Bethel Church Teams Up With Roman Catholics to ‘Bring the Gospel’ to Every Person

“These same hyper-charismatic false apostles, like Johnson, already have a false gospel, and for them to team up with Roman Catholics to “evangelize” the world can only add more confusion to the mix. Who is the author of confusion? That … Continue reading 

Popular Worship Artists, Shane & Shane, Have Now Bit the Dust

(The Dissenter) I’m typically not drawn to contemporary Christian music for the very reasons that I’ve written about a dozen times. I simply do not view the industry as God-honoring, rather it is a self-promoting, man-pleasing industry designed to launch … Continue reading 

Pastor at Center of ‘Regrown Toes Miracle’ Announces He’s Stepping Down

(Protestia) Two weeks ago, a woman attending James River Church’s faced scrutiny and worldwide skepticism after releasing a video claiming that three of her toes that were previously amputated were miraculously regrown during a healing service Bill Johnson was speaking … Continue reading 

Bethel Redding Baptizes Openly Gay Disney Celebrity

“Bethel Church has done something that even at its worst, it has never done before. They are now baptizing openly professing homosexuals to the applause of the entire congregation.” (The Dissenter) Bethel Church, located in Redding, California, is a congregation … Continue reading 

American Gospel: Spirit and Fire

“The New Apostolic Reformation. … It is like Grape Nuts – it’s not grapes and it’s not nuts. It’s like Christian Science – it’s not Christian and it’s not scientific. Well, the New Apostolic Reformation isn’t new, it isn’t apostolic, … Continue reading 

Bethel Pastor Says God Places His Faith in Us, Wants to Fulfill Our Dreams and Desires

“The latest fiction to come from the lips of these charlatans is that for whatever reason they could come up with, God “trusts” the desires of men.”  (The Dissenter) What you’re about to hear really shouldn’t sound all that crazy, … Continue reading 

‘Grave Soaking’: A Blatantly Unbiblical, Spiritually Dangerous Trend Among Apostate Churches

“All power comes from God, not from graves. Our individual life’s purpose is given to us by God: another believer’s empowerment cannot be ‘pulled out’ or ‘grabbed’ from a corpse.”  (Dean Dwyer) In the recent sermon I gave in relation … Continue reading 

After 15 Years, Todd Bentley is Returning To Lakeland, FL, to Recapture the Fire of Infamous ‘Revival’

(Protestia) Charismatic prophet Todd Bentley, the only huckster in the whole of Christianity that Dr Michael Brown has ever bothered to condemn (and that only slightly), is up to no good again—the result of a string of angelic encounters and … Continue reading 

Bethel Pastor Says Jesus Frequently Ripped Verses Out of Context and Made Them Say What They Didn’t Mean

“The way Vallotton ascribes such wickedness to Christ in order to justify his own blaspheming misuse of Scripture is appalling, to say the least. But what’s worse is that so many have given Bethel Church and these idolaters a pass.” … Continue reading 

YouTube Apologist, Mike Winger, Says He Would Absolutely Fellowship With False Churches Like Bethel

“Bethel Redding, like all cults, is filled with aberrant, unbiblical teachings and doctrines of demons, including false manifestations of the Holy Spirit, grave sucking, and the Prosperity Gospel.” (The Dissenter) Mike Winger, a pastor and a popular Christian apologist has … Continue reading 

You Will Not Believe This Bizarre Explanation by Bethel on Psychics and Why it is Similar to What They Practice

‘”This entire explanation is so bizarre that it doesn’t even warrant commentary. Suffice it to say that it’s all rank heresy.”  Watch the video (The Dissenter) Bethel School of Prophets is run by Bethel Church in Redding California under the … Continue reading 

NAR extremism: Why don’t leading apostles call it out?

(Holly Pivec) Leaders in NAR, such as the “apostles” Randy Clark and Bill Johnson, often take pains to distance their organizations from extreme teachings and practices (even though they promote extreme teachings and practices themselves). So it is noteworthy when … Continue reading 

Bethel Redding is a shark tank – woe to Bethel!

(Marsha West – Christian Research Network) There are no words to describe what the “principalities and powers” who run the cult known as Bethel Redding are conjuring up inside the walls of what they would have us believe is a Christian … Continue reading 

Bethel Pastor Shares Ridiculous Testimony of Waitress Being ‘Activated’ For Guessing What Customers Wanted

“It doesn’t surprise me and it shouldn’t surprise you that these crazy lunatics at the Bethel cult run around spreading this nonsense. But it saddens me that so many people believe this stuff and fall for it.” Bethel Church in … Continue reading 

Bethel Redding-Related Ministries Reported for Possible PPP Loan Fraud

(Barry Bowen – Trinity Foundation) After reviewing recently published Form 990s, Trinity Foundation has reported two of three non-profit organizations affiliated with Bill Johnson’s California megachurch Bethel Redding for possible Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud. Trinity Foundation reported Bethel … Continue reading 

Bizzare! Bethel Pastrix Leads Congregants To Pray to Their Own Bodies for Forgiveness

The New Apostolic Reformation…is a rapidly expanding movement being generated by some of the same old troubling false teachers and false leaders that have been around in Charismania for decades, always dishonoring the Holy Spirit, always dishonoring the Scripture, always … Continue reading 

Bether Redding’s False Teaching On Healing

(Rick Becker – Famine in the Land) Bethel Church are currently promoting their upcoming Healing School (May 10-13, 2022). “Activations, impartation, and miracles, miracles, miracles” don’t come cheap at Bethel. It beggars belief that Bethel have the audacity to charge … Continue reading 

Bethel Church’s new megabucks megastructure will model ‘on earth as it is in heaven’

(Marsha West – Christian Research Network)  I have groundbreaking news to report.  Bethel Church in Redding CA (BCR) has plans to construct an Apostolic Training Center. According to Bill Johnson, who holds the title “Super-Apostle” (which is comparable to holding … Continue reading 

Is ‘Eat the meat and spit out the bones’ a proper response to false teaching?

The idea of eating fish, and spitting out the bones, certainly sounds reasonable when the subject is dinner. But when it comes to responding to false teaching, this maxim doesn’t have the support of Scripture. For example, the apostle Paul … Continue reading 

Rediscovering Bethel – Divination, Mysticism & Vain Imaginations

(Rick Becker – Famine In The Land)  Bethel church Redding is currently promoting a series of videos called “Rediscover Bethel.” The goal is to clear up any misconceptions, and silence critics. Dan Farrelly, associate pastor and Dean of the Bethel … Continue reading 

CRN Headline News July 12-17

Need to read articles you may have missed this week… MONDAY 7/12 – NAR ‘Apostle’ Bill Johnson’s Wife’s Cancer Has Returned Eric Metaxas Has Completely Lost It We’re Coming for Your Children’ Songwriting Team Forced to Cancel Musical Accused of … Continue reading 

Bethel Church Does Damage Control over ‘Grave Sucking’- Fails Miserably

“Talk about spin and playing down what was actually said.” (Protestia) As Bill Johnson and the apologists of Bethel Church continue to directly confront controversies in YouTube Web series titled “Rediscover Bethel,” courtesy of in-depth Q&A that addresses some of … Continue reading 

Charismatic Day Of Infamy

(Protestia)  On June 23, 2008, cessationists will celebrate what has affectionately been called the “charismatic day of infamy.” For on that day, 17 high-profile charismatic “apostles,” including Bill Johnson, Jon Arnott, Rick Joyner, Che Ahn, and C. Peter Wagner, came … Continue reading 

Eric Metaxas Tells Bizarre Story of ‘Vision’ of Non-Born Again Catholic Going to Heaven, Denies Scripture

“This bizarre story should give anyone who believes the gospel serious pause about Metaxas. If this is what Metaxas actually believes–that you don’t have to be born again to go to Heaven–then Metaxas is a false prophet and an enemy … Continue reading