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Joyner is associated with the Kansas City Prophets (Paul Cain, Bob Jones, Mike Bickle et al) who have been discredited for a number of reasons, notably: Paul Cain's false prophecy that revival would break out in London in October 1990 when John Wimber went there. It didn't happen. "Many were left sceptical or disappointed" (Nigel Scotland, Charismatics and the Next Millennium, 1995, Hodder & Stoughton). Paul Cain's close adherence to the Latter Rain teachings of Trinity-denying heretic William Branham. Cain considers that Branham was "the greatest prophet in the 20th century" despite the fact that Branham had a spirit guide or 'angel', believed he was Elijah returned, looked to the zodiac and Egyptian pyramids for revelation, taught that Eve had sex with the Serpent and falsely prophesied that the RC church would take over all the denominations in 1977 via the World Council of Churches. Bob Jones' sex scandal in 1991 ('Minister removed after confession of sexual misconduct', Olathe Daily News, 30 November 1991). Bob Jones' Joel's Army/ Kingdom Now/ Dominion Theology/ Manifest
Sons of God heresies. He also believed that the Kansas City Fellowship
was the one true church all others should become part of; he
claims that God revealed to him that prophets are to be only
66% correct, and that he would be providing false prophecies
so that they would not become more accurate; when he was in a
mental institution, he asserts that he was told by God that to
regain his sanity, he must either forgive or kill 12 people.
Joyner himself strongly endorses all these men and they regularly 'prophesy' at his meetings or have transcriptions on his 'Morningstar' website (www.eaglestar.org). Joyner works for Morning Star Ministries in North Carolina, where he conducts a 'prophetic' ministry. He has tremendous credibility and pizzazz, and he issues a continuous stream of (best-selling) prophecies about the endtimes Church. His 'big thing' is "The Great Christian Civil War": Like the American Civil War, the coming spiritual civil war
will also be between the Blue and the Gray. In dreams and visions
blue often represents heavenly mindedness- the sky is blue- and
gray speaks of those who live by the power of their minds- the
brain is often called gray matter- this will be a conflict between
those who may be genuine Christians, but who live mostly according
to their own natural minds and human wisdom, and those who follow
the Holy Spirit One of the questions I'd like us to ask ourselves is this: what does Joyner mean when he talks about 'blues' and 'grays'? Some other questions: will there really be a Christian Civil War, do we need to take sides, and if so whose side are we going to be on? Civil War Joyner's prognostications about the upcoming Christian Civil war are many and various. The most widespread publication is the book, The Final Quest (1996, Whitaker House), but he has also circulated several prophecies on the subject in his Morning Star Prophetic Bulletin. In May 1996, Joyner sent out a message entitled 'Civil War
in the Church'. He makes the following points: |