DATING REVELATION - MORNINGSTAR STYLE At my former church (Bethel), we have about 3,500 members/attendees. I have attended there for a good 7+ years. Since Rice has took over - especially - there have been hardly ANY MARRIAGES. NOTHING. NADA. ZIP. Steve Hollander assumed the role over college and youth - we found out that he started teaching the college students all of this nonsense that lik
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Is this the way it really happened? A TIME TO BUILD UP AND A TIME TO TEAR DOWN by Walter Walker Journal of the Teaching Ministry November 1989 You will find that this edition of Table Talk is quite different than any that I have written be-fore. I usually get my ideas for Table Talk articles from various situations in which I find my-self. The past two articles, Authority in th
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As some one who has known Rice Broocks, and who knows him all too well, this is one of the most laughable things I've ever read: EVERY NATION IN OUR GENERATION by Rice Broocks Creation House Press 2002 pages 48-54. OUR EARLY DAYS OF MINISTRY In January of 1979, I became a campus minister at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Later, Steve and Phil would both follow. The.
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Sometimes the best way to expose the truth about someone is to let them talk about themselves: HISTORY OF MARANATHA - From the Post-Maranatha Website Maranatha was a cutting-edge, charismatic campus ministry founded by Bob and Rose Weiner in 1973, which grew phenomenally in the late 1970s and 1980s. The churches planted around the world by Maranatha are having a lasting impact even to
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LETTER TO RONALD ENROTH That ad hoc committee you served on came closer to dealing with Bob Weiner than anyone ever came, but he did the same number on you that he did on many other people: He had heard it all before, and he had no intention of changing anything. Within a year after Maranatha started, there was a write up in the local paper accusing them of being a cult. Now former Maranath
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THE PROBLEM WITH LEADERS "REPENTING" "Does anyone have a copy of the passage in Rice Broocks’ book that talks about his time in Maranatha Campus Ministries?" "I have the book--it's in Every Nation in Our Generation. I'll scan it in and send it to you. He tries to come off as being really candid and transparent but it's a total snow job." Bob We
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MARANATHA CAMPUS MINISTRIES, MORNING STAR INTERNATIONAL, CHAMPIONS FOR CHRIST, AND THE PRESS When the NFL, The Chicago Tribune, and The Jacksonville Times-Union investigated Champions for Christ, they didn't know they were investigating Maranatha Campus Ministries. Nor did Don Beck know this when he investigated Champions for Christ. When The Chicago Tribune interviewed Champions fo
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THE EARLY 80's - A CRUCIAL TIME FOR MARANATHA In the early 80's, there were 3 significant events in Maranatha. 1) In 1980, at a Maranatha board meeting, there was a prophecy, "Put out your baskets." In other words, have workers on campuses all over the country in preparation for a great harvest. Several chapters that had not grown numerically, and that consisted l
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MARANTHAT'S VALUE SYSTEM - Ministry: Bob Weiner and Rice Broocks in particular have no use for you unless you have ambitions for the ministry - or can make them look good. - Anointing: inordinent, lustfilled, craving to experience the anointing. - Destiny: Doing great things for God, discovering your destiny, making your place in history; as opposed to glorying God, and develop
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THE TRUTH ABOUT BOB WEINER Part 1 Many horror stories have circulated about Bob Weiner and Maranatha. The many article in the press have mentioned only a few. Probably the press, and perhaps even the cult watchers do not know the full extent of the situation. -- ___________ goes back to his home state of Massechussettes to direct a new ministry there. He quickly discovers that he did
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THE TRUTH ABOUT GREG BALL This is about Greg Ball, former board member, traveling evangelist, and elder for Maranatha Campus Ministries; board member and pastor for Morning Star International; co-founder and president of Champions for Christ. Maranatha Campus Ministries was repeatedly accused of being a cult. It was difficult to get to the bottom of the problem with Maranatha because cult-like
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