DR C. PETER WAGNER'S
ENDORSEMENTS & HIS EDUCATION

An advertising of a book written by an Australian author, lends some insight into C. Peter Wagner's spiritual leanings since he wrote an endorsement for "Flashpoints of Revival." and higly recommends it. The name of the book: "Flashpoints of Revival" by Geoff Waugh, Australia, is an expansion of a previous book he wrote "Fire Fell". Contents of this book is what they call the history of "Revivals". Dr C Peter Wagner, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena: wrote the following endorsement of the book: Flashpoint of Revival

Here in America, it seems to me that I have heard more reports of revival-like activity in the past three years than in the previous thirty. This has caused revival to be a more frequent topic of Christian conversation than I have ever seen. There is an extraordinary hunger for learning more about how the hand of God works in revival.

That is a major reason why Flashpoints of Revival is such a timely book. Christian libraries are well stocked with detailed accounts of certain revivals as well as scholarly analytical histories of revival. But I know of no other book like this one that provides rapid-fire, easy-to-read, factual literary snapshots of virtually every well-known revival since Pentecost.

As I read this book, I was thrilled to see how God has been so mightily at work in so many different times and places. I felt like I had grasped the overall picture of revival for the first time, and I was moved to pray that God, indeed, would allow me not to be just an observer, but rather a literal participant in the worldwide outpouring that will soon come. As you read the book, I am sure you will be saying the same thing.

Dr. C. Peter Wagner, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California endorses the following list of flashpoints of revivals dating back to the Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century.

[Source Renewal Journal: http://www.pastornet.net.au/renewal

We are in Wagner's computer data bank due to Oral Roberts Charismatics where many ministries have obtained addresses for their mailing lists. We have an advertisement from Brother Cerullo who promises God's fresh fire and anointing, so that we can receive a fresh impartation and he advises us not to miss this New Millennium Fresh Fire Believers' Rally! We live in a very small town and the church where he wishes to put us under his power is just a few blocks from us.

C. Peter Wagner AD 2000 Movement, Colorado Springs, Co. appears with an endorsement that God has used this prophetic apostle Morris Cerullo, in these end times to the nationas of the world, to release God's anointing to more ministers than any other man in the history of this world. I am calling believers to rise up to receive God's Fresh Fire anointing and to be His end-time vessels of power. [We thought we received the Holy Spirit when we were born again?]

Another one came from Global Harvest Ministries calling us to attend International Congress on Prayer & Intercession [We thought Jesus Himself is our intercessor?]. Dr. Peter Wagner - Convener [a new word: to summon before a tribunal (Webster's Dictionary) tribunal: a platform from which an assembly is addressed] This invitation states: "Blessed be the Lord .. who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle?? [We were under the impression that we are to turn the other cheek and be peacemakers?] Under the return address there is a rubberstamp: "Make plans now to attend "The Nationa School of Prophets." [We were not aware that prophets became prophets by going to school?]

The most interesting facet about this discernment ministry is the way information comes together. The registration to the latter event was quite high, $145 per person. Global Harvest Ministries is not listed as an exempt nonprofit organisation , no more so than most television evangelists like Ken Copeland, Hagin, Hickey, Roberts, TBN, Parsley, etc... Guidestar.org lists nonprofits that turn in 990 tax forms to the Internal Revenue Service every year. They display the organization even if they do not have to report.

We had a request to research the Fuller Theological Seminary to see when Catholicism had an influence on the institution. What we found was most interesting. Dr. C.Peter Wagner is a product of this college.

The founder, Dr. Fuller, was a fundamental Christian. There were two areas that he had problems with and they were separatism and dispensationalism. Separatism is required of the Gospel from a spiritual point of view. Obviously we have to earn a living since we live here without manna from heaven, but spiritually the Bible states that we should come out of the world and be separate. Fuller not only abandoned separatism but also dispensationalism.

If Fuller was not a dispensationalist then he believed in "Covenant Theology." Covenant theology has been amillennial historically, believing the kingdom to be present and spiritual, or postmillennial, believing the kingdom is being established on the earth with Christ's coming as the culmination. Postmillennialists believe that the church is bringing in the kingdom now, with Israel ultimately to be made a part of the church. Christ.s coming will be to bring final judgment and the the eternal state. (p.16 Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine, publ. H. Wayne House)

Dr. Billy Graham joined Fuller's Board of Trustees in 1958, which had the effect of broadening the evangelical agenda to include Graham's passion, to rid the world of social problems and poverty. To shine a light on Dr. Billy Graham: on page 72 of the book "Under the New World Order" Evangelicals, Catholics and Israel "Conspiracy of the Ages" by Wilson Ewin, Dr. Graham is mentioned as being instructed on Pope John XXI-II's Second Vatican Council and the progress of ecumenism. Apparently Dr. Graham is the connection to Catholicism.

In 1964 on T.V. in Boston, Graham named Cardinal Cushing "the leading "ecumenist in America." The evangelist's biographer states the evangelist "lavished further praise on Pope John XXIII and his recent successor, Paul VI, and heralded Vatican II as a major step in dissipating the clouds of resentment and mistrust that had separated Catholics and Protestants."

On page 73 of the same book: "Though carefully shepherded by the cardinals, Billy Graham's outstanding foster was Fulton Sheen. The Archbishop served as American Head of the Vatican's Society for Propagation of the Faith. Besides his own popular T.V. program, Sheen was constantly in demand as a conference speaker. Responsible for the conversion of multitudes, his most notable were Clare Boothe Luce and Henry Ford II.

Commenting on Sheen's passing in 1979, Graham said, his death was "a great loss to the nation and both the Catholic and Protestant churches. He broke down many walls of prejudice between Catholics and Protestants. I mourn his death and look forward to our reunion in heaven." Graham fell sick several days in Hartford during his 1950 New England Campaign. E.S. Gerald Beavan "stayed at his bedside and read to him from Bishop Fulton Sheen's 'Peace of Soul.'"

Page 76: On December 29, 1955, Billy Graham met in his hotel suite with Dr. James Bennet and Rev. Jack Wyrtzen. He confirmed his intention of sending converts back to the Roman Catholic Church. The Hotel Commodore, NYC, was the scene of a Rally banquet attended by 1100 people. The New York Evening Journal reported on September 18, 1956, that Graham said, "Then we'll send them (the converts) to their own churches - Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish."

By the late 1950's, the results of long hours spent previously with Catholic priests, cardinals and bishops, became evident in Mr. Graham's ministry. Speaking of his 1952 crusade in Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph said of Graham on September 6, "He said he hoped to hear Bishop Fulton J. Sheen at one of the masses at St. Paul's Cathedral tomorrow." He added, "Many of the people who reach a decision on Christ at our meetings have joined the Catholic Church and we have received commendations from Catholic publications for the revived interest in their Church following. This happened both in Boston and Washington. After all, one of our prime purposes is to help the churches in a community. If after we move on, the local churches do not feel the efforts of these meetings in increased membership and attendance, then our crusade would have to be considered a failure."

Obviously, Dr. Billy Graham's social agenda, in 1974, was the thrust behind the world wide ecumenical, evangelization of the Lausanne Movement and was also responsible for the movement to the left at Fuller Seminary. In 1963 David A. Hubbard became President of Fuller Seminary and expansion followed. He formed the The School of Psychology and World Missions. Hubbard considered Fuller Seminary to be too fundamental for liberals. In 1980's a 'Mega Seminary' evolved that was multi denominational consisting of 125 different denominations including Pentecostals and Catholics from 80 countries. [Source; History of Fuller Seminary:
http://www.fuller.edu/anniversary/html/histry/found.htm.

At Fuller the Seminary family--faculty, staff and student body--meets at midmorning two days a week for a one-hour chapel service. Chapel provides a time of community celebration and reflection and an opportunity to share together in worship, teaching, and exhortation. Both traditional and contemporary forms of Christian worship are experienced.

Prayer and Fellowship Groups. Groups representing various affiliations and areas of concern meet on Monday mornings for prayer and fellowship. Groups which met regularly in recent years have included:


Opportunities for Worship and Service. In the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, there are thousands of congregations representing nearly every denomination or affiliation, providing everyone at Fuller with the opportunity to be involved in the life of the church. Every student is encouraged to unite with one of these communities of Christians. In addition, there are many specialized church and parachurch ministries in the area which offer students varied opportunities for training, witness and service.

Fuller has Multi-denominational Representation

Fuller Theological Seminary trains and counsels its students to return to the denominations that nurtured them. Education for ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary is accepted by every major denomination. Denominational distinctives, such as church government, are taught by persons who represent the various denominations. Furthermore, the Seminary faculty comprises such a cross-section of church affiliation that most of the greater traditions of the church are represented. The student body at Fuller is composed of men and women from more than 100 denominations and church bodies. This opportunity for contact with a wide variety of ecclesiastical backgrounds is a broadening and enriching experience.

The following affiliations were represented on campus by five or more students during 1994-95:
African Methodist Episcopal
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.
Anglican
Assemblies of God
Baptist
Baptist General Conference
Brethren Church
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Christian Church (Independent)
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Christian Reformed
Church of Christ
Church of God
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Church of God in Christ
Congregational
Conservative Baptist
Episcopal
Evangelical Church
Evangelical Covenant
Evangelical Free
Evangelical Holiness
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Evangelical Presbyterian
Foursquare
Free Methodist
Friends
Full Gospel
Independent
Korean American Presbyterian Church
Korean Evangelical Church (USA)
Korean Presbyterian Church in America
Lutheran
Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
Mennonite Brethren Church in North America
Mennonite Church
Messianic Judaism
Methodist (International)
Nazarene
Nondenominational
Open Bible Standard
Pentecostal
Pentecostal Holiness
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Presbyterian Church (International)
Presbyterian Church of America
Presbyterian Church of Korea
Reformed Church in America
Roman Catholic
Salvation Army
Seventh Day Adventist
Southern Baptist
United Church of Christ
United Methodist
Vineyard Christian Fellowship
In addition, nearly 50 other affiliations were represented by at least one student.
The following affiliations are represented by the resident faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary:
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.
Assemblies of God
Baptist
Christian Reformed
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Christian Church/Church of Christ
Church of the Brethren
Congregational
Conservative Baptist Association
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
Episcopal
Evangelical Church
Evangelical Covenant
Evangelical Free
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheran Brethren
Mennonite Church
Nazarene
Nondenominational
Plymouth Brethren
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Reformed Church in America
Southern Baptist
United Methodist
United Church of ChristIn addition, representatives of several denominations--the Reformed Church of America, American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A., and the United Methodist Church--serve on the School of Theology faculty as Ecclesiastical Faculty.
Denominational Relations

As a multidenominational institution, Fuller Theological Seminary seeks to work actively with the many denominations represented among its student body. Relationships with denominations are coordinated by an Office of Denominational Relations. This office seeks to facilitate and focus communication and interaction between the students, the Seminary, and the various denominations. The office also coordinates Seminary relationships with regional and national denominational structures and leaders. Many denominations have volunteer liaisons who work with the Office of Denominational Relations to assist their denominational groups in the task of providing fellowship, guidance, and academic support to students.

Office of Presbyterian Ministries

The Office of Presbyterian Ministries serves the more than 400 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) students within the Fuller student body. On the Pasadena campus, the office provides an intentional program of instruction and experience to prepare men and women for ministry in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Academic courses in Presbyterian Creeds, Presbyterian Polity, Reformed Worship, and Presbyterian History are offered each year. Each Monday morning during the academic year a meeting is held for Presbyterian students to get to know their future colleagues in ministry. Speakers at these meetings are denominational leaders who represent the many board, agencies and program emphases of the denomination. The Office of Presbyterian Ministries provides counsel for students regarding the preparation for ministry process, assists them as they prepare for the national standard ordination exams, serves them as a liaison with the governing bodies of the denomination, and seeks to provide community for the Presbyterian students at Fuller.

Theological Education Agency of the Reformed Church in America

This program was established in 1985 by the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America. Located on Fuller's Pasadena campus, its purpose is to serve all ministerial candidates of the Reformed Church in America who are not attending one of the two denominational seminaries. The director supervises students in preparation for ordination, assists in locating internships, and offers instruction in RCA polity, history, confessional statements and worship.

American Baptist Theological Center

In the spring of 1988, the American Baptist churches formally related to the American Baptist Churches/Los Angeles and those related to the American Baptist Churches/Pacific Southwest, in cooperation with the Board of Educational Ministries of the American Baptist Churches/USA, voted to form a new American Baptist Theological Center on Fuller's Pasadena campus. This center is intended to serve the needs of American Baptist churches locally and nationally by cooperating with the Seminary in the theological education of American Baptist students preparing for a wide variety of ministries. The Center is intended to prepare students for ministry in the older churches as well as in churches now being formed in a context rich in ethnic and cultural diversity.

UNBELIEF AT FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

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Updated October 3, 1999 (first published August 23, 1999) (Fundamental Baptist Information Service, 1701 Harns Rd., Oak Harbor, WA 98277) - Fuller Theological Seminary, the largest interdenominational "evangelical" seminary in the world, wields vast influence. It was formed in 1947 by men who accepted the Bible as the infallible, verbal-plenarily-inspired Word of God, but within a few years it had rejected this position. Fuller Seminary quickly became a hotbed of New Evangelicalism. Its first president, Harold John Ockenga, claimed to have coined the term "New Evangelicalism" in 1948 at a convocation in Pasadena, California. The fathers of New Evangelicalism also included other faculty members at Fuller Seminary in those early days, chiefly Harold Lindsell and Carl F.H. Henry. Ockenga stated that New Evangelicalism "differed from fundamentalism in its repudiation of separatism." Having rejected biblical separation from its inception and having adopted the unscriptural philosophy of dialogue and infiltration, it is no surprise that Fuller Seminary was quickly infected with the apostasy of modernism.

CHANGING THE DOCTRINAL STATEMENT

By 1976, Harold Lindsell, who served as a professor and vice-president of Fuller, raised his voice against Fuller’s apostasy. In his book The Battle for the Bible, Lindsell devoted an entire chapter to "The Strange Case of Fuller Theological Seminary." Nowhere in his book does Lindsell discern the root of Fuller’s error, which was rejection of biblical separation, but he does document the end product of Fuller’s error. He stated:

"In or about 1962 it became apparent that there were some who no longer believed in the inerrancy of the Bible, among both the faculty and the board members" (Lindsell, Battle for the Bible, p. 108).

Lindsell names the names of many of these faculty and board members: C. Davis Weyerhaeuswer, Daniel P. Fuller (son of the school’s founder), Calvin Schoonhoven, David Hubbard (who became president of the school), James Daane, and George Ladd. In the early 1970s, Fuller Seminary changed its doctrinal statement to more accurately reflect the position held by members of its faculty. The original statement said the Scripture is "free from all error in the whole and in the part." This was dropped for a more general statement that merely affirms that the Bible is infallible in matters of faith and practice, leaving room for heretics who believe the Bible errs in matters of "science" and history.

Since the 1970s, Fuller Seminary has gone from bad to worse in this matter. It is doubtful that there are any professors at the school today who believe the Bible is the inerrant, verbally-plenarily inspired Word of God without error "in the whole and in the part." Fuller Seminary is infatuated with scholarship and has drunk deeply from the wells of modernism.

PAUL KING JEWETT

Paul Jewett was Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Seminary. In 1975, he published Man as Male and Female. The Foreword was written by Virginia Mollenkott, Chairman of the Department of English at William Paterson College in New Jersey. Mollenkott is a lesbian who moves in the most radical of feminist circles. In 1978 she co-authored the book entitled Is the Homosexual My Neighbor, in which she argues that the Sodom account in Genesis does not teach the evil of homosexuality, but the evils of violent gang rape and inhospitality to strangers. The book also claims that "the idea of a life long homosexual orientation or ‘condition" is never mentioned in the Bible" (p. 71), and that Romans 1 does not "fit the case of a sincere homosexual Christian" (p. 62).

In the June 1991, issue of The Witness, published by the Episcopal Church, Mollenkott testified, "My lesbianism has always been a part of me. ... I tried to be heterosexual. I married myself off. But what I did ultimately realize was that God created me as I was, and that this is where life was meaningful." In her 1994 book, The Divine Feminine: The Biblical Imagery of God as Female, Mollenkott calls God the "One Mother of us all" (p. 19) and suggests that the Lord’s prayer might be addressed to "Our Father/Mother who is in Heaven" (p. 116). In the Foreword to Jewett’s book, Mollenkott observes: "To my knowledge, he is the first evangelical theologian to face squarely the fact that if woman must of necessity be subordinate, she must of necessity be inferior." That is unscriptural nonsense, of course, but it reveals the wretchedly apostate associations of Fuller Seminary professors.

In the book Man as Male and Female, Jewett admits that he has been influenced by modern biblical criticism and claims that the Bible contains error because it was written by men:

"Historical and critical studies of the biblical documents have compelled the church to abandon this simplistic view of the divinity of Scripture [the traditional doctrine that the Bible is the Word of God without error] and to take into account the complexity at the human level of the historical process by which the documents were produced. Instead of the simple statement, which is essentially true, that the Bible is a divine book, we now perceive more clearly than in the past that the Bible is a divine/human book. As divine, it emits the light of revelation; as human, this light of revelation shines in and through the ‘dark glass’ (1 Cor. 13:12) of the ‘earthen vessels’ (2 Cor. 4:7) who were the authors of its content at the human level" (Jewett, Man as Male and Female, p. 135).

Jewett also says that Genesis 2 is not historic but a religious myth or saga (p. 122) that might not have been written by Moses (p. 114), calls the Garden of Eden an "allegory" (p. 123), and is not certain that Paul wrote the book of 1 Timothy (p. 116).

Jewett is dead wrong. The Lord Jesus Christ knew more about the Scripture than modern textual critics, and He never hinted that there is any error in it. He plainly stated that "the scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35) and that the very jots and tittles are authoritative and preserved by God (Matthew 5:18). When the Apostle Paul stated that "all scripture is given by inspiration of God" (2 Timothy 3:16), he obviously understood that there is a human element in Scripture, but he knew that God controlled the writers of Scripture in such a manner that the product is the inerrant Word of God. The Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles cited every part of Genesis and the rest of the Pentateuch and claimed that it was written by Moses, that it is the Word of God, and that it is historically accurate. Any doctrine of the Scripture that disagrees with that taught by Christ and the Apostles is rank heresy.

JOHN GOLDINGAY

The following is a firsthand report of a missionary who visited Fuller Seminary recently:

"My wife and I visited Fuller Theological Seminary on July 27, 1999. … We attended a class taught by Dr. John Goldingay of the School of Theology. Dr. Goldingay had very good rapport with the clas and is one of the most popular professors on the campus. He told the class that there is no archeological evidence that the city of Jericho was there and that the walls came tumbling down. Referring to the Biblical account he said, "Perhaps this is a parable." This is evidence that unbelief and denial of the Scriptures is alive and well on the Fuller campus today. Hebrew 11:30 states, "By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days." The Bible is correct and Dr. John Goldingay is in error" [Dr. Arthur B. Houk, Sylmar, CA 91342, ahouk@juno.com (e-mail)].

CHARLES SCALISE

Another example of how Fuller professors have capitulated to modernistic views of the Bible is Charles Scalise. He is associate professor of church history and academic director of Fuller Theological Seminary in Seattle’s M.Div. program. In his book From Scripture to Theology: A Canonical Journey into Hermeneutics (InterVarsity Press, 1996), Scalise argues for accepting the conclusions of biblical criticism while at the same time accepting the Bible as the "canonical Word of God." He proposes the "canonical approach" of Yale Professor Brevard Childs who follows Karl Barth. Scalise uncritically describes how "the ‘postcritical’ hermeneutics of Karl Barth assists Childs in charting his way across ‘the desert of criticism’" (p. 44). It is true that modern biblical criticism is a desert, but instead of rejecting biblical criticism as the unbelieving heresy that it is, the modern Evangelical scholar tries to reconcile it with a way to allow the Bible to remain authoritative in some sense.

In the first chapter of his book, Scalise plainly and unhesitatingly rejects the "facts-of-revelation" approach to Scripture that accepts the Bible as the historically accurate record of God’s infallible revelation (pp. 28-31). Scalise does not believe Moses wrote the Pentateuch under divine inspiration or that the Old Testament record of miracles is accurate. He believes the Pentateuch was written by unknown editors centuries later (p. 56). He believes the Bible’s accounts of miraculous events are exaggerated. For example, he believes that the Egyptian chariots pursuing Israel got "stuck in the mud" (p. 39) rather than being overwhelmed by God’s miraculous dividing and undividing of the waters. He agrees with Karl Barth that the book of Numbers contains both "history" and "storylike saga" (p. 49). He believes portions of Amos were added by an unknown editor (p. 56). He believes that to view the Bible as historical is dangerous (p. 79).

He does not believe the Psalms are historical writings (p. 78). He does not believe that the Apostle Paul wrote the book of Ephesians nor that it was originally addressed to the church at Ephesus, and he doesn’t believe it matters (p. 58). Scalise wants to allow the Catholic apocryphal books to be accepted as canonical (pp. 60,61). He commends an approach to biblical canon which has "a firm center and blurred edges" (p. 60). Scalise says, "The Bible is the Word of God because God speaks through it" (p. 22). That is a false, subjective Barthian view of Scripture.

In fact, the Bible is the Word of God because it is the Word of God, regardless of whether man feels that God is speaking through it. Scalise claims that comparisons of the Trinity to the self by theologians like Karl Rahner and comparisons of the Trinity to community by theologians like Leonard Hodgson and Jurgen Moltmann "are within the channel of orthodoxy" (p. 103). He does not like the "negative view of tradition" that comes from the Protestant Reformation, and he believes the Protestants and Catholics simply misunderstood one another (p. 73). He believes it is possible to reconcile the differences by requiring that the Bible be interpreted within the context of church tradition (p. 74). In fact, if the Bible must be interpreted by tradition, the tradition becomes the superior authority. In the preface to his book, Scalise notes that he was guided into his critical views of the Bible during studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Tubingen in Germany.

A WARNING TO FUNDAMENTALISTS

Fuller Theological Seminary’s quick slide into apostasy is a loud warning to Fundamentalists today. When Fuller Seminary was formed in the late 1940s, it was a Fundamentalist institution. Founder Charles E. Fuller of the "Old Fashioned Revival House" was a Fundamentalist, and he wanted to establish a school to defend the New Testament faith. Harold Lindsell, who was one of the school’s first four faculty members, said: "From the beginning it was declared that one of the chief purposes of the founding of the seminary was that it should be an apologetic institution. … It was agreed from the inception of the school that through the seminary curriculum the faculty would provide the finest theological defense of biblical infallibility or inerrancy."

As we have seen, this objective was quickly abandoned. By neglecting biblical separation, the school became a hodge-podge of apostasy instead of a bastion of biblical truth. This is precisely what will happen to Fundamentalist churches and schools that refuse to practice separation today. These include institutions such as the General Association of Regular Baptist-associated Cornerstone College (which participated in the ecumenical Luis Palau crusade in 1994) and Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University (which has hosted ecumenical Promise Keepers meetings and has praised Billy Graham, the most influential of all non-separatist New Evangelicals).

"Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?" (1 Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:9). "Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners" (1 Corinthians 15:33). [Source: Critique of Fuller Seminary: http://www.slipperpros.com/~dcloud/fbns/unbeliefat.htm ]

Considering the fact that Dr. C. Peter Wagner was trained at Fuller Theological Seminary is it any wonder that he is ANNOUNCING: GIDEON'S ARMY II! Praying through the 40/70 by C. Peter Wagner, President of Global Harvest Ministries and Chancellor of Wagner Leadership Institute. Not only are the new Apostles changing the church as we know it but they are changing the language. [New Word: What is a Chancellor? "the secretary of a nobleman, prince or king." (Webster's Dictionary). Interesting in light of what Jesus said: "My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world:, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence." ]

On September 22, 2000 (PRAYER NEWS ALERT) stated: - Are you ready for war?

For those who have been tracking with Global Harvest Ministries since we were founded ten years ago, this is a redundant question. Global Harvest was founded for warfare. From day one we have joined hands with Jesus of whom it was said, "The Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil" (1 Jn. 3:8). [Not Global Harvest Ministries] Our mandate is to weaken the "god of this age" that he will no longer be able to blind the minds of men and women who are lost (see 2 Cor. 4:4). We know that you are ready for war!

However, if you are new to Global Harvest this call to battle might well be stretching. You may not have passed through the fires of the AD2000 United Prayer Track in the 1990s. You may not have been a part of Operation Queen's Palace or Operation Ice Castle or Celebration Ephesus. You may not have gone on a prayer journey to the 10/40 Window. You may not have taken to the streets in one of the first Marches for Jesus [ecumenical]. You may not have attended a meeting of the Spiritual Warfare Network. You may not have read the Prayer Warrior series or Possessing the Gates of the Enemy [Jesus already won this battle on the cross when He said "It is finished!"]. But now I am once again calling the troops of strategic prophetic intercessors to battle!

Calling the Troops

The battlefield is the same kingdom of darkness under the prince of the power of the air. The weapons are the same. Our weapons are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds (see 2 Cor.10:4). But the target has shifted. Our prayers for the 10/40 Window are being answered beyond our expectations. God is moving powerfully in the 10/40. Consequently, we are now focusing on the 40/70 Window. Operation Queen's Palace has transitioned to Operation Queen's Domain. We expect to see as much change in the spiritual atmosphere over the 40/70 Window in five years as we saw over the 10/40 Window in ten years!

Basic training for the 40/70 will take place over the next 12 months. We will network the warriors and gather the necessary intelligence. Then October 1-3, 2001 we will launch the frontal attack. Our rallying point will be an international event in Germany (the exact city yet to be determined) which we are calling "Gideon's Army II." Gideon's Army I, the first international meeting of the Spiritual Warfare Network, was held in Korea in 1993. It was an awesome meeting, but this will surpass it. Therefore, set aside the dates right now. You will want to be there, along with hundreds of others who sense God's calling to the spiritual front lines of the day...

The format will be similar. We will publish a prayer calendar for Praying Through the 40/70 with two nations per day for the 31 days of October. Gideon's Army II will provide the operational base from which scores of prayer journeys will depart, with at least one prayer journey in each of the 61 nations of the 40/70 window.

Target Europe and Target Silk Road: We have two major territorial targets in our sights this time: Target Europe and Target Silk Road. The prayer initiatives for Target Europe are coordinated by Apostle Roger Mitchell of U.K. and Prophet Michael Schiffman of Germany. The prayer initiatives for Target Silk Road are coordinated by Apostle Kim Kwang-Shin of Almaty, Kazakhstan. They will join Chuck Pierce and me in leading Gideon's Army II next October.

If you are a veteran participant in the global prayer movement of the AD2000 United Prayer Track, you should be there. If you are a member of the Spiritual Warfare Network from Australia or Brazil or Singapore or Europe or America or South Africa or Japan or wherever, you should be there. If you participated in Celebration Ephesus, you should be there. If you are new as a prophetic intercessor and if you desire to link up with others like yourself, you should be there...

Conferences: [This used to be the Hickey's Happy Church. The leaders are same, the name of the organization was changed]:

Power Evangelism: Restoring the Evangelistic Gift to the Body of Christ October 12 - 14, 2000 - Location: Orchard Road Christian Center, 8081 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village - CO - Speakers: Peter Wagner - Convener, Chuck Pierce, Roberts Liardon, Mahesh Chavda, Jack Deere, Cindy Jacobs, Peter Youngren, and Che Ahn. (Worship Leader: John Dickson). To REGISTER Use the Web! www.wpccs.org/conferences (Online Registration Available)

Another book "The Apostolic Revolution," by David Cartledge received a recommendation by Wagner: "In this timely new book, David Cartledge, reveals the history of a current apostolic revival, and a biblical framework for the recognition and release of apostolic and prophetic ministries in the modern Church.

"Be prepared. This is not an average book. David Cartledge has produced a veritable tour de force with the release of The Apostolic Revolution! ...... Without any question, this book takes its place, alongside of very few others, at the top of the list of the literature on God's new wineskin for the church of the 21st century!" From the forward by C. Peter Wagner.

[Source of Prayer News Alert, a publication of Global Harvest Ministries P.O.Box 63060, Colorado Springs, Co 80962-3060 http://www.globalharvest.org]

According to Jewel and the late Travers van der Merwe, DISCERNMENT MINISTRY, Latter Rain adherents believe that "God is forming an overcoming company within the body of Christ called, among other names, 'The Manchild Company, etc.' (Rev. 12:5). The Manchild is the true church. Those that are the real Christians are the Overcomers (Rev. 2 & 3) and are becoming more and more perfected so that they will be able to drive Satan from the world. This must be done before Jesus can return. They believe that the church is not ready for the coming of the Lord. They are not looking for His imminent coming. They believe that Christ must come TO His Church before He comes FOR His Church.

"All do not necessarily use this terminology, but the premises are the same. The language is becoming increasingly militant as the 'Army of God,' 'Gideon's Army' or 'Joel's Army' take shape. A common thread is that they are expecting a 'New Order': 'In all revolutions there are noisy and dangerous times as the OLD ORDER is replaced by the new... after the dust settles, we can proceed to build the beautiful kingdom that the Lord has purposed from the foundations of the World,' says Vinson Synan, one of the leaders of AD 2000" [Van der Merwe, Travers, and Jewel van der Merwe, "Strange Fire: The Rise of Gnosticism in the Church" (Des Moines, IA: Conscience Press, 1996), p. 40].

[Source: David and Linda Liben Delusion & Apostasy Watch News http://members.aol.com/delusionapostasy/myhomepage/news.html ]

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