I have known, in my short time, certain churches, in the paroxysms of delirium, meeting houses crowded, aisles filled, preachers stamping and thundering, hearers intoxicated with excitement, and persons converted by wholesale—even children converted by hundreds—they said thousands. Well, and a month or two after, where were the congregations? where were the converts? Echo has …
Patricia King discussing with fellow “prophet” “seer” mentor Bob Jones and “revivalist” Todd Bentley, the practice of visiting the “third heaven” Todd Bentley had previously called Bob Jones and described his visit to the “third heaven” during which time he was, of course, visited by angels. Todd Bentley explains how he first met with Bob Jones, …
The Emergent Church By Jan Markell A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to the 21st century. In the late 20th century, certain leaders came out stating that we needed a “new way of doing church.” That old time religion wasn’t good enough. So in came new gimmicks replacing the solid gospel. We have seen …
Riding the Emerging Church Wave How far is this new kind of church willing to go to reach its objective? Emerging church proponents say there is a new wave taking place and we have to hop on. The wave is a Vintage Christianity, which in reality is an experience based religion. Experience must be implemented …