NAR Revisited

I hope that you read the article on the 'New Apostolic Reformation'. I am tremendously concerned as to the influence that this movement is having on the body of Christ. My concerns are in three areas:

1. The misrepresentation of who God is.
2. Misrepresentation of who satan is, and
3. Presentation of a pagan worldview.

I spoke at a conference that was held by the 'new apostles' a few years ago. My experience woke me up to what was going on with them. My first meeting with one of the leaders of the movement included his greeting me by stating 'how good looking his secretary is'. I was supposed to stand there with this 'apostle' in front of his secretary and my wife and respond as to her looks? Why was he leading me to look at another woman? Red flag. The conference taught that christians can 'get demons' by doing the wrong things, such as going to see the movie The Chronicles of Narnia. Red flag. The general feel of the whole conference was that christians are so susceptible to the devil's abilities that we are in need of doing something about it. Red flag.The way that we are to deal with the issue of the christians vulnerability is to turn to methodology and perspectives that are extra/unbiblical. For example, when a christian 'has a demon' we are to talk to the demons for the truth of how to get them out of the christian. Red flag.

I was delivered by the Man Jesus Christ from the demons that were inside of me, not by anyone else. Yes, when the demon revealed himself, Jo Richardson told it to leave. It was as uncomplicated as that. I realized at that point the Jesus Christ is powerful. Not the devil. The devil is simply an instrument of God's will. Jesus Christ promised me that if I stay in His word, not the word of man, He would set me free by and through His revealed Truth, not the form of paganism that is propogated by the 'new apostles. Guys, I'm sticking with God, His word and the 'old apostles'.

If you haven't taken the time to read the article on the NAR, I would encourage you to do so....

The Roots and Fruits of the New Apostolic Reformation

“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone” (Ephesians 2:19, 20).


This article explores the idea of apostles in the church throughout church history. In it I will show that the restoration/Latter Rain idea that fuels the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is unbiblical and dangerous to the well-being of Christians who become part of it. First we will review how the early church understood apostles in church history. Then we will examine the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching about apostolic authority. From there we will examine the ideas of a 17th-century mystic given new life in the Latter Rain movement, and now the NAR.

At a 1996 Fuller Seminary conference hosted by C. Peter Wagner, a movement that Wagner previously labeled “post-denominational” became the New Apostolic Reformation.1 Besides Wagner himself is another person prominent in the movement—Bill Hamon—who is strongly endorsed by Wagner. Hamon is important, as we will see, because his ministry goes all the way back to the early 1950’s and began on the heels of the Latter Rain Movement.


How the Early Church Understood Apostles

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