Doctrine of Demons: The Endtimes Sealing and Glory - an 11-part research article by Tricia Tillin

Doctrines of Demons: The Coming of the Glory

This eleven-part series by Tricia Tillin is an urgent appeal to reject current teachings on the overshadowing and anointing of the supposed Glory of God in the endtimes. It looks at teachings from the old Latter Rain movement and shows how those teachings and many others have led to a belief that there will be a sealing or anointing for those who have prepared themselves for transformation.

The topics of the ten major sections, together with the appendix, and PDF version for download, are found on the CONTENTS page. Alternatively, each section is briefly linked below:

Part One - The Sealing & Overshadowing Part Two - The Sealing & Overshadowing (2) Part TwoA - Resisting the Overshadowing Part Three - The Descent of the Glory Part Four - Transformation Part Five - The Sword of Judgement	Part Six - New Church, New Apostles Part Seven - The Sound of Seduction Part Eight - The Global Network Part Nine - The Lighthouse Movement Part Ten - Appendix A Part Eleven - Appendix B

Part Eleven: Appendix Two

CONTENTS

Global Networking for Evangelization
- Some Organisations and Projects
- Some Key Players
Lighthouse Movement
- Denominations Involved
- Organisations Involved
- Lausanne Covenant
Apostolic/Prophetic & Revivalist Links:
- People
- Sites
- Resources
- Their Own Links
Globalist Links

IMPORTANT NOTE: Inclusion on this page does not necessarily imply heresy or incorrect doctrine. Not does inclusion prove conclusively that an organisation is unreliable or ungodly. These are lists created by the organisations themselves and simply show networking toward a certain end. If you are in any doubt about an individual, ministry or organisation please conduct some research on the Internet before coming to any conclusions.

Some Organisations and Projects Networking for the Global Church

Global 2000 (UN/New-Age)

United Religions (UN Interfaith Initiative)

Parliament of the World's Religions

World Council of Churches

Lausanne Movement

Millennium Institute

Habitat for Humanity

Jubilee 2000 (Roman Catholic)

AD 2000 World Evangelization (Gary/RC/liberals)

Celebration 2000 (Jay Gary)

Star of 2000 (Jay Gary)

B.E.G.I.N. BiMillennial Global Interaction Network (Jay Gary)

Challenge 2000 (D.A.W.N.)

New Life 2000 (Bill Bright's Campus Crusade)

AD2000 and Beyond (C. Peter Wagner)

10/40 Window/Praying Through The Window

United Prayer Track

Joshua Project 2000

Celebrate Messiah 2000

Global Harvest Ministries

Brigada

Global Consultation on World Evangelism (GCOWE)

GOSHEN

US Centre for World Mission

Campus Crusade for Christ

Coalition on Revival (Jay Grimstead)

World Evangelization Fellowship (WEF)

World Prayer Centre

Houses of Prayer

Concerts of Prayer (David Bryant)

Renovare (Richard Foster)

Open Church Ministries (networking cell churches)

Lighthouses Project

Caleb Project

The Jesus Film

March for Jesus

Reconciliation Movement

Prayer Walks

Women Aglow (Bobbye Byerly)

Promise Keepers

Every Home For Christ (Dick Eastman)

Global Resource Ministries International (GRMI)

N.A.T.I.O.N.S. (Networking Apostiolic Thrust Internationally Or Nationally)

S.I.G.N. (Strategic Intercession Global Network)

D.A.W.N (Discipling A Whole Nation)

YWAM (Youth With A Mission)

OM (Operation Mobilisation)

US Center for World Missions

A few Key Players

C. Peter Wagner

Ted Haggard

Dr. Paul Cedar, Chairman of the Mission America Coalition

Jay Gary

George Otis Jnr.

Paul Yonggi Cho

Billy Graham

David Bryant

Dick Eastman

Luis Palau

Luis Bush

Thomas Wang

Bill Bright

Jack Hayford

Richard Halverson

Ralph Winter

Ralph Neighbour (Cell Church Mvt.)

Ed Silvoso

Chuck Pierce

Ed Delph

John Dawson (YWAM)

Cindy Jacobs (Generals of Intercession)

Lighthouse Movement

Participating Denominations (in 1999)

NOTE: No implication is made as to the exact nature of each church or organisation. Please research individual orgnaisations and individuals for yourself to ascertain their true position, doctrinally.

Advent Christian General Conference
African Methodist Episcopal
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
American Baptist
Assemblies of God
Assemblies of God, International Fellowship
Association of Free Lutheran Churches
Association of Vineyard Churches
Baptist General Conference
Brethren Church
Brethren in Christ Church
Christian Church/Church of Christ Independent
Christian Church of North America
Christian & Missionary Alliance
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Reformed Church in North America
Christian Union
Church of Christ Holiness
Church of Christ in Christian Union
Church of God (Anderson, IN)
Church of God (Cleveland, TN)
Church of God Apostolic Faith
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.
Church of God in Prophecy
Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Church of the Lutheran Brethren
Church of the Nazarene
Congregational Holiness Church
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
Conservative Lutheran Association
Convention of Original Free Will Baptists
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Elim Fellowship
Episcopal Church
Evangelical Church of North America
Evangelical Congregational Church
Evangelical Covenant Church
Evangelical Free Church
Evangelical Friends - Eastern Region
Evangelical Mennonite Church
Evangelical Methodist Church
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Evangelistic Missionary Fellowship
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
Free Methodist of North America
Friends Church Southwest
General Association of General Baptists
Good News Movement
Int’l. Church of the Foursquare Gospel
International Pentecostal Church of Christ
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Liberty Baptist Fellowship
Mennonite Brethren
Midwest Cong. Christian Fellowship
Missionary Church, Inc. U.S.
National Baptist Convention of America
National Missionary Baptist Con. of America
North American Baptist Conference
Open Bible Standard Churches
Partners in Ministry
Pentecostal Church of God
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church in America
Primitive Methodist Church in the U.S.A.
Progressive National Baptist Convention
Salvation Army
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Methodist Church
The Wesleyan Church
U.S. Wesleyan Council
Vision New England
Worldwide Church of God

A few of the participating ministries:

AD2000 and Beyond Movement
AD2000 United Prayer Track
AD2000 Women’s Track
Advancing Church Ministries
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Aglow International
Alliance Theological Seminary
Alpha North America
AMEN
American Bible Society
American Tract Society
Asbury Theological Seminary
Assn. of Christians Ministering to Internationals
Beeson Divinity School
Belhaven College
Belvue Baptist Church
Be The LIGHT Ministries Inc.
Bethany Fellowship Missions
Bethel College and Seminary
Bethel Gospel Tabernacle Fellowship
Bible Pathways
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Billy Graham International Schools of Evangelism
Bob Cryder Team Ministries
Bob Weiner Ministries
BridgeBuilder's International, Inc.
Caleb Project
Campus Crusade for Christ International
Campus Renewal Ministries
Canning Hunger
Center for Ministerial Care
Center for World Revival and Awakening
Center Peace Ministries
Challenge 2000 Alliance
Change Your Life
Chi Alpha Campus Ministries
CHIEF, Inc.
Children’s Ministries of America
Chinese Christian Church, Washington D.C.
Christ For All Nations/Beyond ‘99
Christ For The City International
Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc.
Christian Camping International, U.S.A.
Christian Community Development Association
Christian Educators Association International
Christian Film and Television Commission
Christian Management Association
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Reformed Church North America
Christian Women United
Christian Women's Network
Christianity Today, Inc.
Church in the City Ministry
Church of the Chimes
Church on the Way
Church Resource Ministries
Citi Reach Internaitonal
Coalition Against Pornography
Coalition of Christian Colleges & Universities
College Church, Wheaton, IL
CoMission II
Concerts of Prayer Greater New York
Concerts of Prayer International
Cornerstone Baptist Church
Covenant Church of Pittsburgh
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Crossroads Presbyterian Church
Crystal Cathedral
Crystal Evangelical Free Church
Cultural Instights, Inc.
Dad The Family Shepherd
Dawn Ministries
Doxa International University
East Gate, IMPACT
Elmbrook Church
Emerging Young Leaders
EQUIP
Equipping Network/Navigators
Esther Network International
Evangelicals for Social Action
Evangelism Explosion III International
Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies
Evangelical Free Church of Cypress
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Every Home for Christ
Faithful Center Missionary Baptist Church
Family Life Communications, Inc.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
First Assembly of God
First Baptist Church
First Covenant Church
First Love Ministries International
Focus on the Family
Food for the Hungry
Fragrance of Love, Inc.
Francis Asbury Society
Frazier Memorial United Methodist Church
Freedom in Christ Ministries
Freedom Ministries of America
Frontline Ministries
Generals of Intercession
Global Advance
Global Net Productions
Global Spectrum, The Urban Group
God's Love In Action
Good News Movement
Gospel Literature International
Great Commission International
Greater Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Habitat for Humanity
Harvest Evangelism, Inc.
Harvest Prayer Ministries
Heal Our Land
Here's Life
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Hispanic Christian Communications Network
Hope College
Hope For A Generation
Hope Ministries
I.M.P.A.C.T.
INJOY
Inland Empire 2000 & Beyond
Intercessors for America
Intercessors of Alaska, Inc.
Interdev
InterFACE Ministries
International Bible Society
International Messengers
International Prayer Ministries
International Reconciliation Coalition
International Renewal Ministries
International Sports Coalition
International Students, Inc.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
JAF Ministries
Japanese Southern Baptist Church of America
Jerry Drace Evangelistic Association
Jesus Awakening Movement for America
JESUS Film Project
JESUS Video Project
Jim Wilson Evangelistic Association
John Guest Evangelistic Association
Leadership Catalyst, Inc.
Liberty University
Light International
Love: In The Name of Christ
Love Your Neighborhood Ministries
Lowell Lundstrom Ministries
Luis Palau Evangelistic Association
Man In The Mirror
Manna Church
Mapping Center for Evangelism
March For Jesus
Mars Hill Productions
Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
Metawake Revival and Evangelism
MetroChurch
Mission Carolina
Mission Mississippi
Mission Omega
Mission Portland
Mission USA
Moderator
Moody Church
Music Works International
Mustard Seed Associates
National Network of Youth Ministries
National Pastor’s Prayer Network
National Religious Broadcasters Association
Navigators
NEED HIM
Nelson Family Foundation
New Life Church
New Shiloh Baptist Church
New England Concerts of Prayer
North American Mission Board, SBC
North Star Church
Northwest College
Northwestern College and Radio
Oak Hills Church of Christ
Officer’s Christian Fellowship
OMS International, Inc.
On The Edge Ministries
Operation Mobilization
Perimeter Church
Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation
Pocket Testament League
Pray! Magazine
PRAYERLINK
PrayerWorks
Precept Ministries
Primitive Methodist Church
Prision Fellowship Ministries
Professional Dynametric Programs, Inc.
Promise Keepers
Promise Reapers
RAF Ministries
RBC Ministries
Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
Reachout Ministries
Reformed Seminary
Reformed Theological Seminary
Regent University School of Divinity
Religion News Today
Renewal Fellowship
Renewal Ministries
Revival Prayer Fellowship, Inc.
Revival Strategies International, Inc.
Roever Evangelistic Fellowship
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries
Russian Ministries
Saddleback Community Church
Scripture Press Ministries
SIM Ethnic Focus Ministry
Slumberland, Inc.
Solid Rock Christian Church
SONLIFE Ministries
Sports Spectrum/RBC Ministries
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
St. Stephen’s Church
STEER, Inc.
Steve Russo Evangelistic Team
Steve Wingfield Ministries
Student Venture
T-NET International
Team Impact
The Chapel Ministries
The Common Ground Movement
The NET - Serving Together
Together in Ministry, International
Total Church Life Ministries
Truth International
Twelfth Baptist Church
U.S. Center for World Mission
U.S.C., Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
U.S. Prayer Track
United Prayer Ministry
University of California, Monterey
Utah Games Network
Vision New England
Wagner Leadership Institute
Walk Through the Bible/CoMission
WayMakers
Weselyan Native American Ministries
West Bloomington Evangelical Free Church
Wheaton College
Wiconi International
Widow’s Mite Foundation
Willow Creek Association
Women Today International
Woman’s MIssionary Union
World Evangelical Fellowship
World Impact
World Opportunities International
World Vision
Young Life
Youth For Christ
Youth With A Mission

THE LAUSANNE COVENANT

INTRODUCTION

We, members of the Church of Jesus Christ, from more than 150 nations, participants in the International Congress on World Evangelization at Lausanne, praise God for his great salvation and rejoice in the fellowship he has given us with himself and with each other. We are deeply stirred by what God is doing in our day, moved to penitence by our failures and challenged by the unfinished task of evangelization. We believe the Gospel is God's good news for the whole world, and we are determined by his grace to obey Christ's commission to proclaim it to all mankind and to make disciples of every nation. We desire, therefore, to affirm our faith and our resolve, and to make public our covenant.

1. THE PURPOSE OF GOD

We affirm our belief in the one-eternal God, Creator and Lord of the world, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who govern all things according to the purpose of his will. He has been calling out from the world a people for himself, and sending his people back into the world to be his servants and his witnesses, for the extension of his kingdom, the building up of Christ's body, and the glory of his name. We confess with shame that we have often denied our calling and failed in our mission, by becoming conformed to the world or by withdrawing from it. Yet we rejoice that even when borne by earthen vessels the gospel is still a precious treasure. To the task of making that treasure known in the power of the Holy Spirit we desire to dedicate ourselves anew.

(Isa. 40:28; Matt. 28:19; Eph. 1:11; Acts 15:14; John 17:6, 18; Eph 4:12; 1 Cor. 5:10; Rom. 12:2; II Cor. 4:7)

2. THE AUTHORITY AND POWER OF THE BIBLE

We affirm the divine inspiration, truthfulness and authority of both Old and New Testament Scriptures in their entirety as the only written word of God, without error in all that it affirms, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice. We also affirm the power of God's word to accomplish his purpose of salvation. The message of the Bible is addressed to all men and women. For God's revelation in Christ and in Scripture is unchangeable. Through it the Holy Spirit still speaks today. He illumines the minds of God's people in every culture to perceive its truth freshly through their own eyes and thus discloses to the whole Church ever more of the many-colored wisdom of God.

(II Tim. 3:16; II Pet. 1:21; John 10:35; Isa. 55:11; 1 Cor. 1:21; Rom. 1:16, Matt. 5:17,18; Jude 3; Eph. 1:17,18; 3:10,18)

3. THE UNIQUENESS AND UNIVERSALITY OF CHRIST

We affirm that there is only one Savior and only one gospel, although there is a wide diversity of evangelistic approaches. We recognize that everyone has some knowledge of God through his general revelation in nature. But we deny that this can save, for people suppress the truth by their unrighteousness. We also reject as derogatory to Christ and the gospel every kind of syncretism and dialogue which implies that Christ speaks equally through all religions and ideologies. Jesus Christ, being himself the only God-man, who gave himself as the only ransom for sinners, is the only mediator between God and people. There is no other name by which we must be saved. All men and women are perishing because of sin, but God loves everyone, not wishing that any should perish but that all should repent. Yet those who reject Christ repudiate the joy of salvation and condemn themselves to eternal separation from God. To proclaim Jesus as "the Savior of the world" is not to affirm that all people are either automatically or ultimately saved, still less to affirm that all religions offer salvation in Christ. Rather it is to proclaim God's love for a world of sinners and to invite everyone to respond to him as Savior and Lord in the wholehearted personal commitment of repentance and faith. Jesus Christ has been exalted above every other name; we long for the day when every knee shall bow to him and every tongue shall confess him Lord.

(Gal. 1:6-9;Rom. 1:18-32; I Tim. 2:5,6; Acts 4:12; John 3:16-19; II Pet. 3:9; II Thess. 1:7-9;John 4:42; Matt. 11:28; Eph. 1:20,21; Phil. 2:9-11)

4. THE NATURE OF EVANGELISM

To evangelize is to spread the good news that Jesus Christ died for our sins and was raised from the dead according to the Scriptures, and that as the reigning Lord he now offers the forgiveness of sins and the liberating gifts of the Spirit to all who repent and believe. Our Christian presence in the world is indispensable to evangelism, and so is that kind of dialogue whose purpose is to listen sensitively in order to understand. But evangelism itself is the proclamation of the historical, biblical Christ as Savior and Lord, with a view to persuading people to come to him personally and so be reconciled to God. In issuing the gospel invitation we have no liberty to conceal the cost of discipleship. Jesus still calls all who would follow him to deny themselves, take up their cross, and identify themselves with his new community. The results of evangelism include obedience to Christ, incorporation into his Church and responsible service in the world.

(I Cor. 15:3,4; Acts 2: 32-39; John 20:21; I Cor. 1:23; II Cor. 4:5; 5:11,20; Luke 14:25-33; Mark 8:34; Acts 2:40,47; Mark 10:43-45)

5. CHRISTIAN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

We affirm that God is both the Creator and the Judge of all men. We therefore should share his concern for justice and reconciliation throughout human society and for the liberation of men and women from every kind of oppression. Because men and women are made in the image of God, every person, regardless of race, religion, color, culture, class, sex or age, has an intrinsic dignity because of which he or she should be respected and served, not exploited. Here too we express penitence both for our neglect and for having sometimes regarded evangelism and social concern as mutually exclusive. Although reconciliation with other people is not reconciliation with God, nor is social action evangelism, nor is political liberation salvation, nevertheless we affirm that evangelism and socio-political involvement are both part of our Christian duty. For both are necessary expressions of our doctrines of God and man, our love for our neighbor and our obedience to Jesus Christ. The message of salvation implies also a message of judgment upon every form of alienation, oppression and discrimination, and we should not be afraid to denounce evil and injustice wherever they exist. When people receive Christ they are born again into his kingdom and must seek not only to exhibit but also to spread its righteousness in the midst of an unrighteous world. The salvation we claim should be transforming us in the totality of our personal and social responsibilities. Faith without works is dead.

(Acts 17:26,31; Gen. 18:25; Isa. 1:17; Psa. 45:7; Gen. 1:26,27; Jas. 3:9; Lev. 19:18; Luke 6:27,35; Jas. 2:14-26; Joh. 3:3,5; Matt. 5:20; 6:33; II Cor. 3:18; Jas. 2:20)

6. THE CHURCH AND EVANGELISM

We affirm that Christ sends his redeemed people into the world as the Father sent him, and that this calls for a similar deep and costly penetration of the world. We need to break out of our ecclesiastical ghettos and permeate non-Christian society. In the Church's mission of sacrificial service evangelism is primary. World evangelization requires the whole Church to take the whole gospel to the whole world. The Church is at the very center of God's cosmic purpose and is his appointed means of spreading the gospel. But a church which preaches the cross must itself be marked by the cross. It becomes a stumbling block to evangelism when it betrays the gospel or lacks a living faith in God, a genuine love for people, or scrupulous honesty in all things including promotion and finance. The church is the community of God's people rather than an institution, and must not be identified with any particular culture, social or political system, or human ideology.

(John 17:18; 20:21; Matt. 28:19,20; Acts 1:8; 20:27; Eph. 1:9,10; 3:9-11; Gal. 6:14,17; II Cor. 6:3,4; II Tim. 2:19-21; Phil. 1:27)

7. COOPERATION IN EVANGELISM

We affirm that the Church's visible unity in truth is God's purpose. Evangelism also summons us to unity, because our oneness strengthens our witness, just as our disunity undermines our gospel of reconciliation. We recognize, however, that organizational unity may take many forms and does not necessarily forward evangelism. Yet we who share the same biblical faith should be closely united in fellowship, work and witness. We confess that our testimony has sometimes been marred by a sinful individualism and needless duplication. We pledge ourselves to seek a deeper unity in truth, worship, holiness and mission. We urge the development of regional and functional cooperation for the furtherance of the Church's mission, for strategic planning, for mutual encouragement, and for the sharing of resources and experience.

(John 17:21,23; Eph. 4:3,4; John 13:35; Phil. 1:27; John 17:11-23)

8. CHURCHES IN EVANGELISTIC PARTNERSHIP

We rejoice that a new missionary era has dawned. The dominant role of western missions is fast disappearing. God is raising up from the younger churches a great new resource for world evangelization, and is thus demonstrating that the responsibility to evangelize belongs to the whole body of Christ. All churches should therefore be asking God and themselves what they should be doing both to reach their own area and to send missionaries to other parts of the world. A reevaluation of our missionary responsibility and role should be continuous. Thus a growing partnership of churches will develop and the universal character of Christ's Church will be more clearly exhibited. We also thank God for agencies which labor in Bible translation, theological education, the mass media, Christian literature, evangelism, missions, church renewal and other specialist fields. They too should engage in constant self-examination to evaluate their effectiveness as part of the Church's mission.

(Rom. 1:8; Phil. 1:5; 4:15; Acts 13:1-3, I Thess. 1:6-8)

9. THE URGENCY OF THE EVANGELISTIC TASK

More than 2,700 million people, which is more than two-thirds of all humanity, have yet to be evangelized. We are ashamed that so many have been neglected; it is a standing rebuke to us and to the whole Church. There is now, however, in many parts of the world an unprecedented receptivity to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are convinced that this is the time for churches and para-church agencies to pray earnestly for the salvation of the unreached and to launch new efforts to achieve world evangelization. A reduction of foreign missionaries and money in an evangelized country may sometimes be necessary to facilitate the national church's growth in self-reliance and to release resources for unevangelized areas. Missionaries should flow ever more freely from and to all six continents in a spirit of humble service. The goal should be, by all available means and at the earliest possible time, that every person will have the opportunity to hear, understand, and to receive the good news. We cannot hope to attain this goal without sacrifice. All of us are shocked by the poverty of millions and disturbed by the injustices which causes it. Those of us who live in affluent circumstances accept our duty to develop a simple life-style in order to contribute more generously to both relief and evangelism.

(John 9:4; Matt. 9:35-38; Rom. 9:1-3; I Cor. 9:19-23; Mark 16:15; Isa. 58:6,7; Jas. 1:27; 2:1-9; Matt. 25:31-46; Acts 2:44,45; 4:34,35)

10. EVANGELISM AND CULTURE

The development of strategies for world evangelization calls for imaginative pioneering methods. Under God, the result will be the rise of churches deeply rooted in Christ and closely related to their culture. Culture must always be tested and judged by Scripture. Because men and women are God's creatures, some of their culture is rich in beauty and goodness. Because they are fallen, all of it is tainted with sin and some of it is demonic. The gospel does not presuppose the superiority of any culture to another, but evaluates all cultures according to its own criteria of truth and righteousness, and insists on moral absolutes in every culture. Missions have all too frequently exported with the gospel an alien culture and churches have sometimes been in bondage to culture rather than to Scripture. Christ's evangelists must humbly seek to empty themselves of all but their personal authenticity in order to become the servants of others, and churches must seek to transform and enrich culture, all for the glory of God.

(Mark 7:8,9,13; Gen. 4:21,22; I Cor. 9:19-23; Phil. 2:5-7; II Cor. 4:5)

11. EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP

We confess that we have sometimes pursued church growth at the expense of church depth, and divorced evangelism from Christian nurture. We also acknowledge that some of our missions have been too slow to equip and encourage national leaders to assume their rightful responsibilities. Yet we are committed to indigenous principles, and long that every church will have national leaders who manifest a Christian style of leadership in terms not of domination but of service. We recognize that there is a great need to improve theological education, especially for church leaders. In every nation and culture there should be an effective training program for pastors and laity in doctrine, discipleship, evangelism, nurture and service. Such training programs should not rely on any stereotyped methodology but should be developed by creative local initiatives according to biblical standards.

(Col. I:27,28; Acts 14:23; Tit. 1:5,9; Mark 10:42-45; Eph. 4:11,12)

12. SPIRITUAL CONFLICT

We believe that we are engaged in constant spiritual warfare with the principalities and powers of evil, who are seeking to overthrow the Church and frustrate its task of world evangelization. We know our need to equip ourselves with God's armor and to fight this battle with the spiritual weapons of truth and prayer. For we detect the activity of our enemy, not only in false ideologies outside the Church, but also inside it in false gospels which twist Scripture and put people in the place of God. We need both watchfulness and discernment to safeguard the biblical gospel. We acknowledge that we ourselves are not immune to worldliness of thoughts and action, that is, to a surrender to secularism. For example, although careful studies of church growth, both numerical and spiritual, are right and valuable, we have sometimes neglected them. At other times, desirous to ensure a response to the gospel, we have compromised our message, manipulated our hearers through pressure techniques, and become unduly preoccupied with statistics or even dishonest in our use of them. All this is worldly. The Church must be in the world; the world must not be in the Church.

(Eph. 6:12; II Cor. 4:3,4; Eph. 6:11,13-18; II Cor. 10:3-5; I John 2:18-26; 4:1-3; Gal. 1:6-9; II Cor. 2:17; 4:2; John 17:15)

13. FREEDOM AND PERSECUTION

It is the God-appointed duty of every government to secure conditions of peace, justice and liberty in which the Church may obey God, serve the Lord Jesus Christ, and preach the gospel without interference. We therefore pray for the leaders of nations and call upon them to guarantee freedom of thought and conscience, and freedom to practice and propagate religion in accordance with the will of God and as set forth in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We also express our deep concern for all who have been unjustly imprisoned, and especially for those who are suffering for their testimony to the Lord Jesus. We promise to pray and work for their freedom. At the same time we refuse to be intimidated by their fate. God helping us, we too will seek to stand against injustice and to remain faithful to the gospel, whatever the cost. We do not forget the warnings of Jesus that persecution is inevitable.

(I Tim. 1:1-4, Acts 4:19; 5:29; Col. 3:24; Heb. 13:1-3; Luke 4:18; Gal. 5:11; 6:12; Matt. 5:10-12; John 15:18-21)

14. THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe in the power of the Holy Spirit. The Father sent his Spirit to bear witness to his Son, without his witness ours is futile. Conviction of sin, faith in Christ, new birth and Christian growth are all his work. Further, the Holy Spirit is a missionary spirit; thus evangelism should arise spontaneously from a Spirit-filled church. A church that is not a missionary church is contradicting itself and quenching the Spirit. Worldwide evangelization will become a realistic possibility only when the Spirit renews the Church in truth and wisdom, faith, holiness, love and power. We therefore call upon all Christians to pray for such a visitation of the sovereign Spirit of God that all his fruit may appear in all his people and that all his gifts may enrich the body of Christ. Only then will the whole world become a fit instrument in his hands, that the whole earth may hear his voice.

(I Cor. 2:4; John 15:26;27; 16:8-11; I Cor. 12:3; John 3:6-8; II Cor. 3:18; John 7:37-39; I Thess. 5:19; Acts 1:8; Psa. 85:4-7; 67:1-3; Gal. 5:22,23; I Cor. 12:4-31; Rom. 12:3-8)

15. THE RETURN OF CHRIST

We believe that Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly, in power and glory, to consummate his salvation and his judgment. This promise of his coming is a further spur to our evangelism, for we remember his words that the gospel must first be preached to all nations. We believe that the interim period between Christ's ascension and return is to be filled with the mission of the people of God, who have no liberty to stop before the end. We also remember his warning that false Christs and false prophets will arise as precursors of the final Antichrist. We therefore reject as a proud, self-confident dream the notion that people can ever build a utopia on earth. Our Christian confidence is that God will perfect his kingdom, and we look forward with eager anticipation to that day, and to the new heaven and earth in which righteousness will dwell and God will reign forever. Meanwhile, we rededicate ourselves to the service of Christ and of people in joyful submission to his authority over the whole of our lives.

(Mark 14:62; Heb. 9:28; Mark 13:10; Acts 1:8-11; Matt. 28:20; Mark 13:21-23; John 2:18; 4:1-3; Luke 12:32; Rev. 21:1-5; II Pet. 3:13; Matt. 28:18)

CONCLUSION

Therefore, in the light of this our faith and our resolve, we enter into a solemn covenant with God and with each other, to pray, to plan and to work together for the evangelization of the whole world. We call upon others to join us. May God help us by his grace and for his glory to be faithful to this our covenant! Amen, Alleluia!

Selection of Web Links for Sonship-MSOG-Revival and Global Evangelism

IMPORTANT NOTE: These articles are archives, and were written over 12 years ago. Many of these links may no longer work. The Internet is not a static environment and web pages and web sites change every day. If you get a "404" (not known) result from any link, please do not write to me as I have no time to keep these links fresh.

Apostolic/Prophetic and Latter-Rain

People

Rick Joyner

Bob Jones

Francis Frangipane

Paul Cain

William Branham article (pro)

Earl Paulk

Kelly Varner (Temple-Builders 3rd Day Network)

Bill Hamon

Pam Clark

Richard M. Riss

Larry Randolph

Kevin van der Westhuizen

Tommy Thompson

Graham Cooke

Jill Austin

Kim Clement

John Paul Jackson

Steve Schultz

Tommy Tenney

Chuck Pierce

Randy Clark

Robert Sterns

Cindy Jacobs

Randy Clark

John & Paula Sandford

Sites - Prophetic

Sites - Apostolic, Sonship + others

Resources and Writings

Their own links to more Apostolic/Prophetic sites

Global Evangelisation and Missions

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A few Key Players