Further Charismatic Concerns

 There clearly needs to be accountability, transparency and responsibility in leadership, particularly when Charismatic Christian leaders have been exposed for greed, dishonesty, sexual misconduct, ministerial abuse and errant behavior.  Cover ups and being economical with Gospel truths should be faced fairly and squarely.  There is a crisis among New Apostolic Reformation churches.  Certain leaders have woefully failed the flock, the sheep under their care. Sometimes the flock have been financially fleeced.  Leaders have been paid and received inflated amounts of money.  They have received perks and benefits that were arguably unmerited and dishonestly obtained.  They have fed themselves while allowing those around to starve spiritually speaking, providing shallow, superficial and  poor quality teaching. They have  indulged vices and followed too much the sinful devices and desires of their own hearts.  They may have at times talked the talk, but they have failed to walk the walk, to live close to Christ in a worthy way.  

We keep hearing about adulterous and dangerous liaisons, inappropriate conduct and unacceptable actions, resulting in various disciplinary and necessary removal from pulpit and public ministry. Sometimes the perpetrators show no sign of thorough repentance, contrition and repairing the damage done to the church, and no signs of substantive help for victims.

Within the Charismatic Movement, sadly, there are prosperity preachers and false teachers who have led people astray.  They have used manipulative and cunning ways to deceive people. False prophecies, fake healings, counterfeit miracles have become evident and the falsehood and deception can be empirically verified.

We should be grateful to Mike Winger, Julie Roys, the Torn Curtain podcast, and the Wake Up and Win ministry for helping Charismatics to negotiate this crisis in Christendom.  We should appreciate their efforts to cleanse the fellowship of believers, the elect, the saved and sanctified.

Holiness is not an optional extra or choice.  Without holiness we shall not see God.  This time of judgment on the House of God is necessary and painful, but we should heed the warning of the Holy Spirit.

Let those who have an ear hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches, the charismatic churches and all who follow the LORD.