Vineyard Leadership Backtracks on Defense of Controversial Pastor Micah Turnbo, Deletes Statement?
Days after the senior pastor of Vineyard Church Northwest issued a statement about their embattled church seer Micah Turnbo, defending his giftedness while chastening critics’ lack of charity and discernment towards him, the missive has been removed from the church’s website, the church’s Facebook page, and Micah’s own ministry site, suggesting they might not be as behind their controversial prophet and his statements as they initially let on.
Turnbo, who is Pastor of Prophetic Ministry at Vineyard Church Northwest in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the founder of Behold Wonder, came under the scrutiny of Winger for claiming that he frequently goes to heaven and frolics around where he experiences fantastical extra-biblical revelation.
Turnbo reveals he once sat on God the Father’s lap and played with God’s sparkly beard, that God the Father likes eating ‘spicy food’ whereas Jesus has a ‘sweet tooth,’ that an angel appeared to him while he was pooping and gave him revelation regarding his “floaters,” that Judas is in heaven, that Jesus’ favorite marvel hero is “Spider-Man” and that he loves watching Avengers movies, and that Jesus entered into his video game and became a character while angels gave him tricks for beating the game.
These bizarre claims are also coupled with the fact that he’s been writing homoerotic fanfiction about him and Jesus under the guise of prophetic insights and visions, which appears to have led Pastor Luke Haselmayer to pull down his endorsement, as this statement is no longer available:
In an update post on X, Christian apologist Mike Winger disclosed that he reached out to denominational leaders within the Vineyard movement to address these concerns. The leaders confirmed they are actively investigating the matter, and Winger encouraged the public to be patient allow the church time to thoroughly assess the implications and ramifications of these newly surfaced allegations.
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Luke’s response makes it appear that Luke and other leaders do not actively test Micah’s prophecies. Instead they allow Micah to self-test his own prophecies. I do not believe that this is the correct way that prophecies should be tested.
do not despise prophetic utterances. 21 But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;
I Thess. 5:20, 21 (NASB)
Haselmeyer dressed as a Star Trek character there.