BETHEL IS A NEW AGE THEOLOGICAL BROTHEL
By Akin Ojumu Let’s talk about Bethel. Yes, that Bethel. Although this Church – and I’m using the word Church loosely – is situated in a tiny urban town within a largely rural part of California, don’t be fooled by its Anytown, USA, location. Its quaint bedroom town setting deceptively belies the reach of its influence. Established in 1952 and currently led by Bill Johnson (the self-appointed apostle and Senior Leader) with the assistance of Kris Vallotton (the resident false prophet and Senior Associate Leader), Bethel Church is a non-denominational neo-charismatic megachurch in Redding, California, with over 11,000 members. As one of the most influential charismatic churches in the world, Bethel is the marque of the heretical New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement. From its rural home, Bethel’s theology and music, like an aggressive metastatic carcinoma, spread around the world, on the wings of its worship ministry (known as Bethel Music) and on the broomstick of its Hogwarts ...