Recently, Vineyard CC Laguna Niguel has begun to have revival services on Sunday and Mondays nights, though what’s happening here cannot be contained in any official service! I went to this Mondays service and was blasted away. The place was nearly filled and there was a real expectancy in the air.
Following worship, pastor Mike Hudgins began calling out diseases and we began praying for those who stood up. After a few minutes he called all those who received healing to come to the front. It was truly incredible to hear the testimonies of so many that were blessed and healed in our midst.
Next came the special speaker for the evening, John Crowder. He and his family have done a lot of street evangelism and ministry all around the world. He is famous for offending some of us older ‘religious’ folk.
I tell you what, there were only two choices that one could make while he spoke. One could choose to be offended by what he said about the normative American church culture and thinking, or one could except that there are a lot a changin’ to be done.
I tell you what, most every ‘religious’ bone in my body turned to jelly during his onslaught and tirades, the Spirit fell on the place and backed up nearly everything he said.
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I wasn’t there but I don’t see evidence of the Holy Spirit in that guy’s ministry. He is not supposed to offend the older crowd. He doesn’t seem to be promoting holiness at all. Seriously brother, can you find his main agenda and practices supported in Scripture or is it a deceiving spirit like Andrew Strom’s video show?
Thanks RT for your comments. I really don’t know much about this guy and his ministry and what his “main agenda and practices” are.
I can only respond to what I observed that night and in that context many were blessed by the Holy Spirit.
John Crowder is unconventional. John Crowder is strange to say the least. But he backs everything he has up with scripture. In a desire to understand him more I read his book Mystical Union. I was very impressed with his Theological understanding and he has made me start looking at the scripture differently.
His main message is, you are already in Union with God. You dont have to “work” towards it. Infact if you think anything you do creates that union, you are insulting God. Jesus already did all the work up on the cross. We have become so religious in this country that most people now believe The Union with God depends on how good you are in your own strength.