Know What You Believe

Prior to reading this post, please read the article "Is Your Church Going Purpose Driven?"

2 Corinthians 11:3, 13-15 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. ... For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Our adversary the devil has an improved tactic. His methods are much the same: love and nice feelings, ear-tickling, the dilution of God's holy Word. All unobtrusive, harmless, unoffensive. Anyone who says anything derogatory about modern methods of Christianity is simply narrow-minded and legalistic.

I suppose that's exactly what this young lady is: narrow-minded and legalistic. Why? I stand on the holy Word of my holy God.

I had heard some things about Purpose Driven, but I did not know the details of what these people are teaching. My family received the before-mentioned article in the mail a few weeks ago. They were being distributed by a concerned person, unknown to us, sensing the need to warn other KJV churches of what she had experienced. Her church was affected by Church Transitions. I was shocked upon reading her testimony. The enclosed article (below) stated that "the church membership is not told until it is too late to make a difference", and that is exactly what happened to her church. Her almost-unbelievable account was saddening to say the very least. This is scary, folks!

"To start a Purpose Driven Church or change to one with the full knowledge and consent of the membership is one thing, but to practically steal a church from Christians who have given and served to build it without their knowledge or consent is quite another."

Is Your Church Going Purpose Driven?

Article by SWR Ministries

How Can You Tell?

In the past ten years a large percentage of churches in America, and in other countries, have changed from a traditional New Testament church model to a contemporary Purpose Driven model, many with sorrowful results.

Contrary to Purpose Driven Church proponents, millions have been leaving their churches after the change occurred.

It is important that every church member know if their church is targeted for a Purpose Driven Church takeover. Initially, a small clique of church staff, possibly including the pastor or a new pastor, plans the change without telling the rest of the church membership.

Church Transitions, an associate of Saddleback Church in California, trains the clique initiating the change in eight published steps. The church membership is not to be informed of the transition until the fourth step. After the sixth step in the process of change, if there are some in the church who voice concerns, the following is suggested:

1. Identify those who are resisting the changes;

2. Assess the effectiveness of their opposition;

3. Befriend those who are undecided about the changes;

4. Marginalize more persistent resisters;

5. Vilify those who stay and fight;

6. Establish new rules that will silence all resistance.

This means the church membership is not told until it is too late to make a difference. In other words the members either accept the changes, or leave the church, which they may have served and given to build.

Dr. Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Church and The Purpose Driven Life has stated: “When you reveal the vision to the church, the old pillars are going to leave. But let them leave... they only hold things up.”