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The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to http www. SYNOPSISWhats wrong with the Faith movement Its leaders include many of the most popular television evangelists. Its adherents compose a large percentage of charismatic evangelical Christians. Its emphases on faith, the authority of the believer, and the absolute veracity of Scripture could appear to be just what todays church needs. And yet, I am convinced that this movement poses one of the greatest contemporary threats to orthodox Christianity from within. Through it, cultic theology is being increasingly accepted as true Christianity. This article will highlight several serious problems with the Faith movement by providing an overview of its major sources and leaders. Part Two will focus on the movements doctrinal deviations as represented by one of its leading proponents. ITS DEBT TO NEW THOUGHTIt is important to note at the outset that the bulk of Faith theology can be traced directly to the cultic teachings of New Thought metaphysics. Thus, much of the theology of the Faith movement can also be found in such clearly pseudo Christian cults as Religious Science, Christian Science, and the Unity School of Christianity. Over a century before the Faith movement became a powerful force within the Christian church, Phineas Parkhurst Quimby 1. New Thought, was popularizing the notion that sickness and suffering ultimately have their origin in incorrect thinking. Quimbys followers held that man could create his own reality through the power of positive affirmation confession. Metaphysical practitioners have long taught adherents to visualize health and wealth, and then to affirm or confess them with their mouths so that the intangible images may be transformed into tangible realities. Although proponents of Faith theology have attempted to sanitize the metaphysical concept of the power of mind by substituting in its stead the force of faith, for all practical purposes they have made a distinction without a difference. New Thought writer Warren Felt Evans, for example, wrote that faith is the most intense form of mental action. In treating a patient, Evans commented that the effect of the suggestion or positive affirmation that the patient is well is the result of the faith of the subject, for it is always proportioned to the degree in which the patient believes what you say emphasis in original. Likewise, H. Emilie Cady, a well known writer for Charles and Myrtle Fillmores Unity School of Christianity, explained that our affirming, backed by faith, is the link that connects our conscious human need with His power and supply. Cady also claimed that there is power in our word of faith to bring all good things right into our everyday life. Such statements strongly indicate that the distinction between the mind of metaphysics and the faith of Faith theology is nothing but a figment of the imagination. SUBSTANCE, STYLE, AND SCAMSThere is no denying that much of Faith theology is derived directly from metaphysics. Some of the substance, style, and scams endemic to the movement, however, can be traced primarily to the teachings and practices of certain post World War II faith healers and revivalists operating within Pentecostal circles. With regard to substance, for example, both Kenneth Copeland and Kenneth Hagin point to T. L. Osborn and William Branham as true men of God who greatly influenced their lives and ministries. Of course, Osborn himself has consistently followed E. W. Kenyons see below Scripture twisting antics,1. Branham has among other things denounced the doctrine of the Trinity as coming directly from the Devil. Unfortunately, Hagin and Copeland are not alone in affirming Branham Faith proponent Benny Hinn gives him a hearty thumbs up as well. When it comes to style, however, Hinn gravitates more toward such faith healers as Aimee Semple Mc. Pherson and Kathryn Kuhlman. In addition, Hinn has given his endorsement to notorious revivalist A. A. Allen,1. 3 who was truly a huckster if there ever was one which brings us to our third s, the scams. Faith teachers such as Robert Tilton and his female counterpart, Marilyn Hickey, have copied many of the scams pioneered by Pentecostal preachers such as Oral Roberts and A. A. Allen. In fact, Tilton and Hickey have managed to exceed even their predecessors outrageous ploys. This is hard to believe when one considers what sort of schemes they had to outdo. Roberts, the reader may recall, is the man who claimed that Jesus appeared and told him God had chosen him to find the cure for cancer. In a lengthy appeal, Roberts avowed that the Lord told him, I would not have had you and your partners build the 2. I was going to give you a plan that will attack cancer. Roberts then said that Jesus instructed him to tell his partners that this is not Oral Roberts asking for the money but their Lord. The project was completed, but has since been shut down and sold to a group of investors for commercial development. Not surprisingly, no cure for cancer was ever found. In like fashion, A. A. Allen scammed his followers by asserting that he could command God to turn dollar bills into twenties. He was also known to have urged his followers to send for his prayer cloths anointed with the Miracle Oil,1. Miracle tent shavings as points of contact for personal miracles. Allen even launched a brief raise the dead program. Of course, it died. Allen was eventually kicked out of the Assemblies of God denomination when he jumped bail after being arrested for drunk driving. In 1. 97. 0 he died from what news accounts report as sclerosis of the liver. As we proceed to examine the primary purveyors of Faith theology, we will see living proof of the maxim that error begets error and heresy begets heresy. If, for example, one examines the cultic progression of E. Minicom And Usb Serial Cable Driver on this page. W. Kenyons theology, one will discover that his original deviations from orthodox Christianity were minor compared to those that characterized the later stages of his ministry. And with each of Kenyons successive disciples, the errors become even more pronounced. Hagin, who popularized and plagiarized Kenyon prolifically, not only expanded Kenyons perversions but added to them as well. The progression from bad to worse has continued with people like Kenneth Copeland and Charles Capps, and is now reaching heretical heights that are almost inconceivable through ministry leaders like Frederick Price, Benny Hinn, and Robert Tilton. THE CAST OF CHARACTERSTwisted texts, make believe miracles, and a counterfeit Christ are all common denominators of the Faith movements leading teachers. And, as all who look into the matter will clearly see, it all began with the metaphysical teachings of Essek William Kenyon. Essek William Kenyon. Essek William Kenyon, whose life and ministry were enormously impacted by such cults as Science of Mind, the Unity School of Christianity, Christian Science, and New Thought metaphysics,2. Faith movement. Many of the phrases popularized by present day prosperity preachers, such as What I confess, I possess, were originally coined by Kenyon.