran, etc.)

- Unitarian Universalists (by their own description) (i.e. all religions and beliefs are correct and of equal value.)

- Great manifestations including trembling and shaking.

- George Fox saw himself as an apostle restoring the true church." (Quaker FAQ, http://www.jmas.co.jp/FAQs/Quaker-faq)

LINKS

John Wimber

Gunner Payne was the person who initially had the primary influence in John Wimber's life. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)


(s) Word-Faith Movement (Prosperity Doctrine/Positive Confession)

BRIEF HISTORY

Word-Faith is the fastest-growing movement within the professing church. It has involved two distinct but closely related factions: the Peale/Schuller Positive/Possibility thinkers, with their roots in New Thought, and the Hagin/Copeland Positive Confession and Word-Faith groups, which have their roots in E.W. Kenyon, William Branham, and the Manifest Sons of God/Latter Rain Movement. (Charismatic Chaos , p. 281).

Popular today, but coexisted with, and grew out of the Latter Rain movement. Tends to be predominantly trinitarian, as opposed to the Latter Rain movement, but hold to the primary doctrines put forward by William Branham, and most leaders in this movement uphold Branham as a man of God or prophet. (Christianity in Crisis, Hank Hanegraaf, Harvest House, 1993)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Because of the diverse nature of the movement, the doctrines listed below are representative of those held widely or predominantly throughout the leadership of the movement.

Doctrines:

- Christians are "gods", and therefore do not need to ask "in God's will", but rather use our own divinity to speak what we want into being.

- We are lacking faith if we are not healthy and wealthy. (God intended for us to be rich and healthy).

- Men are capable of saving themselves.

- Belief in faith as a "force" capable of being used for good or evil.

- Use of faith-force to change reality or to create through visualization

- God is unable to operate within the earth realm without our help

- Use of words (negative) releases Satan's power, while words (positive) release God's power.

- See Also Manifest Sons of God; and William Branham. Other than the acceptance of trinitarianism by the Word-Faith movement, the doctrines in these notes tend to be fairly representative of the Word-Faith movement.

Names associated with this movement:

Kenneth Copeland, Kenneth Hagin, Benny Hinn, Paul Crouch, Oral Roberts, Richard Roberts, E. W. Kenyon, Earl Paulk. (Christianity in Crisis, Hank Hanegraaf, Harvest House, 1993)

LINKS

Essek Kenyon

"D.R. McConnell, in his book, "A Different Gospel," directly traces the origin the spiritual laws taught in positive confession to the metaphysics of E.W. Kenyon, a man of 50-60 years ago whose theology was that of Pentecostal Christian Science." ( A Different Gospel, pp. 3-56).

"As we proceed to examine the primary purveyors of Faith theology, we will see living proof of the maxim that "error begets error and heresy begets heresy." If, for example, one examines the cultic progression of E. W. Kenyon's theology, one will discover that his original deviations from orthodox Christianity were minor compared to those that characterized the later stages of his ministry. And with each of Kenyon's successive disciples, the errors become even more pronounced. (What's Wrong With The Faith Movement, Hank Hanegraaff, 1993, http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0118a.txt)

Kenneth Hagin

"As we proceed to examine the primary purveyors of Faith theology, we will see living proof of the maxim that "error begets error and heresy begets heresy." ... And with each of Kenyon's successive disciples, the errors become even more pronounced. Hagin, who popularized and plagiarized Kenyon prolifically, not only expanded Kenyon's perversions but added to them as well. (See D. R. McConnell, A Different Gospel (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1988), 3-14.)

Kenneth Copeland

"As we proceed to examine the primary purveyors of Faith theology, we will see living proof of the maxim that "error begets error and heresy begets heresy." ... And with each of Kenyon's successive disciples, the errors become even more pronounced ...The progression from bad to worse has continued with people like Kenneth Copeland and Charles Capps, and is now reaching heretical heights that are almost inconceivable through ministry leaders like Frederick Price, Benny Hinn, and Robert Tilton. (What's Wrong With The Faith Movement, Hank Hanegraaff, 1993, http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0118a.txt)

John Avanzini

John Avanzini is billed by his Faith peers as a recognized authority on biblical economics. The truth, however, is that Avanzini is an authority on perverting Scripture as a means to picking the pockets of the poor. He has honed his craft into such an art form that when Faith teachers need money, they inevitably call on "Brother John." Armed with a bag full of Bible-twisting tricks, he tells the unsuspecting that "a greater than a lottery has come. His name is Jesus!" (John Avanzini, "Praise-a-Thon" (television program), TBN, April 1991.)

Paul Crouch

" ...Crouch refers to the Faith message as a "revival of truth . . . restored by a few precious men." (Paul Crouch, "Praise the Lord," TBN, 18 February 1986, rebroadcast on 6 August 1991.)

Morris Cerrulo

"On one occasion, (Faith teacher) Cerullo informed his audience, "You're not looking at Morris Cerullo you're looking at God. You're looking at Jesus." Not only is Cerullo a master of make-believe, he is also a master of manipulation. Claiming that God was directly speaking through him, Cerullo uttered, "Would you surrender your pocketbooks unto Me, saith God, and let me be the Lord of your pocketbooks....Yea, so be thou obedient unto my voice." (Morris Cerullo, "The Endtime Manifestation of the Sons of God" (San Diego: Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, n.d.), tape 1, sides 1 and 2., Morris Cerullo, "A Word from God at the Deeper Life World Conference," "Deeper Life," March 1982, 15., as cited in What's Wrong With The Faith Movement, Hank Hanegraaff, 1993, http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0118a.txt)

Marilyn Hickey

Faith teachers such as Robert Tilton and his female counterpart,Marilyn Hickey, have copied many of the scams pioneered by Pentecostal preachers such as Oral Roberts and A. A. Allen. In fact, Tilton and Hickey have managed to exceed even their predecessors' outrageous ploys. This is hard to believe when one considers what sort of schemes they had to outdo. ("What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff.)

Benny Hinn

"As we proceed to examine the primary purveyors of Faith theology, we will see living proof of the maxim that "error begets error and heresy begets heresy." ... And with each of Kenyon's successive disciples, the errors become even more pronounced ...The progression from bad to worse has continued with people like Kenneth Copeland and Charles Capps, and is now reaching heretical heights that are almost inconceivable through ministry leaders like Frederick Price, Benny Hinn, and Robert Tilton. (What's Wrong With The Faith Movement, Hank Hanegraaff, 1993, http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0118a.txt)

Rodney Howard-Browne

"RHB's biography claims that he served as an associate pastor at Rhema (Kenneth Hagin's Rhema Bible Church) ... " (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

Kenneth E. Hagin was the founder of the RHEMA Bible Church movement, along with being one of the key leaders in the Word-Faith movement. A letter from the Rhema Bible Church, Rhema Ministries, South Africa, shows Rodney Howard-Browne's background in the Rhema Bible Church movement: "Rodney attended RBTC [Rhema Bible Training Centre] here in South Africa from where he graduated in 1983. After that he started a Rhema church at Molteno in North-Western Cape where he pastored for two years. He then came back to RBTC where he lectured from 1985 to 1987." (Watching The New Wave, Sure Hope SA Inc., 1995, http://www.hutch.com.au/~rlister/charis/newwave.htm)

Aimee Semple McPherson

"You have no business being sick - everyone of you should get well and get up and go to work, huh? Get up and go to work and earn some money and help send the gospel out! Amen! (This Is My Task, A sermon by Aimee Semple McPherson, Given at Angelus Temple, in Los Angeles, California, March 12, 1939)

John Kilpatrick

Paul Crouch, Word-Faith guru and TBN president said: "The first evidence to many of us was the great stirring of the Spirit in Toronto, Canada, about two years ago. Then, spontaneous revival broke out in Pensacola, Florida. Hungry souls sometimes wait in line all day just to get into the services at Brownsville Assembly of God Church (where John Kilpatrick is the head pastor). Signs, wonders and miracles, just like the Book of Acts, are happening there and many other places at home and abroad!" (Paul Crouch, live on TBN, August 1997)

John Kilpatrick said: "I turned on TBN (home of Word-Faith teachers) not long after that, and some of the very people that turned me off, all of a sudden I looked at them with different eyes, because I had repented, and I looked at them with different eyes and they ministered to me and I broke and wept in my living room before the Lord. God touched my heart. And I had to humble myself down like a little boy and learn again to receive from the Lord. I had to learn to receive from people again. (John Kilpatrick, Brownsville Assembly of God videotape, May 30, 1997)

Brother Kenneth Hagen and Brother Kenneth Copeland have done an excellent job along with others on teaching us about the authority of the believer. (Glory on Your House, John Kilpatrick


(t) Willam Branham, faith healer and evangelist (deceased)

BRIEF HISTORY

Started out with Missionary Baptist church. After a short stint, he joined the United Pentecostal Church (Oneness Pentecostals). He later rejected all denominations as being of the antichrist and formed the Branham Tabernacle as an independent church.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

His teachings included:

- God's Word consists of the zodiac, Egyptian pyramids and scripture.

- Doctrine of trinity is considered demonic

- The claim that he was Elijah the prophet

- Millennium to begin in 1977.

- That he was the seventh angelic messenger to the Laodicean Church Age. (Using the dispenational theory that each of the churches in Revelations represents an age of the church, the current one being the Laodicean Church Age).

- That anyone belonging to any denomination had taken "the mark of the beast"

- That he received divinely inspired revelations (The Revelation of the Seven Seals, Branham; Spoken Word Publications, Tucson, Ariz., n.d.; pg.19; Questions and Answers, Book 1, Branham; Spoken Word Publications, Tucson, 1964; pg. 60.)

- The fall of man happened when Eve had sexual relations with Satan, that his sexual union produced Cain.(Branham said that "every sin that ever was on the Earth was caused by a woman....the very lowest creature on the Earth" The Spoken Word, Vol. III Nos. 12, 13, 14;, Branham; Spoken Word Publications, Jeffersonville, Ind. 1976; pp. 81-82. Quoted in The Man and His Message, pg. 41).

- Branham denied the biblical triune Godhead. He pronounced it a "gross error" (The Spoken Word, pg. 79) and as a prophet with the authority of a "Thus saith the Lord," revealed that "trinitarianism is of the devil".

- Unsaved descended from the serpent. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

QUOTES

See quotes by or about William Branham in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

Latter Rain Movement

"Along with Branham another figure played an important role in formulating what came to be known as Latter Rain Doctrine, that was a man named Franklin Hall." (Restoration "The Latter Rain Movement", Rev. Robert S. Liichow, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/restorat.htm)

(In ) 1947 William Branham/Hawtin/Hunt begin to teach New Order of the Latter Rain codify teachings into doctrines. (Restoration "The Latter Rain Movement", Rev. Robert S. Liichow, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/restorat.htm)

Manifest Sons Of God

In 1948, Branham, a Baptist preacher turned Pentecostal, and influenced by Franklin Hall, gained notoriety for his teachings on what he called, "God's Seventh Church Age" (supposedly the final move of God before the manifestation of His Kingdom on earth). (Kingdom Theology, Albert James Dager, 1986, http://www.contenders.com/kingdom1.htm)

Among those present at the Sharon Camp Meeting in July, 1948, was George Warnock who at one time had been personal secretary to Ern Baxter (an associate with William Branham's healing ministry). At this meeting one of the teachers, James Watt, made a passing remark that the third of Israel's feasts, the Feast of Tabernacles, was yet to be fulfilled. This struck Warnock and he began to associate it with the end-time ministry of the Church, and the concept of restoration. In the fall of 1949 Warnock took up residence at Sharon, "assisting in the office work, and helping in the Bible School and in the local church." (Richard Riss, `The Latter Rain Movement of 1948 and the Mid-twentieth Century Evangelical Awakening' (Vancouver, B.C.: Thesis), p.104)

In 1951 Warnock wrote his book, `The Feast of Tabernacles,' in which he layed out a specific doctrine for the Latter Rain Movement, and those who came after. He taught that the Church was about to usher in the completion of God's feasts for Israel, through perfection of the saints and their dominion over the earth. Essentially, this Latter Rain teaching implies that the three great annual feasts of the Lord in Israel's worship (Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles) pre-figure and typify the whole Church Age, beginning with the death of Jesus on the cross, and consummating in "the manifestation of the Sons of God" - the "overcomers" who will step into immortality and establish the Kingdom of God on earth. (George Warnock, `The Feast of Tabernacles' (Cranbrook, B.C.: George Warnock, 1951), p.14-20)

Kingdom Now

Among most major proponents of Kingdom Theology these men are considered the great reformers of the various stages of Church history. To many Kingdom Theology proponents William Branham was perhaps the greatest "prophet" for the Church's final age. (Kingdom Theology, Albert James Dager, 1986, http://www.contenders.com/kingdom2.htm)

Restoration Movement

In his teachings on Joel 2:23, Branham defined the "latter rain" as the Pentecostal movement of his day. God's promise to restore what the locust, cankerworm, caterpillar, and palmerworm had eaten, he defined as the "restoration" of the Church out of denominationalism (which he equated with "the Mark of the Beast"). (Kingdom Theology, Albert James Dager, 1986, http://www.contenders.com/kingdom2.htm)

Joel's Army

"Today's prophets fall pretty much follow the doctrines and beliefs of the New Order of the Latter Rain (that William Branham developed). This is especially true for Paul Cain, John Sandford, Rick Joyner, Mike Bickle, Bill Hamon, Jefferson Edwards, Turnel Nelson, Myles Monroe, and many other international charismatic leaders. A central thought of LR doctrine is the belief that God is raising up an army that will manifest all the supernatural power of the Old Testament and the New Testament combined. This power will be manifested to bring the entire world under the dominion of the Church. The Church will then in turn hand it over to Jesus, who will hand it over to His Father. The great conquering army of supernatural saints is commonly referred to as Joel's Army or the Manchild company." (The Prophetic Movement, Rev. Robert S. Liichow, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/prophet.htm)

Benny Hinn

"Latter Rain doctrine (whose father is William Branham) is a modern version of the classic heresy of Gnosticism, which taught that a spiritual elite possessed "hidden knowledge" of the divine realm which placed their personal revelations, spiritual experiences, and private interpretation of Scripture above the ordinary revelation of God's Word. In Latter Rain doctrine, Pentecost was the "former rain" or outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the Church must yet receive a second Holy Spirit visitation. At this time, the Sons of God will be glorified and manifested to all as they establish the Kingdom on earth before Jesus Christ returns bodily. Latter Rain prophets are now preparing multitudes for this transformation. In a 1991 program entitled "Manifested Sons of God," Morris Cerullo flattered his audience with the following blasphemy, "You represent all that God is and all that God has...Jesus was the visible expression of God. Jesus was the Son of the Living God. Now, who are you? Sons of Godeveryone say it. What is working inside of us is the manifestation. When you look at me, you are looking at JesusTo see Jesus was to see God. To see me is to see Jesus. Jesus knew who He was. Don't you think it is about time we know who we are?" Benny Hinn fills convention centers worldwide preaching a similar message, which exalts the creature rather than the Creator, and induces spiritual pride: "This spirit-man within me is a God-man. Say after me, he's born of heaven, he's a super-beingSay I'm born of heaven - God-man. I'm a God-man. I'm a sample of Jesus. I'm a super being. Say it! Say it! Who's a super being? I walk in the realm of the supernatural. Get the spirit-man renewedwhen he's strong, he'll hold off sicknessyou want to prosper? Money will be falling on you from left, right and center. God will begin to prosper you, for money always follows righteousnessSay after me, I hold my destiny." ("Joel's Army," Jewel van der Merwe, Discernment Ministries, redeemed@tir.com)

"Hagin and Copeland are not alone in affirming Branham; Faith proponent Benny Hinn gives him a hearty "thumbs up" as well." (Benny Hinn, Praise the Lord (television program), Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), 12 April 1991)

Paul Cain

"Though Branham denied the historic, orthodox view of the Trinity, William Branham was the greatest prophet in the 20th century. This was due not to Branham's doctrines but to "his gifting in the word of knowledge." (Paul Cain, Armstrong in Michael Horton ed. Power Religion, 1992, p.67)

"Paul Cain - later to re-emerge as head of the Kansas City prophets in 1989 and to become one of the guiding lights of the present renewal also travelled with William Branham and called him "the greatest prophet that ever lived". (Tricia Tillin, The New Thing, 1997, http://www.banner.org.uk/res/newthing_cont.html )

Word-Faith Movement

"... both Kenneth Copeland and Kenneth Hagin point to T. L. Osborn and William Branham as true men of God who greatly influenced their lives and ministries. ("What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff)

Of course, Osborn himself has consistently followed E. W. Kenyon's Scripture-twisting antics, (Osborn's indebtedness to both Kenyon and faith healer F. F. Bosworth (another "Kenyonite") is mentioned in T. L. Osborn, Healing the Sick, 23d ed. (Tulsa, OK: Osborn Foundation, 1959), 6, 203, 205. Cf. Richard M. Riss, "Kenyon, Essek William," "Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, ed. Stanley Burges, Gary B. McGee, and Patrick H. Alexander (Grand Rapids: Regency/Zondervan, 1988), 517; and Don Gossett and E. W. Kenyon, "The Power of the Positive Confession of God's Word (Blaine, WA: Don & Joyce Gossett, 1979), 3)

And Branham has (among other things) denounced the doctrine of the Trinity as coming directly from the Devil. (William Marrion Branham, "Revelation Chapter Four #3 (Throne Of Mercy and Judgment)" (Jeffersonville, IN: Voice of God Recordings, 1961), audio tape #61-0108, side 2; cf. William Marrion Branham, Footprints on the Sands of Time: The Autobiography of William Marrion Branham, Part Two (Jeffersonville, IN: Spoken Word Publications, 1975), 606-7.

Rodney Howard-Browne

"He (Rodney Howard-Browne) names numerous people, calling them "great men of God". Among them is William Branham - an anti-Trinitarian." ("The Coming Revival", written by Howard-Browne, page 13)


(u) Essek W. Kenyon, true father of the modern-day Word-Faith movement. (deceased)

BRIEF HISTORY

The Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements' article on "Positive Confession Theology" serves as both a documentation of the heretical teachings and the teachers of the Word-Faith Movement, as well as some sound correction. It identifies E.W. Kenyon as the founder, and men like Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Charles Capps, Frederick K.C. Price, Robert Tilton, Earl Paulk, and others as his disciples. (The Watchman Expositor, Word-Faith Theology, 1997, http://www.watchman.org/charisma.htm)

D.R. McConnell, in his book, "A Different Gospel," directly traces the origin the spiritual laws taught in positive confession to the metaphysics of E.W. Kenyon, a man of 50-60 years ago whose theology was that of Pentecostal Christian Science.( A Different Gospel, pp. 3-56).

McConnell further states, that E.W. Kenyon's New Thought classmate, Ralph Waldo Trine, attributes the confession of prosperity to "occult power." He says that "Trine believed that thought is a force, and it has occult power of unknown proportions when rightly used and wisely directed." (Ibid, p.174).

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

- Christians are "gods", and therefore do not need to ask "in God's will", but rather use our own divinity to speak what we want into being.

- We are lacking faith if we are not healthy and wealthy. (God intended for us to be rich and healthy).

- Men are capable of saving themselves.

- Belief in faith as a "force" capable of being used for good or evil.

- Use of faith-force to change reality or to create through visualization

- God is unable to operate within the earth realm without our help

- Use of words (negative) releases Satan's power, while words (positive) release God's power.

- See Also Manifest Sons of God; and William Branham. Other than the acceptance of trinitarianism by the Word-Faith movement, the doctrines in these notes tend to be fairly representative of the Word-Faith movement.

Names associated with this movement:

Kenneth Copeland, Kenneth Hagin, Benny Hinn, Paul Crouch, Oral Roberts, Richard Roberts, E. W. Kenyon, Earl Paulk. (Christianity in Crisis, Hank Hanegraaf, Harvest House, 1993)

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Essek Kenyon in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Kenneth Copeland
Kenneth Hagin
Benny Hinn
Paul Crouch
Oral Roberts
Richard Roberts
Earl Paulk

LINKS

Kenneth Hagin

In the latter half of this century, the acknowledged father-figure of the movement has been Kenneth Hagin. It is from him that Copeland and others have directly borrowed their message. However, the real father of the `Faith' message is E.W.Kenyon, who was teaching the same things before Kenneth Hagin was even born (Kenyon died in 1948). To the casual observer, the `Faith' movement has certain similarities in experience, etc., to the Pentecostal and charismatic movements. However, the core of the message, and its origins, are widely divergent. Kenyon, its founder, inadvertently `borrowed' from the ideas taught by Christian Science, New Thought and Unity School of Christianity. In the book A Different Gospel, D.R. McConnell documents clearly the progress of Kenyon's ideas while studying at Emerson's New Thought college in Boston. Though Hagin has tried to deny his obvious plagiarism of Kenyon's "The Wonderful Name of Jesus", saying that he only saw the book in 1978, as McConnell points out, "The problem is that two years prior to 1978, the first date that Hagin admits to having read Kenyon's The Wonderful Name of Jesus, he had already copied extensively from this book for an article published in his magazine in 1976. That article never mentions the name of E.W.Kenyon."..."He has plagiarised Kenyon both repeatedly and extensively. Actually, it would not be overstated to say that the very doctrines that have made Kenneth Hagin and the Faith movement such a distinctive and powerful force within the independent charismatic movement are all plagiarised from E.W.Kenyon." (p.7, A Different Gospel).

Kenneth Copeland

Word-Faith is the fastest-growing movement within the professing church. It has involved two distinct but closely related factions: the Peale/Schuller Positive/Possibility thinkers, with their roots in New Thought, and the Hagin/Copeland Positive Confession and Word-Faith groups, which have their roots in E.W. Kenyon, William Branham, and the Manifest Sons of God/Latter Rain Movement. (Charismatic Chaos , p. 281). 


(v) Kenneth Hagin, head of Kenneth Hagin Ministries and RHEMA Bible Training Center

BRIEF HISTORY

As I thoroughly demonstrate in my book Christianity in Crisis (Harvest House, 1993), Kenneth Hagin takes Kenyon's theology from bad to worse. Not only does he boast of alleged visits to heaven and hell, he recounts numerous out-of-body experiences (OBEs) on the earth as well.

On one occasion, Hagin claims he was in the middle of a sermon when, suddenly, he was transported back in time. He ended up in the back seat of a car and watched as a young woman from his church committed adultery with the driver. The entire experience lasted about fifteen minutes, after which Hagin abruptly found himself back in church, summoning his parishioners to prayer.[25]

Despite his propensity for telling tall tales and describing false visions, virtually every major Faith teacher has been impacted by Hagin including such "luminaries" as Frederick K. C. Price and Kenneth Copeland. ("What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

- Christians are "gods", and therefore do not need to ask "in God's will", but rather use our own divinity to speak what we want into being.

- We are lacking faith if we are not healthy and wealthy. (God intended for us to be rich and healthy).

- Men are capable of saving themselves.

- Belief in faith as a "force" capable of being used for good or evil.

- Use of faith-force to change reality or to create through visualization

- God is unable to operate within the earth realm without our help

- Use of words (negative) releases Satan's power, while words (positive) release God's power.

- See Also Manifest Sons of God; and William Branham. Other than the acceptance of trinitarianism by the Word-Faith movement, the doctrines in these notes tend to be fairly representative of the Word-Faith movement.

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Kenneth Hagin in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Kenneth Copeland
Benny Hinn
Paul Crouch
Oral Roberts
Richard Roberts
E. W. Kenyon
Earl Paulk

LINKS

Kenneth Copeland

"... virtually every major Faith teacher has been impacted by Hagin including such "luminaries" as Frederick K. C. Price and Kenneth Copeland. ("What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff)

John Kilpatrick 

Brother Kenneth Hagen and Brother Kenneth Copeland have done an excellent job along with others on teaching us about the authority of the believer. (Glory on Your House, John Kilpatrick


(w) Kenneth Copeland, Word-Faith guru, television evangelist with Kenneth Copeland Ministries on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).

BRIEF HISTORY

"On the night of November 2, 1962, a young man twenty-five years of age, struggling against "sin, sickness, and strife," asked Jesus to "come into [his] heart." His decision came two weeks after his wife had done likewise. Today, these two individuals head a ministry that literally stretches around the globe, while remaining in the forefront of what has come to be known as the "Faith" movement. They are Kenneth and Gloria Copeland."

"Though best known for his "prosperity" message, Copeland began his ascent to Faith stardom from a state of financial disarray. Beset by monetary problems, in 1967 he decided to resume his education at Oral Roberts University (ORU), where he subsequently "landed a job as copilot on Oral Robert's [sic] cross-country crusade flights."

"It was not until August of 1967, however, that Copeland experienced a revolution in his outlook through the preaching of yet another evangelist Kenneth E. Hagin, regarded by many to be the "father of the Faith movement." With reference to his "distant mentor," Copeland has been quoted "as saying that he `learned nothing' during six months at Oral Roberts University but was so excited by Hagin's teachings that...[he] spent the next month in his garage listening to them." "What's Wrong with the Faith Movement? Part Two: The Teachings of Kenneth Copeland" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Spring 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff and Erwin M. de Castro.)

"Kenneth Copeland got his start in ministry as a direct result of memorizing Hagin's messages. It wasn't long before he had learned enough from Hagin to establish his own following. To say his teachings are heretical would be an understatement blasphemous is more like it. ("What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff)

"The Copelands returned to Fort Worth, Texas in 1968 where they established an evangelistic association. Within a few short years their home-based Bible studies reportedly grew into large revivals, sometimes with crowds large enough to fill entire "civic centers and international arenas."

"In 1973 the ministry began publishing its own newsletter, "Believer's Voice of Victory." Two years later, Copeland claimed the Lord "commanded him to `preach the uncompromised Word on every available voice.'" This prompted him to launch the Believer's Voice of Victory radio broadcast in 1976. By 1979 Copeland's ministry was established firmly enough to enter the arena of television, paving the way for its 1981 venture into satellite communications. And in August of the following year "the ministry made history by initiating the first global religious broadcast" (emphasis in original).

"Copeland continues to experience popular acceptance within various charismatic and Pentecostal circles. His books, booklets, and taped messages can be found in a number of Christian bookstores, and his crusades and revivals consistently produce large turnouts. Furthermore, the ministry's international scope and influence is well attested by its offices in England, the Philippines, South Africa, Australia, Canada, and Hong Kong.

"While not every Faith teacher holds to all of Copeland's doctrines, they, along with his followers, consider him a leading if not "the" leading authority on Faith theology. "Many have already coronated Copeland as the new king of the Faith movement," writes one observer. "In a recent article, even "Time" magazine refers to Copeland as the `chief exponent' of the Faith movement." ("What's Wrong with the Faith Movement? Part Two: The Teachings of Kenneth Copeland" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Spring 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff and Erwin M. de Castro.)

"Kenneth Copeland stands today as one of the Faith movement's leading spokesmen. His voluminous material (in print and broadcast media), combined with his crusades and international outreach centers, attest to his vast influence. ("What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

*THE FORCE OF FAITH*

Of the multiple views of faith held by Faith teachers,[1] Copeland focuses primarily on an understanding of faith as a force. "Faith is a power force," he claims. "It is a tangible force. It is a conductive force."[2] Moreover, "faith is a spiritual force....It is substance. Faith has the ability to effect natural substance."[3] As "the force of gravity...makes the law of gravity work...this force of faith...makes the laws of the spirit world function."[4]

*A GOD OF HUMAN PROPORTIONS*

Copeland's view of God fares no better biblically than his understanding of faith. He describes God as someone "very much like you and me....A being that stands somewhere around 6'2," 6'3," that weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of a couple of hundred pounds, little better, [and] has a [hand]span nine inches across."[5]

*MEMBERS OF GOD'S CLASS*

Copeland overemphasizes similarities between God and man to the point where any distinction becomes virtually nil: "God's reason for creating Adam was His desire to "reproduce" Himself....Adam is as much like God as you could get, "just the same as Jesus"....Adam, in the Garden of Eden, was "God manifested in the flesh"" (emphasis added).[6]

*COVENANT OF CONVENIENCE*

According to Copeland, "God had no avenue of lasting faith or moving in the earth. He had to have covenant with somebody....He had to be invited in, in other words, or He couldn't come."[7] In fact, "the reason that He's making covenant is to get into the earth."[8] "God is on the outside looking in," says Copeland. "In order to have any say-so in the earth, He's gonna have to be in agreement with a man here."[9]

"Since man was the key figure in the Fall," Copeland argues, "man had to be the key figurein the redemption, so God approached a man named Abram."[10] An agreement was struck between God and Abram that "gave God access to the earth."[11] God, in turn, "promised to care for Abraham and his descendants in every way spiritually, physically, financially, socially."[12]

*THE SPOKEN WORD MADE FLESH

"God is injecting His Word into the earth to produce this Jesus," Copeland explains. "This ["sic"] faith-filled words that framed the image that's in Him....He had to sneak it in here around the god of this world [Satan]."[13] Using a combination of faith and confession, "God spoke His Word and then spoke His Word again....He kept saying, `He is coming. He is coming.'"[14] However, "the only avenue God had to get His words into the earth was through men... [t]hrough the mouths of His prophets....Finally, the great moment came when that Word was brought forth in human form."[15]

During this final phase, "the angels spoke the words of the covenant to her [Mary], and the Spirit of God hovered over her and generated that seed, which was the Word that the angel spoke to her. And there was conceived in her, the Bible says, a holy thing. The Word literally became flesh."[16]

*SPIRITUAL DEATH AND REBIRTH IN HELL*

When it comes to defining the Atonement, Copeland says, "It wasn't a physical death on the cross that paid the price for sin...anybody can do that."[17] Jesus supposedly "put Himself into the hands of Satan when He went to that cross, and took that same nature that Adam did [when he sinned]."[18] Copeland is here referring to the nature of Satan, as God pronounced that "Adam would die spiritually that he would take on the nature of Satan which is spiritual death."[19] He adds that "the day that Jesus was crucified, God's life, that eternal energy that was His from birth, moved out of Him and He accepted the very nature of death itself."[20]

During an alleged conversation with Copeland, Jesus is said to have remarked, "It was a sign of Satan that was hanging on the cross....I accepted, in my own spirit, spiritual death; and the light was turned off."[21] We are told that Jesus "had to give up His righteousness"[22] and "accepted the sin nature of Satan."[23] Contrary to the teaching that Christ underwent a change of nature (into a satanic being), the Bible depicts Jesus as having an immutable divine nature (Heb. 13:8; cf. Mal. 3:6). Moreover, in saying that "spiritual death means separation from the life of God,"[24] Copeland tacitly admits that Jesus completely lost His deity. For, as we noted earlier, Copeland defines the "life of God" as "the unseen force that makes God, God." However, Scripture declares that God is eternal and unchanging and thus never ceases to be God. The Father says of Christ, "But you remain the same, and your years will never end" (Heb. 1:12).

Finally, the notion of Jesus being overtaken by "the very nature of death" is contradicted by Jesus' claim that He has ""life" in Himself" (John 5:26; cf. 1:4), is "the resurrection and the "life"" (11:25), and is "the way, the truth, and the "life"" (14:6). The "spiritual death of Christ" teaching entails an implicit denial of Christ's deity and, in turn, of the Trinity.

Still, Copeland insists "Satan "conquered" Jesus on the Cross and took His spirit to the dark regions of hell" (emphasis in original).[25] Copeland's description of Christ's ordeal in hell is nothing short of chilling: "He [Jesus] allowed the devil to drag Him into the depths of hell....He allowed Himself to come under Satan's control...every demon in hell came down on Him to annihilate Him....They tortured Him beyond anything anybody had ever conceived. For three days He suffered everything there is to suffer."[26]

The situation seemed hopeless, as Jesus' "emaciated, poured out, little, wormy spirit is down in the bottom of that thing; and the devil thinks he's got Him destroyed."[27] However, Copeland explains that "Satan fell into the trap. He took Him [Jesus] into hell illegally. He carried Him in there [when] He did not sin."[28] God found the opening He needed: "That Word of the living God went down into that pit of destruction and charged the spirit of Jesus with resurrection power! Suddenly His twisted, death-wracked spirit began to fill out and come back to life....Jesus was born again the firstborn from the dead the Word calls Him and He whipped the devil in his own backyard."[29]

*THE BELIEVER'S AUTHORITY*

Copeland's basis for the believer's authority can be viewed in three distinct stages. First, upon conversion the believer undergoes a total and immediate change of nature. At the moment of spiritual birth "the spirit of God hovered over you, and there was conceived in your body a holy thing "identical to Jesus"....And there was imparted into you "zoe, the life of God"" (emphases added).[30] Hence, "you are to think the way Jesus thought. He didn't think it robbery to be equal with God."[31] Copeland's remarks, "You are not a spiritual schizophrenic half-God and half-Satan you are all-God"[32] and "You don't have a God in you; you are one,"[33] demonstrate that being born again means nothing less to him than becoming a god.

In the second stage of his discourse, Copeland teaches that the believer's change of nature (into a god) brings with it a proportional change in ability. "Every man that has been born again has had this faith [viz. God's] put inside him," he writes. "This faith is good enough to make all things possible to the believer."[34]

Copeland comments, "As a born-again believer, you are equipped with the Word. You have the power of God at your disposal. By getting the Word deep into your spirit and speaking it boldly out your mouth, you release spiritual power to change things in the natural circumstances."[35]

The believer is thus allegedly able to speak things into existence by way of faith-filled words, or "positive confession."

*PRESCRIBING VISUALIZATION*

Copeland combines his "legal" precedent for prosperity with his "mechanics" of confession to form a formula for speaking things into existence. He insists, "You have the same creative faith and ability on the inside of you that God used when he created the heavens and the earth."[36] However, he adds that most believers are not able to make full use of their inner power because "our imagination...has been so fouled up and fathered up with wasted useless words [and] wasted useless images."[37]

As a corrective, Copeland instructs believers to "go to the New Testament, get the words of the covenant that cover the situation that you hope to bring to pass. Build the image of that hope inside of you....Keep the word before your eyes."[38] As examples, he uses an inner picture of an 82-foot yacht that will transform into reality in the Holy of Holies in heaven, along with a "picture [of a Bible] that came right out of me and went into the Holy of Holies,"[39] where it developed into an actual, physical object.

Copeland also claims that "when you get to the place where you take the Word of God and build an image on the inside of you of not having crippled legs and not having blind eyes, but when you close your eyes you just see yourself just leap out of that wheelchair, it will picture that in the Holy of Holies and you will come out of there."[40]

Recognizing that his technique "sounds like that visualization they do in meditation and metaphysical practices,"[41] Copeland counters by reversing the tables. "What they're doing sounds like this," he retorts. "The devil is a counterfeiter. He never came up with anything real. That is the perverted form of the real thing. Where do you think he got it? That sucker doesn't know anything on his own. Amen."[42]

During another occasion, however, Copeland revealingly affirms that both positive confession and creative visualization are based on the same principle: "Words create pictures, and pictures in your mind create words. And then the words come back out your mouth....And when that spiritual force comes out it is going to give substance to the image that's on the inside of you. Aw, that's that visualization stuff! Aw, that's that New Age! No, New Age is trying to do this; and they'd get somewhat results out of it because this is spiritual law, brother."[43]

Copeland says, "Any image that you get down on the inside of you that is so vivid when you close your eyes you see it, it'll come to pass. When God came at the Tower of Babel, He said, `Anything they can imagine, they can do.'"[44] He fails to note, however, that those individuals built the tower out of brick and tar (Gen. 11:3), not simply out of their imagination. Moreover, their venture incurred God's judgment (vv. 6-9). Copeland can argue and fuss all he wants, but the fact of the matter is that through such teachings he has entered the world of the occult.

*NOTES*

1 D. R. McConnell, "A Different Gospel" (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1988), 135-42. Benny Hinn, Jerry Savelle, and Charles Capps number among those Faith teachers who have been profoundly impacted by Copeland.

2 Kenneth Copeland, "The Force of Faith" (Fort Worth: KCP Publications, 1989), 10.

3 "Forces of the Recreated Human Spirit" (Fort Worth: Kenneth Copeland Ministries, 1982), 8.

4 Kenneth Copeland, "The Laws of Prosperity" (Fort Worth: Kenneth Copeland Publications, 1974), 18-19.

5 Copeland, "Spirit, Soul and Body I," side 1.

6 Copeland, "Following the Faith of Abraham I," side 1.

7 Kenneth Copeland, "God's Covenant with Man II" (Fort Worth: Kenneth Copeland Ministries, 1985, audiotape #01-4404), side 1.

8 "Ibid."

9 "Ibid."

10 Copeland, "Our Covenant with God," 10.

11 "Ibid.," 10-11.

12 "Ibid.," 15.

13 Copeland, "The Image of God in You III," side 2.

14 Copeland, "The Power of the Tongue," 9-10.

15 "Ibid."

16 Copeland, "The Abrahamic Covenant," side 2.

17 Kenneth Copeland, "What Satan Saw on the Day of Pentecost" (Fort Worth: Messages by Kenneth Copeland, n.d., audiotape #BCC-19), side 1.

18 Kenneth Copeland, "The Incarnation" (Fort Worth: Kenneth Copeland Ministries, 1985, audiotape #01-0402), side 1.

19 Copeland, "Our Covenant with God," 9.

20 Kenneth Copeland, "The Price of It All," "Believer's Voice of Victory," September 1991, 3.

21 Copeland, "What Happened from the Cross to the Throne," side 2.

22 Copeland, "The Incarnation," side 2.

23 Copeland, "What Happened from the Cross to the Throne," side 2. 

24 Copeland, "Inner Image of the Covenant," side 1.

25 Kenneth Copeland, "Holy Bible: Kenneth Copeland Reference Edition" (Fort Worth: Kenneth Copeland Ministries, 1991), 129.

26 Copeland, "The Price of It All," 3.

27 Kenneth Copeland, "Believer's Voice of Victory" (television program), TBN, 21 April 1991.

28 Copeland, "What Happened from the Cross to the Throne," side 2.

29 Copeland, "The Price of It All," 4-6.

30 Copeland, "The Abrahamic Covenant," side 2.

31 Kenneth Copeland, "Now We Are in Christ Jesus" (Fort Worth: KCP Publications, 1980), 23-24.

32 "Ibid.," 16-17.

33 Kenneth Copeland, "The Force of Love" (Fort Worth: Kenneth Copeland Ministries, 1987, audiotape #02-0028), side 1.

34 Copeland, "The Force of Faith," 13.

35 Copeland, "The Power of the Tongue," 15.

36 Copeland, "Inner Image of the Covenant," side 2.

37 "Ibid."

38 "Ibid."

39 "Ibid."

40 "Ibid."

41 "Ibid."

42 "Ibid." 91 Kenneth Copeland, "Believer's Voice of Victory" (television program), TBN, 28 March 1991.

43 Copeland, "Inner Image of the Covenant," side 2.

44 Copeland, "The Force of Faith," 7.

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Kenneth Copeland in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Benny Hinn
Paul Crouch
Oral Roberts
Richard Roberts
Earl Paulk

LINKS

John Avanzini

"The Word-Faith Teachers. This is the group that would seek to convince us that Jesus and His disciples were rich, that to be poor is a sin, to be sick is a sin, and that faith is a creative force that we can use to shape our world just like God supposedly created this world and universe that we live in through His "faith"! Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Paul Crouch, John Avanzini, Robert Tilton, Fred Price, and Benny Hinn (who at the time of this writing has authored the number 1 best selling Christian book in America, `Good Morning, Holy Spirit') are just a few that spew out this theological vomit." (An Examination Of The Word-Faith Movement by Richard J. Vincent, 1991, http://www.biblebb.com/files/WRDFAITH.HTM)

Paul Crouch

"Instead, the `Faith' teachers mock sound theology, calling it `traditional church', and so on. Paul Crouch, the head of Trinity Broadcasting Network (the world's largest Christian TV network) has hardened himself against all attempts at correction: "To hell with you! Get out of my life!" was his response on one occasion. He referred to sound theology as `doctrinal doodoo' and in the same broadcast said "I refuse to argue any longer with any of you out there! Don't even call me if you want to argue doctrine, if you want to straighten somebody out... criticize Ken Copeland... or Dad Hagin. Get out of my life! I don't even want to talk to you... I don't want to see your ugly face!" (The "Faith" Movement May Be Prospering But Is It Healthy? by Mark E. Howerter, 1997, http://www.wecareministries.co.uk/healthy.htm)

Morris Cerullo

"On one occasion, (Faith teacher) Cerullo informed his audience, "You're not looking at Morris Cerullo you're looking at God. You're looking at Jesus." Not only is Cerullo a master of make-believe, he is also a master of manipulation. Claiming that God was directly speaking through him, Cerullo uttered, "Would you surrender your pocketbooks unto Me, saith God, and let me be the Lord of your pocketbooks....Yea, so be thou obedient unto my voice." (Morris Cerullo, "The Endtime Manifestation of the Sons of God" (San Diego: Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, n.d.), tape 1, sides 1 and 2., Morris Cerullo, "A Word from God at the Deeper Life World Conference," "Deeper Life," March 1982, 15., as cited in What's Wrong With The Faith Movement, Hank Hanegraaff, 1993, http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0118a.txt)

Marilyn Hickey

"For the most part, Hickey's tricks and teachings are recycled from other prosperity peddlers like Tilton, Hagin, and Copeland. Her message is peppered with such Faith jargon as "the God-kind of faith," "confession brings possession," and "receiving follows giving." ("What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff)

Benny Hinn

"... Benny Hinn ominously warned that "those who attack Kenneth Copeland are attacking the very presence of God!" (Benny Hinn, Benny Hinn (television program), TBN, 8 June 1992.)

John Kilpatrick

"Brother Kenneth Hagen and Brother Kenneth Copeland have done an excellent job along with others on teaching us about the authority of the believer." (Glory on Your House, John Kilpatrick


(x) Baptists

Mentioned here only as reference to the fact that both William Branham and Kathryn Kuhlman came out of a Baptist background.

LINKS

William Branham

"Branham started off as a Baptist and then changed over to a Oneness Pentecostal." (Robert S. Liichow, William M. Branham, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/precedin.htm)

Kathryn Kuhlman

"Kathryn Kuhlman was ordained a Baptist minister, but did not associate her ministry with any denomination She was heavily influenced by the Azusa street revival, and by the Roman Catholic church." (God Can Do It Again, Kathryn Kuhlman, Prentice-Hall, 1969) 


(y) Roman Catholic

Mentioned here mainly as a reference to the fact that Benny Hinn and Kathryn Kuhlman came out of a Catholic background. Detailing the doctrines and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church is not the aim of this document, even though some of these heresies have also found a home in Rome.

LINKS

Benny Hinn

"Benny Hinn was born in Jaffa, Israel, where he lived with his parents, Costandi and Clemence Hinn, five brothers and 2 sisters. Although he was raised as a Greek Orthodox, he was schooled in a private Catholic school. His educational experience in the Catholic school nurtured a desire at an early age to dedicate his life to ministry." (Benny Hinn, Biography, 1997, http://www.bennyhinn.org/)

Kathryn Kuhlman

"Kathryn Kuhlman was ordained a Baptist minister, but did not associate her ministry with any denomination She was heavily influenced by the Azusa street revival, and by the Roman Catholic church." (God Can Do It Again, Kathryn Kuhlman, Prentice-Hall, 1969) 


(z) Latter Rain Movement

BRIEF HISTORY

In the mid-1940's, the enthusiasm and fire of the Pentecostal revival that started at Azusa Street was waning, and people were looking for another move of the spirit, and wanted signs and wonders.

(In) 1907-1910 David Wesley Myland teaches rudimentary concepts regarding the Latter Rain.

(In) 1947 William Branham/Hawtin/Hunt begin to teach New Order of the Latter Rain codify teachings into doctrines.

The movement is based upon William Branham, and therefore his theology formed the basis for the Latter Rain theology. He was seen as the "prophet" (Elijah) of the movement.

- See William Branham

The Latter Rain movement was forced out of the Assemblies of God church in 1949 (Old Wine in New Wineskins: A look at the Kansas City Fellowship, Stephen F. Cannon, Personal Freedom Outreach, 1990). These doctrines caused division in traditional Pentecostal churches. They led to the condemnation of the `The New Order of the Latter Rain' by the Assemblies of God in their general council in 1949. After this action, many Assembly ministers resigned or were excommunicated for their involvement and formed independent Latter Rain churches. Most of these churches were small. Their evolving doctrines became increasingly heretical and, many degenerated into clearly definable cults. (Church of the Living Word, The Body, House of Prayer, etc.)

Latter Rain teachings include: Kingdom Now/Dominion Theology, Progressive Revelation, Revival/Harvest, Joel's Army, Replacement Theology, Post-Millennial Eschatology, Signs and Wonders, Territorial Warfare, Ecumenism, Restoration of Apostles and Prophets, Jubilee/Feast of Tabernacles, and the Post-denominational Church. (The Latter Rain Revival, Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

- Manifest Sons Of God

The following are typical beliefs held by those following this doctrine. These views are not necessarily all held by all adherents to these beliefs.

- The revelation of the manifestation of the sons of God (extrapolated from Romans 8:19). This doctrine claims that those who are "anointed" have already been manifested as sons of God, and have already received their glorified bodies, or will prior to Christ's return and have/will be perfected in all ways, and will be come "gods" in their own right.

- Christians to subdue/dominate the world PRIOR to Christ's return.

- The revelation of the dominion mandate (We are to conquer the world and dominate it in order for the millennium to begin). We are to form an army referred to as "Joel's Army". According to this doctrine, the Millennium can come only after we conquer the world. Those who hold this doctrine typically believe that the rapture is to remove the wicked from the world (i.e. denominational churches), and Christ's presence is not essential during the millennium because they believe the church is Christ's body, and therefore is and has all that Christ is and has.

- Movement intended to replace "apostasized Pentecostals" (who removed both Branham and the Latter Rain movement for cultic beliefs)

- Restoration of offices of Prophet and Apostle/Branham is Elijah

- The restoration of "the fivefold ministry" as enumerated in Ephesians 4:11, with particular emphasis on the offices of apostle and prophet. (Branham was widely touted as the prophet Elijah reborn).

Names associated with this movement: 

Oral Roberts, Paul Cain William Branham, Bill Britton, George Warnock, Franklin Hall, John Robert Stevens, Hatwin Brothers, Sam Fife, Myrtle and James Beall, Earl Paulk.

MAJOR ADHERANTS

David Wesley Myland
William Branham
Benny Hinn
Paul Cain

LINKS

Manifest Sons Of God, Kingdom Now, Restoration Movement, Joel's Army

"Over 50 years ago, William Branham, George Warnock, Paul Cain and others attempted to introduce Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God teachings into the Pentecostal movement. In 1949, however, the Assemblies of God officially rejected the Latter Rain/ Manifest Sons of God doctrine as "heresy." The cult went underground but surfaced again in the 1960's as the Manchild Company. Disregarding the Assemblies of God decision, Paul Cain, the Kansas City Prophets and Vineyard Ministries have subsequently reintroduced and successfully established this false doctrine in the Pentecostal churches ...Today, few recall the controversy surrounding Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God doctrines fifty years ago and their repudiation by the Church. Of necessity, they are now camouflaged and Christians must have an accurate understanding of Scripture to discern these counterfeit winds of doctrine. Charismatic churches are well-established in Latter Rain doctrine and Evangelical churches are currently being indoctrinated via numerous parachurch organizations and movements. Latter Rain teachings include: Kingdom Now/Dominion Theology, Progressive Revelation, Revival/Harvest, Joel's Army, Replacement Theology, Post-Millennial Eschatology, Signs and Wonders, Territorial Warfare, Ecumenism, Restoration of Apostles and Prophets, Jubilee/Feast of Tabernacles, and the Post-denominational Church." (The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)

Christian Reconstruction

"Within the "Kingdom Theology" camp are several movements whose teachings are remarkably similar over all, yet divergent on some points. These movements - though to a greater or lesser degree disavowing association with each other - are sufficiently homogenous in their eschatological and theological viewpoints to place them all under a common banner: what I refer to as "Kingdom Theology." These movements are built upon the same foundation: the neo-Pentecostalism of the mid-twentieth century. They draw from one another the support needed to develop their strategy for gaining preeminence among Christians. All zealously propagate their "new revelations" which allegedly are to prepare the Church for "the next move of God," bringing us closer to the Kingdom Age (the rule of God on earth). The most prominent of these movements are: Latter Rain, Identity, Manifest Sons of God, Restoration, Reconstruction, Charismatic Renewal, Shepherding/Discipleship, Kingdom Message, Positive Confession. (Kingdom Theology by Albert James Dager , 1992, http://www.contenders.com/kingdom1.htm)

Benny Hinn

"In Latter Rain doctrine, Pentecost was the "former rain" or outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the Church must yet receive a second Holy Spirit visitation. At this time, the Sons of God will be glorified and manifested to all as they establish the Kingdom on earth before Jesus Christ returns bodily ... Benny Hinn fills convention centers worldwide preaching a similar message, which exalts the creature rather than the Creator, and induces spiritual pride: "This spirit-man within me is a God-man. Say after me, he's born of heaven, he's a super-beingSay I'm born of heaven - God-man. I'm a God-man. I'm a sample of Jesus. I'm a super being. Say it! Say it! Who's a super being? I walk in the realm of the supernatural. Get the spirit-man renewedwhen he's strong, he'll hold off sicknessyou want to prosper? Money will be falling on you from left, right and center. God will begin to prosper you, for money always follows righteousnessSay after me, I hold my destiny." ("Joel's Army," Jewel van der Merwe, Discernment Ministries, redeemed@tir.com; cited in The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)

Paul Cain

"For quite a while I have been embarrassed to say anything about the latter rain, because you are associated and identified with something that people don't seem to appreciate in certain evangelical circles. So I have played it cool and haven't said much about it. But I don't care what they think any more... I believe we are going to have the latter rain and I am looking forward to it." (Paul Cain, Toronto church on May 28, 1995)

"Paul Cain advises that you "dump all that carnal stuff" (theology) and listen to what the "spirit" is saying to the churches through the Latter Rain Prophets and Apostles, who are dispensing many "new, sacred truths." (The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)


(aa) Manifest Sons Of God (The Manchild Company)

BRIEF HISTORY

Kingdom Theology (combined) with the Manifest Sons of God doctrine (believes in) the ongoing incarnation of God and (that) believers are "little gods" exercising autonomous sovereignty within their spheres of dominion. As this is perhaps the most objectionable and controversial aspect of Earl Paulk's teachings, it deserves special attention. (A Critique of "Kingdom Theology" By Earl Paulk by Robert M. Bowman, Jr., with Craig S. Hawkins and Dan R. Schlesinger, 1988, http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0022a.html)

Enchanted by signs and lying wonders and riding the ecumenical bandwagon, the Latter Rain/ Manifest Sons of God will be easily assimilated into the Mystery Religion revival foretold in Revelation 17. II Thessalonians 2:10-11 describes God's judgment, which has already begun in this movement: "because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie." Gnostic doctrines are not a new revelations, as modern prophets tell us. Although they come in various expressions, they always contain the same lie the Serpent used to beguile Eve "then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods." (The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)

The final phase, following the manifestation to the world of the Sons of God, the Manchild Company, are that they rule and reign in the heavenlies (ie by virtue of their spiritual transformation). (Tricia Tillin, The New Thing, 1997,  http://www.banner.org.uk/res/newthing_cont.html )

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

The following philosophies represent those commonly held by organizations following these theologies. The actual beliefs of any one organization may vary somewhat from the details presented below, but general theme remains the same. (Manifest Son's of God, Elliot Miller, Research Consultant, Christian Research Institute, Inc., 1979)

- A New Form and Standard for Christianity is emerging. It will change our entire understanding of what Christianity is. In 20 years it will be entirely different. Change will be so dramatic, the Christian church as we know it will oppose it. The change will come from outside the church.

- Rapture of the "wicked" (Not of the saved!).

- God is to be revealed when he takes his throne in the temple.

- Christians cannot be deceived.

- City Churches: One church leadership per city. Other churches are to join the KCF, transfer membership to them (or associated churches in other cities), and close down their churches).

- Joel's Army/Kingdom Now/Dominion theology: the church is to conquer and subdue the earth in order to bring in the millennium.

- New Breed/manifest Son's of God: We will be perfected into our glorified bodies prior to Christ's return. This will allow us to subdue the earth.

- Christians become "gods". We have the "divine" nature.

- Christ comes into us as a "seed" and grows into a "prophet". Christ therefore comes "within us".

- Jesus was sent as a "pattern" for the corporate church (Corporate church in this context means that the church becomes Christ. Christ is not complete without us because he is the head and we are the body).

- The current church has the spirit of "Antichrist".

MAJOR ADHERANTS 

Earl Paulk

LINKS

Kingdom Now (Dominion Theology), Restoration Movement, Joel's Army

"The "five-fold Ministries" teaching as it is interpreted within Dominion Theology is specifically a Manifested Sons of God teaching. It states that the apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers (not Jesus) comprise the foundation of the Church. It is affirmed that Jesus is the foundation of creation, but not of the Church." (Kingdom Theology, Albert James Dager, 1992, http://www.contenders.com/kingdom6.htm)

"What makes it so in the case of Kingdom (Now) Theology is its combination with the Manifest Sons of God doctrine, according to which the church is the ongoing incarnation of God and believers are "little gods" exercising autonomous sovereignty within their spheres of dominion. As this is perhaps the most objectionable and controversial aspect of Earl Paulk's teachings, it deserves special attention." (A Critique of "Kingdom Theology" By Earl Paulk by Robert M. Bowman, Jr., with Craig S. Hawkins and Dan R. Schlesinger, 1988, http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0022a.html

"Over 50 years ago, William Branham, George Warnock, Paul Cain and others attempted to introduce Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God teachings into the Pentecostal movement. In 1949, however, the Assemblies of God officially rejected the Latter Rain/ Manifest Sons of God doctrine as "heresy." The cult went underground but surfaced again in the 1960's as the Manchild Company. Disregarding the Assemblies of God decision, Paul Cain, the Kansas City Prophets and Vineyard Ministries have subsequently reintroduced and successfully established this false doctrine in the Pentecostal churches ...Today, few recall the controversy surrounding Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God doctrines fifty years ago and their repudiation by the Church. Of necessity, they are now camouflaged and Christians must have an accurate understanding of Scripture to discern these counterfeit winds of doctrine. Charismatic churches are well-established in Latter Rain doctrine and Evangelical churches are currently being indoctrinated via numerous parachurch organizations and movements. Latter Rain teachings include: Kingdom Now/Dominion Theology, Progressive Revelation, Revival/Harvest, Joel's Army, Replacement Theology, Post-Millennial Eschatology, Signs and Wonders, Territorial Warfare, Ecumenism, Restoration of Apostles and Prophets, Jubilee/Feast of Tabernacles, and the Post-denominational Church." (The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)

Christian Reconstruction

"Within the "Kingdom Theology" camp are several movements whose teachings are remarkably similar over all, yet divergent on some points. These movements - though to a greater or lesser degree disavowing association with each other - are sufficiently homogenous in their eschatological and theological viewpoints to place them all under a common banner: what I refer to as "Kingdom Theology." These movements are built upon the same foundation: the neo-Pentecostalism of the mid-twentieth century. They draw from one another the support needed to develop their strategy for gaining preeminence among Christians. All zealously propagate their "new revelations" which allegedly are to prepare the Church for "the next move of God," bringing us closer to the Kingdom Age (the rule of God on earth). The most prominent of these movements are: Latter Rain, Identity, Manifest Sons of God, Restoration, Reconstruction, Charismatic Renewal, Shepherding/Discipleship, Kingdom Message, Positive Confession. (Kingdom Theology by Albert James Dager , 1992, http://www.contenders.com/kingdom1.htm)

Benny Hinn

"In Latter Rain doctrine, Pentecost was the "former rain" or outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the Church must yet receive a second Holy Spirit visitation. At this time, the Sons of God will be glorified and manifested to all as they establish the Kingdom on earth before Jesus Christ returns bodily ... Benny Hinn fills convention centers worldwide preaching a similar message, which exalts the creature rather than the Creator, and induces spiritual pride: "This spirit-man within me is a God-man. Say after me, he's born of heaven, he's a super-beingSay I'm born of heaven - God-man. I'm a God-man. I'm a sample of Jesus. I'm a super being. Say it! Say it! Who's a super being? I walk in the realm of the supernatural. Get the spirit-man renewedwhen he's strong, he'll hold off sicknessyou want to prosper? Money will be falling on you from left, right and center. God will begin to prosper you, for money always follows righteousnessSay after me, I hold my destiny." ("Joel's Army," Jewel van der Merwe, Discernment Ministries, redeemed@tir.com; cited in The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)

Paul Cain 

Paul Cain even advised his audience to wait until they get to heaven to examine his exposition of the `Manchild Company,' which would never stand the test of Scripture: "I know some of you are going to disagree with this. Don't you even stop to disagree. Revelation 12:5. If you disagree, just file it in `miscellaneous' and check it out. And don't bother with it; when we get to heaven we'll check it out and you'll find out I'm right" (Paul Cain, Prophetic Power and Passion Conference, Christ Chapel, Florence, Alabama, August, 1995.)

"So my point is this, that there will be a manifestation of the sons and daughters of God. And it won't be this baloney that we've heard of in the past; I mean, there's been a few people tried to walk through a wall like this over here and knocked their brains loose, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about a manifested son of God; if anyone walks through this wall over here, they're not going to tell you about it - I mean, they're just going to do it. And sons of God don't tell you they're sons of God, they'll just show you! Amen."(Paul Cain, "The New Breed," tape.)

" ... as pointed out by Gruen in "Documentation of the Aberrant Practices and Teachings of Kansas City Fellowship", Cain has often referred to Joel's Army of god-men and the Manifested Sons of God as the man child of Revelation 12:5. This is classic Kingdom Now theology. (Misplaced Faith, 1996 Living Word Church, http://www.livingwrd.org/misplace.html)


(bb) Kingdom Now/Dominion Theology (Kingdom Theology)

BRIEF HISTORY

Within the "Kingdom Theology" camp are several movements whose teachings are remarkably similar over all, yet divergent on some points. These movements - though to a greater or lesser degree disavowing association with each other - are sufficiently homogenous in their eschatological and theological viewpoints to place them all under a common banner: what I refer to as "Kingdom Theology." These movements are built upon the same foundation: the neo-Pentecostalism of the mid-twentieth century. They draw from one another the support needed to develop their strategy for gaining preeminence among Christians. All zealously propagate their "new revelations" which allegedly are to prepare the Church for "the next move of God," bringing us closer to the Kingdom Age (the rule of God on earth). The most prominent of these movements are: Latter Rain, Identity, Manifest Sons of God, Restoration, Reconstruction, Charismatic Renewal, Shepherding/Discipleship, Kingdom Message, Positive Confession. (Kingdom Theology by Albert James Dager , 1992, http://www.contenders.com/kingdom1.htm)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

The basic premise of Kingdom Theology is that man lost dominion over the earth when Adam and Eve succumbed to Satan's temptation in the Garden of Eden. God "lost control" of the earth to Satan at that time, and has since been looking for a "covenant people" who will be His "extension," or "expression," in the earth and take dominion back from Satan. This is to be accomplished through certain "overcomers" who, by yielding themselves to the authority of God's apostles and prophets for the Kingdom Age, will take control of the kingdoms of this world. These kingdoms are defined as all social institutions, such as the "kingdom" of education, the "kingdom" of science, the "kingdom" of the arts, and so on. Most especially there is the "kingdom" of politics or government. This naturally implies the concentration of military and police power in the hands of those in control during the Kingdom Age. They are referred to as the "many-membered man child," whom Kingdom Theology adherents believe will be the fulfillment of Revelation 12:1-5. (Kingdom Theology by Albert James Dager , 1992, http://www.contenders.com/kingdom1.htm)

Kingdom (Now) Theology is ... combined with the Manifest Sons of God doctrine, according to which the church is the ongoing incarnation of God and believers are "little gods" exercising autonomous sovereignty within their spheres of dominion. As this is perhaps the most objectionable and controversial aspect of Earl Paulk's teachings, it deserves special attention. (A Critique of "Kingdom Theology" By Earl Paulk by Robert M. Bowman, Jr., with Craig S. Hawkins and Dan R. Schlesinger, 1988, http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0022a.html)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Bob Weiner
Earl Paulk

LINKS

Restoration Movement, Joel's Army

"Today, few recall the controversy surrounding Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God doctrines fifty years ago and their repudiation by the Church. Of necessity, they are now camouflaged and Christians must have an accurate understanding of Scripture to discern these counterfeit winds of doctrine. Charismatic churches are well-established in Latter Rain doctrine and Evangelical churches are currently being indoctrinated via numerous parachurch organizations and movements. Latter Rain teachings include: Kingdom Now/Dominion Theology, Progressive Revelation, Revival/Harvest, Joel's Army, Replacement Theology, Post-Millennial Eschatology, Signs and Wonders, Territorial Warfare, Ecumenism, Restoration of Apostles and Prophets, Jubilee/Feast of Tabernacles, and the Post-denominational Church." (The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html

Christian Reconstruction

"Within the "Kingdom Theology" camp are several movements whose teachings are remarkably similar over all, yet divergent on some points. These movements - though to a greater or lesser degree disavowing association with each other - are sufficiently homogenous in their eschatological and theological viewpoints to place them all under a common banner: what I refer to as "Kingdom Theology." These movements are built upon the same foundation: the neo-Pentecostalism of the mid-twentieth century. They draw from one another the support needed to develop their strategy for gaining preeminence among Christians. All zealously propagate their "new revelations" which allegedly are to prepare the Church for "the next move of God," bringing us closer to the Kingdom Age (the rule of God on earth). The most prominent of these movements are: Latter Rain, Identity, Manifest Sons of God, Restoration, Reconstruction, Charismatic Renewal, Shepherding/Discipleship, Kingdom Message, Positive Confession." (Kingdom Theology by Albert James Dager , 1992, http://www.contenders.com/kingdom1.htm)

Benny Hinn

"In Latter Rain doctrine, Pentecost was the "former rain" or outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the Church must yet receive a second Holy Spirit visitation. At this time, the Sons of God will be glorified and manifested to all as they establish the Kingdom on earth before Jesus Christ returns bodily ... Benny Hinn fills convention centers worldwide preaching a similar message ..." ("Joel's Army," Jewel van der Merwe, Discernment Ministries, redeemed@tir.com; cited in The Latter Rain Revival by Tim Barbaho, 1997, http://watch.pair.com/rain.html)

Paul Cain

" ... as pointed out by Gruen in "Documentation of the Aberrant Practices and Teachings of Kansas City Fellowship", Cain has often referred to Joel's Army of god-men and the Manifested Sons of God as the man child of Revelation 12:5. This is classic Kingdom Now theology." (Misplaced Faith, 1996 Living Word Church, http://www.livingwrd.org/misplace.html)


(cc) Christian Reconstruction

BRIEF HISTORY

Reconstructionism is a theology that arose out of conservative Presbyterianism (Reformed and Orthodox), which proposes that contemporary application of the laws of Old Testament Israel, or "Biblical Law," is the basis for reconstructing society toward the Kingdom of God on earth. Reconstructionism argues that the Bible is to be the governing text for all areas of lifesuch as government, education, law, and the arts, not merely "social" or "moral" issues like pornography, homosexuality, and abortion. Reconstructionists have formulated a "Biblical world view" and "Biblical principles" by which to examine contemporary matters. Reconstructionist theologian David Chilton succinctly describes this view: "The Christian goal for the world is the universal development of Biblical theocratic republics, in which every area of life is redeemed and placed under the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the rule of God's law. (Theocratic Dominionism Gains Influence, Frederick Clarkson, 1997, http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v08n1/chrisre1.html )

A recently articulated philosophy which argues that it is the moral obligation of Christians to recapture every institution for Jesus Christ. It proclaims "the crown rights of King Jesus." The means by which this task might be accomplisheda few CR's are not convinced that it can beis biblical law. This is the "tool of dominion." We have been assigned a dominion covenanta God-given assignment to men to conquer in His name (Gen 1:23; 9:1-7). The founders of the movement have combined four basic Christian beliefs into one overarching system: 1) biblical law, 2) optimistic eschatology, 3) predestination (providence), and 4) presuppositional apologetics (philosophical defense of the faith). (Gary North, Backward Christian Soldiers? An Action Manual For Christian Reconstruction (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, 1984), Glossary.)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Its Goal

The goal is the developed Kingdom of God, the New Jerusalem, a world order under God's law. (R.J. Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law (Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1973), p. 357.)

Its Gospel

1. "God's covenant with Adam required him to exercise dominion over the earth and to subdue it (Gen. 1:26 ff) under God according to God's law-word."

2. "The restoration of that covenant relationship was the work of Christ, His grace to His elect people."

3. "The fulfillment of that covenant is their great commission: to subdue all things and all nations to Christ and His law-word." (R.J. Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law (Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1973), p. 14.)

QUOTES

"There is no doubt that Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition gets much of the credit for this successful strategic shift to the local level. But another largely overlooked reason for the persistent success of the Christian Right is a theological shift since the 1960s. The catalyst for the shift is Christian Reconstructionism arguably the driving ideology of the Christian Right in the 1990s." (Theocratic Dominionism Gains Influence, Frederick Clarkson, 1997, http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v08n1/chrisre1.html)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Pat Robertson

LINKS

Joel's Army

"An article in Jewel van der Merwe's Discernment newsletter states: "In a recent interview in response to a question as to whether the Promise Keepers could be fulfilling the prophecy in Joel of raising an army, [Pastor] James Ryle answered, "Yes... 300,000 men have come together so far this year under Promise Keepers... Never in history have 300,000 men come together except to go to war. These men are gathered for War." Noticing the potential political nature of this men's movement is none other than The New Age Journal, which ran an article favorable to Promise Keepers in its April 1995 edition. Writer Jeff Wagenheim noted the odd combination of New Age men's movement ideology (Robert Bly's pantheism) combined with the political evangelicalism of Pat Robertson: "...despite the group's assertions to the contrary, Promise Keepers is an organization with vast political influence. The fact that hundreds of thousands of men are being actively encouraged to adhere to a highly conservative set of values and to work to instill those values in their communities and nation should not just be a matter of theological interest." 


(dd) Aimee Semple McPherson, faith healer and evangelist, founder of Foursquare Churches (deceased)

BRIEF HISTORY

Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy was the only child of a Canadian farmer and his wife, born October 9, 1890. Her mother, Minnie Kennedy, was very active in the Salvation Army. Aimee was converted during a Pentecostal tent revival led by Robert Semple. She skipped school just to attend his meetings. She married Semple in August, 1908.

Aimee assisted Semple in his revivals for the next two years as the couple prepared for mission work in China. They relied on the support and prayers of individuals since they went out as independents. The couple had been in China less than a year when Robert became ill and died. Aimee was left pregnant with no money, but managed to return to the United States with the assistance of missionary friends in 1911.

Upon her return to the United States, Aimee married her second husband, Harold S. McPherson, in 1912. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1921. She began an itinerant revival ministry in 1916 which continued until she founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in Los Angeles in 1923. Previously, she had founded the Angelus Temple, which became the headquarters of the denomination.

The church's doctrine was based on four roles of Jesus' ministry as Savior of the world, Baptizer of the Holy Spirit, Healer of human infirmities, and returning King of Kings. Her messages of love and forgiveness were characterized by using drama and music as effective mediums of communication.

The church began its own Bible college, the Lighthouse, in 1926. Ministries of the church extended in many areas including aid to the jobless. A monthly periodical was published, the Bridal Call, with Sister McPherson serving as the editor. The evangelist engaged in a third brief marriage with David L. Hutton in 1931 which ended in divorce in 1935. She made several transcontinental speaking tours and often traveled to her scattered mission churches in the California area.

McPherson's career had its moments of sensationalism and drama as she was involved in several court battles throughout her career. One incident involved a purported kidnapping, although no suspects were ever arrested. Battles between her mother, Minnie Kennedy, and daughter Roberta, over control of the church in the 1930's were widely publicized.

Sister Aimee's career ended September 27, 1944, in Oakland, California, as a result of an overdose of sleeping pills which was ruled to be accidental. She was found by her son Rolf, successor to her position as head of the church and minister at Angelus Temple. The church's ministry continues today with foreign missionaries in over twenty countries and two periodicals, Foursquare World Advance and Communique. United States church members numbered over 100,000. (Biorgraphy, Billy Graham Center Archives)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Aimee Mcpherson taught that everyone should be healthy and was entitled to it. She also performed healings by the laying on of hands. She managed to turn Christianity into a show. People like Kathryn Kuhlman, Benny Hinn and many other "faith healers" got their inspiration from her.

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Aimee Semple McPherson in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Kathryn Kuhlman
Benny Hinn
Foursquare Denomination

LINKS

Kathryn Kuhlman

"(Kathryn Kuhlman as a young woman) meticulously studied (Aimee Semple McPherson) "taking in every movement, every song, every dramatic presentation, every altar call" from the vantage of the Angelus Temple balcony. ... For much of Kathryn Kuhlman's early ministry, she lived in the shadow of her role model, the most famous woman preacher of all, Aimee Semple McPherson ... although she never met Aimee at the Angelus Temple, "enough of the glitter rubbed off to start her toward her own superstar status." (Wayne E. Warner, Kathryn Kuhlman (Ann Arbor, MI: Servant Books, 1993), 203-205)

Benny Hinn

"Hinn revealed that he periodically visits (Kathryn) Kuhlman's grave (click here for a photo of her grave site) and that he is one of the few with a key to gain access to it. He also visits Aimee (McPherson's) grave (click here for photos of her grave site), where he says: "I felt a terrific anointing ... I was shaking all over ... trembling under the power of God ... `Dear God,' I said, `I feel the anointing.' ... I believe the anointing has lingered over Aimee's body." (Benny Hinn, April 7, 1991 sermon) 


(ee) Joel's Army

BRIEF HISTORY

Joels' Army": We are to become an army made up of the manifest sons of God who will take control of the earth so to bring in the millennium. (Joel's Army and The New Breed - New Names for an Old Heresy, L.E. Passe, 1990)

In some Christian circles today, the "peer pressure" upon leaders to accept this (Joel's Army) movement (or at least to keep any qualms about it to themselves) has been quite incredible at times. (THE TRUTH ABOUT JOEL'S ARMY)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

A central thought of LR doctrine is the belief that God is raising up an army that will manifest all the supernatural power of the Old Testament and the New Testament combined. This power will be manifested to bring the entire world under the dominion of the Church. The Church will then in turn hand it over to Jesus, who will hand it over to His Father. The great conquering army of supernatural saints is commonly referred to as Joel's Army or the Manchild company. (The Prophetic Movement, Rev. Robert S. Liichow, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/prophet.htm)

MAJOR ADHERANTS

Paul Cain and the Kansas City Prophets

LINKS

Paul Cain

" ... as pointed out by Gruen in "Documentation of the Aberrant Practices and Teachings of Kansas City Fellowship", Cain has often referred to Joel's Army of god-men and the Manifested Sons of God as the man child of Revelation 12:5. This is classic Kingdom Now theology." (Misplaced Faith, 1996 Living Word Church, http://www.livingwrd.org/misplace.html)


(ff) Kathryn Kuhlman, faith healer and evangelist (decesased)

BRIEF HISTORY

Kathryn Kuhlman was ordained a Baptist minister, but did not associate her ministry with any denomination She was heavily influenced by the Azusa street revival, and by the Roman Catholic church.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

- She was well known for the manifestations that occurred at her meetings, including "laughter".

- She is said to be responsible for the introduction of the manifestation of "Slain in the Spirit".

- There were some differences to the current movement, though, in that she insisted that her meetings be orderly. Manifestations interrupting the service were not permitted. (God Can Do It Again, Kathryn Kuhlman, Prentice-Hall, 1969)

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Kathryn Kuhlman in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

Benny Hinn

"From Benny Hinn's book "Good Morning, Holy Spirit": "Two years later Benny's friend, Free Methodist minister Jim Poynter, invites him to go to a Kathyrn Kuhlman healing crusade. It is here that his interest in the Holy Spirit and the basis for the teaching found in this book, "Good Morning, Holy Spirit," have their origin. While waiting in line for the meeting, Benny starts to shake uncontrollably (p.4). During the service Benny encounters a plethora of emotional experiences. He experiences "an unusual sensation that didn't really seem physical at all," "a feeling of intense glory," "as if I had exploded...Talk about ecstasy!" (p.5). He then feels the Spirit "go down one arm and up the other. I actually felt it moving" (p.6). During the service, Kathryn Kuhlman stops everything and begins sobbing and crying out, "Please don't grieve the Holy Spirit...Please! Don't wound Him. He's all I've got. Don't wound the One I love!" (p.9). Benny then sees "what seemed to be a mist around and over" Kathryn Kuhlman (p.10). This so grabs Benny's attention, that he cries out that he has got to have what she has got (p.11).

"She (Kuhlman) was highly regarded in many Christian circles, and strongly influenced Benny Hinn and John Arnott." (God Can Do It Again, Kathryn Kuhlman, Prentice-Hall, 1969)

"Hinn revealed that he periodically visits (Kathryn) Kuhlman's grave (click here for a photo of her grave site) and that he is one of the few with a key to gain access to it. He also visits Aimee (McPherson's) grave (click here for photos of her grave site), where he says: "I felt a terrific anointing ... I was shaking all over ... trembling under the power of God ... `Dear God,' I said, `I feel the anointing.' ... I believe the anointing has lingered over Aimee's body." (Benny Hinn, April 7, 1991 sermon)

John Arnott

"She (Kuhlman) was highly regarded in many Christian circles, and strongly influenced Benny Hinn and John Arnott." (God Can Do It Again, Kathryn Kuhlman, Prentice-Hall, 1969)

"Understand that I was impacted by Kathryn Kuhlman, I had recently been impacted by Benny Hinn, and certainly by John Wimber. (John Arnott, Pastor of the Toronto Airport Fellowship, Pastor's Meeting, October 19, 1994) 


(gg) John Avanzini, Word-Faith "Hundred-Fold Blessing" proponant, host of TBN Today "Behind The Scenes"

BRIEF HISTORY

John Avanzini is billed by his Faith peers as a recognized authority on biblical economics. The truth, however, is that Avanzini is an authority on perverting Scripture as a means to picking the pockets of the poor. He has honed his craft into such an art form that when Faith teachers need money, they inevitably call on "Brother John." Armed with a bag full of Bible-twisting tricks, he tells the unsuspecting that "a greater than a lottery has come. His name is Jesus! (John Avanzini, Praise-a-Thon (television program), TBN, April 1991, as cited in "What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from theChristian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Word-Faith doctrines.

According to Avanzini, if Jesus was rich, we should be rich as well. Thus, he recasts Christ into a mirror image of himself complete with designer clothes, a big house, and a wealthy, well-financed advance team. (John Avanzini, "Was Jesus Poor?" Believer's Voice of Victory, July/August 1991, 6-7; cf. Believer's Voice of Victory (television program), TBN, 20 January 1991, and Praise the Lord, TBN, 1 August 1989)

Thinking otherwise, Avanzini claims, will prevent Christians from reaping the prosperity God has laid out for them. (Avanzini, "Was Jesus Poor?" 6.)

Avanzini runs the gamut from teaching people how to get their hands on the "wealth of the wicked" to what might best be described as his "hundredfold hoax." (See, for example, John Avanzini, Praise-a-Thon, TBN, 5 November 1990. According to the so-called hundredfold principle, those who financially support the Faith teachers will get back 100 times the amount (a hundredfold) of their original donation.)

When it comes to fleecing God's people, few can match the effectiveness of John Avanzini. ("What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from theChristian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff)

QUOTES

See quotes by or about John Avanzini in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

Paul Crouch

"The Word-Faith Teachers. This is the group that would seek to convince us that Jesus and His disciples were rich, that to be poor is a sin, to be sick is a sin, and that faith is a creative force that we can use to shape our world just like God supposedly created this world and universe that we live in through His "faith"! Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Paul Crouch, John Avanzini, Robert Tilton, Fred Price, and Benny Hinn (who at the time of this writing has authored the number 1 best selling Christian book in America, `Good Morning, Holy Spirit') are just a few that spew out this theological vomit." (An Examination Of The Word-Faith Movement by Richard J. Vincent, 1991, http://www.biblebb.com/files/WRDFAITH.HTM)

John Kilpatrick

"John Kilpatrick said: "I turned on TBN (home of Word-Faith teachers) not long after that, and some of the very people that turned me off, all of a sudden I looked at them with different eyes, because I had repented, and I looked at them with different eyes and they ministered to me and I broke and wept in my living room before the Lord. God touched my heart. And I had to humble myself down like a little boy and learn again to receive from the Lord. I had to learn to receive from people again." (John Kilpatrick, Brownsville Assembly of God videotape, May 30, 1997) 


(hh) Benny Hinn, faith healer, author and television evangelist for Benny Hinn Ministries on TBN

BRIEF HISTORY

Benny Hinn was born in 1953 in Israel to a Greek father and an Armenian mother. He was raised in the Greek Orthodox religion. Hinn claims that while he was a young boy of 11 years of age in Israel, God first appeared to him, and has been appearing to him ever since. At the age of 14, Hinn moved to Canada with his parents. While attending high school there he says he had visions of himself preaching before huge crowds. He also claims that God healed him of a stuttering problem so that he could become a preacher. Yet in spite of the visions and God's appearing to him for several years, Hinn marks the year of his being born again as 1972 when he was about 20 years old. It was at a Kathryn Kuhlman service the following year that he says he had a "profound spiritual experience." (Benny Hinn - His Teachings, Biblical Discernment Ministries, 1992, http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/hinn/general.htm)

Benny Hinn is one of the fastest rising stars on the Faith circuit. According to an October 5, 1992 article in "Christianity Today," sales of his books in the last year-and-a-half have exceeded those of James Dobson and Charles Swindoll combined. (Randy Frame, "Same Old Benny Hinn, Critics Say," "Christianity Today," 5 October 1992, 52.)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Word-Faith doctrines.

Latter Rain doctrines.

Blown about by the winds of doctrine.

While claiming to be "under the anointing," Hinn has uttered some of the most "off-the-wall" statements imaginable including the claim that the Holy Spirit revealed to him that women were originally designed to give birth out of their sides. (Benny Hinn, "Our Position In Christ #5 An Heir of God" (Orlando, FL: Orlando Christian Center, 1990), audio tape #A031190-5, side 2.)

Hinn also admits to frequenting the graves of both Kathryn Kuhlman and Aimee Semple McPherson to get the "anointing" from their bones. (Benny Hinn, "Double Portion Anointing, Part #3" (Orlando Christian Center, n.d.), audio tape #A031791-3, sides 1 and 2. This sermon was also aired on TBN (7 April 1991)

Despite his outrageous antics, Hinn has somehow managed to gain wide acceptance and visibility within the evangelical Christian church. His platform on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), as well as his promotion by a mainstream Christian publisher (Thomas Nelson), have catapulted him into prime-time visibility. Whether Hinn is referring to his family history or his rendezvous with the Holy Spirit, fantasy is often passed on as fact. A case in point are the thousands of "documented" healings claimed by Hinn. Recently, he sent me three examples presumably, the cream of the crop as proof of his miracle-working power. One of the cases involved a man who was supposedly healed of colon cancer. A medically naive person reading the pathology report may well see the notation "no evidence of malignancy" and be duped into thinking that a bona fide healing had indeed taken place. CRI's medical consultant, Dr. Preston Simpson, however, was not fooled by the report. His investigation revealed that the colon tumor in question was "surgically removed" rather than miraculously healed. The other two cases had comparably serious problems. (Christianity In Crisis, Hank Hanegraaff, 1993)

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Benny Hinn in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

John Arnott

"Understand that I was impacted by Kathryn Kuhlman, I had recently been impacted by Benny Hinn, and certainly by John Wimber." (John Arnott, Pastor of the Toronto Airport Fellowship, Pastor's Meeting, October 19, 1994) 


(ii) Paul Crouch, president of TBN and Word-Faith evangelist

BRIEF HISTORY

Paul Crouch and his wife, Jan, are the founders of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which today has an estimated net worth of half a billion dollars. As Crouch himself puts it, "God has, indeed, given us the MOST POWERFUL VOICE in the history of the WORLD. (Paul Crouch, Praise the Lord (newsletter), July 1992, 1.)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Word-Faith doctrines.

Latter Rain doctrines.

Unfortunately, this voice is being used to promote teachings straight from the kingdom of the cults. Crouch's influence has become so vast that he can now raise as much as $50 million during a single "Praise-a-Thon." What many of the well-intentioned Christians who support TBN do not know, however, is that part of this money goes to promoting cultic groups and individuals who not only deny the Trinity but claim that this essential of Christianity is a pagan doctrine. (Crouch, for example, pays for and promotes people like Roy Blizzard and Joseph Good, both of whom openly deny the Trinity. Crouch also gave his staunch support to the United Pentecostal Church (UPC), a cult which claims that the Trinity is a pagan doctrine (see Praise the Lord, TBN, 5 September 1991)

It is indeed ironic that a broadcasting network called "Trinity" would promote anti-Trinitarian doctrine. To those who would speak out against the false teachings proliferated on his network, Crouch has this to say: "I think they're damned and on their way to hell; and I don't think there's any redemption for them." Shortly after I met with Crouch to prove that the Faith movement compromises essential Christian doctrine, Crouch looked into the lens of the television camera and angrily declared, "If you want to criticize Ken Copeland for his preaching on faith, or Dad Hagin, get out of my life! I don't even want to talk to you or hear you. I don't want to see your ugly face. Get out of my face, in Jesus' name." (Paul Crouch, Praise-a-Thon, TBN, 2 April 1991.)

Sadly, Crouch refers to the Faith message as a "revival of truth . . . restored by a few precious men." (Paul Crouch, "Praise the Lord," TBN, 18 February 1986, rebroadcast on 6 August 1991; as cited in "What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff)

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Paul Crouch in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"


(jj) Morris Cerrelo, faith healer and television "prosperity gospel" evangelist on TBN

BRIEF HISTORY

Morris Cerullo claims that he gave up a driving ambition to be the governor of New Jersey in order to become a minister of the gospel. (Morris Cerullo, "The Miracle Book" (San Diego: Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, 1984), x.)

He purports to have first met God at the tender age of eight. Since then his life has been one mind-blowing experience after another: he says he was taught by leading rabbis ... ("God's Faithful, Anointed Servant, Morris Cerullo" (promotional literature, on file at CRI)."

... led out of a Jewish orphanage by two angelic beings ... ("Cerullo, "The Miracle Book," ix; and "7 Point Outreach World Evangelism and You" (pamphlet), 4.)

... transported to heaven for a face-to-face meeting with God ... (Cerullo, "The Miracle Book," xi.)

... and told he would be capable of revealing the future. ("God's Faithful, Anointed Servant, Morris Cerullo."; as cited in "What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff.)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Word-Faith doctrines.

Latter Rain doctrines.

On one occasion, Cerullo informed his audience, "You're not looking at Morris Cerullo you're looking at God. You're looking at Jesus." (Morris Cerullo, "The Endtime Manifestation of the Sons of God" (San Diego: Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, n.d.), tape 1, sides 1 and 2.)

Not only is Cerullo a master of make-believe, he is also a master of manipulation. Claiming that God was directly speaking through him, Cerullo uttered, "Would you surrender your pocketbooks unto Me, saith God, and let me be the Lord of your pocketbooks....Yea, so be thou obedient unto my voice." (Morris Cerullo, "A Word from God at the Deeper Life World Conference," _Deeper Life,_ March 1982, 15)

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Morris Cerullo in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"


(kk) Calvary Chapel

Mentioned here only because it is the church John Wimber was disassociated from and subsequently started the Vineyard. 


(ll) Marilyn Hickey, TBN televangelist and often guest speaker at International Chrismatic Bible Ministries (ICBM) conferences.

BRIEF HISTORY

Faith teachers such as Robert Tilton and his female counterpart, Marilyn Hickey, have copied many of the scams pioneered by Pentecostal preachers such as Oral Roberts and A. A. Allen. In fact, Tilton and Hickey have managed to exceed even their predecessors' outrageous ploys. This is hard to believe when one considers what sort of schemes they had to outdo. ("What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff.)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Word-Faith doctrines.

Latter Rain doctrines.

Marilyn Hickey, much like Tilton, employs a broad range of tactics to manipulate followers into sending her money. Among her many ploys are anointed prayer cloths, ceremonial breastplates, and ropes that can be used as points of contact. In one of her appeal letters, Hickey promises she will slip into a ceremonial breastplate, "press your prayer request to my heart," and "place your requests on my shoulders" all for a suggested donation. (Marilyn Hickey Ministries, direct-mail piece, on file at CRI)

For the most part, Hickey's tricks and teachings are recycled from other prosperity peddlers like Tilton, Hagin, and Copeland. Her message is peppered with such Faith jargon as "the God-kind of faith," "confession brings possession," and "receiving follows giving." ("What's Wrong With The Faith Movement Part One: E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel" (an article from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 16) by Hendrik H. Hanegraaff.)

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Marilyn Hickey in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"


(mm) Rodney Howard Browne, evangelist who calls himself the "Holy Ghost bartender"

BRIEF HISTORY

His first year in ministry was with Youth for Christ in the Johannesburg area. After that, he enrolled in the Rhema Bible training center (A part of Kenneth Hagin's ministry). After graduation, he began pastoring a small Full Gospel Church of God in Cape Town province.

After several years, he left abruptly, having no focus or direction. He returned to Rhema, all but begging for a job. He found an opening at an unaccredited Bible school, and became a lecturer for 2 years before going to the USA.

RHB's biography claims that he served as an associate pastor at Rhema, but according to church officials, he never held any pastoral position or duties at Rhema. He was a lecturer only. A high-level Rhema spokesman was quick to distance Rhema from RHB "Rodney never did it [holy laughter] here. It wouldn't be appropriate." ".....we haven't been in touch with him since 1987-88, so we certainly cannot comment on, or condone what he's doing now.".

The following is a quote from a CRI (Christian Research Institute) article (Questions of Credibility (Sidebar to "Toronto Blessing" Stirs Worldwide controversy, Rocks Vineyard Movement), Journal, Christian Research Institute, Winter 1995):

When asked in May for comment about one of their fellow countrymen, leaders of Enterprise, South Africa's best known evangelical ministry tersely replied that it was "unable to commend [Howard-Browne] or his ministry to you," adding: "Its seems one should approach this form of ministry with care and caution.".

Howard-Browne also claims to have a "doctorate of ministry degree" from an obscure San Jacinto, Calif. correspondence school call "The School of Bible Theology". A state department of Education employee contacted by the CRI JOURNAL likened the tiny school, which bills itself as "The Seminary to the World" and has no faculty, to a "diploma mill.".

RHB arrived in the U.S. in Dec. 1987, keeping a low profile because of the Jim Bakker and Swaggart situation for about 18 months. His ministry took off in Albany, N.Y. in April 1989 while he was leading a week of meetings on "the anointing". He claims that he saw a cloud enter the room one morning, and God spoke to him. He complained to God "Lord, you're ruining my meeting".

Reinhard Bonnke, evangelist/healer, is said to have laid hands on him.

In 1993, RHB was asked to preach at Carpenter's Home Church by Karl Strader in Lakeland, Fla. he was to stay one week, but continued for 4 wks because of the vast crowds that came to hear the "laughing evangelist".

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

His theology appears to consist of:

- Opposed to testing manifestations by scripture

- Praises Branham as a great man of God, and the Latter Rain movement as a move of the spirit (See also notes 1 and 9).

- Believes that Christians should be wealthy and never ill.

- We should not "analyze" movement by their theology, but trust experience and the fruits only. Use of scripture is frowned upon for testing. (Inspect the fruit of the Holy Spirit, Not the Phenomena says Renewal Figure, Mike Mullen, New Wine Internet server)

- Source of supernatural manifestions is not important (i.e. whether it be of God, flesh or the devil). (Laugh or Cry?, The Aberrant Views of Rodney Howard Browne, G. Richard Fisher, Abba II Ministries/BBS, 1995)

- Presence of God can be passed from person to person. 

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Rodney Howard-Browne in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

Randy Clark

"In the summer of 1993, Clark talked with another minister, an associate who had sat under the ministry of Rodney Howard-Browne. Clark's friend told of how he had been revived during the meeting! Again, according to Charisma, Clark said, "What my friend was describing "people shaking, falling, laughing" was what I'd seen many years earlier in the Vineyard revivals. I knew this was what I needed." Take notice that it wasn't truth, but manifestations that led him to Rodney Howard-Browne. Clark decided to attend a meeting of Rodney Howard-Browne's but balked when he found out Rodney Howard-Browne would be in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at Kenneth Hagin Jr's Rhema Bible Church. Clark had theological problems with the Word Faith Movement. However, Clark said that the Lord reproved him for a smug attitude, saying, "You have a denominational Spirit, how badly do you want to be touched afresh?" After setting aside his prejudices, Clark went to the meeting and was prayed for to receive a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit. (Weighed and Found Wanting: Putting the Toronto Blessing in Context by Bill Randles, 1994, http://www.hutch.com.au/~rlister/charis/randles/randle2.htm)

"Fill, fill, fill, come to me, fill, fill" (Howard Browne shouts at the Holy Spirit to fill Randy Clark) (Rodney Howard-Browne, Taken from a Toronto Vineyard video and included in "A Plague in the Land" a video recording of a talk by Alan Morrison (1995)

"When (Clark) went back to his church, powerful manifestations began to occur." (Weighed and Found Wanting: Putting the Toronto Blessing in Context by Bill Randles, 1994, http://www.hutch.com.au/~rlister/charis/randles/randle2.htm)

John Wimber

"All the groundwork has been laid (by John Wimber) ... for the Mystical Revival. All that was needed was a bold, innovative, Charismatic catalyst. One came to this country from South Africa in 1987...Rodney Howard Browne." (The Roots: John Wimber And The Vineyard by Bob Hunter, 1997)

William Branham

"He (Rodney Howard-Browne) names numerous people, calling them "great men of God". Among them is William Branham - an anti-Trinitarian." ("The Coming Revival", written by Howard-Browne, page 13) 


(nn) Randy Clark, revivalist

BRIEF HISTORY

Randy Clark is a pastor of a Vineyard church in St. Louis Missouri. In 1993, he was quite depressed and his ministry seemed to be stagnated. He was looking for something to reinvigorate his ministry, and attended a meeting of Rodney Howard-Browne's at Kenneth Hagin's Rhema Bible Church in Tulsa.

He received the "laughter", took it back to his church. When word got out, people began coming to the church because of the phenomena.

He was later invited by John Arnott, Pastor of the Toronto Airport Vineyard, to come and speak at his church. The same manifestations followed Randy Clark, and the rest is history. (Assoc. of Vineyard Churches Theological/Philosophical statement, Champaign Vineyard Internet server)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Latter Rain doctrines.

The "anointing".

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Randy Clark in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

John Arnott

"Pastor John Arnott also had experienced a dissatisfaction and was sensing the need for a fresh anointing of the Spirit. His hunger for God's touch took him to Argentina, where he witnessed great spiritual revival, as well as attending the meetings of Benny Hinn. According to "What in the World is Happening to Us" Happy Leman told Arnott the results of Randy Clark's ministry at the conference. Upon hearing this, Arnott arranged a meeting for Clark at his church in Toronto in January, 1994. The meeting was supposed to last less then a week, but instead, has continued to this day. They still meet six days a week. Tens of thousands from all over the world have come to Toronto to "soak" in the presence of God, to "get it" as they say and "get it" they do, taking "it" back to home churches all over the world! Many come to do "carpet time" "soaking" in the "presence of the Lord." Vineyard literature encourages "soaking" which is repeated reception of prayer and exposure to the "Spirit." "What in the World is Happening to Us" advises people in its preface to "Ask for more and more of His Spirit. Keep coming for more "keep drinking," and "Don't become discouraged if you do not receive as much as another does "keep asking for more." (Weighed and Found Wanting: Putting the Toronto Blessing in Context by Bill Randles, 1994, http://www.hutch.com.au/~rlister/charis/randles/randle2.htm)


(oo) Paul Cain, Latter Rain prophet of the Kansas City Prophets

BRIEF HISTORY

Today's prophets fall pretty much follow the doctrines and beliefs of the New Order of the Latter Rain (that William Branham developed). This is especially true for Paul Cain, John Sandford, Rick Joyner, Mike Bickle, Bill Hamon, Jefferson Edwards, Turnel Nelson, Myles Monroe, and many other international charismatic leaders. A central thought of LR doctrine is the belief that God is raising up an army that will manifest all the supernatural power of the Old Testament and the New Testament combined. This power will be manifested to bring the entire world under the dominion of the Church. The Church will then in turn hand it over to Jesus, who will hand it over to His Father. The great conquering army of supernatural saints is commonly referred to as Joel's Army or the Manchild company. (The Prophetic Movement, Rev. Robert S. Liichow, 1997, http://www.discernment.org/prophet.htm)

Paul Cain still tends to follow Branham theology, with the possible exception of acceptance of doctrine of the trinity. Paul Cain is well known for his creation of the term "New Breed", which is a new term describing the Manifest Sons of God theology taught by Branham.

Paul Cain went on to be the spark behind the founding of the Kansas City Fellowship, an organization based very much on the Latter Rain Movement. He is seen as the guiding prophet of the KCF, and is also highly recommended by leaders of the Vineyard and laughter movement, such as John Wimber. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

His theology appears to consist of:

- Manifest Sons of God ("New Breed).

- Opposed to Christians trying to manifest their "sonship" too early. (i.e. trying to walk through walls before they are ready or presumptuously) (reference:See Bibliography, Ref document 36, chapter 6)

- "Joels' Army": We are to become an army made up of the manifest sons of God who will take control of the earth so to bring in the millennium. (Joel's Army and The New Breed - New Names for an Old Heresy, L.E. Passe, 1990)

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Paul Cain in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

John Arnott

"The erroneous teaching and ministry of Paul Cain, Bob Jones, John Paul Jackson, and others has been promoted and circulated through the Body of Christ in the years since Vineyard has been their covering. Bob Jones, (one of the more obviously false prophets) finally was exposed, but not as a false prophet, but for an ethical/moral failure. His prophecies have been cited several times as valid at Toronto Airport Vineyard." (Bill Randles, Weighed And Found Wanting, 1995; http://www.hutch.com.au/~rlister/charis/randles/randle6.htm)

Kansas City Prophets

Founding father of the Kansas City Prophets.

Jack Deere

"Prophet Rick Joyner has even identified "Antichrist" as the orthodox church (Weighed and Found Wanting, Bill Randles, p. 64.) and Jack Deere claims that modern prophets will execute the Tribulation judgments. "You see why we're excited about someone like Paul Cain or Bob Jones coming on the scene? Or others that we've metyou know those two powerful witnesses in Revelation 11:3? You know what - they are first and foremost? They are prophets. He said they will prophesy for 1,260 days. He's going to end the last days just before His Son returns with a prophetic movement that will sweep the entire face of the earth and will eclipse anything we have ever seen beforethe significance of these signs and wondersBut they don't just happen on the earth. They come because they are prayed for and they are predicted by God's people."("Joel's Army," op. cit., Jewel van der Merwe.)

"Apostle Jack Deere believes that the two witnesses in Revelation 11 may even be Kansas City Prophets, Paul Cain and Bob Jones." ("Joel's Army," cassette tape, 1990, Vineyard Ministries.) 


(pp) John Wimber, founder of the Vineyard and author

BRIEF HISTORY

Founder of the Vineyard churches. Prior to the ministry, he was manager of the pop singing group, The Righteous Brothers. he chose to go into ministry, into the Quaker church. As time went on, he pulled a group of people together, and unilaterally announced formation of a church with himself as pastor.

He formed this church under the umbrella of the Calvary Chapel churches in California, but a few years later, took his church, and several others out to form his own denomination, the Vineyard.

He has expressed some concern regarding the laughter phenomenon, but then goes on to discourage use of scripture to test the phenomenon He does concede that there is no Biblical support for the manifestations, and that some who have exhibited the manifestations have had demons cast out of them.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

His theology appears to consist of:

- "New Breed"/Manifest Sons of God (See note 25).

- Joel's Army : We are to conquer the world as the manifested sons of God (i.e. in our glorified bodies) to bring in the Millennium.

- Dominion/Kingdom Now theology

- Opposed to testing manifestations by scripture

- Believes in the "corporate Christ". (Christ is not required during the millennium since we are Christ (the body thereof). Christ needs us, because without his body he is incomplete.

- Accepts use of relics for healing. (per Roman Catholic Church).

- Paradigm Shift: A shift in the way that Christians think from a rationalistic view, to an approach where doctrine is developed using experiential approach.

- Claims Laughter Movement is the "Third Wave, the Reformation being the first and the Charismatic Renewal being the second. (John Wimber: Friend or Foe, St. Matthias Press, 1991)

"... the conditioning of God's people (which I'm sure is unintentional) in four areas in particular, has set the stage for the "Mystical Revival." I'm talking about the:

Paradigm Shift - The call for a new world view, a shift from an objective approach to God's truth, to an almost entirely experiential approach. To attempt to abandon your entire world view, particularly, your "Western rationalistic paradigm," and replace it with a more subjective view, leaves you quite vulnerable.

The Denigration of Doctrine and Theology - The constant down playing of the "head knowledge and theology" which is the teaching of the Bible. Partially because of this kind of influence, it is the one who insists on measuring all things spiritual by the scripture, who is now suspect, as a narrow minded scribe or Pharisee! The only "sin" now recognized is the "sin" of critical thinking.

Thirdly, the blatant mysticism. Wimber has taught people to look for the anointing, the "force of faith and grace," the power to heal, and the activity of God through physical sensations. You have a whole group of Christians very aware now, of "tingling," "radiant glow," expecting to tremble, feel electricity, and a host of other manifestations catalogued by him.

Finally, the confusion of Wimber's syncretistic approach. Almost every approach is equally valid, from laying on of the believer's hands, to Roman Catholic relics. To him, George Fox, Jonathan Edwards, Teresa of Avila, and Ignatius of Loyola all belong in the same category! This has sown much confusion into the church. 

All the groundwork has been laid (unwittingly) for the Mystical Revival. All that was needed was a bold, innovative, Charismatic catalyst. One came to this country from South Africa in 1987...Rodney Howard Browne. (The Roots: John Wimber And The Vineyard by Bob Hunter, 1997)

QUOTES

See quotes by or about John Wimber in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

Vineyard
John Wimber is the founder of the Vineyard churches.
John Arnott

"So we invited everybody and anybody. I mean, we had them all here. I didn't care what their background was. If I heard that they were Christians and they were anointed by the Spirit, we wanted them to come. Maybe we could learn something from them. We had several people here. Understand that I was impacted by Kathryn Kuhlman, I had recently been impacted by Benny Hinn, and certainly by John Wimber." (John Arnott, Pastor of the Toronto Airport Fellowship, Pastor's Meeting, October 19, 1994) 


(qq) Kansas City Prophets

BRIEF HISTORY

Formed by Mike Bickel and Paul Cain. In 1991, after a great deal of concern regarding cultic/occultic/heretical beliefs and practices, the Vineyard took control of the church, arranged for an independent investigation of the church to be suspended. The Vineyard, under John Wimber investigated themselves, declared the KCF to be sound, and incorporated them into the Vineyard as the Kansas City Metro Vineyard Fellowship. The church split with the Vineyard in 1996 after the Vineyard and the TACF parted ways. The church is now know as the Metro City Fellowship.

Most leaders in the KCF have now become the most prominent leaders in the Vineyard.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

The theology of this movement appears to consist of:

- Real purpose of God is a church which provides redemption for our sins. Salvation through the sacrifice of Christ is secondary.

- Manifest sons of God/New Breed: We will be manifested as sons of God in our glorified bodies while here on earth, to permit us to take the world for Christ. The doctrine teaches that these Sons will be equal to Jesus Christ in every way. They will be immortal, sinless, perfected sons who have partaken of the divine nature. They have every right to be called gods, and they are.

- Restoration Theology. the church is slowly restoring theology and offices of early church. until we have completed this process and perfected the church, Christ cannot return.

- Christians will become "gods".

- Church will conquer Satan, and put an end to death (not Christ).

- Dominion/Kingdom Now theology: We are to conquer and dominate the world in order to bring in the Millennium.

- Jesus is optional as ruler during the millennium since the church is the "corporate Christ", and therefore as the body of Christ is and has all that Christ is and has.

- Churches currently operating should join the KCF, then be shut down, until only a single church leadership remains in each city.

- Re-establishment of the office of prophet in the church.

- Prophets are required to be only 66% accurate (By revelation from God - God said to Bob Jones that he will supply false prophecies one third of the time).

- Apostolic control (i.e. the leadership of the church tells you what to believe - their word is as good as scripture).

- Believers incapable of properly understanding scripture.

- See also William Branham, Latter Rain movement and Manifest Sons of God.

- Denominations are the mark of the beast.

(Assoc. of Vineyard Churches Doctrinal statement, Champaign Vineyard Internet server)

Mike Bickel, pastor of the Kansas City Fellowship appears to have been a key spark, along with Paul Cain in the formation of the Kansas City Fellowship/Kansas City Prophets.

Mike Bickel has indicated belief in the following doctrines: 

- A New Form and Standard for Christianity is emerging. It will change our entire understanding of what Christianity is. In 20 years it will be entirely different.

- City Churches: One church per city. Other churches are to join the KCF, transfer membership to them (or associated churches in other cities), and close down their churches).

- Joel's Army/Kingdom Now/Dominion theology: the church is to conquer and subdue the earth in order to bring in the millennium.

- New Breed/manifest Son's of God: We will be perfected into our glorified bodies prior to Christ's return. This will allow us to subdue the earth.

- Christians become "gods". (Tricia Tillin, THE NEW THING - Part One. Global Revival as the Key Element In Deception in Twentieth Century Pentecostalism, 1997,  http://www.banner.org.uk/res/newthing_cont.html )

LINKS

Rick Joyner

"Prophet Rick Joyner has even identified "Antichrist" as the orthodox church (Weighed and Found Wanting, Bill Randles, p. 64.) and Jack Deere claims that modern prophets will execute the Tribulation judgments. "You see why we're excited about someone like Paul Cain or Bob Jones coming on the scene? Or others that we've metyou know those two powerful witnesses in Revelation 11:3? You know what - they are first and foremost? They are prophets. He said they will prophesy for 1,260 days. He's going to end the last days just before His Son returns with a prophetic movement that will sweep the entire face of the earth and will eclipse anything we have ever seen beforethe significance of these signs and wonders. But they don't just happen on the earth. They come because they are prayed for and they are predicted by God's people."("Joel's Army," op. cit., Jewel van der Merwe.) 


(rr) Vineyard

BRIEF HISTORY

See also John Wimber.

1977: Church formed under the Calvary Chapel denomination in California. John Wimber unilaterally announced formation of church and appointed himself the pastor.

1981: First "manifestations" at the Vineyard.

1983: Vineyard churches break from the Calvary Chapel to form their own "denomination".

1991: Incorporated the KCF

In 1991, the Vineyard investigated an organization then known as the Kansas City Fellowship, which was receiving a questionable reputation for some of its doctrines and activity throughout the Christian community.

The Vineyard leaders and speakers are largely drawn from the former leadership of the Kansas City Fellowship (also known as the Kansas City Prophets). This includes Paul Cain, Bob Jones, Larry Randolph, Mike Bickel, Rick Joyner, and others.

The Vineyard investigated the KCF, declared then doctrinally sound and then incorporated then entirely into the Vineyard as the Kansas City Metro Vineyard fellowship.

Later that year, one of their main "prophets", Bob Jones, was discredited for sexual misconduct.

The Vineyard believes that a global "super-church" will bring in a worldwide revival. (Prophecies about Toronto, Marc Dupont, Pt.I May 1992, Pt.II July 1993, Champaign Vineyard Internet server)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

A recently issued doctrinal statement indicates that the Vineyard considers that Bible infallible in "faith and practice", and defines the word of God as the Bible, taken in conjunction with current revelation rom God. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

LINKS

Jack Deere

"There are so many others who have been directly or indirectly affected by Wimber and the Third Wave. Men like Ken Blue, Mike Bickle, Jack Deere, George Mallone, James Ryle, John Arnott, Randy Clark, and countless others." (The Roots: John Wimber And The Vineyard by Bob Hunter, 1997; http://www.contenders.com/9.htm)

"Dr. Jack Deere and John Wimber were Paul's special guests recently. Dr. Deere's theology was abruptly and RADICALLY changed when he was "surprised by the Spirit," as he witnessed firsthand the amazing operation of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Word of Knowledge through the ministry of Pastor John Wimber!" (TBN, Newsletter, May 1997)


(ss) Rick Joyner, prophet and editor of MorningStar Magazine

BRIEF HISTORY

One East Coast minister who is heavily involved with Grace Ministries (A ministry started under the Kansas City Fellowship) is Rick Joyner of Morning Star Ministries in North Carolina. (Tom Smith, Background To The "Holy Laughter" Movement, 1997, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4948/vine3is5.html)

Rick Joyner considers himself to be a latter days prophet.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Theology:

- Prophetic accuracy must be only 66% (per Bob Jones "revelation").

- Manifest sons of God/New Breed.

- Creation of "superapostles" from the manifested sons of God. (i.e. 35 "Pauls" will be created)

- Developed strategy to infiltrate and gain control of Christian Community throughout the U.S. and Canada on behalf of the Kansas City Fellowship.

Grace ministries is a separate organization set up under the auspices of the Kansas City fellowship. When the KCF was integrated into the Vineyard, Grace ministries became a separate organization from the KCF, within the Vineyard.

- The theology of Grace ministries is based upon the manifest sons of God/New Breed theology, as described under the Kansas City Fellowship.

- Shiloh Ministries - this is a term used to designate the prophetic ministry that GM is offering to the church at large. "Ultimately, Shiloh will include a piece of property where a number of prophetically gifted ministries will live together as they share revelation with one another releasing a `roundtable of the prophets' effect. This will release a greater prophetic understanding of God's purposes as they submit one to another."

- City churches - There shall be one single church in each city. Churches other than the KCF are to join the KCF, then be shut down, and membership integrated into the KCF.

The list of those associated with Grace Ministries and Kansas City Fellowship is continually growing. Bickel is the team leader. Others that hold leadership positions are: David Parker, Noel Alexander, Michael Sullivant, and Don Steadman.

Other teaching and prophetic ministers who travel extensively are: Francis Frangipane, John Paul Jackson, Kevin Porsche, Reuven Doron, Charles Lynn, Larry Randolph, David Ravenhill, Jim Goll and Harry Schroeder. Rick Joyner, a minister with Morning Star Ministries in North Carolina is also heavily involved.

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Rick Joyner in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"


(tt) Bob Jones, Kansas City prophet

BRIEF HISTORY

Bob Jones was one of the main "prophets" of the Kansas City Fellowship (The other being Mike Bickel). Despite being discredited in a sexual misconduct scandal in 1991 (Minister removed after confession of sexual misconduct, Olathe Daily News, 11/31/91), Bob Jones remains a "prophet" within the Vineyard.

Bob Jones has been described publicly at KCF as a "resident seer." This is unfortunate because he turned out to be one of the most blatant examples of a false prophet, of them all.

Several times while I have been there in Toronto in the services at Airport Vineyard, the prophecies of Bob Jones were discussed in a noncritical matter, as having been fulfilled in part by this revival. In a transcript of a meeting at Airport Vineyard, Friday, October 14, 1994, Wes Campbell discusses Bob Jones' revelation of an upcoming "civil war" in the church. In this war, the blue represents "revelation knowledge" people, fighting for freedom in the Spirit. "The gray" as in gray matter, those bound to their minds, you know, critical thinking (of course they are the ones keeping the church in slavery). This "revelation" was discussed as being credible and soon coming. (Wes Campbell. October 14, 1994. Toronto Airport Vineyard; as cited in The Kansas City Prophets by Bob Hunter, 1995)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

His theology appears to consist of:

- He claims that God revealed to him that prophets are to be only 66% accurate, and that he would be providing false prophecies so that they would not become more accurate. This was to prevent too many Ananias' and Saphira's.

- Manifest Sons of God/Dominion Theology

- City Churches. All other churches are to be incorporated into the Kansas City Fellowship, then closed and membership transferred to the one city church under KCF leadership. Those pastors and elders who resist will be removed.

- Shepherd's Rod Revelation:

On the day of atonement each year, the prophet (Bob Jones) is to hold out his rod for all congregation to walk under (Note: This was said to be a revelation from God).

- When he was in a mental institution, he claims that he was told by God that to regain his sanity, he must either forgive or kill 12 people.

- Joel's Army/Kingdom Now/Dominion Theology

- Christians are to take control of and dominate the world, in order for the millennium to begin.

LINKS

Jack Deere

Prophet Rick Joyner has even identified "Antichrist" as the orthodox church (Weighed and Found Wanting, Bill Randles, p. 64.) and Jack Deere claims that modern prophets will execute the Tribulation judgments. "You see why we're excited about someone like Paul Cain or Bob Jones coming on the scene? Or others that we've metyou know those two powerful witnesses in Revelation 11:3? You know what - they are first and foremost? They are prophets. He said they will prophesy for 1,260 days. He's going to end the last days just before His Son returns with a prophetic movement that will sweep the entire face of the earth and will eclipse anything we have ever seen beforethe significance of these signs and wondersBut they don't just happen on the earth. They come because they are prayed for and they are predicted by God's people."("Joel's Army," op. cit., Jewel van der Merwe.)

Apostle Jack Deere believes that the two witnesses in Revelation 11 may even be Kansas City Prophets, Paul Cain and Bob Jones. ("Joel's Army," cassette tape, 1990, Vineyard Ministries.)


(uu) John Arnott, head pastor of Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship where the Toronto "Blessing" started

BRIEF HISTORY

Current Pastor of the former Toronto Airport Vineyard (TAV), now called the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship (TACF). Formerly, the Toronto Airport Vineyard (Until Jan. 1996), the TAV was expelled from the Vineyard denomination primarily for not being in line with what John Wimber saw as the focus of his ministry, and for failing to recognize his authority. Our perception is that it was primarily a matter or control, and that Wimber was concerned because of the media focus on the TAV and John Arnott, rather than John Wimber and the Vineyard. John Wimber has reiterated his belief that the holy laughter movement is a move from God, and has not condemned or spoken against the movement, nor has he taken any action against any elements of the movement that continue to remain strong within the Vineyard, such as Randy Clark. Subsequently Wimber has said that he and Arnott are good friends.

After he had heard about Randy Clark's manifestations and experiences, he invited Randy to speak at his church, and the laughter manifestations followed.

John Arnott was heavily influenced by John Wimber, Benny Hinn and Kathryn Kuhlman also.

This is the church where the Toronto "Blessing" originated, sometimes called the "Holy Laughter Revival".

Here is a list of people who have, in some way, endorsed if not participated in and are promoting the Toronto "Blessing":

Rodney Howard-Browne (Rodney Howard-Browne Evangelistic Association), John Wimber (Vineyard Christian Fellowship/Vineyard Ministries International), Roger Forster (March for Jesus/Ichthus Fellowships), Gerald Coates (March for Jesus/Pioneer network), Billy Graham (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association), Pat Robertson ("700 Club"), Guy Chevreau (Minister), Charles and Frances Hunter (Authors/Speakers/Healers), Bill Bright (Campus Crusade for Christ), David Mainse ("100 Huntley Street"), Karl Strader (Carpenter's Home Church), Wallace and Marilyn Hickey (Marilyn Hickey Ministries), Richard Roberts (President of Oral Roberts University and son of Oral Roberts), Joyce Meyer (Speaker), Leanne Payne (Disciple of the late Agnes Sanford), Kenneth Hagin (RHEMA; Kenneth Hagin Ministries), Paul and Jan Crouch (Trinity Broadcasting Network), Ben Kinchlow (700 Club), Jill Austin (Master Potter Ministries), John White (Psychiatrist/Author), Randy Clark (St. Louis Vineyard), Leonard and Sandra LeSourd (Catherine Marshall Center), John Arnott (Toronto Vineyard), Paul Cain (Kansas City Prophet; Latter Rain teacher), Marc Dupont (Toronto Vineyard), Kenneth Copeland (Kenneth Copeland Ministries), Richard Dortch (Former Jim Bakker associate), Dr. Patrick Dixon (Author), Hugo Anson (The Stable), John Adlington (Vine Christian Fellowship), Ron Atkinson (YWAM/Ichthus/The Stable), Wes Sutton (Vineyard Church Loughton), John and Eleanor Mumford (Southwest London Vineyard), Jim Wilkinson (Hollybush Christian Fellowship), Steve Chalke (Oasis Trust), David Pytches (Kingdom Power Trust & New Wine Convention/St. Andrews), Ewen Huffman (Carshalton Beeches Baptist), John Hosier (Church of Christ the King), Larry Tomczak (Writer), Benny Hinn (TV preacher/Healer), Oral Roberts (Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association), David Bryant (Concerts of Prayer, International), Jackie Buckingham (Jamie Buckingham's wife), John Sandford (Elijah House), James Ryle (Boulder Valley Vineyard; Board of Directors of Promise Keepers), Stephen Strang (Charisma magazine/New Man magazine) (Unholy Laughter - Part 2 by Dr. Cathy Burns, 1996;  http://www.voicenet.com/~gospel/laugh2.htm )

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

John Arnott has indicated that he believes:

- The doctrinal basis for the phenomena should NOT be tested against scripture - just the fruits, and then only after significant time has elapsed, typically years.

- Believes in the concept of Joel's Army (Army of Christians to conquer the earth. He is now the originator of a new "anointing" called the "warrior anointing".

Blown about by the winds of doctrine.

QUOTES

"So we invited everybody and anybody. I mean, we had them all here. I didn't care what their background was. If I heard that they were Christians and they were anointed by the Spirit, we wanted them to come. Maybe we could learn some thing from them. We had several people here. Understand that I was impacted by Kathryn Kuhlman, I had recently been impacted by Benny Hinn, and certainly by John Wimber." (John Arnott, Pastor of the Toronto Airport Fellowship, Pastor's Meeting, October 19, 1994)

See quotes by or about John Arnott in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

Sandy Millar

"John Arnott of Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship, Canada laid hands on John Mumford of the Southwest London Vineyard who laid hands on Sandy Millar of Holy Trinity Brompton, England who laid hands on Steve Hill, Brownsville AOG, Pensacola, FL." (Steve Hill, Father's Day 1995 video at Brownsville A/G, Pensacola, FL; cited by Sandy Simpson, A Different Gospel?, 1997)

John Kilpatrick

"John Arnott also laid hands on John Kilpatrick's wife in Toronto prior to the Brownsville "Revival" outbreak, as evidenced in this recent letter about a visit to Brownsville AOG by John Arnott from a woman in the Brownsville AOG choir: "We so appreciate Bro. Arnott for being open to God because thats where Mrs. Kilpatrick went..to his church in Toronto and the impartation (anointing) did truly follow her home to us! I sincerely hope and pray that John Arnott was refreshed at Brownsville and was able to feel Gods presence. I would love to go to Toronto..and will one day, with YOU I hope! Love Cathy" (Letter Written Feb.22,1996) 


(vv) Jack Deere, Third Wave theologian

BRIEF HISTORY

Jack Deere was, until recently, the primary theologian in the Vineyard churches. John Wimber depended upon Jack Deere for advice on matters of theology. Jack Deere later left to join the First Presbyterian Church in Whitefish, Monatan.

Aftrer some problems arose at this church, Jack Deere resigned from the Pastorship on June 20, 1996. On March 11, 1997, his association with the Presbyterian church was ended when he renounced jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Glacier.

Jack Deere is now the director of Grace Training Center and an instructor in Biblical studies at the Metro Christian Fellowship (formally Kansas City Vineyard - see item #15). He's going to be part of a conference there in August 1997 entitled "Passion for Jesus: Calling Leaders to Extravagant Obedience." We understand that one of their goals is to "change the understanding and expression of Christianity in the whole earth in one generation."

John Wimber and Jack Deere recently appeared on TBN as best of friends.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Theology:

- Stated that he does not believe that he or the church know what the true gospel really is. Maybe in 5 or 10 years (statement made in 1991).

- Scripture not sufficient for Christian living.

Latter Rain doctrines.

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Jack Deere in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"


(ww) Sandy Millar, pastor, Holy Trinity Brompton (UK)

BRIEF HISTORY

The Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) church in the UK has been the central source of most of the "Toronto Blessing" activity in the UK. One of the key promoters of the movement in HTB appears to be the Rev David Pytches. He and his wife were among the first from the church to visit Toronto and now all the familiar manifestations are seen at HTB, and have been spread throughout the UK. Over 3000 churches in England have been effected by the Toronto "Blessing".

Sandy Millar from HTB laid hands on evangelist Steve Hill from the Brownsville A/G of Pensacola, FL (BAOG). Steve Hill subsequently transfered this "anointing" to the people at Brownsville. This is only one of the direct links to Brownsville from the Toronto "Blessing". Here's the quote from a pro-Pensacola website:

"Our revival began on Fathers Day in June of 1995, however the real beginning of this mighty outpouring started right around the corner from you. American missionary/evangelist Steve Hill read an article in Time magazine that captured his attention. In bold print the title of the article said "Holy Spirit Falls In London". This captivated his attention and the next time he traveled from Texas to Russia he made a detour through England.

"He was able to get an appointment with Pastor Sandy Millar of Holy Trinity Brompton, next to Herrods, on Wednesday January 19, 1995. At 3:00pm Steve arrived at the church, upon entering he found a prayer service in progress. He related to us that he had to walk over about a hundred bodies to get down front to Pastor Sandy. Pastor Sandy apologized for not being ready for their meeting but Steve said it wasn't important, he didn't need to talk "just pray for me".

"Brother Steve said it was the most powerful thing he ever experienced. After spending twenty minutes on the floor he got up, found another couple that was praying and got more. In Steve's own words "I was like a kid in "Toys R Us"." (Revival in Pensacola, Craig A. Howel, 1997, http://www.wordlibrary.co.uk/testimony/revival.htm)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Latter Rain doctrines.

The "anointing".

Many of the above.

LINKS

Steve Hill

"John Arnott of Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship, Canada laid hands on John Mumford of the Southwest London Vineyard who laid hands on Sandy Millar of Holy Trinity Brompton, England who laid hands on Steve Hill, Brownsville AOG, Pensacola, FL." (Steve Hill, Father's Day 1995 video at Brownsville A/G, Pensacola, FL; also Unholy Laughter, Dr. Cathy Burns, 1996; cited by Sandy Simpson, A Different Gospel?, 1997) 


(xx) Steve Hill, evangelist, Brownsville A/G, Pensacola, FL

BRIEF HISTORY

More recently, another movement that is said by some to be a separate movement, has originated in the Brownsville Assembly of God Church in Brownsville, near Pensacola Florida. This movement started after a visiting evangelist, Steve Hill, spoke at the church on June 18, 1995 and the manifestations that we have described as being part of the Toronto Blessing experiences began. Steve Hill had come in contact with the manifestations during a trip to the Holy Trinity Brompton church in the UK and had hands laid on him by Sandy Millar there.

The effects of this movement are now being felt within not only the Assemblies of God churches, but also Methodist and Southern Baptist churches. The nearby Pine Forest United Methodist church in Pensacola works with the Brownsville AOG in promoting this movement. Because this movement is originating within the AOG and Methodist churches, it has been able to take ground in these and other churches that "Toronto" version of the movement couldn't. There is little or no difference between the Brownsville "experiences" and the "Toronto" experiences, and indeed the Brownsville and HTB experiences are both propagated from the Toronto experiences.

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Latter Rain doctrines.

The "anointing".

Many of the above.

QUOTES

See quotes by or about Steve Hill in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

John Kilpatrick

Steve Hill laid hands on John Kilpatrick on Father's Day 1995. Here is his account of that "slaying in the spirit" (available on video, although you won't hear or see any rushing wind or telephone pole between Kilpatrick's legs!):

"Kilpatrick stood on the platform praying with Hill and another man when he suddenly heard a sound like a "rushing mighty wind" sweep over his right shoulder. As Kilpatrick looked over his shoulder, he said his ankles slipped, his knees bowed out, and a sudden "river of the glory of God" moved between his legs. "It felt like a telephone pole," he said. "An endless telephone pole was coming through my legs and it was coming in the church." With some help from another man on the platform, Kilpatrick stepped back and listened to the sound of the "rushing mighty wind" and what he described as the "river of the glory of God" as it swept into the church. He suddenly jumped to the pulpit and screamed, "My God, church, get in! This is it! This is what we've been praying for! Get in!" (The Brownsville/Pensacola Outpouring. Revival or Pandemonium?, Matt Costella, Staff Writer ©FOUNDATION Magazine, March-April 1997) 


(zz) John Kilpatrick, head pastor, Brownsville A/G, Pensacola, FL

BRIEF HISTORY

Head pastor of Brownsville A/G Pensacola, FL (BAOG) where the Pensacola "Outpouring" began. John Kilpatrick had hands laid on him by many people, most significantly by traveling evangelist Steve Hill (see 23) who is now a permanent fixture in that church. His wife visited TACF and was "slain in the spirit" right around the same time and also brought that back to BAOG. BOAG continues to bill this "revival" as different from the Toronto "Blessing", but these facts show otherwise.

Here is John Kilpatrick's account of the day "revival" came to Brownsville A/G:

"One Saturday night as Kilpatrick entered the church to be alone and pray, he said he walked into something he had never felt before. "As I walked in, I don't know what I walked into. I think I walked into the edge, the front cutting edge of the glory of God that God was about to send to Brownsville on Father's Day," he said. "But when I walked into it ... it just took my breath. I had chill bumps instantly that hurt ... I mean hair on my arms and legs was standing out, you know, and they hurt!" What happened next, on Father's Day 1995, comes straight from the mouth of Brownsville Assembly of God Pastor John Kilpatrick in a presentation at the Garywood Assembly of God in Hueytown, Alabama on January 20, 1997.

"Kilpatrick's mother died five weeks before the "revival" broke out, so he asked evangelist Steve Hill to speak at Brownsville on Father's Day. Hill agreed and opened up the altar for prayer that morning. Over 1000 people came forward to pray that morning, and Kilpatrick stood on the platform praying with Hill and another man when he suddenly heard a sound like a "rushing mighty wind" sweep over his right shoulder. As Kilpatrick looked over his shoulder, he said his ankles slipped, his knees bowed out, and a sudden "river of the glory of God" moved between his legs. "It felt like a telephone pole," he said. "An endless telephone pole was coming through my legs and it was coming in the church." With some help from another man on the platform, Kilpatrick stepped back and listened to the sound of the "rushing mighty wind" and what he described as the "river of the glory of God" as it swept into the church. He suddenly jumped to the pulpit and screamed, "My God, church, get in! This is it! This is what we've been praying for! Get in!"

"The revival had begun. The supernatural presence in the church was, according to Kilpatrick, the glory of God manifesting itself to the congregation. Kilpatrick said it looked as though someone pulled a pin on a grenade and threw it into the audience after he commanded the congregation to jump into the "river of the glory of God." He said, "I'm drunk, my legs is wobbly, I can barely stand up ... and I saw bodies going every which way ... just flying, going down like a hurricane coming through and pulling trees down." Kilpatrick continued, "They were just going down, flopping on benches, falling across the aisles, nobody even touched them." Before he knew it, Kilpatrick said he felt a heaviness come upon him and he fell to the floor, paralyzed, at 12:30 that afternoon. He did not get up until 4:00 that evening. He described the sensation that enveloped him before falling to the floor. "I felt like I weighed 10,000 pounds," he said, "but it wasn't a bad heavy. It felt wonderful." Following the sensation of heaviness, Kilpatrick felt a calm, peacefulness come over him and then felt some form of fluid flow from his body. He said, "It felt like fluid was dripping out of the joints in my bones." In fact, he jokingly told how he was nervous, wondering what the audience would think if they looked on the platform and saw him lying in a pool of fluid. This fluid, he said, was all the stress that was built up in him from years of the ministry. He said God drained all the stress out of him on the floor that day. Later that day at the evening service when Kilpatrick got up to introduce the speaker, he could not move. He said he could not move his head, his tongue, or any part of his body. He sat in his chair on the platform in a comatose state until two or three o'clock the next morning. This, Kilpatrick claimed, was the glory of God manifesting itself to Brownsville.

"For three weeks following the beginning of the revival, Kilpatrick said he and his wife were constantly "drunk in the spirit" while they were inside their own house. "I was so drunk and Brenda was so drunk, she'd hit the recliner and there she'd be for hours, I mean just gone, under the power of God, even at home," he said. Another time, when Kilpatrick laid down to go to sleep, his shoulders just began to "pop around and shake." When his wife asked him what was happening, he said, "I don't know, but I believe it was God." Kilpatrick claimed he was not even able to go to work for three weeks after the revival broke out, because as he would try to walk down the hallway to get into his car to go to work, "this shoulder would hit that side of the wall and that shoulder would hit this side of the wall ... and I couldn't walk. I couldn't even keep my equilibrium. And by the time I'd get to church that night I'd either be on the floor, on the chair or something, and God just moved in." (The Brownsville/Pensacola Outpouring. Revival or Pandemonium?, by Matt Costella, Staff Writer ©FOUNDATION Magazine, March-April 1997, http://www.fundamentalbiblechurch.org/Foundation/fbcpensa.htm)

HERETICAL DOCTRINES

Latter Rain doctrines.

Word-Faith doctrines.

The "anointing".

Many of the above. Blown about by the winds of doctrine.

QUOTES

See quotes by or about John Kilpatrick in "By Your Words - Quotes By Third Wave Leaders"

LINKS

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