The Vilifying Of Church Leadership

[Hidden In Him]

Another prophecy is now on its way to fulfillment. Numerous utterances by the Spirit of God went forth a few decades ago about a time when Christian ministry as a whole would come under severe attack for sexual indiscretions. They saw a partial fulfillment in the Catholic priest scandals of early 2000s, but as was also specifically stated, this coming attack would NOT be limited to what was going on within Catholicism but would eventually become blanket accusations made against the entire landscape of Christian leadership, i.e. across all major denominations.

As John Paul Jackson prophesied in 2007, "Hidden sexual perversion in church leadership will be exposed, and I am not talking about in the Catholic Church. I'm talking about elsewhere, and the numbers will be shocking to those remaining in the church." (25:34 - 25:47).

So is it on its way to fulfillment now? It would appear so. The Southern Baptist Convention, one of the most conservative denominations within Protestantism, is now coming under attack for a long list of sins of sexual indiscretion, and ones they purportedly have been deliberately covering up "for decades." Again, this appears to be an across the board accusation rather than one leveled at just a few men here or there.

Keep in mind, we should view these accusations as highly suspect. All the usual anti-Christian players in the mainstream media are involved in reporting on this, including MSNBC, CNBC, NPR and others, which should not come as a surprise. As will also be provided below, the prophecies stated that it would be a deliberate smear campaign designed to vilify church leadership, and that much of it would not actually be true, but the effect will be the same as if it were.

Here is how the issue is being "reported" across virtually all MSM outlets, without exception.

The following case is one that may actually be true, and an example of one that will be used to bolster the case that all of it is:

IS it all actually true? The following was prophesied over 40 years ago, and predicted specifically that this coming "expose" would in reality be a deliberate attack by the god of this world - the enemy of mankind - as an attempt to circumvent the coming harvest prophesied in scripture. It will be an attempt to dissuade the masses away from Christianity before the end-time harvest is set to begin.

Before the great ingathering Christianity will experience a great humiliation… The "accuser of the brethren" will go forth with unprecedented rage against the Body of Christ. The "revelations" of immoral and unethical behavior by hundreds of highly visible ministries will bring about a loathing of Christianity throughout the world, for a time. These "revelations" will include child molesting, rape, and the most vile forms of perversion. Some of these will be true, but most will not be true... After an atmosphere of revulsion has been created, the enemy will then move against even the most respected Evangelical, Pentecostal, Protestant, Charismatic and Catholic leaders with charges of the most base forms of perversion and ethical failures. In conjunction with this, hoards of cults and satanic worshippers will begin attacking congregations and meetings. They will enter services en masse, spitting on people, urinating and performing lewd acts in order to humiliate the church. This practice will be publicized until it becomes a fad among the cults. What begins as a few isolated incidents will soon become common throughout the world… This humiliation will ultimately reduce many congregations and movements in the church to a figurative Gideon's three hundred. Like Gideon's little band, who could no longer stand the humiliation of Israel at the hands of Midian, these will be pushed to the limit of what they can tolerate. They will take their little lights and trumpets (messages) and attack the entire camp of the enemy, beginning the rout. After this, many of those who have departed out of fear and confusion will return helping to complete the victory to bring in a great harvest. (The Harvest, P.139-142)

I will add more to this thread as warranted.

God bless,
Hidden In Him.

 

[jasonc]

Do you know what the local sbc here don't answer or are accounted to the sbc.the local old ,100 ones are asking other churches to do what my church and reformed have always done to have a board of elders over the pastor and above the church( Presbytery).
For decades local sbc churches have wanted this and others .

 

[Hidden In Him]

Do you know what the local sbc here don't answer or are accounted to the sbc.the local old ,100 ones are asking other churches to do what my church and reformed have always done to have a board of elders over the pastor and above the church( Presbytery).
For decades local sbc churches have wanted this and others .

If I understand you, Jason, I don't know that accountability would ultimately solve this problem anyway. The prophecy suggests they will go after everybody, and such allegations won't have to be backed up by truth. Certainly church boards will be more wise to the real situation, but that's not who the enemy is trying to brainwash anyway. They want the unsaved world believing it. So long as they accomplish that, they'll fulfill their purpose of inculcating into the masses a deep-seated loathing of all things Christian.

 

[Northman]

I think it all depends where the charges come from. If it is genuinely from within the body, then they should take a look. If from outside or with outside "help", then no.

 

[jasonc]

If I understand you, Jason, I don't know that accountability would ultimately solve this problem anyway. The prophecy suggests they will go after everybody, and such allegations won't have to be backed up by truth. Certainly church boards will be more wise to the real situation, but that's not who the enemy is trying to brainwash anyway. They want the unsaved world believing it. So long as they accomplish that, they'll fulfill their purpose of inculcating into the masses a deep-seated loathing of all things Christian.

You missing the point .

If the local pastor wants to be London Baptist type ,these exist ,then the sbc can't stop him.if the sbc local church wants to ordain women,neither can they remove him or if they ordain gays as the sbc Is that loose .my pastor isn't not can he be a member of the church. He can be removed by the Presbytery.thr sbc simply doesnt work that way.

Adrian Rogers ,preached in my county ,got his first church in fellsemere ,then went to riverview baptist Church in ft.pierce,then Merritt island and then his last church . The sbc isn't same even before this .plenty of local breakaways .

 

[Hidden In Him]

The "revelations" of immoral and unethical behavior by hundreds of highly visible ministries will bring about a loathing of Christianity throughout the world, for a time. These "revelations" will include child molesting, rape, and the most vile forms of perversion.

Just found one such case, which they will likely bring a lot of attention to now:

Daughter of Pastor sues Southern Baptist Convention, Louisville Seminary after alleged abuse

By Josh Ninke
Published: May. 20, 2022 at 9:52 PM CDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Hannah Kate Williams filed a lawsuit Friday, alleging the Southern Baptist Convention and its seminary failed to protect her and other children from the abuse of her father, who was also employed by the organization as a pastor.

“Imagine being told that the more the sexual abuse hurts, the more pleased God is,” Williams said. “And so it’s very extensive, torturous type of abuse that not only I but my siblings experienced as well.” She said the physical abuse started when she was four, and the sexual abuse started when she was eight. “My father, my abuser, would baptize me, and that baptism would also work as a type of waterboarding,” Williams said.

When she turned to church leaders for help, she said instead of stepping in, they praised her father’s behavior. “To come out of the abuse and to expect freedom to look a certain way, to expect it to be joyous and to expect the church to embrace you for doing the right thing for telling the truth,” Williams said, “only to be harassed and to be threatened and to be told you are an enemy of God and you are destroying the domination that you’ve only ever known.”

Here is the complete release from Williams’ lawyers describing the complaint...

The Complaint alleges years of sexual and physical abuse that started when Ms. Williams was just four or five years old, beginning with Defendant holding Ms. Williams underwater in the bathtub for extended periods of time to “baptize” Plaintiff for her “sins.” The Complaint alleges that Defendant used this form of physically and psychologically abusive “punishment” on some or all his other children. The Complaint further alleges that when Ms. Williams was eight years old, James Ray Williams began sexually abusing her. Ms. Williams reported the abuse to Defendant’s employer at an SBTS-run day camp; the report was spurred by Ms. Williams experiencing extreme fear of water while other children were playing in the camp pool...
Daughter of pastor sues Southern Baptist Convention, Louisville seminary after alleged abuse