Sarah Palin's Churches and The Third Wave: New Video Documentary
[ Update: documentation (sourcing) on video clips used in the following video documentary, plus supporting documentation on the Third Wave movement, can be found here at Talk To Action ]
Sarah Palin's churches are actively involved in a resurgent movement that was declared heretical by the Assemblies of God in 1949. This is the same 'Spiritual Warfare' movement that was featured in the award winning movie, "Jesus Camp," which showed young children being trained to do battle for the Lord. At least three of four of Palin's churches are involved with major organizations and leaders of this movement, which is referred to as The Third Wave of the Holy Spirit or the New Apostolic Reformation. The movement is training a young "Joel's Army" to take dominion over the United States and the world.
Along with her entire family, Sarah Palin was re-baptized at twelve at the Wasilla Assembly of God in Wasilla, Alaska and she attended the church from the time she was ten until 2002: over two and 1/2 decades. Sarah Palin's extensive pattern of association with the Wasilla Assembly of God has continued nearly up to the day she was picked by Senator John McCain as a vice-presidential running mate. Palin's dedication to the Wasilla church is indicated by a Saturday, September 7, 2008, McClatchy news service story detailing possibly improper use of state travel funds by Palin for a trip she made to Wasilla, Alaska to attend, on June 8, 2008, both a Wasilla Assembly of God "Masters Commission" graduation ceremony and also a multi-church Wasilla area event known as "One Lord Sunday." At the latter event, Palin and Alaska LT Governor Scott Parnell were publicly blessed, onstage before an estimated crowd of 6,000, through the "laying on of hands" by Wasilla Assembly of God's Head Pastor Ed Kalnins whose sermons espouse such theological concepts as the possession of geographic territories by demonic spirits and the inter-generational transmission of family "curses". Palin has also been blessed, or "anointed," by an African cleric, prominent in the Third Wave movement, who has repeatedly visited the Wasilla Assembly of God and claims to have effected positive, dramatic social change in a Kenyan town by driving out a "spirit of witchcraft."
The Wasilla Assembly of God church is deeply involved with both Third Wave activities and theology. Their Master's Commission program is part of an three year post-high school international training program with studies in prophecy, intercessory prayer, Biblical exegesis, authority and leadership. The pastor, Ed Kalnins, and Masters Commission students have traveled to South Carolina to participate in a "prophetic conference" at Morningstar Ministries, one of the major ministries of the Third Wave movement. Becky Fischer was a pastor at Morningstar prior to being featured in the movie "Jesus Camp." The head of prophecy at Morningstar, Steve Thompson, is currently scheduled to do a prophecy seminar at the Wasilla Assembly of God. Other major leaders in the movement have also traveled to Wasilla to visit and speak at the church.
The Third Wave is a revival of the theology of the Latter Rain tent revivals of the 1950s and 1960s led by William Branham and others. It is based on the idea that in the end times there will be an outpouring of supernatural powers on a group of Christians that will take authority over the existing church and the world. The believing Christians of the world will be reorganized under the Fivefold Ministry and the church restructured under the authority of Prophets and Apostles and others anointed by God. The young generation will form "Joel's Army" to rise up and battle evil and retake the earth for God.
While segments of this belief system have been a part of Pentecostalism and charismatic beliefs for decades, the excesses of this movement were declared a heresy in 1949 by the General Council of the Assemblies of God, and again condemned through Resolution 16 in 2000. The beliefs and manifestations of the movement include the use of 'strategic level spiritual warfare' to expel territorial demons from American and world cities. Worship includes excessive charismatic manifestations such as hundreds of people falling, 'slain in the spirit,' and congregations laughing, jerking, and shrieking uncontrollably.
In early 2008 an outbreak of those phenomena commenced at the palatial former ministry estate of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, recently bought up and restored by prominent Third Wave author and leader Rick Joyner's Morningstar Ministries. The (spiritual) "breakout" lasted for many weeks and was publicized in an extensive collection of video footage available on YouTube. Healing services in the Third Wave movement claim to heal the sick and injured through methods that in some cases can appear bizarre - including, as in recent cases involving Todd Bentley, the patient being head butted or kicked by the anointed healer. Recipients of such "spiritual" or miraculous healing make a wide range of astonishing claims - to have been cured of life-threatening illnesses, had joints repaired or replaced, been given gold teeth or gold fillings, regrown stunted limbs and even had deformed skeletal structures straightened and reshaped. Worldwide mission efforts of the movement are built around the idea of combating witches, warlocks, and generational curses, which prevent churches from being able to take root.
Thomas Muthee visited Wasilla Assembly of God and gave 10 consecutive sermons at the church, from October 11-16 2005. As both Palin and Wasilla AoG Head Pastor Ed Kalnins have attested, Thomas Muthee 'prayed over' Sarah Palin and entreated God to "make a way" prior to Palin's successful bid for the Alaska governorship. Muthee made a return visit to the Wasilla Assembly of God in late 2008. Thomas Muthee's Word of Faith Church is featured in the "Transformations" video which details an account on how Muthee drove "the spirit of witchcraft" out of Kiambu, Kenya, liberating the town from its territorial demonic possession and enabling a miraculous societal transformation. The "Transformations" video set is used as an argument for social improvement through spiritual instead of human means, and as the best method for fighting corruption, crime, drugs and even environmental degradation.
In the video, producer George Otis declares that after Thomas Muthee and his followers banished the "spirit of witchcraft" from the town, the crime rate in Kiambu dropped almost to zero, along with the rate of alcoholism, and according to Otis most of the residents of the town joined churches. The "Transformations" video has helped spark a network of 'Transformation' ministries and mission organizations and 'transformation' has become a buzz word for change based on supernatural instead of human efforts.
The Third Wave, also known as the New Apostolic Reformation, is a network of Apostles, many of them grouped around C. Peter Wagner, founder of the World Prayer Center. This center, which was built in coordination with Ted Haggard and his New Life Church in Colorado Springs, was featured in an article by Jeff Sharlet in Harpers, May 2005, "Soldiers of Christ." Sharlet was one of the first to write in the secular press about the World Prayer Center which is often referred to by those familiar with the Third Wave as the 'Pentagon for Spiritual Warfare.' It features computer systems that store the data of communities around the world, mapping out unsaved peoples' groups and spiritual mapping information for spiritual warfare. Wagner has his own group of about 500 Apostles in his council and each of these Apostles has ministries under their authority, sometimes hundreds or thousands. Recently various networks of Apostles came together to form the Revival Alliance. Leaders of the Revival Alliance including Rick Joyner of Morningstar anointed Todd Bentley whose Lakeland Healing Revival has recently been a controversial topic in the Evangelical world.
Wagner's top leaders often conduct spiritual warfare campaigns against the demons that block the acceptance of their brand of Christian belief, such as 'Operation Ice Castle' in the Himalayas in 1997. Several of their top prophets and generals of intercession spent weeks in intensive prayer to "confront the Queen of Heaven." This queen is considered by them to be one of the most powerful demons over the earth and is the Great Harlot of Mystery Babylon in Revelation. (The "Great Harlot [or 'whore'] of Mystery Babylon" theme also figures prominently in the sermons of Texas megachurch pastor and Christians United For Israel founder John Hagee, former endorser of John McCain's 2008 presidential bid.) Wagner and his group also claim that the Queen of Heaven is Diana, the pagan god of the biblical book Ephesians and the god of Mary veneration in the Roman Catholic Church. Following the 'Operation Ice Castle' prayer excursion which included planting a flag for Jesus on Mt. Everest, one of the lead prayer intercessors from the excursion, Ana Mendez, reported that there had been dramatic results including, "millions have come to faith in Asia... and other things happened which I believe are also connected...an earthquake had destroyed the basilica of Assisi, where the Pope had called a meeting of all world religions; a hurricane destroyed the infamous temple 'Baal-Christ' in Acapulco, Mexico; the Princes Diana died... and Mother Theresa died in India, one of the most famous advocates of Mary as Co-Redeemer."
Church of the Rock, led by Senior Pastor David Pepper, has taken their youth to participate in 'The Call, Nashville.' This event is held at various locations around the country under the leadership of Lou Engle, also featured in the movie "Jesus Camp." At these events youth are worked into a frenzy of anger and consternation at supposed national moral corruption. Engle, who shuffles while he preaches in imitation of Jewish prayer, is featured toward the end of the "Jesus Camp" video documentary.
Mike Rose, senior pastor of Juneau Christian Center has a long relationship with Rodney Howard -Browne, credited with being the instigator of the outbreak of 'Holy Laughter' around the world, including the Toronto Airport Revival.
The Third Wave movement is cross-denomination and is not synonymous with any specific denomination, nor is it synonymous with Evangelical or Fundamentalist. Although the movement emerged from Pentecostalism, it draws its support from a variety of denominations and religious streams. They believe they are forming a post-denominational church to take the world for the end times. To date, all of the writing and objections to this movement have emerged from other Evangelicals and Fundamentalists who believe the movement to be unbiblical. Also, it is other conservative churches that refuse to embrace the 'outpouring of the Spirit' that are targets of much of the anger of the movement.
You can find more information on the Third Wave movement and additional links to the activities of Palin's churches on www.Talk2action.org in the following articles:
Sarah Palin's Churches and the Third Wave, Part One
Sarah Palin's Churches and the Third Wave, Part Two (with embedded video.)
The video is also posted here.
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Documentation of the Video and Supporting Articles
Sarah Palin's Churches and the Third Wave
Also posted as Palin's Demon Haunted Churches
Video Clips
(Note that all video clips are taken from original sources or sources promoting and supporting the Third Wave/New Apostolic Reformation.)
Bishop Thomas Muthee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBvxWl7jXr0
Transformations I, Trailer
George Otis, Sentinel Group
Morningstar Ministries clips including cellphone anointing, portal to Jesus
http://www.prophetic.tv/morningstar/
Holy Spirit Breakout Day # 1 and 2, Day #9, and Week #15
On Prophetic TV, Morningstar Ministries full Breakout series
Wasilla Master's Commission
http://www.mcwasillaalaska.com/
Main website with links to Master's Commission, Master's Commission videos and photos
Wasilla AoG bulletin graphics, Wasilla AoG sermons, Wasilla AoG videos
http://www.wasillaag.org/
Wasilla Assembly of God main site clips used:
Music repeated in video and sermon with chants of `Jesus, Jesus'
Wasilla AoG sermon by Pastor Todd Stafford, "In Desperate Times", January 15, 2007.
Master's Commission Graduation Ceremony, June 8, 2008
Sarah Palin giving Master's Commission speech
Posted on the Wasilla AoG site on June 8, 2008
Anointing of Leaders from auxiliary site
http://app.razorplanet.com/acct/40149-8554/tmpl/index.php?s=gl&am p;nid=53521&preview=true
From Wasilla AoG links to site
Quote about demonic strongholds and generational curses
Ed Kalnins, sermon, September 26, 2004
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:gF16SYYnXC0J:www.wasillaag.n et/2004.html+Kalnins,Canaanite&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1& ;gl=us
Lou Engle, Rick Joyner from Underground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7sSZ7Ux3Hg
Underground by www.underthethreshold
Production of Brian Wages, Music/Art Director, Oakleaf Christian Fellowship
Photos at Our Hand at Youth Conference 2008
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile& amp;friendID=49580719
Photos posted on site of Wasilla AoG staff member, Buster Barlow
`One Lord Sunday'
http://gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=153
Event photos from Wasilla AoG posted on Alaska State Government website
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In her video when she was preaching to her church, she appears to think that she has divine guidance and divine right. We just had 8 failed years of divine guidance and divine right! ENOUGH!
I just saw a man on MSNBC, who was a journalist for an Alaska newspaper; who quit the paper to work for Palin as govenor, who said "She does not have the judgment or experience to sit as vice president of this country."
He also said he LEFT her office on "good terms," that he had no axe to grind, and was simply giving his personal opinion based on his former professional relationship with her.
I would bet my left arm that Palin believes she was picked as McCain's VP running mate as a mandate from God.
Nevertheless, what concerns me is that despite all reports citing Palin's extreme religious ideology, half the voting public seems to be paying NO attention. Apparently, people are hypnotized by what they see on the outside, and ignore looking beneath the surface.
Sarah Palin is entitled to her personal religious beliefs, as is any other american; however, my question(s) to her would be the following:
1st) Do you believe in "Seperation of Church and State?"
2nd) Considering your extreme Christian beliefs, how can you assure ALL americans that you WILL govern to "serve and protect" them equally?
3rd) Do you believe gay people deserve equality under the law?
4th) Would you respect the States right to legislate "gay marriage?"
5th) Although, personally Anti-Choice; do you support ANOTHER woman's right of choice?
6th) Do you believe that "Creationism" should be taught in public schools, or that religious instruction is a private matter that should be left to parents and individual families?
7th) Please explain being FOR the $400 million dollar "Bridge to Nowhere" when you were campaigning for the Alaska Governorship; but after elected you were NOT FOR it; and why did you KEEP THE MONEY?
8th) When you were Mayor of Wascilla, Alaska, did you know that your police municipality was charging RAPE VICTIMS to process their "Rape Kits;" and why didn't you STOP IT?
Some would have you believe that speaking in tongues is at the center of Christian faith, and yet not one of the disciples that were there at the day of Pentecost wrote a single word about it. Not one word. They all however wrote of faith in Christ which they also preached on the day of Pentecost.
Interesting: Governor Palin is to be held acountabler for things said in 2004 at a church she left in 2002. Meanwhile, Senator Obama could not possible have heard the things said in his church while an active member, and even if he did hear them, he clearly is not associated with them.
No double standard here, is there?
The videos circulating on the web show Palin speaking to a graduating Masters Commission class at Assembly of God in June, 2008.
The videos were taken down by YouTube today. Why?
Jeremiah Wright's comments were "unpatriotic" (i.e. "God damn America"), not seditionist (e.g. "We are called as true freedom fighters. Our success in this life will be counted by the release of the captives that the devil has had in bondage to do his will"---Morning Star Ministries/Third Wave/Joel's Army doctrine).
Barak Obama has publicly, on national TV, renounced Wright's comments and hasn't been back to the Trinity United Church of Christ since.
Palin, on the other hand, continues to maintain very close ties with the Wasilla Assembly of God, its pastor, and others in the "Third Wave of the Holy Spirit" movement (e.g. her June 2008 address to the Wasilla Assembly of God congregation within which, among other things, she made her infamous "task from God" statement and thanked Reverend Bathee for "making a way" for her to become the Governor of Alaska).
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/geneology.html#Joyner
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/geneology.html#Joel%27s%20Army
http://christianexodus.org/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=6
Is Palin prepared to publicly denounce the seditionist preachings of organizations like Morning Star and Christian Exodus, as well as utterly nonsensical claims by Bathee himself that he expelled a witch from a small town in Kenya?
No, there is no "double standard" here. Not if the analysis is confined to facts and logic...sans witchcraft.
The difference between Palin's church and Obama's church is that her church proffers a message of love and his church proffers a message of hate.
Yeah. Sarah Palin's church proffers a message of love... to those who keep criticism of George W. Bush to themselves.
Really, really scary. How much humanity can these folks attribute to people who are not believers? How just could they be in positions of governance?
Whenever evangelicals start talking at me, I feel uncomfortable and want to tell them that their philosophical fly is unzipped. In this video, their pants have actually fallen down...
Now, we know why Sarah Palin has a cult of personality. She has taught from the best. This is a cult. The republican vice presidential nominee is in a cult. I couldn't figure out why Palin's voice was like nails down a chalkboard to me, but all these people loved her. I find her to be immensely irritating. Now, I got it. Her voice like a high pitched cult dog whistle. The people programmed to hear it think that they hear the sirens singing.
Karl Rove the architect of the Republican Candidate elections and campaigns was involved with multilevel marketing schemes that flurished by pulling in many pentacostal members.
I know personally know people who went bankrupt , got divorced and needed deprogramers to get out of these cult -like businesses (Karl Rove worked with and helped create) ,They also used the mindcontrol, emotionalism and hypnotic suggestion witnessed in the "third wave " documentary. Do a search on cult and mind control and you'll get some info that helps us understand what we're dealing with.
To me it seems that the Obama operation, has turn into "JELLYFISH"!
I am a Catholic and this scares me. These folks can't wait for Armegeddon. All main stream religious, agnotics, atheists and Jews should shudder at the thought of this person being a possible president.
My problem with Pentacostals is that they distort the Bible terribly. These geezers are trying to recreate the book of Acts, by speaking in tongues and falling backwards, ignoring what is written in Revelation 22:18-19. All the revelations of Lord are contained in the Bible, otherwise the Word of God is incomplete and not satisfactory. Anyone who claims he/she is getting a new revelation from God in the fom of speaking in tongues and through signs and wonders, is really getting it from Lucifer, as once the Bible was completed about 2,000 years ago, the Book is sealed forever, as the Prophet Daniel said and as Apostle John wrote in Revelation. Nowadays, revelations from God come strictly through what is written in the Bible (not one word more, not one word less), as God gives us understanding of the truths in the Bible (see Isaiah 11:2-3 , 27:11 & 14 and 40:13-15 to understand this truth). To claim anything else is simple heresy!
Which version was completed 2K years ago? Which version are we supposed to follow?
I think this could scare fundamentalist Muslim as well. Top level spooky
I found a Christian blog that includes many discussions about our soon to be VP. It is called End Times, Prophetic Prophecy, Visions, Dreams, Revealation Christian Blog. Very interesting, ties into Third Wave Article. Better read before they scrub it.
All this is pre-milennialism at its worse! These people, simply put, have not been given any understanding. "Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:." as found in Jeremiah 5:21 (KJV).
I couldn't agree with you more. Most even those within the Assemblies of God not associated with the Third Wave movement, are compassionate people who would be appalled at someone trying to start World War III in the name of God or trying to create a theocracy in America. In my own church which was heavily pro-Bush in 2004, the impression I get now is of people who are sick and tired of hearing the language of values while seeing the economic and social structure of our nation being dismantled. The key is to provide them with information so they cansee the ways in which bad theology can create adestructive policies with enormous human cost when the adherents of the bad theology are in power.
THANKS terilynnAZ ! ! ! ! !!
Please do what you can to bring up Gov. Palin's religion....we have a whole stack of Rev. Wright speeches to air again. Keep up the good work!
Brick head you people will inject Rev. Wright anyway. Just in case you are unaware who Jeremiah Wright is. Jeremiah Wright like the TRADER John S. McCain wore the uniform of this country with one exception He wore it honorability. lets not get started you DON"T want to go there you may find out thing about you BOY McCain.
Stop blaming the democrats for what the media is doing. No one is attacking her kids, no one is attacking or questioning her church affliations or what goes on inside but the media. Isn't it funny how the table is turned. when the media and the bloggers was going after Obama's church no one had a problem with it but now that its Sarah Palin's church everyone has an issue. Where was everyone when the media and Republicans was attacking Michelle Obama and now that they are going after Sarah Palin there is all this sympathy. Where was everyone when the Obama family appeared on television everyone attacked them for having their kids on television but now you want to complain about the media attacks against her. The problem is her talk doesn't add up with her accomplishments in Alaska, her bridge to no where, the earmarks, the firing of anyone who is against her. Where were all this privacy when the media went after Bill and Hillary Clinton. Come on people the double standard is screaming loud and clear. I don't care what color or sex the President is, I just want the best person/team for the job and right now it is Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
OH my goodness, "They" have us afraid to make any comments. What if they take it as sexist, racist, anti family, anti military, anti war, against G-d?
It's not a good reflection on Dems, many of whom -- myself included -- are people of faith, to denigrate another person's beliefs.
It's better to focus on the issues and ask them to examine their priorities.
WORLD PEACE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY
OBAMA/BIDEN '08
No, faith is one thing. Absolute insanity is another.
Sorry, but anyone who thinks witchcraft and curses are the cause of drug use or people not wanting to be Christians is both cruel and insane.
And where are the witches in this!!!! I know they are out there, very offended of being blamed for all of the evils in the world.
So, if you want talk of respect for belief, then THEY should be more respectful.
While some *are* denigrating her beliefs, I believe the majority are pointing out what a fringe, theocratic VP pick McCain made.
Yes, the issues SHOULD be about political, economic, and some social issues and on how this ticket is either a continuation of the same or an escalation depending on the policy stance.
That said, Palin's ties to separatists and those who would rule us akin to the Taliban are also on the table. If your religion tells you to do good works, shame on those who attack you for it. However, if your religion demands you usurp secular government and cram your belief system down the throats of others, then, well, we've got a problem that demands discussion.
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