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General Vineyard Articles
(1)
My
Visit To The Anaheim Vineyard by Philipp R. Johnson, 1995
Eyewitness account of the Anaheim Vineyard/Toronto "Blessing".
(2) Testing
The Fruit Of The Vineyard by John Goodwin, Pastor, Solid Rock Christian
Fellowship, 1999
"The church is asleep during a time it needs
to be the most alert; the following pages will begin by tracing how the
church has been lulled into this stupor. Although Satan's poison has devastatingly
seeped into most of our churches today, this article will focus on how
it has permeated the Vineyard Fellowships due to my personal involvement
with this movement." A Fundamentalist Baptist perspective.
(3) Healing
And The Kingdom by Paul G. Hiebert, 1989
This
chapter is taken from an out of print book called "Wonders And The Word
- An Examination Of Issues Raised By John Wimber And The Vineyard Movement"
by James R. Coggins and Paul G. Hiebert. As of the publishing of this book
in 1989, Paul G. Hiebert was professor of mission anthropology in South
Asian Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA. He is
currently Associate Dean of Academic Doctoral Programs, Chairman of the
Department of Mission and Evangelism, and Professor of Mission and Anthropology
at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Dr. Hiebert was at Fuller
when John Wimber was there and the Vineyard movement was well underway.
This book was an apologetic against what Wimber and others were experimenting
around with at Fuller and what had taken shape in the Vineyard, later to
blossom into a full blown case of Toronto "Blessing". The issues
they were dealing with at the time laid the groundwork for what we see
now in the "New Apostolic Reformation" or "third wave", as C. Peter Wagner
has coined it. The problems are the same. What were then the birth
pangs of renewed gnosticm and eastern mysticism in the Vineyard and other
Penetecostal churches are now the key issues facing the entire church and
the few true believers who are left with discernment. Dr. Hiebert
articulates the issues so very well in this chapter of the book.
(4) False
Prophets...Pseudo Apostles, & A New Gospel by Marion H. Reynolds,
Jr.
"What individual has exercised the greatest
degree of influence in persuading non-charismatic evangelicals to accept
the false teachings and practices of the Charismatic movement? John
Wimber, founder of Vineyard Christian Fellowship and head of Vineyard Ministries
International."
(5) The
Vineyard, the Charismatic Church, and the Cults by Anonymous, 10/05
Long before becoming a born-again Christian in the fall of 2000,
I spent 7 years in a cult calling itself the Church of the Living Word,
also known as ‘the Walk’, lead by John Robert Stevens. After the Walk,
I went to the Vineyard and spent 9 years there from 1989 up until 1998.
When I became a Christian in 2000 I was attending a local Charismatic church.
Soon after becoming a Christian I began to notice many similarities between
what we had been taught in the Walk – an outright cult - and what was being
taught in the Vineyard and Charismatic movements. As a result I started
taking a closer look into the teachings of charismatic leadership. I also
noticed that there was prevalent within Charismatic/Vineyard churches a
‘mindset’ which was very similar to the type of mindset I found within
the cult. I will discuss this ‘cultic mindset’ in more detail later , but
for now suffice it to say that I am not referring to specific doctrines,
but in the way rank-and-file members relate to the leadership and accept
their teachings with little, if any, serious critical evaluation. This
cultic-mindset is rampant in the charismatic church today and has resulted
in an appalling lack of discernment in that movement.
(6) Looking
At Lonnie Frisbee: A Real Jesus Freak? by Steve Mitchell, Power
To Stand Ministries, 1/07
Jesus Movement historian, David DiSabatino has just released a new
documentary film entitled: Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippy Preacher
and its caused quite a stir in film festivals and churches. It documents
the life and times of a hippy, Lonnie Frisbee, who many believed was gifted
with great power from God after being extraordinarily commissioned and
sent. He became influential in the histories of two large church movements
– Calvary Chapels and Vineyards, and it is alleged in the film that because
he practiced homosexuality and died of AIDS, his part in the formation
and growth in these churches has been marginalized and all but written
out of history books.
John Wimber
(1) The
Roots: John Wimber And The Vineyard by Bill Randles, 1997
Examine the roots of the current "counterfeit" revivals by going back
to one of the major roots -- John Wimber and The Vineyard.
"I believe
that the only accurate evaluation of any movement begins by looking at
the roots. As it is written, "A good tree cannot produce evil fruit, nor
can an evil tree produce good fruit." Origin determines everything when
it comes to spiritual evaluation."
(2) Wimber
Plays Down Toronto Rift by John Martin, 1996 John Wimber is now
saying that his relationship with John Arnott of the Toronto Airport Fellowship
Church is "better than ever".
(3) The
Kingdom Of God According To John Wimber by Carl Widrig Jr., 1995
"To anyone familiar with the theology of George
Eldon Ladd the above should sound strikingly familiar, and the false teaching
above should be easily discernible. I leave the reader with the following
things to consider regarding the theology of John Wimber as indicated above,
and the effect his theology may have had on those who follow him."
Also included is this chart of Definitions
& Comparison Of Kingdom Now Theology And Dispensationalism from
his book The
Doctrine Of The Kingdom Of God.
(4) John
Wimber - Deceased Nov. 17, 1997
E-mail, official and non-official, regarding
the death of John Wimber, Nov. 17, 1997.
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