The Powers Behind Alpha, Vineyard & the ‘TE’
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© 2003 Dusty Peterson & Elizabeth McDonald, Bayith Ministries www.bayith.org email: bayith@blueyonder.co.uk

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This page is the repository for all information regarding the chart entitled The Dragnet Behind Alpha, Vineyard, ‘Purpose-Driven’, ‘Toronto’ etc.

Click to view the chart here

This page currently comprises the following three sections:

Introduction

1) Extra Links Omitted From Chart

2) How To Use The Table of Links

3) Table of Links Between Names

Introduction

Some of the links in the table are included because someone has quoted another person favourably. The 'acceptability' of quoting idolaters is invariably based on the solitary occasion when the apostle Paul, speaking at the Areopagus, quoted a pagan poet (Acts 17:28). But this overlooks two crucial points: Firstly, Paul did not quote this heathen poet (note that he was not quoting a heathen teacher) when instructing Christians but when EVANGELIZING PAGANS. These are fundamentally different activities. Secondly, Paul made clear that the poet in question was one of "your own" - i.e. someone who, like the rest of them, needed to "repent" (v30) and be saved. (It is also surely relevant that Paul did not NAME the poet he was quoting.) As far as we have been able to ascertain, none of the people in our chart have made this point alongside their quotes. Indeed, there is usually no warning given at all.

It is bad enough to cite idolaters as sources of wisdom for Christians. (Can people really not find any Christian sources for the points they want to make?) It is even worse to fail to give a warning and disclaimer about that person’s idolatry.

1) Extra Links Omitted From Chart

The following are known links that had to be omitted from the chart for topological or readability reasons. Data for each of these links is included in the table below.

There are many further instances of influence/co-operation that have only occurred after 1992 (so far as we can determine). Please see the full table below for details.

Notes:

*Any links in the following table which do not appear on the chart itself, nor in the above table, are given in black and/or italics (see below for more). Any lack of strong connections can therefore be ignored for these entries.

* Orange, non-italic = includes at least one direct pre-1992 connection (only orange, non-itaicl links are shown on the chart).

* Orange, italic = no DIRECT pre-1992 connection, but at least one INDIRECT pre-1992 connection.

* Black, non-italic = no pre-1992 connections of any type, but at least one direct POST-1992 connection.

* Black italic = only INDIRECT, POST-1992 connections found so far.

* We do know of probable additional links, but the evidence we have collected for them is not yet conclusive enough. Although the data for these probable links is included in the table below, we will not add the relevant arrow to the chart (or the above table) until sufficient further evidence is found.

* We have included some solid indirect connection data in the table in support of direct connections, and this subsidiary data is clearly marked ‘INDIRECT’.

* Connections that are known to have taken place after 1992 are also included (clearly marked ‘POST-1992’) to show that this ungodly alliance is still very much in place.

* We are in the process of adding data for the various connections between each name (especially extant ones) and HTB/Alpha. See the entries ‘[Name] ==>> Alpha’ for the data we have added thus far.

2) How To Use The Table of Links

From the chart, pick a link in which you are interested. Identify which bubble includes the start of the relevant arrow. Read the text in the bubble and simply find that name on the far left hand side in the following, alphabetically arranged list. You will be presented with the topmost entries of all the links that start from that name. Simply scroll through the list of links until you find the particular one you are interested in. There you will find all connections we currently know of between the two names.

(Please Note: The names in the table are always listed alphabetically. Please also beware of the accent on the end of Renovaré when searching this page electronically. Please also note that INDIRECT links can be found through looking at the data linking intermediate bubbles between two names.)

3) Table of Links Between Names

As far as we are aware, NONE of these connections came with caveats. For example, we have yet to note a single name on the chart who repudiates any aspect of the ministry of another name when quoting that other name. We define the difference between cooperation and association as follows: Attending a conference as an observer, where one of the speakers is apostate is one thing. Sharing the platform with him/her and failing to expose them for what they are, is quite another! Quoting them is one thing. Giving their NAME, but no disclaimer about their other beliefs is another.

Notes: (a) These are just the overt or undeniable links - how many extra, hidden ones are there? (b) In many cases the primary source reference is available from the cited source. (c) Critics of this table may be able to find a handful of links they believe to be arguable, but, even if they do so, that will still leave over 95% for them to explain away. (d) All emphases are our own unless otherwise stated. (e) Where you see “linked to HTB”, please see the extra table at the end of this page for details.

We hope shortly to provide some biographies - to show just how amazingly unchristian the names in this list are. In the meantime, you can find out about these people from websites like: www.deceptioninthechurch.com/page3.html or www.banner.org.uk or www.gospelcom.net/aplogeticsindex. And, for certain people in the chart, www.letusreason.org/Popteach.htm (for Schuller and Copeland), www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes (for Copeland, Hagin and Wimber), www.cultlink.com/archives.htm (for the Sandfords), http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/housechu/branham.htm (for Branham), and http://www.geocities.com/endtimedeception/robert.htm (for Schuller). Please note, however, that we do not necessarily endorse everything on these sites or even on the pages listed here.

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