Apprising Ministries is an online apologetics and discernment work specializing in analyzing current trends in the visible church, apprising you as to what they are, and informing you as to how you can deal with them. One trend we’ve watched very carefully since 2005 was the rise of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church; […]

Among the issues Apprising Ministries covers is how even the heretical Word Faith movement continues heading toward acceptance within the mainstream of evangelicalism. Unfortunately, as apostasy spreads like an Oklahoma wild-fire, with timid leaders scared of their own spiritual shadows, we now find ourselves in a nauseating New Downgrade No-Controversy. So, unless you’ve been living in […]

The following is originally published by Herescope and is republished here with permission: Normalizing Necromancy Part 1 By Larry DeBruyn Have Heart: bridging the gulf between heaven and earth A Review and Commentary   [Steve and Sarah Berger, Have Heart: bridging the gulf between heaven and earth (Franklin, TN: Grace Chapel, Inc., 2010) xxiv + 144 […]

By Apprising Ministries special correspondent Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised…  Well, it’s almost here. The Code Orange Revival, hosted by young, Seeker-Driven pastor Steven Furtick, is mere days away. With this event, Furtick aspires to gather a group of leaders together in order to cause an “eruption” of God’s power and movement. The […]

Among the issues Apprising Ministries covers is how even the heretical Word Faith movement continues heading toward acceptance within the mainstream of evangelicalism. Unfortunately, as apostasy spreads like an Oklahoma wild fire, with timid leaders scared of their own spiritual shadows, we now find ourselves in a nauseating New Downgrade No-Controversy. This you can see for yourself e.g. […]

Apprising Ministries points you to the following report from Lighthouse Trails Research, which shows a continuing spread of the spiritual cancer of the Emerging Church within apostatizing evangelicalism:   This coming June, Calvary Chapel Albuquerque (a veteran Calvary Chapel church pastored by Skip Heitzig) will host the National Worship Leader Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico and will feature New Age sympathizer and […]

The other day in the Apprising Ministries piece Elephant Room Curator James MacDonald And The Elephant’s Debt I directed you to a website called The Elephant’s Debt: From Exodus To Jubilee, which presents some pretty troubling documentation concerning Harvest Bible Chapel (HBC). If you didn’t know, Elephant Room curator James MacDonald—founder of Harvest Bible Fellowship—is senior pastor of HBC. I’ve also […]

Apprising Ministries has told you that the Elephant Room 2, with its mainstreaming of Word Faith mogul and prosperity preacher T.D. Jakes really detonated as an explosion within mainstream contemporary evangelicalism and its aftermath continues spreading shockwaves throughout professing Christendom. So far we’ve witnessed cracks forming in The Gospel Coalition, Acts 29 Network, and the Harvest Bible Fellowship, […]

As Apprising Ministries continues our monitoring of trends along the Internet Front we’re seeing syncretism slithering into the mainstream such that evidenced by Prophet-Leader Steven Furtick Descends Down To Word Faith Heretic Rod Parsley. Just remember now, we don’t make up the happenings in apostatizing evangelicalism, we only cover them. Why did I choose to mention prophet-leader […]

 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. (Isaiah 8:20, NASB) “Star Trek” Quantum Spirituality Of An Alleged New Light As a pastor-teacher, in addition to laboring in online apologetics and discernment, I no doubt cover these issues a bit differently than some […]