Chuck Pierce is a man who should thank the Lord he was not born 3000-year ago, lest he get chased through the desert by roving Benjamites, only to be cornered and stoned for his bevvy of false prophecies and fake ‘words from the Lord’ he routinely utters.
Let me prophesy one thing. When Danielle was up here with the- come do it Danielle- with the rainbow circular flags; come do it for us and then let me prophesy.
…Now let’s prophesy into this. See, you don’t have movement. Movement is like tongues, you just don’t dance to dance. If somebody’s going to dance like that it needs to be interpreted, just like Shantee speaking in tongues, it has to come forth by revelation. So when Danielle did that, here’s what the Lord was saying as Chad was prophesying.
‘If you will begin to twirl and praise me, as I drop the plumb line into your being, I will realign you in such a way that all the promises around you that’s been swirling, that you’ve been unable to step into, you will be aligned in such a way that the promises will realign around you.’
Now I want you to put your hand on somebody and decree over them, ‘their promises are being realized.’
Content Warning: The following video contains several instances of scantily clad women. Viewer discretion
C. Peter Wagner is the granddaddy of the New Apostolic Movement. He’s the granddaddy of Dominion Theology. He is basically the first person who named the movement and along with Cindy Jacobs, became the leader of it and developed the theology through his vast writings, authoring 81 books.
The leader of Global Harvest Ministries, he famously taught that the beginning of the second apostolic age began in 2001, when the offices of apostles and prophets were restored and renewed, and therefore the church in the 21st century would be ruled by them. Therefore traveled throughout the world promoting prophets and apostles into the church. In fact, one such of these was when he participated in the Charismatic Day of Infamy.
Basically, his role in the movement, (which includes Lou Engle, Bob Jones, Paul Cain, Bill Johnson, Mike Bickle, Rick Joyner, Cindy Jacobs, Ché Ahn, and Todd White) cannot be understated. He was the guy. He was the granddaddy of it.
And he was messed up.
In a newly unearthed video, Wagner is shown commenting on the uproar and controversy with Sun Ho. Sun Ho is a Christian pastrix who cofounded the megachurch City Harvest Church in Singapore, along with her husband Kong Hee. This church had more than 33,000 members when it peaked in 2010, and was one of the biggest churches in the world. For decades, there was a concentrated effort to make Singapore a ‘Christian Country’ by NAR folks, who invested a ton of their time and effort into nation-building.
Despite being the pastor, Sun Ho decided that she wanted a music career in Mandarin Pop. Despite having the opportunity to do so modestly, she chose the other way, which involved her dancing and writhing around in barely any clothes and using sexually charged lyrics.
This went on for years, and she gained a fair amount of success. Certain people began to investigate her, however, and it was later revealed that the church had misappropriated nearly fifty million dollars to help build, launch, and sustain her career, which ultimately resulted in all six of City Harvest Church leaders being indicted and sentenced to between 2-8 year in prison. According to Wiki:
The November 2016 appeal revealed the City Harvest Church leaders spent $24 million on Ms Sun Ho’s musical foray into the United States which included a house in Hollywood that cost $28,000 a month in rent; a whole entourage of staff; a $1.9 million paycheck to rapper Wyclef Jean to produce the “China Wine” video; as well as another $500,000 to sweep up her albums when they tanked.
Over the course of the trial, the court heard that Kong Hee had set up a multi-purpose account where church members deposited “love gifts” that were used to pay for expenses between 2006 and 2010.
Examples of expenses included more than $300,000 spent on travel, more than $100,000 on food, and over $100,000 on make-up and medical costs. Ho’s earnings of more than $400,000 a year came from these gifts, and Kong admitted in court that donors were unaware of Ho’s earnings.
This is the context of Wagner mocking pastors who were upset at what she was doing; as Wagner explains that the dress and the lyrics are fine with him if that gains her influence on top of the “mountain of arts and entertainment.”
Six months ago we celebrated what has affectionately been called the “charismatic day of infamy.” On that day, June 23, 2008, 17 high-profile charismatic “apostles,” including Bill Johnson, Jon Arnott, Rick Joyner, Che Ahn, and C. Peter Wagner, came together in a ceremony of “apostolic alignment” over 32-year old Todd Bentley, commissioning him to lead the Lakeland Revival and recognizing him as an evangelist doing the work of the Lord led by the Holy Spirit. This was to be an important step in the ‘Seven Mountain Mandate’ vision and theology of the New Apostolic Reformation.
Within a month of his alignment ceremony, Bentley would announce that he was leaving Lakeland and stepping down. A few days after that, he told the world he divorcing his wife and it was revealed that during his time as leader of the revival, as he was getting aligned by the apostles, he had been engaging in “an unhealthy relationship on an emotional level with a female member of his staff,” and getting drunk all the time, spiraling into depression, anxiety, and babbling on stage in a series of pseudo-spiritual slurs that were gobbled up by desperate and deceived charismatics as words from the Lord.
Despite the clear evidence that he’s up to his elbows in it, in a series of apologetic videos released on YouTube, Johnson repeatedly denies being part of the New Apostolic Reformation, saying “we don’t belong to anything of that nature.” Yet we see:
The SBC Executive committee released a guide designed to support members during the upcoming National Day of Prayer. Captioned ‘How to pray the 2021 theme, Lord, Pour out your Love, Life, and Liberty into the Seven Centers of Influence in America for the National Day of Prayer, May 6, 2021.‘ The guide is the spitting image of the New Apostolic Reformation’s notion of the “Seven Mountain Mandate.”
The idea of the “Seven Mountain Mandate” was first introduced in the summer of 1975 by Loren Cunningham and Bill Bright, it’s birth the result of a “direct revelation from God.” The two men brought it to the Church as something that must be shared and it was quickly latched on to and popularized within charismatic circles by “prophets,” “prophetesses,” and “apostles” such as C. Peter Wagner, Chuck Pierce, Lance Wallnau, and Cindy Jacobs.
According to gotquestions.org, “Those who follow the seven mountain mandate believe that, in order for Christ to return to earth, the church must take control of the seven major spheres of influence in society for the glory of Christ. Once the world has been made subject to the kingdom of God, Jesus will return and rule the world.”
The seven mountains, according to the seven mountain mandate, are: 1) Education, 2) Religion, 3) Family, 4) Business, 5) Government/Military, 6) Arts/Entertainment, 7) Media.
These seven sectors of society are thought to mold the way everyone thinks and behaves. So, to tackle societal change, these seven “mountains” must be transformed. The mountains are also referred to as “pillars,” “shapers,” “molders,” and “spheres.” Those who follow the seven mountain mandate speak of “occupying” the mountains, “invading” the culture, and “transforming” society.
When we look at the guide that the SBC introduced, we see the exact same mandate and the exact same mountains:
While the NAR wants to take dominion and sociopolitical control of these categories through their prayers, with the help of their apostles and prophets, in the form of dreams, visions, and direct revelation from God, we are thankful that the SBC hasn’t gone there.
But ripping off a play from their playbook is wildly inappropriate and completely unnecessary. The SBC needs to stop borrowing from the NAR and stop repackaging “the seven spheres of influence” as “the seven centers of influence.” SBC Churches don’t need to borrow anything from the NAR, and that includes inspiration for their prayer guides.
Rod Parsley’s City Harvest Network (CHV) has launched a program where they will ordain or license anyone to be a minister within its network, and all it will cost you is $100-200 and between 1 and 10 percent of your monthly income.
CHV bills itself as a “soul-winning network connecting Pentecostal leaders around the world with a living legacy to expand God’s kingdom through church growth, church revitalization and church planting.” They claim that the “mantle of anointing” and “living legacy of spiritual lineage” has been transferred from Smith Wigglesworth and the way down to Rod Parsely.
[Editor’s note: Smith Wigglesworth was the 19th-century version of Todd Bentley. Smith Wigglesworth infamously claimed (and most Pentecostals believe) that he had healed a dying 2-month-old baby by throwing it against a wall and then kicking it like a soccer ball.]
The program is designed both for full-time ministers, as well as for “individuals seeking ministerial recognition for themselves.”
For the latter, some examples given might include itinerant ministers, chaplains, evangelists, and missionaries, but also importantly, lay people who wish to be licensed to the ministry.
In exchange for your fees, you’ll get:
Spiritual covering with recognized ministerial credentials for yourself and your entire ministry team. This includes a team dedicated to praying for you and your ministry.
Satisfaction knowing you and your congregation’s monthly financial contribution is furthering the work of the Gospel world-wide
Special discounts to continue education through Valor Christian College (for yourself AND any students you recommend)
50% off resources from Pastor Rod Parsley
Coming soon: Leadership training, tools, and tips from seasoned City Harvest Mentors, including Pastor Rod Parsley
No education is needed other than having passed 6th grade, nor is any formal (or really, informal) ministry experienced required. You do have to tell them when you were saved, along with when you were separately “baptized in the Holy Spirit” with tongues being the evidence.
Credentials are renewed monthly until canceled, and in order to remain in good standing with City Harvest Network, individuals contribute a percentage of their personal income monthly. It can be as little as 1%, but Harvest Network suggest either 5 or 10%
Further, any individual wishing to keep their credentials must sign a statement of ethical conduct, which includes things like “Live a life of marital fidelity as outlined in the scriptures” and “Walk in integrity and model financial accountability in ministry and personal affairs.”
It seems like if you were to buy into and affirm this little scheme, you could never affirm that last one.
