Wayne Cordeiro
New Hope Christian
Fellowship
New Hope Christian
College
Abbreviation keys:
New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), Emerging Church (EC),
World Christian
Gathering on Indigenous People (WGCIP), Word Of Faith (WOF), Church Growth
(CG).
Notes by Sandy
Simpson indicated by (Sandy Note).
Background
Wayne Cordeiro is the founding pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii with over 11,500 in weekend attendance.
(http://www.enewhope.org/aboutus/pastorwayne/)
New Hope is known for
redeeming the arts and technology.
(http://www.enewhope.org/aboutus/pastorwayne/)
(Sandy
Note) Let’s be realistic. How can you “redeem” arts and technology? This is stated because they want to be able
to do hula in many services because people want entertainment but how can you
redeem something that was and still is dedicated to a false god, Pele? Did Elijah “redeem” the dance done around the
altar on Mt. Carmel? Galatians 3:14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing
given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by
faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Redemption
is for human beings who put their faith in Jesus Christ and are born again.
He currently serves on
the Board of Directors of New
Hope Christian College (soon to be New Hope University).
(http://www.enewhope.org/aboutus/pastorwayne/)
(Sandy
Note) Wayne received a BA from his own college! I wonder,
will he be getting an MA when they add a master’s program J
Pastor Wayne Cordeiro
- Founder of NHCC Hawai'i and Instructor, Alumnus Eugene Bible
College, B.A., New Hope Christian College
Pastor Wayne also
spearheaded New Hope
International, the church planting and church growth arm
of New Hope. Emerging leaders are groomed, trained and mentored to plant
churches as close as Peal City and as far away as China. New Hope International
supports 108 church plants and planted 5 additional churches in 2012.
(http://www.enewhope.org/aboutus/history/index4.php)
The Hawaii Pastors
Roundtable is an organization of Senior Pastors, Lead Priests, Denominational
Leaders, and CEO’s of Christian non-profits all serving in Hawaii.
(http://www.hawaiipastorsroundtable.com/Pastors.html)
(Sandy
Note) Wayne is listed on Hawaii Pastor’s Roundtable along with many false
teachers and Catholic priests. You will
notice there that many of the pastors are New Hope. Wayne also established the
New Hope Christian College, soon to be NHU.
New Hope Christian College has a "spiritual formation"
department in line with the accreditation requirements of the Association for
Biblical Higher Education (ABHE). ABHE requires schools that wish to be
accredited to include Spiritual Formation within the school’s
infrastructure. "Spiritual formation" is a contemplative
spirituality program of the Emerging Church. You cannot be spiritually formed
by mystical exercises. The Bible says
that Christians are first “formed” when they put their faith in Jesus Christ as
a result of hearing the Gospel (Gal. 4) and then the Spirit continues to bring
them to maturity through the study of the written Word (2 Tim. 2:15) … not
emptying your mind, not doing yoga, not walking a labyrinth, not repeating
words in order to enter a trance state, not venerating images, not saying the
Rosary, etc.
(http://www.newhope.edu/index.php/static/studentlife,
http://www.newhope.edu/alumni/,
http://www.newhope.edu/index.php/blog/.../foursquare-denomination3,
http://www.newhope.edu/library/wp-content/.../2013-New-Books-Jan-Feb.pdf)
Books,
CDs & Book Reviews
A few
quotes from Cordeiro’s “Dream Releasers”:
Everybody has...A
dream.
His dream placed intentionally inside you is like a seed. Within that seed's protective shell is contained all the
latent possibilities of producing an expansive orchard or a great forest. It holds the ability to feed a
city. It can yield warmth in winter or it can produce houses for new families. But unless that potential is recognized and
released, it remains richly unproductive, helplessly filled with hope and powerfully impotent. But once discovered,
it becomes a honing device, an invisible guide that navigates us through the precarious passages
of life. (p.27)
(Sandy
Note) Without being born again the seed that is inside of every person is
potential for hell based on the law of sin and death (Rom. 8:2). This is an example of Schullerism,
and Robert was obviously someone Cordeiro emulates.
You are never given a dream without also being given
the power to make it true - RICHARD BACH
But dreams fly and
no more powerful dream exists than
the one God has placed in your heart. Remember what Jesus
did with 12 ragtag ruffians from Galilee? Common, everyday,
unpretentious fishermen-but after three-and-a-half years, they would change the world. Jesus saw
something in these upstarts that they couldn't see for themselves. Soon their divinely deposited dreams came alive and the entire world took notice.
(Sandy Note) Of course God saw their potential where they
could not. Why then is Wayne calling
people to see their own potential? He
needs to call them to repentance and salvation instead.
Within the pages you are about to read lie the keys to the transformation of our families, churches
and nations. So
let me issue a caution: What you are about to
behold will revolutionize your life. I
know, because it did mine. God has
placed within each of us a divine treasure that He wants to release. When those riches see the light of day, people
will see the power and the plan of God. But
first we have to adjust our eyes.
(Sandy
Note) First, the Gospel is not really presented in this book so how can people
be transformed without it? Second, these
are grand claims. These claims belong to
God and His Word not Wayne.
Imagination Rules the
world - NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE
Otherwise we devalue the treasure within. Why? Because the value is
intrinsic to the gem, regardless of what anyone may think. Don't make the mistake of confusing the
jewelry box for the jewelry! That's
precisely the mistake too many of us make. We look at what
we are, while God looks at what we can be. - He knows our true value because He put it there. And we release that potential only when we begin
to see things His way.
(Sandy Note) So do we see things God’s way by reading
Wayne’s book or do we see things God’s way when His Holy Spirit convicts us of
sin and we realize we are sinners and need the Savior?
Your Untapped Potential
I wonder-Do you realize what's inside you? Each of us carries a treasure in our earthen vessel. God designed
these riches to be discovered and displayed to reveal His glory, not
ours. Potential includes: Untapped power,
Unfulfilled dreams, Unwrapped
gifts, Undeveloped talent, Available energy, Unused success, All you can become, All you want to do. Before
Jeremiah took his first breath, God
already had destined him in His
design room to be a prophet to Israel
(JER.1:5, NIV),
(Sandy
Note) “Earthen vessels” mentioned in 2 Corinthians 4:6-8 is about the work of
God to redeem us, thereby making us light and salt. It is not about our potential but about God’s
work.
You and I are no different. God knew what we
were to become before we made our grand entrance on the delivery table. Think
of it this way: He created us long before He produced us. And in the fullness
of His timing, He crammed a seed full of potential into our souls and
delicately placed us in our mother's womb.
His Works were finished from the foundation of the world. HEBREWS 4: 3 When God imagined
trees, He first developed them in His design room. Then He crushed them, put
them into tiny seeds and planted them in the soil. In one seed is contained Jesus came as a Dream Releaser. And that's why He summons
us to follow Him, not only into
salvation, but also into His image. Seeing things from His perspective will expand our hearts and our vision far beyond anything we
have known.
(Sandy Note) What good is it to mention salvation, albeit
making it seem secondary, without explaining to people what it is?
God has filled every one of us with a treasure that this generation desperately needs. That
fortune is wrapped up
inside-and the question is, Will the graveyard inherit your wealth? Will you rob this
generation of your dreams? Will you deprive this generation
and the next by taking the God-given
treasure inside of you to the
cemetery?
Jesus was the master Dream Releaser.
Yet Jesus
refused to discard Peter as a sham or see him as just another cocky fisherman.
He refused to give up on His impetuous follower. The Lord knew that in this frail container lay hidden the leader of the
Early Church. Dormant within this foot-swallowing braggart, the master saw
the books of First and Second Peter. Inside, lost under the rubble of denials,
lay the main pillar of the Book of Acts. Jesus saw Peter, not as he was, but as
what he could be.
(Sandy
Notes) Jesus called Peter so it is not like Peter volunteered on his own. Also Peter is not the Rock upon which the
Church is built … Jesus is (Matt. 16:18).
Every commentator worth their salt agrees that the Rock in this passage
is speaking of Jesus Christ, the Foundation (1 Cor. 3:11) and Cornerstone (Acts
4:11).
Some time earlier, Jesus had painted Peter's true identity, the figure He had seen in His Father's
divine design room: "And now I'm going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the
rock on which I will put together my
church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out" (Matt.
16:18, THE MESSAGE).
(Sandy
Note) Is Peter the one the church is built
on? No. Notice Cordeiro also quotes from the Message,
not a legitimate Bible translation but an Emerging Church commentary.
When God imagined trees, He first developed them in His design room. Then
He crushed them, put them into tiny seeds and planted
them in the soil. In one seed is
contained p.60
(Sandy Note) Unless Wayne is going to claim this book is a
work of fiction, this idea is not to be found in the Bible.
The richest of
Ecuador spot on the face of the earth cannot be found in
the diamond mines of South Africa or the Inca
gold caches. It is not in
the oil fields of Saudi Arabia nor in the uranium excavations of the Balkjns. Neither is it in the mineral deposits of the Dead plot of land on this planet is in your very
own neighborhood. You might even have passed byit
this morning. It's the cemetery. That's right! The graveyard is
the wealthiest place in all of
creation. Beneath those rectangular pieces of sod lie countless unsung melodies and unwritten poems. The
grassy plots overflow with brilliant ideas that could have transformed entire communities, rehabilitated the
lost and borne hope to the weary. Our burial grounds reek with unattained successes and unrealized
dreams. Sometimes I walk through graveyards
and speculate how many unfulfilled promises and untapped dreams lie dormant under my feet. I ponder the many lives that
fell short of God's intended purpose.
(Sandy
Note) Shouldn’t he rather be sad about the fact that unbelievers are going to
hell because this is the tripe they were exposed to with Oprah Winfrey instead
of hearing the Gospel which would have changed their destiny? He then
explains …
I wonder -
What are you carrying inside of you right now?
You contain ideas and dreams of what you can be for God-we all do. Hidden inside
your heart, strapped tight to the starting blocks, is the class
you are supposed to lead or the preschool you yearn to start. Locked within is the
book you hope to write but hesitate
for fear it will remain unread.
Waiting in your dreams is the powerful
ministry you are meant to pioneer but have never launched because you feel anxious
about being a woman in a man's world Too many go to their graves with their potential trapped inside. If we could harness the unused power from
one graveyard alone, we could change
the world! But, of course, we can't. We can tap only the potential of the living. So long as
breath remains in our lungs, untapped potential lies
inside us, waiting to be released. P.
62
By now, you have seen the power of a single
dream. By now you understand the value of potential
unleashed and you realize the devastating waste of potential untapped. P.63
(Sandy
Note) Apart from the fact this is a regurgitation of Robert Schuller’s
“positive thinking” and Rick Warren’s “purpose driven” ideas there is no
“untapped potential” in an unregenerate person in an eternal sense except the
seed of sin and death (Rom. 8:2). They
may succeed in life but they will not be doing what God wants and, after death,
will be regretting that the Gospel was not shared with them by the likes of Cordeiro. Instead they
got a bunch of pop psychology and New Thought platitudes that mean absolutely nothing
in an eternal sense.
Matthew 16:26
What good will it be for someone to gain
the whole world, yet
forfeit their soul? Or what can
anyone give in exchange for their
soul?
Jesus never pursued a modus operandi aimed at fulfilling His own dreams. He didn't come to meet the needs of a
few Galileans or even a nation of Jews. He didn't see one seed; He saw millions of orchards. He didn't
see one tree, He saw His creation filled
with vegetation-all awaiting a few
skilled gardeners who could release the potential of His seeds
and bid them blossom and grow. Jesus
came as a Dream Releaser. And that's why He summons us to follow Him, not
only into salvation, but also into His image. Seeing things from
His perspective will expand our hearts
and our vision far beyond anything we have known. P.
64
(Sandy
Note) God does not dream, because if He did He would have to sleep and He never
sleeps (Heb. 4:13). But everything is
made by Him and FOR HIM (Rom. 11:36, Col. 1:16). So is Cordeiro one
of those “skilled gardeners”? What about
the Apostles? Oh, I forgot. He has been named by some NAR advocates “the apostle
to Hawaii”. Salvation is a different
biblical concept than being created in the image of God. We need salvation to have our spirit reborn
which is made in the image of God but corrupted and damned by sin. The first birth is not enough. We need to second birth in order to be
reconciled to God. Salvation is not a
minor part of the human experience, it is THE main thing needed for people to become
part of God’s Kingdom plans. To see
things from God’s perspective we do not look within but we study the Bible,
which New Hope doesn’t seem to do that much, and they
also do not really preach the full Gospel message.
Cordeiro says: “Jesus was the master Dream Releaser.” P.80
(Sandy
Note) There is nothing in the Bible stating this or even close to it. A full review of this book will be
published soon by Mike Oppenheimer.
(Sandy Note)
Two of Wayne’s books are on the reading list at Healing Rooms Ministries. (http://healingrooms.com/shoppingcart/brands/Wayne-Cordeiro.html) Healing Rooms is dealt with in this
article:
Healing Rooms
by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, 9/25/07 - The unbiblical and
exaggerated history of John G. Lake and his Healing Rooms which has been
revived in our time by Cal Pierce. Read Part 1
- Swimming in Lake Exaggeration, Part 2 -
Reviving the Revival of John Lake?, Part 3
- The Healing Rooms Today. Part 4
- Faith Healing - Good intentions, false theology & Part 5
- Was Spokane ever the healthiest city in
America or the World?
(Sandy
Note) Leadership Network Advance features Cordeiro’
book Culture Shift by pastors
Robert Lewis and Wayne Cordeiro on this page: (http://www2.pursuantgroup.com/leadnet/advance/nov05s2a.htm) Brian McLaren (EC) is another
featured author there.
A New Kind of Christian,
Brian McLaren's fictional-but-realistic dialogue between a pastor and his
daughter's high-school science teacher, continues to be the top-selling book in
Leadership Network's publishing history--behind only Bob Buford's
Halftime-related works. McLaren's sequel, The Story We Find Ourselves In, also is in the top five.
(Sandy
Note) Leadership Network is headed by Bob Buford who worked for Peter Drucker, one of Rick Warren’s mentors whose materials
Warren used to create Saddleback.
Bob Buford is
chairman of the board of The Buford Foundation/Leadership Network and, until the
sale of his company in July 1999, served as chairman of the board and CEO of
Buford Television, Inc., a family-owned business that started with a single ABC
affiliate in Tyler, Texas, in the early fifties, and grew to a network of cable
systems across the country. A classic entrepreneur, Bob has authored four books
- HalfTime, Game Plan, Stuck in Halftime (Zondervan), and Finishing
Well (Integrity). Bob was the founder and initial
chairman of the board of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for
Nonprofit Management, now Leader to Leader
Institute. He and his wife Linda make their home in Dallas, Texas.
(http://leadnet.org/about/staff-info/bobbuford)
(Sandy
Note) Bill Hybels interviews Wayne Cordeiro on CD:
Defining Moments - The
Leader's Inner World - Bill Hybels and Jim Mellado with Wayne Cordeiro - See
more at: http://www.willowcreek.org.uk/resource.php?r=754#sthash.2URZU2Ks.dpuf
The Leader's Inner World is
just one of many Defining Moments
audio journals available from WCA.
How is your inner world?
This month's Defining Moments was strategically
selected to help you prepare for the busy ministry season ahead. Bill Hybels and Jim Mellado revisit
Wayne Cordeiro's classic Summit talk "Dead
Leader Running". Following a brief excerpt from the talk, Bill and Jim go
deeper on the topic, identifying the sources of burnout and the questions that
leaders must address in creating a replenishment strategy. Defining Moments is a tool sure to
contribute to the personal growth of church leaders, their congregations and
the communities they serve. - See more at:
http://www.willowcreek.org.uk/resource.php?r=754#sthash.2URZU2Ks.dpuf
Church
Growth Connections
The
Tactical Role of Pragmatism in Church Transformation
Rick Warren’s Purpose
Driven Church and Purpose-Driven Life seem fairly innocuous upon cursory
examination. His books have been at the top of the nation’s best seller lists
for months. Churches across America are jumping onto the 40-day bandwagon,
incorporating the Purpose-Driven model into their church structure. On the
surface “purpose” doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. God has a “purpose” for
every life, great or small. A local church should come to understand God’s
“purpose” for its existence. The common definition of “purpose” once meant
intention, aim, resolution or determination. This isn’t what it means anymore.
“Purpose-Driven” is the
tip of a massive iceberg. The context in which to properly place the
Purpose-Driven format is within a much larger initiative to transform local
churches worldwide. “Seeker-sensitive” churches, Bill Hybels’
Willowcreek model, The Connecting Church (Randy
Frazee), Robert Lewis (The Church of
Irresistible Influence), Perimeter Church of Atlanta (The Prevailing Church), and others
too numerous to mention all build upon the basic underlying principles for
church restructuring. This monograph will focus exclusively on the foundations
of Rick Warren’s (Saddleback Church) Purpose-Driven model, but keep in mind
that the other church models as proposed by Lyle Schaller, C. Peter Wagner,
Carl George, Leonard
Sweet, Eddie Gibbs, Wayne Cordeiro, Wolfgang Simson, Elmer Towns, Bob
Buford, Jack Dennison, Stanley Grenz and many others basically come out of the same mold.
This pattern is also known as the “postmodern” church. (The Pied Pipers Of Purpose by Lynn
D. Leslie, Sarah H. Leslie and Susan J. Conway, http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/007/discernment/pied_pipers_of_purpose.htm)
From Rick Warren’s Twitter:
Wayne
Cordeiro, godly and brilliant Pastor of Hawaii will
fly in and preach for me this weekend. Thanks dear friend! All
services. (https://twitter.com/RickWarren/status/251103187111641088)
2013 Exponential conference – Speakers: Francis Chan, Craig Groeschel, Wayne Cordeiro, Jim Putman, Larry Osborne, Alan and Deb
Hirsch, Mike Breen, John Burke, Jo Saxton, Chris Hodges, Randy Frazzee, Jen Hatmaker, Dave
Ferguson, Andy Hawthorne, and others to you. (http://www.exponential.org/webcast/) About: Our team is sold out to church
planting, multiplication, and seeing an acceleration of apostolic movements in
our generation. We have
extensive experience in church planting and love serving church
multipliers. We are a decentralized, frugal team with most of us either
part-time or volunteering our time. (https://www.exponential.org/about/leadership/)
(Sandy Note)
So this movement is combining, by their own admission, church growth and New
Apostolic. Wayne Cordeiro is listed on the leadership
resources page at Willow Creek along with these other Emerging Church/Church
Growth people:
Bill Hybels,
John Ortberg, Nancy Beach, Rob Bell, Andy Stanley, Wayne Cordiero,
Erwin McManus. (http://www.willowcreek.com/wca_index.asp?section=video)
(Sandy Note)
Interesting that Wayne seems to have no problem being mentioned with Rob Bell
under Willow Creek resources even though he allegedly disagreed with on Bell’s treatment
of hell.
Wayne Cordiero,
NHCC president, is a close friend of Francis Chan, who has recently written his
own book (Erasing Hell) in response to Bell. (http://medievalmind.blogspot.com/2011/07/rob-bell-crypto-covenanter.html)
(Sandy Note)
Wayne Cordeiro has long been associated and known as
a church growth guru in the mold of Rick Warren and others.
This monograph will
focus exclusively on the foundations of Rick
Warren’s (Saddleback Church) Purpose-Driven model, but keep in mind that
the other church models as proposed by Lyle Schaller, C. Peter Wagner,
Carl George, Leonard Sweet, Eddie
Gibbs, Wayne Cordeiro,
Wolfgang Simson, Elmer Towns, Bob Buford, Jack Dennison, Stanley Grenz
and many others basically come out of the same mold. This pattern is also known
as the “postmodern” church. The various terminologies are often the
subject of debates, so for the objectives of this document the transformative
prototype will generically be referred to as “Purpose-Driven.”
(“Purpose-Driven” has been trademarked by Rick Warren.) (http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/04/pied_pipers_of_purpose.htm)
Emerging
Church
New Hope Oahu is not
just a church, it’s a classroom for
emerging church planters like Trevor Drinen.
The School of Church Planters program led by NHI enables Trevor to grow through
leading. Trevor's lab assignments are the midweek services with 600 people and
the overflow tent on weekends for 1,000 people. (http://www.enewhope.org/content/newsletters/templates/nhi/nhi-tables.html)
Robert
Schuller Connections
Today I went to a “Get
Motivated” Seminar at the Neal Blaisdell Center in
Honolulu. So many highlights to the seminar with tons of
wonderful notes that filled the workbook of my heart. But I want to
share some inspirational thoughts and quotes that moved my heart from eagerness
to motivated! Dr.
Robert Schuller: “Think! Focus, don’t get
distracted!” (Posted
by Rod Shimabukuro in Leadership, Volunteers, on New
Hope web site, http://blogs.enewhope.org/equippingthoughts/category/volunteers/page/5/)
(Sandy
Note) Robert Schuller (one of the fathers of
“possibility thinking”) has been one of the speakers brought in by HIM on whose
board and faculty sit New Hope pastors.
New
Hope Bookstore
Books on
Journaling (http://store.lifejournal.cc/journaling.aspx)
Dream
Releasers by Wayne Cordeiro (http://store.lifejournal.cc/dreamreleasers.aspx)
New
Hope Promotion of Cleansing Stream
The fastest growing
Church on the Island of Oahu is New Hope Christian Fellowship affiliated with
the Foursquare denomination. New Hope is also listed
as one of the fastest growing churches in the nation. They have implemented the
seeker friendly model for Church and they want everyone (that is all of their
6,500 people) to go through the Cleansing Stream. Pastor
Mark Hovland is the head of the Cleansing Stream
ministry in their Church. (http://www.letusreason.org/curren21.htm)
(Sandy
Note) Some excellent articles have been written showing the unbiblical
teachings of the newest wind of doctrine to hit the "Church" called
"Cleansing Stream". Read The Cleansing
Stream - Warning! Contaminated Water! by Tom
Launder, 8/00. Also please read Is Jesus Cleansing His Church With "Cleansing
Stream"? by
Mike Oppenheimer, 8/00 This program was mandated at New Hope churches on
this island, and is being used all over the place. But what Cleansing
Stream fails to deal with is the victory we already have over sin and death through
Jesus Christ. (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/howto.html)
HIM
(Hawaiian Island Ministries)
(Sandy
Note) Wayne Cordeiro is listed on the faculty of
HIM.
Hawaiian Islands Ministries
has had the privilege of engaging many gifted teachers in delivering our
curricula.
(http://himonline.org/about-him/faculty/)
(Sandy
Note) But notice all the false teachers that HIM is
bringing into the islands (and these as just the ones I know about):
|
Tony
Campolo (Mystycism and other
aberrant teachings) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/fprophets.html#tcampolo) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/fprophets.html#pycho) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/churchgrowth.html#wcordeiro) Jim
Cymbala Richard
Foster (Renovare, EC) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/emergingchurch.html#rfoster) Louie
Giglio (NAR) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/churchgrowth.html#bhybels) Brennan
Manning (Catholic. EC) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/emergingchurch.html#bmanning) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/emergingchurch.html#bmoore) Robert
Schuller (Father of WOF) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/word-faith.html#rschuller) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/newapostolic.html#esilvoso) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/fprophets.html#bwilkinson) (Sandy
Note) Notice a New Hope pastor is on the Board of HIM: Brandon
Ahu is the assistant pastor at New Hope Metro in
Honolulu (http://himonline.org/about-him/board-of-directors/) (Sandy
Note) Notice the 2012 “Life In The Spirit” HIM conference featured: Sandy
Millar (Toronto Blessing),
former vicar of
Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) and Emmy Wilson, curate at Holy Trinity Brompton, London, England. (http://himonline.org/events/life-in-the-spirit/) (Sandy
Note) Millar was responsible for spreading the “slain in the spirit” Toronto “Blessing”
all over England and finally to the US and Brownsville via Steve Hill. (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/pensacola.html#shill) NAR/Transformations Hawaii Those
involved in united in prayer --Francis Oda (NAR),
Cal Chinen (NAR), Art Supulveda
(Word Of Faith) and James Morroco (NAR) (with
others) may be trying to self fulfill Cindy Jacobs(NAR) prophecy who claimed the
Lord told her that Hawaii would be the first entirely Christian
state - everyone would be saved. On Hawaii’s TBN program Ed Silvoso (NAR) said, “Hawaii has been prophesied by reliable prophets that it will be the first Christian
state in the union. I believe that” (January 31, 2005 TBN
Hawaii, Cal Chinen interview). Virginia Domligan (NAR) of the Prayer
Center of the Pacific (NAR) stated, “Over
ten years ago, under the divine unction of the Holy Spirit, Cindy Jacobs of Generals Int’l stood on a
platform at Aloha Stadium and declared that the State of Hawaii would become
the FIRST Christianized state in the U.S.! This is the will of God for
Hawaii!” (http://
www.letusreason.org/Popteac32.htm & http://letusreason.org/Latrain57.htm) (Sandy Note)
Wayne Cordeiro was very visibly involved in the
promotion of the Transformations Hawaii prayer effort. He was featured on a
TV ad promoting it along with the above mentioned pastors, some Catholic
priests and the head pastor of CCKM.
They were all shown hugging each other at the end of the TV ad. Conferences – Guilt by
participation World Leaders Conference
– Wayne Cordeiro
will be a speaker in 2014 along with the following: Tony
Blair (Globalist) Ken
Blanchard (EC) Erwin
McManus (Catholic new ager) Bill
Hybels (CG/EC) (http://worldleadersconference.com/speakers-2/wayne-cordeiro/) (Sandy
Note) Note the presence of a number of Emerging Church leaders as well as Tony
Blair, a globalist. Twelve Conference
– Wayne Cordeiro
was a speaker in 2013 along with: Steve Furtick
(EC), Rick Warren (Dominionist), Bill Hybels (CG/EC), Brian Houston (Hillsong/NAR)
and others. (http://twelveconference.com/#speakers) (Sandy
Note) Emerging Church promotion in “The
Nines” conference: In
relation to this article and the upcoming radio program on Thursday,
September 9th on CrossTalk, it is worth noting that
on the same day, Leadership Network (the launchers of the 1990s emerging
church movement) is presenting an online, digital “conference” called The
Nines featuring 100 evangelical pastors and leaders, some of whom
are Rick Warren (Dominionist/EC), Dan Kimball (EC),
Francis Chan (NAR), Wayne Cordeiro, Andy Crouch (Christianity Today, TBN, WOF), Bill Easum, Jonathan Falwell, Miles
McPherson, Larry Osborne, Ed Stetzer, Thom Rainer (LifeWay Books),and Leonard
Sweet (EC). (http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4948) Wayne Cordeiro who wrote The Dream Releasers is one of the guest speakers at the Elephant Room 2 Conference (http://living4hisglory.wordpress.com/tag/wayne-cordeiro/) (Sandy Note) Here is the promo for his talk there: http://vimeo.com/34004705 Other speakers included
Oneness Pentecostal T.D. Jakes. T.D. Jakes (Oneness Pentecostal), Mark Driscoll (EC)
(facilitator) (http://solasisters.blogspot.com/2011/09/elephant-room-2-features-trinity-denier.html) And
he does the same thing in some ways with the guests he has at his Willow Creek Leadership Summits. By
that I mean, he features men who really have no
reason and no right to train leadership inside the Body of Christ. Some of
them are disqualified by their endorsements or by the fact that they aren’t
even saved themselves! What business do they have to train pastors and
leaders inside the church? Leadership Summit 2006 was attended by more than
70,000 Christian leaders, in over 130 locations and, yes, was promoted by
some churches affiliated with the FGBC who have joined the WCA! Past Summit teachers have included
New Ager Ken Blanchard, Word/Faith minister TD Jakes
and this year’s Summit 2006 featured the regular Ivy League grad business
coaches and management consultants, standard fare for willow creek. This year’s teachers included Pastor
Wayne Cordeiro from the island I lived for 20
years, Oahu, Hawaii. He is the epitome
of the seeker friendly paradigm pastor and has a huge church. He has promoted
a dangerous therapy program called Cleansing Stream,
featured church produced programs recommending local churches with women pastors
and recently took a short sabbatical to a monastery complete with vows of
silence. He suffered from anxiety attack and sought psychiatric help. Many
find his vulnerability refreshing but is this really
the type of leader we need to train us. It appears he has some serious issues
of his own to deal with. He has also
spoken with some of the locally worst false teachers imaginable. (this info from the article; “Burnout a Reality for many in
Clergy” (Source),
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sunday, Aug. 20,2006).
(http://www.sermonaudio.com/new_details3.asp?ID=9077) World Christian Gathering
On Indigenous People Movement As we stood at the edge of Hale-ma'uma'u Crater, singing praises to 'Io (Jehovah/Savior), thoughts of what took place 171
years earlier on that very ground, were on the minds of all who came.
Included in our present celebration were prayers of thanksgiving and
intercession for Hawaii. In 1824 Chiefess Kapiolani (not to be confused with Queen Kapiolani) made that same trek from Kona to the volcano -
by foot. It took her two months. Many had tried to convince her not to go.
But she felt compelled by God, as if on a divine mission. This true
Hawaiian story is not unlike Elijah and his confrontation with Baal,
described in 1 Kings 18. After this event at Kilauea, many Hawaiians -
including Kahunas (ancient Hawaiian priests) of
Pele, believed in Jesus, as the Christ - 'Io. {See article on the Hula,
this issue}. Included in our present celebration were prayers of thanksgiving
and intercession for Hawaii. There was also special music by Leon Siu and friends, and hulas by young Hawaiian
Christians, telling of the historical event. As the crowd disbursed joyfully
about three hours later, there was a strong sense of having participated in a
very significant event in Hawaii's spiritual history. I'm soooo
glad I went!! Later in the day the celebration continued at "The
Gathering Place" (Hilo New Hope). 'Io - Jehovah God- is indeed
alive and well in Hawaii nei. (http://across.co.nz/articles.'Io.html) (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/acalltothenations.html) (Sandy Note) New Hope in Hilo has been involved
with the WCGIP/Aloha Ke Akua
false teachings for years. Wayne Cordeiro
interviewed Daniel Kikawa (WCGIP) on his New Hope
TV show at least once. “Connecting Point” – Hawaii’s Godly Origins
KIKU @ 6:30 pm & OC16 @ 10:30 pm “Perpetuated in
Righteousness” author Daniel Kikawa & musician Kawika Kahiapo share a shocking
revelation: the earliest Hawaiians
worshipped the God of the Bible. Tune in & see for yourself! (http://www.enewhope.org/news/2005/july/15/tgitw/) (Sandy
Note: See the full transcript of this show here: "...
this Christian concept of god ... is really something that was here (in
Hawaii) from the very beginning"-Wayne Cordeiro,
transcript of Connecting Point television interview of Daniel Kikawa by Wayne Cordeiro, July
15, 2005 (http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/Cordeiro-Kikawa Connecting
Point 7-15-05.html) Roman Catholicism (Sandy
Note) On a tour Wayne conducted called “The Footsteps of Paul 2012” when
visiting Rome there were some very friendly statements made about the
Catholic religion. We
greet the new day in a city nicknamed Caput
Mundi (Capital of the World) and The Eternal City,
not only because Rome has always been the hub of art, education, high culture
and politics in the western world, but because it is also a spiritual capital
and a powerful center of pilgrimage. … Our guide will lead us to St. Peter’s Basilica
which has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world and which
has been described as the reason Rome is still the center of the civilized
world. … Today, if the Pope is in residence, we will attend the weekly Papal Audience. …
There we will learn about the
Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs).
Tradition has it that these steps, said to be the staircase leading once to
the praetorium of Pilate at Jerusalem, are
sanctified by the footsteps of Jesus Christ. Martin Luther made a point of
ascending them when call by the Pope to Rome. (http://www.enewhope.org/faithjourneys/?page_id=138) New Hope “Core Values”
Statement (Sandy
Note) No statement of Faith or core doctrines on the New Hope church site
just like other Purpose Driven churches who are apparently afraid to alienate
people. Point
1: We Believe that
every person, Christian and non-Christian alike, is valuable to God and to
His Kingdom. (http://www.enewhope.org/aboutus/corevalues/) (Sandy Note) Non-Christians are destined for hell and are not a part of
God’s Kingdom (Rev. 21:8) But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the
murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters
and all liars—they
will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” Point 3: We
Believe that a simple presentation of Jesus Christ in creative ways will
impact and transform lives. Relating to our
culture through redeeming the arts while remaining true to the Scriptures is
a balance we will always keep. This allows us to present the Gospel in such a
way that reaches the heart. (http://www.enewhope.org/aboutus/corevalues/) (Sandy Note) “Redeeming the arts” is not a part of the Gospel. This simply gives them license to do hula,
which is a dance to Pele, in order to entertain people and draw them in. Our job is not to entertain people, satisfy
their itching ears with stories, and provide mocha lattes. New Hope Honolulu looks like a circus with
tents set up outside where people cannot even get into the building and there
is a gigantic TV screen there so they can watch Wayne, not only outside of the
main building but at all the other church branches as well. If they are so interested in “doing church
as a team” which it their second “core values” point, why is Wayne so front
and center all the time and the pastors of the other branches simply seem to
be facilitators for him? Point 4:
In Keeping with the Great Commandment, we believe every member should commit
to a lifestyle of consistent spiritual growth with honest accountability. (http://www.enewhope.org/aboutus/corevalues/) (Sandy Note) This is a bunch of bunk as many people have left smaller churches because their lifestyles were being challenged to hide out at NH because no one ever asks them about their lives apparently. Not only that but they had one lady on their staff who was designated as a missionary while she was getting a divorce from her husband and shacking up with another man. |
Cordeiro
Quotes
“Prayer is thinking deeply about
something in the presence of God.” ― Wayne
Cordeiro, Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your
Passion
(Sandy Note) Sadly this is not the biblical definition of prayer. 1
Timothy 2:1 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions,
prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— Prayer is more than thinking deeply,
it is petitioning, praying, interceding and thanking God. Praying is active not a passive activity “in
the presence of God”.
“We don't forget that we are
Christians. We forget that we are human, and that one oversight alone can
debilitate the potential of our future.” ― Wayne
Cordeiro, Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your
Passion
(Sandy
Note) I think he has this backwards. The
problem is that people forget they are Christians and about their witness and
seem to never forget their natural carnal state.
“The Lord never said,
'Build a big church,' ... God said to me, 'Build big people, not a big church.'
I remember him saying that. He was speaking to me about the motives of my
heart. I knew he wanted me to do something solid in Hawaii.” (http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/344766.Wayne_Cordeiro)
(Sandy
Note) I have a real hard time believing this.
That is because his goal was always to have the biggest church in HI and
he began with about 1500 people in his first service culled from Hope Chapels,
who I am told were not happy about it at that time.
(http://thinkexist.com/quotes/wayne_cordeiro/)
Futurist Alvin Toffler
wrote that “the illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who
cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” That
is our task as a church as well. In order to continue ministering to a changing
society, we must continually adapt and change. Likewise, in order to be the
people God wants us to be, we must continue to learn, unlearn and relearn.- Wayne Cordeiro, The Irresistable Church, page 78.
(http://hypkisgoodquotes.wordpress.com/tag/wayne-cordeiro/)
(Sandy
Note) Depends on what we are to “unlearn”.
It sounds like he is talking about becoming postmodern to reach a
postmodern generation and leaving behind absolute truth. I say this because he is very much involved
in EC whose leaders say this over and over again until they have brainwashed
their followers. Brian McLaren’s big
introduction of the EC included a series on getting “Off The
Map” which can only refer to the Bible.