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    Filling the Blanks With Fuller

    The Original Five

    1 John 4:5

    " They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world and the world heareth the!"

    #$ Fuller%

    &arold O'kenga %

    #hristian Freedo! Foundation

    &enrietta (ears%

    )ouis & $vans Jr

    *i'hard # &alverson

    Billy +raha!

    Bill Bright

    J $dwin Orr%

    ,r!in +esswein%

    1 John -: 4./

    "&e that saith 0 know hi! and keepeth not his 'o!!and!ents is a liar and the truth isnot in hi! But whoso keepeth his word in hi! verily is the love of +od perfe'ted:herey know we that we are in hi! &e that saith he aideth in hi! ought hi!self alsoso to walk even as he walked "

    #$ Fuller &arold O'kenga J $dwin Orr ,r!in +esswein and &enrietta (ears werefriends and 'o.workers who layed the groundwork for the workers who prepared tofollow the! and e'o!e "world 'hangers" and "e2pendales for #hrist" Working

    together they estalished the e'u!eni'al 'a!pus !ove!ents whi'h has e'o!e the

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    !ethod of 'ontinual 'hange as de!onstrated in arti'les su'h as Joel3s +loal oli'eFor'e

    The 'o!ined resour'es in these arti'le tra'es the !ove of *e'onstru'tionis!and(anifest ons of +od6o'trine into the 3evangeli'al3 and funda!entalist 'hur'h

    whi'h we dis'uss in our other arti'les as well The goal is a 3theo'ra'y3 whi'h does notfit with Bili'al do'trine ut rather the apostasy of the anti'hrist The a''eptan'e of thevarious !ove!ents and their tea'hings all 'o!ines into the attitude and spiritualityne'essary for the eventual worship of the east

    # $ Fuller was founder of Fuller Theologi'al e!inary in asadena #, (r Fullerwas one of the earliest speakers on #hristian radio &is "ilgri!s &our" and "OldFashioned *evival &our" laid the groundwork for a gloal !inistry that has trans'endeddeno!inational arriers and whi'h for!ulated the e'u!eni'al pastoring evident

    throughout 'hur'hes and television and radio evangelis! The radio shows eventuallysiphoned off 'hur'h dollars into the gloal !ove!ent and nu!erous other para 'hur'horgani7ations 6r Fuller taught at &enrietta (ears3s Forest &o!e #hristian #onferen'e#enter and pro!oted (ears and her Forest &o!e 'onferen'es on his radio show theOld Fashioned *evival &our Fuller would announ'e the 'onferen'es and en'ourage hislisteners to attend in order to work toward revival whi'h he and the others had as theulti!ate goal

    &arold O'kenga ..Ordained !inister of the resyterian #hur'h in 1891 and was a

    pastors assistant at ittsurgh3s First resyterian #hur'h fro! 189.9 &e then e'a!epastor at oint Bree7e resyterian #hur'h ittsurgh fro! 1891.9/ &e !oved to theark treet #hur'h Boston (, in 189/ re!aining there until 18/8 &e was withFuller fro! 184;.1854 as president and then as a trustee fro! 1858./9 &e wasalso 6ire'tor of the #hristian Freedo! Foundationand a !e!er of resident Tru!an3s#lergy!en3s (ission to $urope in 184; &e taught at &enrietta (ears3s Forest &o!e#hristian #onferen'e #enter

    ee: The #hristian Freedo! Foundationwhi'h shows it3s history with Bill Bright $d(',teer The *eligious *oundtale #ry for *enewal oational ,sso'iation of$vangeli'als in184- &e served as resident of oth the >ational ,sso'iation of$vangeli'als and the World $vangeli'al Fellowship whi'h are !erely the national andworld organi7ations of the sa!e thing#hristianity Today whi'h was the >ew$vangeli'alis! report had its irth in 185/ as the rain'hild of Billy +raha! and hisfather.in.law 6r ) >elson Bell 6r O'kenga was #hair!an of the Board fro! 185/.18?5 0n 18// he was one of three featured speakers at the World #ongress on$vangelis! &is 'areer whi'h involved a radio !inistry found hi! also leading toursto the &oly )and and !issionary

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    6r O'kenga also helped found +ordon.#onwell Theologi'ale!inary Ahttp:wwwg'tseduA in 18/8 and was resident of it and +ordon #ollegefro! 18/8.18?5 "The #onwell 'hool of Theology and +ordon 6ivinity 'hool!erged in 18/8 through the efforts of philanthropistJ &oward ew6r &arold JO'kenga and 6r Billy +raha!6r O'kenga the long.ti!e pastor of Boston3s histori'

    ark treet #hur'h e'a!e the new institution3s first president 6r O'kenga retired in18;8 ut !aintained an a'tive e!eritus relationship with the s'hool and served as!e!er of the Board of Trustees until his death in 18?5" 6r Billy +raha! is #hair!an$!eritus of the Board of Trustees

    For an understanding and analysis of J &oward ew and their grants % C#li'kD

    The ,sso'iation of Theologi'al 'hools E,T !entioned in our previous arti'le isalso a ew re'ipient 0n 188/ ,T re'eived a grant fro! ew #haritale Trusts and hasalso re'eived grants fro! the )illy $ndow!ents and the *o'kefellers

    0n Thy Will e 6one authors #oly and 6ennett wrote ">elson C*o'kefellerD knew asdid !u'h of the nation that Barry +oldwater had refused to disavow support for theultrarightist John Bir'h o'iety &e also knewthat +oldwater and the Bir'h o'ietywere oth heavily funded y J &oward ew owner of one of tandard Oils !aavress Joy of )iving

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    and +ospel )ight We have sin'e added WaterBrook ress Ea division of *ando!&ouse ,glow 0nternational +loal &arvest #hur'h +rowth 0nstitute and rayerTra'k" http:wwwgospellight'o!infoht!l

    )ouis & $vans Jrwas the son of the )ouis & $vans r pastor of &ollywood

    resyterian #hur'h 0n the living roo! of &enrietta (ears ho!e )ouis $vans Jrstarted his "&ollywood #hristian +roup" whi'h !e!ers in'luded *oy *ogers and6ale $vans The group was 'haplained y J $dwin Orr fro! 1848.1851

    &enrietta presented her theology as "the #ause of #hrist" whi'h !eant winning theworld to #hrist and estalishing #hristianity as the guiding for'e in so'ietyCre'ontru'tionist theologyD through evangeli7ation of the world The Fellowship of theBurning &eart estalished y (ears at Forest &o!e was where she en'ouraged herstudents to e willing to die for "the #ause of #hrist" he laid her hands on the! tore'eive her !antle hen'e re'eiving within the!selves a "urning heart"

    0n 184; she gave a spee'h at The Forest &o!e whi'h resulted in !otivating and 'allingwhat were later 'alled the "a''eptale anointed evangelists" na!ely Billy +raha!*i'hard &alverson Bill Bright and several others

    *i'hard # &alverson.181/.1885 Ordained as a resyterian !inister in 184-&alverson served as 'haplain to the enate for fourteen years fro! 18?1.1885Before e'o!ing a !inister &alverson pursued a 'areer as an entertainer in the 189swhile in &ollywood &alverson was a prolifi' author with su'h works as +ospel for theWhole of )ife The Word of a +entle!an The Ti!elessness of Jesus #hrist Walk with+od etween undays rayers Offered y the #haplain of the enate We Theeople and !any !ore , !e!er of the Fellowship of the Burning &eart &alversonalong with =onette Bright was influential in having the enate de'lare the >ational 6ayof rayer

    &e was !anaging 6ire'tor of Forest &o!e #hristian #onferen'e +rounds #alif in184-and was at that ti!e 184-.1844 assistant !inister of )ynwood resyterian#hur'h Kansas #ity (o &e e'a!e dire'tor of Forest &o!e #hristian #onferen'e in1844 as well as !inister of First resyterian #hur'h #oalinga #alif until 184;Fro! there he e'a!e !inister of new life at First resyterian #hur'h &ollywood#alif fro! 184;.5/ 0n 185; he e'a!e !inister of Fourth resyterian #hur'hWashington 6#

    &alverson was ,sso'iate e2e'utive dire'tor of 0nternational #hristian )eadershipWashington 6# in 185/ and was president of #on'ern (inistries 0n' E'haritalefoundation &e was 'hair!an of oard of dire'tors World =ision 0n' a !e!er ofadvisory oard >avigators and Orient #rusades (ission ,'tive in prayer reakfast!ove!ent 185/..

    Billy +raha! L 0n 18;4 6r +raha! 'onvened the e'u!eni'al )ausanne #onsultationon World $vangelis! &e is a for!er Board !e!er of Fuller Theologi'al e!inaryand endorses ro!ise Keepers ,t 6r +raha!3s ,!sterda! 3?9 two of the !ainspeakers were 6r aul Monggi #ho and 6r at *oertson oth of who! are

    'haris!ati's Organi7ations in'lude Billy +raha! #enter Billy +raha! 'hools of$vangelis! Billy +raha! $vangelisti' ,sso'iation The Billy +raha! $vangelisti'

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    ,sso'iation also has a nu!er of affiliated organi7ations in'luding World Widei'tures World Wide uli'ations Blue *idge Broad'asting and the #hristianBroad'asting ,sso'iation the Billy +raha! $vangelisti' ,sso'iation of #anada andthe +raha! Fund for $vangelis! &onorary #o.'hair of the )ighthouse (ove!entBilly +raha! has pla'ed his seal of approval on !any e'u!eni'al ventures

    6r +raha! spoke at the 1848 Forest &o!es #onferen'e ,lthough 'lai!ing to knowthe )ord Jesus #hrist and an $vangeli'al evangelist he prayed for the filling of the&oly pirit there and fro! that ti!e forward stayed in 'onta't with &enrietta (earsseeking her 'ounsel Billy +raha! e'a!e an "a''epted anointed evangelist" alongwith Bill Bright and *i'hard &alverson all !e!ers of the Fellowship of the Burning&eart

    6* *iley &enrietta (ears3s pastor in (inneapolis and resident of >orthwestern'hools elieved that his !antle was to e passed on to Billy +raha! orthwestern 'hools CBilly +raha! Just ,s0 ,!: The ,utoiography of Billy +raha! an Fran'is'o: &arper #ollins @ondervan188; pp119.115D

    ,t that ti!e while still tea'hing at the #onferen'e J $dwin Orr !et with +raha! andwas persuaded that +raha! had re'eived *iley3s !antle Orr then laid hands on +raha!to re'eive his !antle Fro! that ti!e forward his 'rusades were guided y the plantingdone y ,r!in +esswein prayer !eetings +raha! would not a''ept any invitation to

    prea'h unless e'u!eni'al representation.in'luding *o!an #atholi' 'lergy.was presentThat is still his poli'y today ,ll that attend are given 'ounselors fro! their owndeno!ination and en'ouraged to go a'k to that 'ongregation regardless of howBili'ally unsound it !ay e

    ,''ording to +roup Wat'h whi'h sour'ed various do'u!ents "0n the late 184s+raha! had e'o!e the favorite evangelist of !edia arons Willia! *andolph &earstof the #alifornia &earst dynasty and &enry )u'e head of Ti!e 0n' +raha! e'a!ethe spearhead of their anti'o!!unist 'a!paignE9 )u'e and &earst pro!oted +raha!who during the 185s prea'hed that: "CeDither #o!!unis! !ust die or #hristianity!ust die"E9"

    "+raha! !aintained his 'onne'tions to the 'orporate world in the 18/s and 18;sThe organi7ing oard of his 1.day 'rusade in (adison Nuare +arden in 18/8 'a!efro! the highest e'helons of the usiness world They in'luded $l!er $ngstro!'hair!an of the e2e'utive 'o!!ittee of the oard of dire'tors of *#, #orp +eorge#ha!pion 'hair!an of #hase (anhattan Bank *oger &ull 'hair!an of the oard ofthe (utual )ife 0nsuran'e #o!pany and 6r W >a2ey &ar!an head of +enes'oE?"

    "Billy +raha! was the head of the Mouth for #hrist an organi7ation estalished in the184s that worked worldwide to revitali7e evangeli'al #hristianity in the 184s"

    "+raha! was on the oard of the #hristian $!assy a diplo!ati' re'eption e!assy

    where the #a!pus #rusade for #hrist planned to evangeli7e !e!ers of #ongress the!ilitary and the

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    e2pose on it in the !id.18;sE? 0n 18?8 Billy +raha! was the re'ipient of the>ational *eligious Broad'asters resident3s ,ward given annually to an outstanding!inistry &is radio progra! "&our of 6e'ision" re'eived the ,ward of (erit fore2'ellen'e in progra! produ'tionE5 +raha! is the honorary 'hair!an of ">ew )ife-" an evangelisti' !ove!ent working to fulfill the prophesy for the !illeniu! y

    evangeli7ing all people of the world y the year -E/"

    "C#>3s D$dward = &illis the pastor of the 15.!e!er (t @ion Baptist #hur'h in)os ,ngeles &ill is an a'tive !e!er of the (oral (aews 18?8

    ? 6eorah &untington and *uth Kaplan "Whose +old 0s Behind the ,ltarP #orporateTies to $vangeli'als" #onte!porary (ar2is! Winter 18?1.18?-"http:wwwpirorggw

    ,''ording to the Wheaton ,r'hives Biography on Billy +raha! "The B+$, only held'rusades in pla'es where they had een invited y a large nu!er of lo'al pastors andlaypersons although the organi7ation re'eived so !any su'h invitations that theevangelists 'ould virtually pi'k the pla'e they wanted to go taff would investigateea'h invitation to see if there was wide support for the !eeting and then a de'isionwould e !ade whether to a''ept the offer or not0n the early 185s the >avigatorsanother evangelisti' group developed a syste! for following up on the #hristiannurture of 'onverts at B+$, 'rusades ,t first >avigator staff !e!ers were loaned tothe B+$, to supervise 'ounseling and follow.up ut y the late 185s B+$, staffhad taken over #harles *iggs left the >avigators to take 'harge of 'rusade 'ounseling

    and follow.up" http:wwwwheatonedug'ar'hivesioht!l

    The 'on'ept of individuals re'eiving Jesus #hrist did not take pre'eden'e 0nsteadnu!ers and 'onverting "people groups" was and still is the fa'tor that !otivates !any3evangeli'als3 due to the theology of "new evangeli'alis!" ,s spokes!an for the ">ew$vangeli'alis!" 6r +raha! has 'ou'hed his theology in #hristian ter!s whileen

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    #hristianity Today +raha! is willing to leave that up to +od0 a! far !ore tolerant ofother kinds of #hristians than 0 on'e was (y 'onta't with #atholi' )utheran and otherleadershas helped !e hopefully to !ove in the right dire'tion 03ve found that !y

    eliefs are essentially the sa!e as those of orthodo2 *o!an #atholi's for instan'eThey elieve in the =irgin Birth and so do 0 They elieve in the *esurre'tion of Jesus

    and the 'o!ing ews ervi'e dispat'h fro! rana 0llinois aout 18;/ read "Billy+raha! the evangelist urged here that evangeli'als 3a''ept unity in diversity3 and avoiddivisiveness over su'h !atters as Bili'al inerran'y 'haris!ati' pheno!ena and

    politi'al a'tivis!" C as 'ited in >ew >eutralis! 00 p 9D

    0 Thessalonians -:19 "For this 'ause also thank we +od without 'easing e'ausewhenye re'eived the word of +od whi'h ye heard of us ye re'eived it not as the word of!en ut as it is in truth the word of +od whi'h effe'tually worketh also in you that

    elieve"

    Besides getting a "tar" on the &ollywood Walk of Fa!e 6r +raha! was awardeda Te!pleton ri7e for rogress in *eligion in 18?- The Te!pleton awards deal with

    e'u!eni'al and >ew ,ge ventures whi'h show "progress in religion" +raha! has alsore'eived honors fro! the ,nti.defa!ation )eague of B3nai B3rith and the >ational#onferen'e of #hristians and Jews as well as re'eiving the #ongressional (edal in188/

    )uke /:-/

    Woe unto you when all !en shall speak well of youQ for so did their fathers to the falseprophets

    *e the erspe'tives #urri'ulu! "The on.going work of evangeli7ing the world

    espe'ially the unrea'hed people groups where there is presently no 'hur'h or witness isa pri!ary responsiility of #hristians everywhere There is no 'ourse of whi'h 0 know

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    that will infor! inspire and !otivate #hristians for world evangeli7ation like theerspe'tives 'lass 0t will stret'h your !ind war! your heart and stir your will" .Billy+raha!" ee also: Wheaton Bio Ahttp:wwwwheatonedug'ar'hivesioht!land 6e'eptionsand )ying igns R Wondersfor !ore on Billy +raha!

    Bill BrightLEd July 18 -9 Cee also#> BrightD attended rin'eton Theologi'ale!inary in 184/ and in 184; enrolled as a !e!er of the first 'lass of Fullerse!inary Bright is part of FullerIs =ision for ,6 - R Beyond >etworks R TaskFor'es 1889 that is " $vangelis!: Bill Bright" &e is resident and founder of #a!pus#rusade for #hrist R involved in)ausanne #onsultations Being a sales!an BillBright rought into eing the watered.down non.offensive !arketale version of the+ospel in his "Four piritual )aws" ooklet of whi'h Bill de'lares "!illions havere'eived #hrist" While holding Bili'al truth it is Nuite si!ply not the +ospel as

    prea'hed y the apostles (any never get eyond "+od loves you and has a plan for

    your life" elieving that is all they really need to know

    0t was in 184; that Bright o one knows the day or hour 0t was the latter days when the apostles were on theearth 0t is that !u'h 'loser to the hour and we need to e aout our (aster3s usiness

    prepared for &is return ut 'ertainly not 'ontinually and falsely predi'ting we knowwhen that will e We don3t know..only +od knows the day and the hour and the very!o!ent

    (atthew -4:9/4- "But of that day and hour knoweth no !an no not the angels ofheaven ut !y Father only" "Wat'h therefore: for ye know not what hour your )orddoth 'o!e"

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    ,!ong his !any ventures Bill Bright ta'kled Berkley niversity #a!pus in 18/; >otsu''eeding with an open presentation of the +ospel Bright had so!e of his staffersappear as hippies under the guise of the #hristian World )ieration Front E#W)F,''ording to *i'hard Guiedeau2 in"0 Found 0t: the tory of Bill Bright and #a!pus#rusade E&arper and *ow 18;8 p 9-

    "#hristian World )ieration Front was in the eginning a front organi7ation for#a!pus #rusade!ost of our staff didn3t even know aout the plan Only aout half ado7en of us were aware of what was happening and it was a test There was a powerfulradi'al !ove!ent a!ong the students then and we were trying to figure out whi'hroute to take whether we as a !ove!ent should adopt a radi'al 'ounter'ulturalapproa'h on 'a!pus in order to e all things to all people that we !ight win the! for#hrist"

    #W)F3s piritual #ounterfeits ro

    Bright was awarded a Te!pleton ri7e for rogress in *eligion in 188/ "&e3s

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    !ith Bill ('#artney hirley 6oson aul #edar Ted $ngstro! EWorld =isionJoseph towell E(oody and Joseph ,ldri'h E(ultno!ah The 188/ 'onferen'ein'reased it3s 'o!!ittee to in'lude (a2 )u'ado &enry Bla'kay )oren #unningha!EMW,( +reg )aurie 6ennis *ainey *andy hillips Ero!ise Keepers Josh('6owell #>3s 6 Ja!es Kennedy&oward &endri'ks and >eil ,nderson CB6(:

    BrightAhttp:wwwrapidnet'o!%3s>elson Bunker &unt and produ'ed yBill Bright R aul $shle!an was produ'ed at a 'ost of S/ !illion is used in

    pro!oting ,6- R Beyond initiatives The Jesus Fil! is also featured on the#a!pus #rusade for #hrist 0ntIlho!epage Chttp:www'''iorgwhois

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    , young 'ouple fro! southern 0ndia de'ided that +od was 'alling the! to the ioriaregion in the north 0n addition to the la'k of response to everything they did theye2perien'ed a dis'ouraging and deilitating ti!e of illness The water was infe'ted withdisease and very often the entire fa!ily was si'k One day the father C!issionaryD feltespe'ially ill &e went to the do'tor to get so!ething to ease his pain When he 'a!e

    ho!e fro! the do'tor that night he 'ollapsed on the doorway of his ho!e and died

    everal weeks later a "J$" fil! tea! 'a!e into this area and the govern!entoffi'ials instead of stopping it said "We want to see this" They had usually stoppedanything having to do with #hristianity ut the governor of the area Nuite i!pressedwith the fil! gave his per!ission for it to e shown and he said it should e prote'ted

    The fil! tea! 'a!e to the village where the 'ouple fro! the Friends3 (issionaryrayer Band had lived The people there said that on the night the !issionary diedso!e 'louds had appeared in the sky and on the 'louds a larger.than.life !an walkedover their arren hills shedding tears &e went to a tree and pi'ked a ran'h fro! it and

    the ran'h withered Finally the pi'ture of the !an faded fro! the sky The villagersthought perhaps +od was displeased with the! e'ause they had not a''epted the!essage of the !issionary

    When the fil! rea'hed the point where Jesus is apti7ed and &is fa'e is seen for thefirst ti!e the 'rowd suddenly roared The tea! stopped the fil! to ask what theshouting was aout "0t3s hi!Q" they e2'lai!ed "The !an we saw walking in the'loudsQ"

    (ost of the villagers 'a!e to #hrist that night The people 'onne'ted the fil! with the!issionary and the !an they had seen in the 'loud

    , *ando! tory fro! The Tou'h of J$ y aul $shle!an

    The J$ Fil! ro

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    overwhel!ed with &is presen'e This is hardly the rea'tion of the villagers who "saw"the vision

    (any are suggesting that y supporting the ventures of Bill Bright and his asso'iatesthey are 'o!pleting the reNuire!ent of pulishing the +ospel in all nations They

    elieve they are ushering in the return of #hrist 0f that were so then we !ust apply,)) the 'riptures to )ast 6ays ti!e fra!e

    (atthew -4:-4 "For there shall arise false #hrist3s and false prophets and shall shewgreat signs and wonders inso!u'h that if it were possile they shall de'eive the veryele't"

    00 Thessalonians -:98 ")et no !an de'eive you y any !eans: for that day shall not'o!e e2'ept there 'o!e a falling away first and that !an of sin e revealed the son of

    perdition $ven hi! whose 'o!ing is after the working of atan with all power andsigns and lying wonders"

    0 Ti!othy 4:1 ">ow the pirit speaketh e2pressly that in the latter ti!es so!e shalldepart fro! the faith giving heed to sedu'ing spirits and do'trines of devils"

    $$: )ying igns R Wonders:

    The future appearan'e of Jesus dis'ussed in 'ripture y whi'h the "vision" !ust eevaluated on states:

    ,'ts 1:11 "Vthis sa!e Jesus whi'h is taken up fro! you into heaven shall so 'o!e inlike !anner as ye have seen hi! go into heaven"

    0 Thessalonians 4:1/ "For the )ord hi!self shall des'end fro! heaven with a shoutwith the voi'e of the ar'hangel and with the tru!p of +od: and the dead in #hrist shallarise first"

    ,nd until that appointed ti!e . &erews ?: 1 "VWe have su'h an high priest who is seton the right hand of the throne of the (a

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    1 eter 1:;.? That the trial of your faith eing !u'h !ore pre'ious than of gold thatperisheth though it e tried with fire !ight e found unto praise and honour andglory at the appearing of Jesus #hrist Who! having not seen ye love in who! thoughnow ye see hi! not yet elieving ye reorth ,!eri'a Thefoundation 'on'ept is the arale of the ower and also Building upon WhatFoundationP..Jesus #hrist +od3s Word or so!ething else $$:ins of "the father"%#harles F arha!RWhat &appened in ,fri'aP

    , three.part arti'le in #hristianity Today aout Bill Bright and his vision of taking thegospel to the entire world whi'h originally had the goal of eing fulfilled y 18?in'luded these thoughts "We3re ending this !illenniu! and people are e2pe'tingso!ething wonderful to happen" says Bright "We have !o!entu! and if we don3tharness every opportunity we3ll failUthe +reat #o!!ission won3t e fulfilled and

    people will drift away We are 'hallenging tens of thousands of people not to !ake anyplans ut to help fulfill the +reat #o!!ission y the end of the year -&ise!phasis on "spiritual reathing"Ua dis'ipline he 'ontrived that involves e2haling'onfessed sins and then inhaling 'leansing and e!powering of the &oly pirit

    U"http:'hristianitytodayaol'o!'t;t?;t?14'ht!l

    piritual reathing is no different than other o''ult pra'ti'es disse!inated y others like*i'hard Foster of *enovarY in'e the +reat #o!!ission a''ording to #a!pus #rusadehas not een fulfilled y the end of the Mear - what are we to thinkP Where in'ripture does it say that the +reat #o!!ission was to e fulfilled y the end of -PWill all these people who supposedly have 'o!e to know the )ord through ### fallaway e'ause they weren3t really saved ut were 'aught up in the e!otion of a 'rusadeor were swept up in the fervor of the !o!entP 0s their fo'us on Bill Bright anotherorgani7ation or on Jesus #hristP

    For *enovarY ee:*enovarY and the #hristian (ysti'

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    'ripture does say that "this gospel will e prea'hed in all the world for a witness untoall nations and then shall the end 'o!e" (atthew -4:14 ,nd (ark 19:1 ",nd thegospel !ust first e pulished a!ong all nations"

    +od3s word will never return void regardless of the intent ehind the presentation

    &owever the gospel eing prea'hed for a witness is different than the do!inionist'on'ept of ringing in the Kingdo! of +od on earth so that #hrist will return We haveno 'ontinuing 'ity on this earth >or is there a Bili'al suggestion that all will 'o!e toknow the )ord Jesus #hrist *ather !any are going to fa'e +od3s wrath due to theirre

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    "The ># was founded in 18;8 and has given irth to !any united prayer initiativesoth in the nited tates and within other nations Eespe'ially through its develop!entof the 0nternational rayer ,sse!ly The ># a'tually egan as a su'o!!ittee on

    prayer at the 0nternational #ongress on World $vangeli7ation held in )ausannewit7erland Out of the )ausanne gathering 'a!e the )ausanne #o!!ittee now

    (ission ,!eri'a and ,!eri'a3s >ational rayer #o!!ittee (e!ers of oth (ission,!eri'a and the ># adhere to the )ausanne#ovenantAhttp:wwwlausanneorg'ovenantht!l

    The ># fosters a nu!er of proational 6ay of rayer the>ationally Broad'ast #on'ert of rayer rayQ (aga7ine the >ational #on'ert ofrayer 6eno!inational rayer )eaders >etwork and others"

    J $dwin Orrwho died in 18?; was #o.Founder of the >ational ,sso'iation of

    $vangeli'als E>,$ in the in 184- 0n 184? he earned a do'torate in ",wakenings"at O2ford 0t was Orr who laid hands on Billy +raha! at Forest &o!es so he 'ould "efilled" with the &oly pirit whi'h of 'ourse is ente'ostal#haris!ati' do'trine Orrwas an ordained Baptist !inister and was professor of Fuller3s 'hool of World(ission fro! 18// forward Fro! 1899.184- he was with 0nternational #hristian)eadership in Washington 6# and fro! 184; forward he was 'haplain of !ission tothe a'ade!i' 'o!!unity le'turing in universities and 'olleges throughout world 0n18;9 he e'a!e dire'tor of the O2ford ,sso'iation for *esear'h in $vangeli'al,wakening

    One io states "6r J $dwin Orr was a leading s'holar of revivals who pulished

    detailed ooks aout evangeli'alawakenings" http:www'hristianwordorgrevivalorrht!l

    ,nother iography reveals "0n 18// Orr e'a!e a professor at Fuller e!inary3s'hool of World (ission a position he held until 18?1 Besides his tea'hing andwriting he greatly sti!ulated the study and understanding of revivals and evangelis!through his founding in 18;4 and 'ontinuing leadership of the O2ford *eading and*esear'h #onferen'e on $vangeli'al ,wakenings&e was an advisor of Billy+raha!3s fro! the start of that evangelist3s 'areer a friend of ,raha! =ereide andhelped shape the prayer reakfast !ove!ent that grew out of =ereide3s 0nternational#hristian )eadership"http:wwwwheatonedug'ar'hivesguides955ht![9

    Orr developed the groundwork for Bill Bright3s #a!pus #rusade for #hrist and Billy+raha!Is new understanding of the work of the &oly piritX Orr an O2fordse!inarian traveled as a historian and theologian to !a

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    The >,$ history reveals the roots of this !assive organi7ation and so!e of it3sinfluen'e

    "The ,sso'iation tra'es its eginnings to ,pril ;.8 184- when a !odest group of14; people !et in t )ouis with the hopes of reviving the fortunes of evangeli'al

    #hristianity in ,!eri'a0nstead of a'ting like rothers E#hristians they a'ted likerivals weakening the possiilities of !eaningful #hristian witness This was

    parti'ularly disheartening to the *everend J $lwin Wright of the >ew $nglandFellowship the !an whose ideas and energies !ore than any other single individualresulted in the for!ation of >,$&e followed in the footsteps of his father a Free WillBaptist !inister turned Free (ethodist !inister who left his deno!ination to start anindependent ente'ostal !inistry 'alled the First Fruits &arvesters ,sso'iation in*u!ney >ew &a!pshire ,fter graduating fro! the (issionary Training 0nstitute at

    >ya'k >ew Mork Enow >ya'k #ollege in 18-1 he was ordained y his father to thework in *u!neyin 18-8 he transfor!ed First Fruits &arvesters into the >ew $nglandFellowship *ather than 'ontinuing a !inistry devoted to ente'ostal distin'tives the

    new fellowship would serve a roader 'onstituen'y y operating a su!!er 'onferen'eto inspire and ring together evangeli'als of all stripes throughout >ew $ngland Thiswas not his only 'hange 0n 1894 Wright e'a!e a #ongregationalist eing re'eived on

    profession of faith into the !e!ership of ark treet #hur'h in Boston The newe''lesiasti'al 'o!!it!ent proved enefi'ial to the >ew $ngland Fellowship enhan'ingWright3s relationship with a nu!er of e!erging evangeli'al leaders in'luding one whowould play a role in >,$ the *everend &arold John O'kengathe fellowship did !orethan ring >ew $nglanders together y hosting su'h pro!inent personalities asWillia! B *iley of (inneapolis Will &oughton of >ew Mork #harles Fuller of )os,ngeles and Walter (aier of t )ouis Wright e2panded the hori7ons of >ew$nglanders

    "Whereas the funda!entalist !ove!ent that prefigured >,$ was largely the do!ainof Baptists #ongregationalists and resyterians in the northern part of the nitedtates >,$ fro! the 184- 'onferen'e on e!ra'ed nu!erous #hristians in theente'ostal &oliness and ,naaptist traditions ente'ostalis! whi'h had een kept atar!3s length y !ost funda!entalists had e'o!e part of the 'onservative allian'e"

    "0n 185? )ife (aga7ine 'alled attention to an e!erging "Third For'e" in #hristianityalongside rotestantis! and #atholi'is! whi'h was "the !ost e2traordinary religious

    pheno!enon of our ti!e" ,lthough the arti'le did not !ention >,$ it identified

    a!ong the new for'e five deno!inations that 'o!prised nearly two.thirds of >,$3s!e!ership: ,sse!lies of +od #hur'h of +od E#leveland 0nternational #hur'h ofthe FoursNuare +ospel ente'ostal #hur'h of +od and the ente'ostal &oliness#hur'h"http:wwwnaenetaout.historyht!l

    lease ee:ins of the Father: #harles F arha! et'

    ", key a''o!plish!ent of >,$ was its role in the for!ation of the World$vangeli'al Fellowship in 1851 Both J $lwin Wright and #lyde Taylor had sensed theneed for an >,$ on the international level that would e a 'ounterpart to the World#oun'il of #hur'hes for!ed in 184? ,n e2ploratory !eeting with the British

    $vangeli'al ,llian'e was held in #larens wit7erland followed y two 'onsultations in185 in )ondon and Boston with representatives fro! the nited tates $ngland and

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    eleven $uropean nations 0n ,ugust 1851 ninety.one leaders fro! twenty.one 'ountriesattended the 0nternational #onvention of $vangeli'als in the >etherlands where theWorld $vangeli'al Fellowship was offi'ially 'onstituted"

    ",nother >,$ initiative in the 185s with long.range 'onseNuen'es was the

    for!ation of a 'o!!ittee in 185; to e2plore the possiility of a new translation of theBile EThe >ational #oun'il had five years earlier released the *evised tandard=ersion ut the new translation did not prove popular a!ong !any evangeli'als The

    >,$ 'o!!ittee egan !eeting with a si!ilar 'o!!ittee 'o!!issioned y the#hristian *efor!ed #hur'h in 18/1 By 18/5 the two 'o!!ittees for!ed anindependent #o!!ittee on Bile Translation and two years later the >ew Mork Bileo'iety Etoday the 0nternational Bile o'iety e'a!e the offi'ial sponsor 0n 18;? thefirst 'opies of the >ew 0nternational =ersion of the Bile 'a!e off the presses The

    presses would not stop ten years after initial puli'ation !ore than fifty !illion 'opieswould e distriuted throughout the $nglish.speakingworld"http:wwwnaenetaout.historyht!l

    lease see:Bile #o!parison #harts

    The >,$ wesite lists !e!ers y deno!inations organi7ations s'hools asso'iationsR networks and lo'al asso'iations

    ,r!in +essweinis 8- and the founder of the (inisterIs rayer Fellowship and The*evival rayer Fellowship +esswein started a'ifi' alisades #onferen'es out ofwhi'h 'a!e rayer *evival Fellowship The purpose was to get pastors together to pray

    for their 'ities $ventually rayer *evival Fellowships were started in every 'ityas well as gloally These

    pre'ipitated today3s e'u!eni'al prayer reakfasts C*i'hard ( *iss )atter *ainp18D 0t was # $ Fuller3s suggestion that !otivated ,r!in +esswein to !ove to )os,ngeles &e is a enior ,dvisor on ,!eri'aIs >ational rayer #o!!ittee and presidentof (inisters3 rayer Fellowship ased at Fuller Theologi'al e!inary

    ",r!in has een a lo'al 'hur'h pastor evangelist revivalist and !entor to 'ountlesspeople in 'ountless 'ountries of the world &e has een an ad

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    rayer rought pente'ost rayer still rings it But few feel how weak our power inprayer is" This return to the ente'ostal pattern is su!!ari7ed in what ,r!in +esswein'alls "+od3s )aw of *evival"

    The vision of the #ollege of rayer was irthed in the heart of ,r!in +esswein in 1891

    while pastoring a 'hur'h in )ong 0sland >ew Mork When the &oly pirit roughtrevival to his 'ongregation +od 'alled hi! into the !inistry of revival prayer This

    urden led ,r!in to e involved in the great revival in >orway and has een a 'atalystfor revival prayer for al!ost seven de'ades 6avid Bryant refers to ,r!in +esswein as3enior tates!an of the rayer (ove!ent3

    "+od has used rayer u!!its throughout >orth ,!eri'a and the world to pla'e apassion for revival within the hearts of #hristianleaders"http:www'ollegeofprayerorgrootsht!

    The need to e filled with the &oly pirit is a''o!plished when we a''ept Jesus #hrist

    The &oly pirit was poured out at ente'ost as a fulfill!ent of prophe'y and pro!ise>ot setting aside the i!portan'e and 'o!!and for all to wat'h and pray prayer didn3tring ente'ost..+od3s pro!ise to send &is #o!forter rought the &oly pirit

    ,''ording to various other sour'es ,r!in who was a friend of those !entioned alsoprepared the way y traveling to 'ities gloally and setting up e'u!eni'al prayer!eetings for pastors and lay workers +esswein also trained up these groups in thee2pe'tation of a "great end.ti!e harvest" and "revival" !ove!ent The e'u!eni'al

    prayer groups prepared the way for Billy +raha! 6r +raha! would not travel to a 'ityunless +esswein3s e'u!enis! had een su''essful there to estalish a pastors group thatwould "sponsor" his 'rusade

    There is no dout that there are !any sin'ere #hristians who have een swept up intothe !any !ove!ents and organi7ations not 'onsidering the full Bili'al i!pli'ations,ll these people yesterday and today are looking for a !assive worldwide *evivalThey want a so'iologi'al 3people !ove!ent3 that is 'hara'teri7ed y what they 'all a

    powerful !anifestation of the &oly pirit This !anifestation a''ording to the! willresult in a gloal !ove!ent that 'hanges 'o!!unities 'ultures and so'iety These sa!e!anifestations are viewed as having re'urred throughout history as pro!oted y thewritings of people like J Orr

    The e2pe'ted revival !ust e evident in it3s affe'ting large nu!ers rather than anindividual who repents and 'o!es to know and serve our )ord Jesus #hrist ,nythingless would e viewed as a failure &istory does reveal the patterns of "sweepingrevivals" where !any are indeed swept up in the e!otional fervor ut history alsoreveals as we dis'uss in our other arti'les that these !ove!ents invarialy werefo'used on !anifestations and aerrant and i7arre signs and wonders The reasons thathistory also reveals that ea'h of these !ove!ents died down is e'ause !any that wereinvolved did not stay involved Their 3'o!!it!ent3 'ould e suggested to e ased on aneed for !anifestations 'rowd fervor and signs and wonders rather than eing rooted inJesus #hrist 0n other words it 'annot e a personal revival ased on Bili'al truth andoedien'e We3re to "walk y faith not y sight"

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    By tea'hing the false do'trine that there is to e a se'ond 3latter rain3 outpouring of thespirit whi'h was fulfilled in ,'ts - these leaders tea'h their followers to fully e2pe'tto see that outpouring and wat'h for the "signs" of it appearing The &oly pirit was

    poured out upon all flesh at the day of ente'ost whi'h was a fulfill!ent of theprophe'y of Joel - whi'h !any also wish to 'lai! as their own

    The &oly pirit indwells ea'h and every person that a''epts Jesus #hrist as )ord andavior &e has re!ained &e aides with us still and a''ording to the pro!ise &e willnever leave us or forsake us 0t is an affront and lasphe!y to the aiding &oly pirit of+od to look for another spirit 'all upon another spirit invoke another spirit or

    parti'ipate in the pagan !anifestations of another spirit Cee: )ying igns andWondershepherds in 6isguise ente'ostal Tongues and The 0nner $'stasyD

    The false tea'hing of *evival worldwide is e2t e'tion: Fuller: The $vangeli'al "Think Tank"

    revious e'tion:>ew $vangeli'alis!

    Footnotes

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    - #orinthians 11:9.4

    " But 0 fear lest y any !eans as the serpent eguiled $ve through his sutlety so your!inds should e 'orrupted fro! the si!pli'ity that is in #hrist

    For if he that 'o!eth prea'heth another Jesus who! we have not prea'hed or if yere'eive another spirit whi'h ye have not re'eived or another gospel whi'h ye have nota''epted ye !ight well ear with hi!"

    0nfor!ation reveals that !any in today3s leadership and organi7ations were as a result of

    involve!ent with Fuller Theologi'al e!inary in so!e way Fullers goal was to deviseand i!ple!ent strategies and !ethodologies that a''ording to >an'y Flint whoworked with John Wi!er " run the ga!ut fro! introdu'ing hereti'al do'trine to!anipulation of spiritual for'es through the ringing down of "fire" fro! heavenvirtually all po'kets of resistan'e to this gloal !ove!ent have een over'o!e)iterally thousands of 'hur'h leaders have een trained and "deployed" into "power"

    positions fro! this se!inary" Our own resear'h would 'on'ur with these state!ents

    The following are

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    6onald ('+avran 1?8;.188 , !issionary edu'ator author and a !inister in the#hristian #hur'h6is'iples of #hrist 6onald ('+avran was founding dean of FullerTheologi'al e!inary3s 'hool of World (ission in asadena #,C18/5.;1D erving asa nited #hristian (issionary o'iety !issionary in his native 0ndia fro! 18-9 to 185;he later worked as a professor at 0ndianapolis3s #ollege of (issions E185;./ and as a

    dire'tor at >orthwest #hristian #ollege 0nstitute of #hur'h +rowth C18/1./5D efore

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    thorns is he that heareth the word and the 'are of this world and the de'eitfulness ofri'hes 'hoke the word and he e'o!eth unfruitful But he that re'eived seed into thegood ground is he that heareth the word and understandeth it whi'h also eareth fruitand ringeth forth so!e an hundredfold so!e si2ty so!e thirty"

    What ('+avran was pro!oting was re'onstru'tionistdo!inionist theology whi'hwe3ve shown to e part of far to !any lives The 'on'ept of a 3'ulturally relevant3!essage in'orporates pagan pra'ti'es into #hristianity 0n other words the 'ulturallyrelevant gospel is not the +ospel of Jesus #hrist 0f indeed it was ne'essary to 'hangethe gospel and !ake it 3'ulturally relevant3 then we would have to 'on'lude that aBili'ally si!ple !essage of salvation would never e a''epted in various 'ultures

    &owever that theology is easily disproved y "+od3s i!ple lan of alvation" whi'htra't has een distriuted worldwide in 11- languages Over 54 'opies have

    een distriuted y the year - with wonderful testi!onies as a result For those whosuggest that for e2a!ple a !usle! or 3afri'an3 are needing a 3'ulturally relevant

    gospel3 one !erely needs to read the various testi!onials su'h as:

    Kisu!u Kenya: (any souls have een won to #hrist through reading +

    Kisu!u Kenya: 0 re'eived your tra't0 re'eived Jesus #hrist as !y avior 0 read thistra't to another 'reature like !e and he elieved in Jesus There are now 1- elievers

    +hana West ,fri'a: after reading it C+D 0 got saved0 elieve if we share thesetra'ts !any people will e saved through the!"

    Old !uahia >igeria: 0 a! the Traditional *uler in this village We offer sa'rifi'es ykilling goats and 'o'ks for long life and prote'tion all the days of our lives 0 now

    eleive that Jesus #hrist died for !e was uried and rose fro! the dead For the firstti!e in !y life the true gospel rea'hed !y heart and !ade !e whole lease help !yvillage to re'eive this true gospel

    )agos tate >igeria: 0 was a (osle! efore 0 de'ided to give !y life to the )ordJesus #hrist after reading + 0 reali7ed 0 had never heard the !essage of salvation asa (osle! This was June 15 - 0t has not een easy 'hanging !y religious

    a'kground 0 know for sure +od has a reason for !aking !e do so 0 elieve &e willsee !e through to the e2pe'ted end" C$2'erpts fro! alvation Testi!ony )etters

    =ol 1- )ifegate 0n'D

    aul warned in - #orinthians 11:9

    " But 0 fear lest y any !eans as the serpent eguiled $ve through his sutlety so your!inds should e 'orrupted fro! the si!pli'ity that is in #hrist

    We dis'uss the use of #ulture in the arti'le Taking the (ark of the Beast The root wordof #ulture is 'ult..that is !aking a 'ult of one3s 'usto!s arts 'onvenien'es andtraditions There are not a variety of eliefs and gospels in the Word of +od There isone +ospel One faith and One Body >o !atter what we 'o!e out of we are all

    e'o!e new re

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    ,''epting the )ord Jesus #hrist is an individual de'ision and is not nor 'an it e asedon "people group" a''eptan'e

    $phesians 4:9 "$ndeavouring to keep the unity of the pirit in the ond of pea'eThere is one ody and one pirit even as ye are 'alled in one hope of your 'alling

    One )ord one faith one aptis! One +od and Father of all who is aove all andthrough all and in you all"

    +alatians 1:/.8 "0 !arvel that ye are so soon re!oved fro! hi! that 'alled you into thegra'e of #hrist unto another gospel: Whi'h is not another ut there e so!e that trouleyou and would pervert the gospel of #hrist But though we or an angel fro! heaven

    prea'h any other gospel unto you than that whi'h we have prea'hed unto you let hi! ea''ursed ,s we said efore so say 0 now again 0f any !an prea'h any other gospelunto you than that ye have re'eived let hi! e a''ursed"

    aul and the other dis'iples 'ould not have known of the 3ne'essity3 of 3'onte2tuali7ing

    the gospel3 *ather they re

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    !issionaries a way around 3'losed to !issionaries3 'ountries y offering a degree inTea'hing $nglish to peakers of Other )anguages

    0f one reads his various writings parti'ularly in erspe'tives we would note that *alphWinter 'hanged the new 'ovenant in #hrist a'k to the ,raha!i' 'ovenant Winter

    elieves and instills in his tea'hings that there is one 'ovenant in the Bile the,raha!i' 'ovenant 0n his way of thinking the 'hur'h is to take the Bili'al law andstandard to all nations whi'h a''ording to hi! oth the Jews and Jesus failed in their"!ission" to do &e 'lai!s that Jesus 'a!e to re.iterate the ,raha!i' 'ovenant and the'hur'h has now een assigned the "se'ret !ission" to ring it to'o!pletion http:wwwperspe'tivesorginde2ht!l

    *alph Winter3s intent of i!ple!enting Bili'al law 'orrelates with our resear'h onthe &erew *oots !ove!entand suseNuent resear'h into it3s roots and 'onne'tionswhi'h span into every deno!ination The various ran'hes all lead into two thingswhi'h all are eing leavened with and that is gnosti'is! and the o''ult

    Winter along withJay +ary and others developed the erspe'tives #urri'ulu! whi'hhas een e!ra'ed worldwide The World >etwork of *eligious Futurists presents thearti'le "What (ean These tonesP The Wat'hword #onsultation *eport fro!#olorado prings y Jay +ary and Todd Johnson 0t shows Winter3s influen'e and thee'u!eni'al 'onne'tions

    "nder the auspi'es of the #hristian Futures >etwork so!e 1/ leaders gathered in#olorado prings on (ar'h 15.1/ 1888 to !ark the -th anniversary of ", #hur'h for$very eople y the Mear - We affir!ed that ", #hur'h for $very eople y theMear -" was a 'all to a new generation 0n 18;8 it fo'used the 'all to "frontier!issions" whi'h 6r *alph Winter had een giving sin'e the 18;4 )ausanne #ongress6uring the 'onsultation Winter oserved that the wat'hword rought a paradig! shifttoward rea'hing peoples rather than

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    # eter Wagner EB 189 &e is known as a !issions strategist and heads the6epart!ent for #hur'h +rowth at Fuller Theologi'al e!inary sin'e 18;1 ,llstrategies and !ethodologies for the ,6- R Beyond for whi'h he was a'oordinator and the )ausanne #onsultations were developed at Fuller Theologi'ale!inary eginning in the 189s and are spearheaded y eter Wagner 'o.authored

    (#51 igns and Wonders with John Wi!er and took the 'ourse gloally to every'ontinent &e and John were the i!ple!enters of the 3restoration3 of the !issing "holyspirit" and reintrodu'tion if the 3gifts and !ission3 to the 'hur'h ,''ording to varioussour'es the ost.deno!inational #hur'h (ove!ent and ,d- nited rayer Tra'tpiritual Warfare !ove!ent whi'h were spearheaded y # eter Wagner in'luded 'o.leaders su'h as Fran'is Frangipane E'o.pastor with *euven 6oron . who works underdire't authority of )atter *ain leader Ja!es Watt $d ilvoso Ted &aggard #indyJa'os Ja!es (orro'o John 6awson $sther 0lnisky )arry to'kstill )arry )ea and!any others

    eter3s !e!erships in'lude: )ausanne #o!!ittee for World $vangeli7ation E18;4.

    18?8 ,!eri'an o'iety of (issiology o'iety for 'ientifi' tudy of *eligion,sso'iation of rofessors of (ission $vangeli'al (issiologi'al o'iety ,!eri'ano'iety for #hur'h +rowth Efounding president and the ,!eri'an )ausanne#o!!ittee ee our arti'les $J$#T:art 1R6ark ,ngels et' for further on # eterWagner and his influen'e

    # eter WagnerIs +loal &arvest (inistriesE188- http:wwwgloalharvest!inistriesorginde2flashpht!l..# eter Wagner inasso'iation with Ted &aggard C'o.founderD #hu'k ier'e and +eorge Otis CTheentinel +roupD

    eter is resident and 6oris Wagner serves as $2e'utive =i'e resident of +loal&arvest (inistries he assisted her husand at Fuller Theologi'al e!inary inse'retarial and !anagerial operations fro! 18/4 to 1881 during eterIs tenure as arofessor of #hur'h +rowth in the 'hool of World (ission 0t was here that 6oris

    perfor!ed duties as the (ission ro

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    events and gatherings around the world &e also serves as ,ssistant #oordinator and(oili7ing ,postle of the trategi' rayer >etwork Efor!erly the piritualWarfare >etwork along with #indy Ja'os of +enerals of 0nter'ession &e is a!e!er of the 0nternational #oalition of ,postles and the ,postoli' #oun'il ofropheti' $lders CBioAhttp:wwwgloalharvest!inistriesorgho!eNryP06Z84D

    - #orinthians 11: 9 "But 0 fear lest y any !eans as the serpent eguiled $ve throughhis sutilty so your !inds should e 'orrupted fro! thesi!pli'ity that is in #hrist"

    +loal &arvest (inistries: "in'e prayer is the pre'ursor to every great !ove of +od afully eNuipped nerve 'enter with data and infor!ation aout prayer needs throughoutthe world enale inter'essors to pray intelligently +loal &arvest (inistries networks

    prayer !inistries deno!inations 'hur'hes and 'ell groups for this purpose This 'reatesa united prayer front that opposes atan3s atte!pt to divide and isolate elievers and

    lind so !any to the +ospel of Jesus

    #hrist" http:wwwgloalharvest!inistriesorginde2flashpht!l

    6ivisions of +loal &arvest (inistries

    "To affe't spiritual reakthroughs this de'ade it is essential to provide ti!elyinfor!ation for prayer to the Body of #hrist The *esear'h and trategi'#o!!uni'ations 6ivision !anages this fun'tion through resear'h strategi' prayer

    pro'essing and !oili7ation

    "Through the Oservatory *esear'h #enter spiritually relevant infor!ation andstrategi' prayer points are 'olle'ted and 'o!!uni'ated to the 'hur'h worldwide Twoother ways to 'onne't for prayer are through our i.!onthly newsletter the +loalrayer >ews and our e!ail prayer update the rayer >ews,lerthttp:wwwgloalharvestorgoservatory

    "piritual (apping . +eorge Otis Jr "Otis has taken a strategi' leadership position in'on'eptuali7ing and designing resear'h !ethodologies for spiritual !apping &e dire'tsthe spiritual !apping 6ivision of the nited rayer Tra'k"

    >ote: +eorge Otis3 entinel +roup Ahttp:wwwsentinelgrouporg was founded in188 an was an e2tension of Otis3 earlier work with the )ausanne #o!!ittee for World

    $vangelis! whi'h was laun'hed y Billy +raha! taff are a "alan'e" etweenevangeli'als and 'haris!ati's ut des'rie the!selves as 3'onservative 'haris!ati'"

    entinel resear'hers re'orded supposed spiritually transfor!ed 'o!!unities and in1888 released a video do'u!entary 'alled Transfor!ationsAhttp:wwwsentinelgrouporgresour'esite!pg'f!Pite!idZ11 "0!agine a 'o!!unitywhere 8- per'ent of the population is orn.again where 'ity

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    entinels !inistry involves showing inter'essors how to deal with the "spiritualpathology" of their 'o!!unity "0f there is an ostru'tion to +od3s power andpresen'ethe se'ular world refers to this pro'ess of dis'overy as either 'ulturalgeography or epide!iologi'al surveillan'ewe prefer to 'all the dis'ipline "spiritual!apping"C'ity 'hangers Ahttp:wwwsentinelgrouporgW,W4ht!lD

    entinel partners with !any in'luding rayQ (aga7ine #iti*ea'h 0nternational theWorld rayer #enter and is involved with the nited rayer Tra'k of the ,6 - andBeyond (ove!ent the piritual Warfare >etwork and the Wagner )eadership0nstitute C#onne'tions Ahttp:wwwsentinelgrouporgW,W5ht!lD

    Transfor!ations 00 is a 'onferen'e video presentation on 'ity transfor!ation whi'h isilled as a sweeping revival that transfor!s whole 'ities for #hrist &owever there is noproof that any of the 3transfor!ations3 have taken pla'e *ather ungodly living goes on

    "trategi' rayer is our 'onne'tion with the gloal 'o!!unity of

    prayer"http:wwwgloalharvest!inistriesorgho!eNryP06Z149

    "The !oili7ation ele!ent of +loal &arvest (inistries is 'alled the $agles of+od This !inistry fun'tion is a ew ,postoli'*efor!ation"

    0nternational #oalition of ,postles Ahttp:wwwapostlesnetnet: " E0#, wesitepresents various arti'les on the apostoli' !ove!ent event s'hedules !e!er na!esand 'onta't infor!ation (e!er sele'tion is y invitation fro! an e2isting 0#,!e!er The wesite is password prote'ted for !e!ers only"

    Wagner )eadership 0nstitute EW)0 E188? http:wwwwagnerleadershiporg% "anon.traditional training organi7ation offering diplo!a progra!s for individuals whowant to !ove to a higher level of effe'tiveness and spiritual power "The fa'ulty ofW)0 is !ade up of !ature and su''essful apostles prophets evangelists pastors andtea'hers"

    Fa'ulty and )eadership of W)0 in'lude: : # eter Wagner ,listair etrie Bill &a!onBo Be'kett #hu'k ier'e 6avid hiley 6ean her!an John $'khardt John KellyJohn (a2well Kingsley Flet'her 6oris Wagner )arry to'kstill )awren'e Khong(i'hael Brown (ike Bi'kle $l!er Towns Frank &a!!ond +eorge Barna +eorgeOtis Jr Ja'k 6eere Ja'k Taylor *i'e Broo'ks *oss arsley To!!y Tenney Winkieratney and:

    ,li'e !ith Ce2e'utive dire'tor of the *,M$* #$>T$* a !e!er of ,!eri'a3s>ational rayer #o!!ittee the 0nternational *e'on'iliation#oalitionD http:wwwusprayer'enterorg

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    $ddie !ith Cfounder R president of the *,M$* #$>T$* a !e!er of,!eri'a3s >ational rayer #o!!ittee the )ausanne #o!!ittee (ission,!eri'a the 0nternational piritual Warfare >etwork the World rayer ,dvisory#oun'il and the 0nternational *e'on'iliation #oalitionD

    #indy Ja'os Cpresident R 'o.founder of +enerals of 0nter'ession an 0nternational,dvisor.,t.)arge for Wo!en3s ,glow Fellowship and a !e!er of ,glow3s0nternational rayer #oun'ilD

    #harles Kraft Cprofessor in his 91st year at the 'hool of World (ission Fullere!inaryD

    #he ,hn C&arvest *o'k #hur'h senior pastor and &*#3s affiliated &arvest 0nternational(inistries or &0( &*# was for!erly known as =ineyard #hristian Fellowship of+reater asadena and )ou and Therese $ngle were the ,sso'iateastorsD http:wwwharvestro'k'hur'horg

    John ,rnott Cof the Toronto ,irport =ineyardD http:wwwta'forg

    6ut'h heets Cenior astor of prings &arvest Fellowship in #olorado prings#olorado was on the fa'ulty of #hrist for the >ations 0nstitute is an instru'tor for#hristian )ife 'hool of Theology serves as an advisor on the >ational Board of,glow 0nternational is a guest le'turer at Fuller Theologi'al e!inaryD

    $d ilvoso 6ire'tor of the trategi' rayer $vangelis! 6ivision

    Ted &aggard C egan >ew )ife #hur'h whi'h now has over / !e!ers 'o.founder World rayer #enter founder of #hristian 0nfor!ation >etwork #0> helped'oordinate over 44 inter'essors involved in ray Through the Window 0 00 and000 on the oard of the >ational ,sso'iation of $vangeli'als the #olorado prings,sso'iation of $vangeli'als +loal &arvest (inistries $very &o!e for #hrist and the#enter for #hristian.Jewish 6ialogueD

    The piritual Warfare >etwork EW> >OW .. trategi' rayer >etwork...#alled"+ideons ,r!y"

    "it e!erged fro! the )ausanne 00 #ongress in (anila in 18?8 The first international

    !eeting +ideon3s ,r!y was held at the Kwang )i! rayer (ountain in Korea in 1889y invitation only Three hundred attendedThe se'ond international !eeting theWorld #ongress on 0nter'ession piritual Warfare and $vangelis! was held in O't188? in +uate!ala #ity Ehosted y &arold #aalleros and the $l haddai#hur'hThe third gathering of the piritual Warfare >etwork o''urred in O'toer1888 in el'\k Turkey Known as #eleration $phesus the third asse!ly was alsothe 'ul!inating event for the role of +loal &arvest (inistries in the 14 Windowhortly after #eleration $phesus our !inistry re'eived fro! the )ord the dire'tion ofour ne2t prayer assign!ent.the 4;Window Chttp:wwwgloalharvest!inistriesorgho!eNryP06Z-4D+loal &arvest(inistries is hosting +ideon3s ,r!y

    00Chttp:wwwgloalharvest!inistriesorgho!eNryP06Z-5D The O'toer -1 eventwill e held in &annover +er!any +ideon3s ,r!y 00 is the forth international

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    gathering of the piritual Warfare >etwork.whi'h has re'ently een rena!ed thetrategi' rayer >etwork

    W> is an i!portant se'tion of the rayer Tra'k spe'iali7ing in inter'essionspe'ifi'ally dire'ted to weaken the territorial spirits or prin'ipalities and powers whi'h

    ostru't the spread of the +ospelX

    +ideons ,r!y 00 Ahttp:wwwgloalharvest!inistriesorgho!eNryP06Z-5..."The!onth of O'toer has now taken its pla'e as the !ain !onth of prayer for the !oderngloal prayer !ove!ent Our raying Through the Window initiatives took pla'e inO'toer 1889 1885 188; and 1888 They all targeted the 14 Window >ow ourfirst entire !onth of prayer for the 4; Window will fall right in seNuen'e na!elyO'toer -1

    eter Wagner egan serving as the #oordinator of the ,6- nited rayer Tra'k in1881 ,6- 0nternational Offi'e in #olorado prings 'losed on 91 (ar'h -1 "

    Thus the ,6- R Beyond (ove!ent will for!ally 'lose on that day although wepray the vision of a 'hur'h for every people and the gospel for every person will love onin the hearts !inds and spirits of 'ountless 'hur'hes !inistries and +od s peoplearound the world even growing until &e 'o!esQ"CFinalAhttp:wwwad-orgre14-ht!D

    "The rayer Tra'k was a strategy to partner like.!inded !inistries and inter'essors topray for the unrea'hed peoples of the 14 Window Ahttp:wwwad-org14ro'ht!Ea region stret'hing east fro! pain and >orth,fri'a to Japan and 0ndonesia +loal &arvest (inistries E+&( was founded toad!inistrate the 'oordination of this effort as !illions of inter'essor prayed "Throughthe Window "

    ,6- ,nd Beyond: nited rayer Tra'k "C0t was theD 'entral 'atalyti' !ove!ent ofthe de'ade for syn'hroni7ing the nu!erous worldwide for'es for evangelis! that +odhas een preparing for these ti!es"

    %piritual (apping . +eorge Otis Jr Centinel +roup Ahttp:wwwsentinelgrouporg..Otis wrote the ook The +od They >ever Knew in 18?-D

    "Otis has taken a strategi' leadership position in 'on'eptuali7ing and designing resear'h

    !ethodologies for spiritual !apping &e dire'ts the spiritual !apping 6ivision of thenited rayer Tra'k"

    %trategi' rayer $vangelis! 6ivision. 6ire'tor of the trategi' rayer $vangelis! .$dilvoso

    "Vhelping 'hur'hes and #hristian leaders dis'over pra'ti'al ways of i!ple!enting thisin their 'ities 'ores of 'ities in !any nations are in one stage or another ofi!ple!enting this state.of.the.art strategy for evangeli7ing their 'ities"

    0nternational *e'on'iliation 6ivision . John 6awson CMouth With , (ission MW,(

    0nternational 6ire'tor for ran (inistriesD

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    "V seeks to deal with su'h 'onfli't in a #hristian way using Bili'al prin'iples likeidentifi'ational repentan'eV seeks to dis'over an'ient and !odern wounds of inetwork The W> 'a!e into the ,6- (ove!ent as a'ondition of !y a''epting the invitation fro! )uis Bush to 'oordinate the nited rayerTra'k in 1881 While the W> and the rayer Tra'k have een separateorgani7ations they have y agreed upon design een 'losely asso'iated through thede'ade !any nited rayer Tra'k 'oordinators have douled also as piritual Warfare

    >etwork 'oordinators ,s 0 have said you are the key players in the 0nternationalpiritual Warfare >etwork

    0 do not see the piritual Warfare >etwork phasing out as will the nited rayer

    Tra'k 0 will 'ontinue indefinitely as the international 'oordinator of the W> and !yoffi'e will e the international offi'e

    0 a! swit'hing fro! a top.down to a otto!.up !anage!ent style (y goal is tohave the world 'overed y 'oordinators0 will e2er'ise !y role as international'oordinator only on the initiative of geographi'al 'oordinators fro! now on and 0 willsupport the WW> only where 0 a! in relationship with a 'oordinator who wishes tohave the 'overing and support of the internationaloffi'e"http:wwwgloalharvest!inistriesorgho!eNryP06Z9;

    # eter WagnerIs World rayer

    #enter CW#DA http:wwwgloalharvest!inistriesorgho!eNryP06Z41 "The Worldrayer #enter is a trans.deno!inational effort spearheaded y two #hristian leaders

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    $a'h was 'alled to play a strategi' role with the #enter They are: 6r # eter Wagnerof +loal &arvest (inistries and astor Ted &aggard of >ew )ife #hur'h #oloradoprings #olorado"

    The World rayer #enter is ho!e for two !inistries ew )ife #hur'h trains and !oili7es lo'al 'hur'h prayer leaders under the annerof the >ational ,sso'iation of )o'al #hur'h rayer )eadersE>,)#) http:wwwnal'plnet

    "in'e prayer is the pre'ursor to every great !ove of +od a fully eNuipped nerve 'enterwith data and infor!ation aout prayer needs throughout the world enale inter'essorsto pray intelligently +loal &arvest (inistries networks prayer !inistries

    deno!inations 'hur'hes and 'ell groups for this purpose This 'reates a united prayerfront that opposes atan3s atte!pt to divide and isolate elievers and lind so !any tothe +ospel of Jesus #hrist "

    >e2t e'tion: 3Think Tank3#O>T0>$6

    revious e'tion:The Original Five

    *esour'es: 6ia!ond ara *oads to 6o!inion: *ight.Wing (ove!ents and oliti'alower in the nited tates >M: +uilford ress 1885

    alvation Testi!ony )etters =ol 1- )ifegate 0n' (onrovia 0ndiana wesite:http:wwwgodssi!pleplanorg

    erspe'tives On The World #hristian (ove!ent , *eader % *evised $dition E1885

    #opyright 18?1 188- y The 0nstitute of 0nternational tudies *evised 188- 1885

    edition

    $ditors: *alph Winter: Founder #enter for World (issions teven # &awthorne:6ire'tor of #urri'ulu! 6evelop!ent 0nstitute of 0nternational tudies ,sso'iate$ditors:6arrell * 6orr Bru'e +raha! ulished By: Willia! #arey )irary Ewhi'his at #enter for World (issions asadena #alifornia

    ,shrook John $ >ew >eutralis! 00 &ere 0 tand Books Ohio 188-

    #opyright ,ll arti'les are the sole property of eek+od'a and =i'ky 6illen ,ll'ripture King Ja!es =ersion unless otherwise stated

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    Fuller3s $vangeli'al 3Think Tank3

    #O>T0>$6

    John Wi!er *i'hard Foster

    6r ,rthur +lasser 6i'k $ast!an

    +eorge $ldon )add hill Butler

    Jay +ri!stead *oert +rant

    6avid Bryant Jay +ary

    - #orinthians 11:14.15

    ",nd no !arvel for atan hi!self is transfor!ed into an angel of light Therefore it isno great thing if his !inisters also e transfor!ed as the !inisters of righteousnesswhose end shall e a''ording to their works"

    John Wi!er Founder of the =ineyard (ove!ent and worked 'losely with # eterWagner in ower $vangelis! R #hur'h +rowth $leven of our arti'les 'over variousaspe'ts of John Wi!er3s tea'hings ,s well we have his testi!ony tape and haveresear'hed his a'kground and tea'hings tili7ing Fuller !ethodologies whi'h hehelped to develop Wi!er prea'hed "Kingdo! >ow3 restoration and do!inionisttheology

    (any of his pulished songs whi'h have infiltrated all deno!inations 'ontain those!essages although !ost "evangeli'als3 for e2a!ple would not re'ogni7e the !eanings

    ehind the! &e also taught as did and do the others the e2pe'tation of a 3great end.ti!e harvest and revival3 Wi!er traveled on Fuller3s ehalf for four years in the early18;3s and su''essfully introdu'ed #ho3s 'ell 'hur'h theory in his "#hur'h +rowth"se!inars ,fter he left Fuller he effe'tively took restoration theology to !ost of the!aan'y Flint who worked dire'tly with John and 'orroorated fro! othersour'es

    http://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#wimberhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#fosterhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#glasserhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#eastmanhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#laddhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#butlerhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#grimsteadhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#granthttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#bryanthttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#garyhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#wimberhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#fosterhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#glasserhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#eastmanhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#laddhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#butlerhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#grimsteadhttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#granthttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#bryanthttp://www.seekgod.ca/fuller2b.htm#gary
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    " John is dire'tly responsile for pro!oting eNuipping and developing !ethodologiesthat resulted in the aerrant "!anifestations" 'alled the "Toronto Blessing" The !a

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    9 #o.operation . get together around a 'o!!on goal or proowI . restorationtheology John Wi!er 'redits )add with his understanding of restoration theology6ue to the intelle'tual elitis! and pride en'ouraged at Fuller a''ording to +eorge(arsden in *efor!ing Funda!entalis! ")add saw his 'alling as aove all to 'orre'tevangeli'al s'holarship3s general la'k of prestige &is a!ition as he so!eti!es toldhis students was to write a ook in ili'al studies that every s'holar in the field would

    have to respe't" Cas 'ited on >ew >eutralis! 00 p8D This desire to e a''epted andestee!ed y #hristian and worldly s'holars and ils )und (e!orial )e'turer >orth ark e!inary 18// visiting s'holartaley Foundation 18;-

    Jay +ri!stead . Founded with 6ennis ea'o'ke the #oalition on *evival E#O* in18?4Ahttp:wwwrefor!ationnetinde2ht! "The #oalition on *evival E#O* is anetwork of evangeli'al leaders fro! every !a

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    #O*3s two !a

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    The e'u!eni'al >ational teering #o!!ittee(e!ers Ahttp:wwwrefor!ationnet'orsteering'teht!A in'ludes politi'al as well as3'hur'h3 groups and in'ludes su'h na!es as:

    John Be'kett resident 0nter'essors for ,!eri'a (r *on Boeh!e 6ire'tor Mouth

    with a (ission *evive ,!eri'a *ev W Wellington Boone astor R Founder (anna#hristian Fellowship #hur'hes (r +ary 6e(ar resident ,!eri'an =ision (r Ted6e(oss resident #hristian Business (en3s #o!!ittee (rs +ladys 6i'kel!an$2e'utive 6ire'tor >ational 6ay of rayer *oert 6ugan 6ire'tor >,$.uli',ffairs(i'hael Farris resident &o!e 'hool )egal 6efense ,sso'iation (r *ogerFle!!ing ,sst 6ire'tor The >avigators (r eter +e!!a $2e'utive6ire'tor>ational ro)ife oliti'al ,'tion #o 6r 6uane +ish h6=i'e resident0nstitute for #reation *esear'h 6r 6avid &oward )&6 +en 6ire'tor World$vangeli'al Fellowship 6r 6 Ja!es Kennedy h6 astor #oral *idge resyterian#hur'h 6r Ti! )a&aye 6(in resident ,!eri'an #oalition for Traditional =alues6r &arold )indsell h6 $ditor $!eritus #hristianity today $d (',teer

    resident*eligious *oundtale 6r Josh ('6owell 66 resident Josh ('6owell(inistries *ev Bo (u!ford resident )ife'hangers 6r +ary >orth h6resident0nstitute for #hristian $'ono!i's 6r J0 a'ker h6 rofessor yste!ati'Theology *egent #ollege *ev 6ennis ea'o'ke resident trategi' #hristianervi'es Jerry *egier resident Fa!ily *esear'h #oun'il 6r * J *ushdoonyh6 resident #oun'il of #hal'edon 6r *oert i!onds Th6 resident>ational,sso' of #hristian $du' 6r Ja'k =an 0!pe h6 resident Ja'k =an 0!pe(inistries 6r *alph Winter h6 +eneral 6ire'tor #enter for World(issions "

    (any of these na!es are dis'ussed in our other arti'les 0n 18?/ 6r +ri!steadorgani7ed pastors of the >ational ,sso'iation of $vangeli'als into a''ountailitygroupsX

    6avid Bryant L #on'erts of rayer 0nternational The 'urrent 'hair!an of the ># is6avid Bryant founder and president of #on'erts of rayer 0nternational revious'hair!en have in'luded ># founder (rs =onette Bright 'o.founder of #a!pus#rusade for #hrist 0nternational and 6i'k $ast!an international president for $very&o!e for #hrist

    >ational #on'ert of rayer A http:wwwgospel'o!netnp'initiatives[radioA is a two.!inute daily radio road'ast sponsored y ,!eri'a3s >ational rayer #o!!itteeE,># rayer leaders in'lude 6avid Bryant $ddie !ith $velyn #hristensonJonathan +raf 6i'k $ast!an and !ore The >ational #on'ert of rayer provides a

    prayer point ea'h day to en'ourage the , 'hur'h to pray for the nation ,># a'oalition of over 4 national prayer leaders provides news a national prayer.events'alendar arti'les and resour'es on prayer and links to !ore than / prayer !inistries

    nder the $2e'utive #o!!ittee ios we read that BryantAhttp:wwwgospel'o!netnp'e2e''o!!teeht!l: "for the past 15 years 6avidand his tea! have 'ondu'ted hundreds of 'itywide !ass prayer rallies for renewal andevangelis! trained tens of thousands of pastors to fo'us their 'ongregations on spiritualawakening y prayer and ili'al prea'hing and networked national leaders and

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    !inistries into 'oalitions that are working together toward +od.given revival6avidhosts a national radio progra! 'alled >ational #on'ert of rayer and is a freNuentspeaker at ro!ise Keeper events and other !aational and World *evival for the -1st #entury EBaker Books tand in the +ap: &ow

    to repare for the #o!ing World *evival E*egal Books and (essengers of &ope:Be'o!ing ,gents for *evival for the -1st #entury EBaker Books" Eee also (F =ol4:- p 1-

    *i'hard Foster L Guakerand Fuller graduate Eholds a do'torate in pastoral 'ounseling*i'hard Foster is 'o.founder of *enovarY and rofessor of spiritual for!ation at ,7usaa'ifi' niversity in outhern #alifornia Foster e'a!e an ordained 'lergy!an for theo'iety of Friends in 18/; &e3s held pastoral positions in 3Friends3 'hur'hes sin'e thatti!e and e'a!e professor of theology and writer.in.residen'e 18;8 on at Friends

    niversity in Wi'hita and ad

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    The >avigators sponsored a *i'hard Foster 'onferen'e at their +len $yrie retreat 'enterand sent announ'e!ents to those on their own EThe >avigators3 !ailing list

    The we arti'le aout 6avid and Karen (ains presents these thoughts:

    Both 6avid and Karen (ains are on *enovar]3s "Board of *eferen'e".. *enovar] isan international >ew ,ge e'u!eni'al organi7ation that e!anates fro! the religioustraditions of Guakeris! whose !essage is that today3s #hur'h is !issing out on so!ewonderful spiritual e2perien'es that 'an only e found y studying and

    pra'ti'ing the "!editative" and "'onte!plative" lifestyle "of early #hristianity" V*enovar] espouses the use of the early pagan traditions of guided i!agery andvisuali7ation astral proew ,ge !odel all as !eans ofotaining "personal spiritual renewal" in the lives of

    elieversV" http:wwwrapidnet'o!%

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    fro! the eyes of unelievers when they do finally re'eive the +ood >ews 0t is $s'o!!it!ent to intensive prayer !oili7ation that has 'aptured the attention of key!issiologists who elieve prayer is essential to the issue of "'losure" of the +reat#o!!ission in our generation" http:wwweh'orgvisionht!l

    "One su'h leader is the noted 'hur'h growth e2pert and se!inary professor 6r # eterWagner of Fuller e!inary Ein #alifornia , *eferring parti'ularly to $very &o!efor #hrist3s prayer involve!ent in the ,6 - and Beyond (ove!ent 6r Wagnerwrote: "The prayer 'o!!it!ent of $very &o!e for #hrist is going to play a key role inthe su''ess of the ,6 - (ove!ent praying us through these ne2t few years as weseek to ring together all the resour'es of evangelis! that +od is pla'ing here on earthto syn'hroni7e and 'oordinate what +od is doing for this great harvest rayer is thefirst step to take in ringing in that harvest"http:wwweh'orgvisionht!l

    6i'k $ast!an is also the author of !ore than 1 ooks on prayer and evangelis! andresident of ,!eri'a3s >ational rayer #o!!ittee The ,sse!lies of +odIs $2e'utive

    resytery CTho!as TraskD has endorsed the ensa'olaBrownsville *evival 'loselyasso'iated with the Toronto ,irport =ineyard The ,sse!lies of +od is also partneredwith the federal govern!entIs +O,) - L$du'ation *estru'turing $very &o!efor #hrist is partnered with (ission ,!eri'a The ,O+ and its 'onne'tions to the(essiani' !ove!ent #ho and so on is dis'ussed throughout the arti'les on our wesite

    The data.asing and 'anvassing of every ho!e serves another purpose a''ording to>an'y Flint

    "They have effe'tively data.ased the entire gloe in the door to door 'anvassing thathas een going on for the past fifteen years under the guise of rea'hing the "unrea'hed"and "hidden people groups" of the world , thinly veiled desire to take over the worldand i!ple!ent ili'al theo'ra'y is pervading the entire ,6- agenda and they areready to i!ple!ent their ne2t stage whi'h is to "'leanse the land" and unseat heavenly

    prin'ipalities and powers in high pla'es that resist their efforts to take over This is apoliti'al !ove!ent of the highest order and !ust not e 'onfused with anything evenre!otely rese!ling #hristianity This is where +eorge Otis Jr and the +enerals of0nter'ession 'o!e inQ By "spiritually !apping" every sNuare in'h of the gloe in hugedataases they use a 'ell "grid" to !ark every po'ket or person of "resistan'e" to the!ove of the 3&oly pirit3 This is where the dataase is effe'tively targeting ea'h and

    every eliever who resists the takeover The spiritual !apping dataase was developedat you guessed it the #enter for World (issionQ

    hill Butler L 0nterdev founder and president L whi'h is a partnership fa'ilitatingagen'y &as a usiness degree fro! Bo Jones niversity Fro! a Frontiers - io:

    "0nternationally a'knowledged e2pert in partnerships and strategi' allian'es &as leddevelop!ent of strategi' allian'es and inter.organi7ational partnerships in !ore thantwenty 'ountries ,uthor of over fifty pulished arti'les and papers on strategi'

    allian'es organi7ational partners and 'o!!uni'ationTraveled and worked in over ? 'ountries0nternational radioT= news 'orrespondent 1854.18?/ final years for ,B# >ews

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    0nternational 'o!!uni'ations 'onsultant with govern!ental and non.profit agen'iesand pro

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    ,''ording to their own infor!ation ",!eri'an Freedo! #oalition is anunin'orporated usiness trust for!ed to edu'ate "We The eople" aout the The

    >ational $!ergen'y in Banking *elief ,'t of (ar'h 8 1899 and the a!end!ent toe'tion 5 E of the Trading with the $ne!y ,'t of O'toer / 181;"

    Fro! #> Joint ro3s *oert +rant Fro! that arti'le:

    Founder#hair!an of the Board #hristian =oi'e a politi'al a'tion group 'o!posed oflargely ente'ostals 9- whi'h operates out of the &eritage Foundation resident,!eri'an #hristian #ause #hair!an of ,!eri'an Freedo! #oalition a graduateof Fuller Theologi'al e!inary (e!er of $d (',teer3s *eligious *oundtale#oun'il of 5/ 99 ee: *eligious *oundtale for!er 'hair!an #oalition for *eligiousFreedo! 'o.pulisher residential Bili'al 'oreoard and the #andidates Bili'al'oreoard

    #oalition for *eligious Freedo! C#*FD 94 : tarted y *ep +eorge &ansen in 18?4#*F $2e'utive 'o!!ittee !e!ers have in'luded Ti! )a&ayeJerry Falwell Ja!es*oison *e2 &u!ard 6 Ja!es Kennedy and Ji!!y waggart ",''ording to#*F president 6an ills C#*FD has re'eived at least S5 fro! (oon sour'es ,

    pro!inent #*F spokesperson and e2e'utive 'o!!ittee !e!er is Joseph aigeaigere'eived S/ fro! the nifi'ation #hur'h for his s'hool whi'h in turn gave (oona !u'h puli'i7ed honorary do'torate aige is also a'tive in #,," C18?/D "the(oon organi7ation opened an international front in its 3religious freedo!" 'a!paign,''ording to (oon3s >ew Mork #ity Triune the World #oun'il on *eligious )iertyEW#*) was founded in 6e'e!er 18?/The #hair!an of W#*) is Joseph aigeand its " #hair!an of the >orth ,!eri'an #au'us is 6on ills They have re'ruited 6r*oert + (uller assistant e'retary general of the nited >ations as 'hair!an of the#oun'il3s 0nternational ,dvisory #o!!ittee The #oun'il3s headNuarters are in *aleigh

    >orth #arolina whi'h is also ho!e to aige3s haw 6ivinity 'hool" 95

    For 6r *oert + (uller ee: World =ision: +loal $du'ation )etter

    +eorge Otis was the honorary 'hair!an of "#hristians for *eagan" a #hristian =oi'epoliti'al pro

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    to help ,F# y leaving ti!e on #,, progra! agendas for ,F# oard !e!ers todes'rie the organi7ation and seek new !e!ers They also allowed ,F# a''ess to thena!es of parti'ipants in previous #,, 'onferen'es and granted the servi'es of one#,, staff !e!er per state to do outrea'h to #,, "graduates" and en'ouragethe! to

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    tates the ,B> is nostalgi' for the days when the >a7is o''upied $astern $urope'ott ,nderson and John )ee ,nderson authors of0nside the )eague des'rie the ,B>as: 3the largest and !ost i!portant u!rella for >a7i 'ollaorators in the world,

    pri!e 'riterion for !e!ership appears to e fealty to the 'ause of >ational o'ialis!,B> offi'ers 'onstitute a virtual Who3s Who of those responsile for the !assa're of

    !illions of 'ivilians in the loodiest war in history3 +rant3s puli' asso'iation with >a7isy!pathi7ers drew no stor! of 'riti'is! fro! fellow evangeli'als" 9?

    #olonel 6oner responding to reporters aout (oonie finan'ing of the #hristian *ightand ,F# stated " #,, C(oon3s politi'al ar!D is an anti'o!!unist organi7ation 0t3sa funding sour'e #,, is anti'o!!unist and personally 03! for anyody that3santi'o!!unist The (or!ons are the sa!e 03! not going to lend 'reden'e to theirorgani7ation ut networking 03! happy to network with the!" 98

    #olonel 6oner is 6ire'tor of 6ennis ea'o'ke3s #oalition on *evival E#O* whi'hJay +ri!stead heads ea'o'ke was a dis'iple of Bo (u!ford and his shepherding

    !ove!ent #olonel 6oner has also een on the e2e'utive of ea'o'ke3s 'haris!ati',natole Fellowship whose goal is to gain influen'e in the *epuli'an arty Othere2e'utive 'o!!ittee !e!ers have in'luded #>3s 6avid Balsiger and#onnie(arshner who representsaul Weyri'h3s Free #ongress Foundation 4

    6ennis ea'o'ke3s #oalition on *evival E#O* was 'o.founded and headed y Jay+ri!stead Jay +ri!stead3s #O* (anifesto is the do'u!ent whi'h outlines #O*3sgoals and o !e!ers as well asre'ogni7ed shepherding !ove!ent leaders su'h as Bo (u!ford and $rn Ba2ter aswell as Ja'k =an 0!pe

    For 6ennis ea'o'ke (u!ford 6oner ee: hepherding Jay +ri!stead

    #hristian =oi'e whi'h 'lai!s to e the nation3s largest 'onservative #hristian loyse'retly 3sD *i'hard =iguerie res'ued fro! the rink of ankrupt'y in O'toer yBo &i ak a for!er Korean !ilitary.intelligen'e offi'er and (oon3s top operative*ev *oert +rant 'hair!an of the 'oalition initially denied then 'onfir!ed links

    etween his traditional #hristians and the (oonies , !ain sour'e of the (oon !oneyinvolved "hundreds of !illions (oon said in 18?4" see!s to e Japan , national arasso'iation panel there reported in July that a 'hur'h . organi7ed high.pressure saless'he!e had ilked Japanese 'onsu!ers out of at least S1/5 !illion sin'e 18? ter!ingthat su! only the "tip of the i'eerg33 41

    6r Bo &i ak3s /th Birthday #eleration Washington 6# ,ugust -/ 188 "6rak uses the o''asion of his /th irthday 'eleration to give his heartfelt thanks to

    several people in attendan'e in'luding #ongress!an 0'hord 6r Bo +rant

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    ,!assador ang Kook &an ,!assador hillip an'he7 and his wife and +aryJar!in 4-

    ">ow 0 want to speak aout 6r Bo +rant 6r +rant3s pri!ary !ission nowadays isnot leading ,F# &is pri!ary !ission is to speak to visiting Korean groups The other

    day 0 ow when the regional dire'tors 'o!e you usually 'o!e to his ho!e &is ase!enthas e'o!e a 'on'lave of our ,F# regional dire'tors &e loves to have our people 'o!einto his ho!e and use it and o''upy it The other day 0 said less hi! who understandsthat the kingdo! of +od is the kingdo! of use &e is using every it of everything hehas for the sake of goodness Of 'ourse Judy his lovely ride E0 know she is still a

    ride e'ause 0 was at their wedding in al! prings #alifornia supports hi!'o!pletely"

    "Bo +rant knows *everend (oon loves hi! and e2pe'ts hi! to a''o!plish greatthings *everend (oon knows he is a great leader and even wants hi! to e'o!e

    president of the nited tates 6r +rant said no no 0 was orn in #anada 0!possileThe #onstitution does not allow !e to run for the presiden'y *everend (oon si!plysaid let3s 'hange the #onstitution (y only irthday plea to 6r Bo +rant is this 0know 6r +rant loves Jesus #hrist &e is a tre!endous !an of +od and !an of #hristBut 0 want to tell hi! 0 used to think that way too 0 was already a #hristian for fiveyears efore 0 e'a!e a nifi'ation #hur'h !e!er 0 thought

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    +ary Jar!in iswas on the steering 'o!!ittee of >ational arents 6ay Foundationwhi'h is ased with the ,!eri'an Freedo! #oalition !entioned aove *oert +rantiswas president of >ational arents 6ay Foundation arents 6ay was estalished as aresponse to a (oonie holiday pro!oted y *ev and (rs (oon as the "True arents of(ankind"

    end Nuote^

    Jay +ary in 18;? re'eived his "#$*T0F0#,T$ 0> B0B)0#,) T60$" fro!the0nternational 'hool of Theology Ahttp:wwwleaderu'o!isotinde2ht!lA whi'his a !inistry of Bill Bright3s #a!pus #rusade for #hrist Jay +ary is a preterist and afuturist

    "reteris!" refers to the idea that Bile prophe'y has een fulfilled in the past

    although partial preterists elieve there is so!e yet to e fulfilled (odern Fullreteris! de'lares that allprophe'y was allegedly fulfilled in , 6 ; when the *o!ansdestroyed Jerusale! Todd 6ennis of the reterist,r'hive writes Ahttp:wwwpreteristar'hive'o!reteris!dennis.todd1introht!l:

    0t is !y i!pression that reterist #hristianity sees !u'h !ore relevant propheti'fulfill!ent in this age than do Futurists 0nstead of elieving that all prophe'y has eenfulfilled reterists elieve that all Bile es'hatology has een fulfilled 0n short thereterist view sees Bili'al end.ti!es events as referring to the end of the Old#ovenant not the end of the universe or 'hur'h age E'f &e ?:19

    The iggest e2posure to the ter! "reterist" in the -th 'entury has een in'o!!entaries on the ook of *evelation The reterist view on the ook of *evelationis a 'o!plete departure fro! the Futurist view whi'h elieves that !ost of the ook isyet to e fulfilled While partial reterists differ on how !u'h of the ook of*evelation has een fulfilled reterists are in agree!ent that the entire ook has eenfulfilled in the spiritual and te!poral real!s

    (ost reterists elieve that the ook of *evelation was written prior to the destru'tionof Jerusale! in ,6; "

    "Those who elieve that all es'hatologi'al events are in the past are 'alled

    "reterists" while those who elieve that only !any es'hatologi'al events are in thepast Ewith !ore in the future are 'alled "partial reterists" ,s reteris! is the positionof total fulfill!ent in the past those who elieve in future fulfill!ents areonly partial reterists artial reteris! is another for! of Futuris!artialreteris! 'rosses all deno!inational lines and is 'o!pletely 'onfor!ale to !ost for!sof Futuris!reterists so!eti!es 'alled "'onsistent reterists" or "full reterists"tea'h that a''ording to #hrist3s testi!ony E)uke -1:--9- all prophe'ywas fulfilled inthe first 'entury Ein'luding the se'ond 'o!ing of #hrist The pra'ti'al appli'ation ofthis is that we have the fullness of salvation and rede!ption whi'h was only still

    pro!ised for the pre.,6; elievers"

    CopinionAhttp:wwwpreteristar'hive'o!reteris!dennis.toddp1ht!lD

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    pdate: Jay +ary is "enior $dito