20 TYPES OF PASTORS TO BEWARE OF



IN COMPILING THIS LIST, I AM GUIDED BY CHRIST’S TEACHING ON HOW TO RECOGNIZE FALSE PROPHETS. I HAVE NOT COMPILED THIS LIST TO SPITE PASTORS OR CHRISTIANS. I AM A CHRISTIAN WHO BELIEVES FAITH IN JESUS’ SACRIFICE IS THE ONLY WAY TO GAIN SALVATION. HOWEVER, THIS LIST WILL OPEN YOUR EYES TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO USE GOD’S WORD TO ENSLAVE AND EXPLOIT YOU.
 WHETHER THEY ARE LIKE CHUKWUEMEKA EZEUGO ALIAS REV. KING, THE NIGERIAN PREACHER WHO BEAT HIS FOLLOWERS FOR THE SMALLEST OFFENSES AND EVEN BURNT SOME WITH FIRE; OR LIKE AMERICA’S MARSHALL HERFF APPLEWHITE WHO COLLECTED THE POSSESSIONS OF HIS FOLLOWERS BEFORE LEADING THEM TO COMMIT MASS SUICIDE IN 1997, THEY CAN ALL BE RECOGNIZED SOONER OR LATER IF YOU STUDY THEM CLOSELY BECAUSE, IN THE WORDS OF CHRIST, “BY THEIR FRUITS SHALL YOU KNOW THEM.”(Read Matt. 7:15-20)
THIS LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE, BUT THE MAJOR CATEGORIES COVERED WILL HELP YOU IDENTIFY THE MAJORITY OF THE FALSE PROPHETS WE HAVE TODAY AND IT WILL HELP YOU TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE REAL PROPHETS OF GOD FROM THEM.

1. PASTORS WHO AMASS PERSONAL WEALTH AND LIVE IN LUXURIOUS OPULENCE EVEN AS THEIR FOLLOWERS WALLOW IN POVERTY. (READ MARK 6:37-44, MATT 8:20)

2. MINISTERS WHO ARE OBSESSED WITH FAME AND USE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PROMOTE THEIR FACES AND VOICES.  THEY ADVERTISE WITH POSTERS, LOUD PRAYERS, TONGUES AND STAGED MIRACLES TO GET MORE MEMBERS AND PROMOTE THEIR OWN POWER. (1JOHN 4:1 ACTS 2:4, 8, EX 34:14)

3. PASTORS WHO EXERCISE TYRANNICAL AUTHORITY OVER THEIR MEMBERS. THEIR WORD IS LAW BECAUSE THEY HAVE PSYCHOLOGICALLY BRAINWASHED THEIR IGNORANT MEMBERS. (EX 34:14, MATT 23:9)

4. PASTORS WHO PREACH HOLINESS IN PUBLIC BUT LIVE SINFUL LIFESTYLES IN SECRET. (MATT 7:5, MATT 23:13, JAMES 3:17)

5. MINISTERS WHO MANIPULATE GOD’S WORD FOR THEIR SELFISH AIMS: THEY CAN EVEN CONVINCE YOU THAT GOD APPROVES HOMOSEXUALITY, MASTURBATION AND DRUNKENNESS IF YOU LACK ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE. (2TIM 3:16, 17, GAL 5:21, ROM 1:24-27, JUDE 7, 1TIM. 1:9-11)

6. PREACHERS WHO CELEBRATE RICH PEOPLE WITHOUT QUESTIONING THE SOURCE OF THEIR WEALTH AND URGE OTHERS TO GET RICH AT ALL COSTS. (JER 9:23, LUKE18:25, JAMES 5:2, REV. 18:17)

7. THESE ONES WILL USE EVERY TRICK UNDER THE SUN TO MAKE THEIR FOLLOWERS GIVE THEIR LAST PENNY TO THEM OR TO THE CHURCH, NOT TO THE NEEDY. THEY’LL ENCOURAGE YOU TO RAISE YOUR OFFERING OR THROW CASH AROUND THEM AS THEY PREACH –JUST LIKE PERFORMING PRAISE-SINGERS! (MATT.6:6, PROV 21:14)

8. THEIR CHURCHES ARE REGISTERED IN THEIR NAMES AS PUBLIC LIABILITY COMPANIES. THEY BUILD CHURCHES AS PROFIT-MAKING BUSINESSES, YET THEY HATE TAXATION! (MATT 10:7, ZEPH 2:3, MATT6:23)

9. SUCCESSION TO THE LEADERSHIP SEAT IS BY BLOOD, NOT BY COMPETENCE OR DIVINE CALLING: THEIR WIVES OR CHILDREN TAKE OVER WHEN THEY DIE. (EPH 5:23, MATT7:21-23, 1TIM.3:2, 12)

10. THESE ONES DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE POOR: RICH MEMBERS HAVE SPECIAL SEATS AND ARE USUALLY DEACONS/ DEACONESSES OR EVEN PASTORS. THEY ALSO ENGAGE IN SECRET MEETINGS WITH SPECIAL MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH WHICH BARS OTHER MEMBERS. (LUKE 4:18, JAME 2:5)

11. THEY ENGAGE IN SEXUAL IMMORALITY WITH MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX: MANY MEMBERS DON’T KNOW THIS BUT THOSE CLOSE TO THE PASTORS AND THE MEMBERS INVOLVED SURELY KNOW. (ROM 1:26, 1COR 15:53)

12. THEY ARE ARROGANT, LOVE HIGH-SOUNDING NAMES AND CONSIDER THEMSELVES GREATER THAN OTHERS, AS OPPOSED TO JESUS’ EXAMPLE OF HUMILITY: THEY WANT TO BE CALLED ‘DADDY’, ‘MUMMY’ AND SO ON. (MATT 18:1-6, PHIL 2:8, LUKE 14:11)

13. THEY ARE OBSESSED WITH FASHION AND STYLE: THEY COMPETE WITH CELEBRITIES AND ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO BUY THE LATEST DESIGNER CLOTHES AND JEWELRIES FOR THEM AS “SEED SOWING.” (1 PETER 3:3,4, 1 TIM 2:9,10, 1SAM.16:7)

14. THEY RARELY PREACH ABOUT GOD’S KINGDOM WHICH JESUS CHRIST SENT HIS DISCIPLES TO PREACH ABOUT. THEY ONLY PREACH ABOUT PROSPERITY. (MATT 6, 9, 10, EZEK 38:23)

15. PASTORS WHO USE THEIR FOLLOWERS’ TITHES, OFFERINGS, PROCEEDS FROM BOOKS MEMBERS ARE FORCED TO BUY AND ‘SEED’ TO INVEST IN PRIVATE BUSINESSES (LIKE UNIVERSITIES AND AIRLINES) BUT MAKE SUCH BUSINESSES TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THEM.(ECL 5:10, PROV 11:28)

16. PASTORS WHO ENGAGE IN OCCULT ACTIVITIES: THEY USUALLY SELL HANDKERCHIEFS, BALMS, OILS AND “HOLY WATER” AS MIRACLE/HEALING AIDS.THEY ALSO USE SATANIC SIGNS AND WONDERS TO CONFOUND AND BRAINWASH THEIR FOLLOWERS, THEREBY PLACING THEM UNDER SATAN’S POWER.(2 COR 11:14, 15)

17. THIS GROUP CONDONES SINFUL LIFESTYLES FROM THEIR MEMBERS BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF LOSING MEMBERS. SUCH PASTORS TELL MEMBERS WHAT MEMBERS WANT TO HEAR. (1COR:15:33, 1 COR5:11-13, 1TIM 5:20)

18. PASTORS WHO DEMAND MONEY FROM SICK OR TROUBLED PEOPLE IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR PRAYERS. (GAL 5:13, GAL 5:1)

19. THEY TAKE GLORY FOR EVERY GOOD THING THAT HAPPENS TO MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH AND CLAIM IT WAS BECAUSE OF THEIR PRAYERS. THEY NEVER GIVE GLORY TO GOD. (EX 34:14, 1COR10:22)

20. THEY USE GUESSING STRATEGY TO CLAIM PROPHETIC POWERS AND THEIR SERVICES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY PEOPLE FALLING DOWN IN THEIR HUNDREDS.(MATT 7:21-23)

Michael Okwori (c) 2012

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