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Bill Gothard's Heresies EXPOSED! ÀÚ·áÃâóhttp://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/bill_gothard.htm EcumenismScheduling a seminar for a city can be quite a production. A number of years ago there was a movement to bring a Gothard seminar to Cleveland. The groundwork was laid by General Association of Regular Baptist Church (GARBC) pastors. A sheet was circulated titled, "THREE PHASES IN SELECTING A SEMINAR LOCATION." (Caps in original.) Three steps were given and one was headed "Phase II - Petition for Seminar by Local Christian Leadership." The first sentence under this heading reads as follows: "This phase begins when the seminar headquarters receives personal letters of invitation from the majority of pastors representing the various denominations in a city's greater metropolitan area." (Emphasis added.)That is the same policy Billy Graham uses. That explains the mixed crowd at a Gothard seminar, which will run the gamut from Roman Catholic priests and nuns, to the ecumenical crowd, to the new evangelical crowd. The fellowship of sitting for six days with that mixed multitude makes the fundamentalist layman go home saying, "The priest I sat beside was a very nice fellow." Attitudes toward false religion and plain unbelief are unavoidably softened by any participation in a Gothard seminar.4 (Source: New Neutralism II, pp. 73-74.) [It has been confirmed by a Gothard regional director's office that Gothard has Catholics on his local sponsoring committees as well as workers at his seminars5 (8/15/96, Calvary Contender).] Widespread ecumenical fellowship continues to be no problem for Bill Gothard.6 Campus Crusade founder Bill Bright fasted 40 days during the summer of 1994, during which he claimed to have received a "prophecy from God" that a mighty revival is coming. He then issued a call for hundreds of liberals, charismatics, and new-evangelicals to gather in Orlando 12/5/94-12/7/94 to fast and pray for revival. An Invitation Committee for the first annual Fasting & Prayer Conference, made up of a hodge-podge of 72 liberals, new evangelicals, and charismatics, was formed. Included were: Robert Schuller, Charles Colson, E.V. Hill, Jack Hayford, James Dobson, W.A. Criswell, Charles Stanley, Paul Crouch, Luis Palau, Bill Gothard, Pat Robertson, Kay Arthur, and Larry Burkett. CCC's Bill Bright cites "a great sense of urgency to link arms and unitedly call upon God for help in the spirit of King Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 20)." This ecumenical "linking" is in the "spirit of Jehoshaphat" indeed, but the Jehoshaphat of 2 Chr. 18 (instead of 2 Chr. 20) where he "linked" with wicked King Ahab and incurred the wrath of God.7 (Reported in the 11/15/94, Calvary Contender.) The 2/95 Charisma quotes various attendees at the 1994 Fasting & Prayer Conference. Pro-Catholic Charles Colson sees denominationalism as the biggest barrier to prison outreach. Carlton Pearson said lack of church racial integration hinders revival. Bright embraced him and asked forgiveness for white abuses and prejudices of the past. Charisma continues: "Then Bill Gothard said he felt impressed to share what he believed was a prophetic directive: 'God is going to use African Americans to bring revival to America.'" Charismatics have long claimed to have extra-biblical revelations and "prophetic words" from God. Now Bill Gothard is claiming the same.8 (Reported in the 3/15/95, Calvary Contender.) More ecumenism: Bob Wood is a Bob Jones University faculty member specializing in "training ministerial students as biblical counselors." He is also a "victimization" psychologizer who "presents biblical solutions for helping those who are struggling to overcome the pain of their past" (2/95, Frontline video advertisement). Wood was also the main speaker for Gothard's "Church Strategy Seminars" (CSS) scheduled for 5/96 and 9/96. Also, Gothard's 1996 "Advanced Day Ministers' Seminars" (ADMS) were scheduled to be held in Assembly of God, Southern Baptist, and Missionary Alliance churches. (Reported in the March-April 1996, Fundamentalist Digest.) |
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