User:ClaudeReigns/Notes/YWAM
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- Theological Criticisms of YWAM and other background
YWAM's bimonthly 12-page news-service, World Christian News goes out to all AD 2000 members [1] Excommunicated members include Dave Andrews, Greg Robertson, Marie and Matthew Murray.
- cult [no quotes]
- Andy Butcher
- 9/93 issue
- identified with "Jesus Movement" [6]
- association with Benny Hinn, because he is a "false prophet" [10] [11]
- dominionism, the belief that the whole world must be saved before Christ returns [12]
- blurs the line between false gods and Jehovah with ecumenism[13] and syncretism [14]
- “... and you have been under the gun on this issue of Io in the Hawaiian culture, well that’s a bird god and its obviously a demon and so forth, you can’t worship it. We’re not saying that we need to worship a bird god or we’re not saying we need to worship a moon god. But were saying that those people understand it that way and they already have it as their god and perhaps we can use that name and teach the truth about the character of Jehovah God, without going to an Arab Muslim saying you have to accept the Jewish God, so that’s where we are coming from. So give us a little bit of illustration of this out of your experience.”
- Danny Lehmann, Word to the World with host Danny Lehmann, KLHT, Feb. 14/06, #7 [15]
- identified with Third Wave of the Holy Spirit [16]
- "apostasy" [17]
- not identified with "against the core doctrine of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone" [18] see:Sola gratia, Sola Fide, Solus_Christus
- identified with New Apostolic Reformation
- Steve Mitchell, pastor of Garden City Grace Brethren Church in Roanoke, VA; formerly an ordained junior pastor of a Calvary Chapel in Mililani, HI but left amid disputes over YWAM.
"An Open Letter to Calvary Chapel Pastors of America Concerning YWAM"
[edit]- ecumenical
- associated with New Apostolic Reformation
- associated with "false prophets" C. Peter Wagner and Benny Hinn
- supportive of Third Wave
"Be Wary of YWAM: A Warning to Hawaii Churches Concerning Youth With A Mission"
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- endorsing, publishing for New Apostolic Reformation/Third Wave
- introducing "horrendous and unscriptural spiritual warfare practices"
- contributing "an array of false teachings involving “Moral government theology”"
- dominionist
- "The Bible does not predict a massive end time’s revival in which the whole world will be saved."
- replacement theology
- use of reconciliation rituals [which seem to derive from gestalt psychology]
- use of identificational repentance
"Why I am the Way I am about YWAM"
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- teaching "Moral Government Theology", associates with "Latter Rain Kingdom dominionism"
- "Its doctrines aren’t even new; just a re-hashing of old Latter Rain teachings condemned as heresy by the Assemblies of God in the 50’s. But it’s back and in a big, bad way."
- advocates "societal transformation through human government"
- ecumenical
- use of syncretism
- "aberrant" doctrines
- New Apostolic Reformation and Third Wave doctrinal influences.
- syncretism [22] and secrecy.
other sources
[edit]- Walter Jones
- Christian Research Journal
- Lynn & Sarah Leslie, Discernment Research Group official site
- Dean Gotcher [23][24](bio), founder, The Institution for Authority Research
- identified with syncretism [25]
now printed as: