Catholics, Pentecostals, and Southern Baptists in "Beautiful Unity"

Last week, Southern Baptist President Ronnie Floyd participated in the the Onething 2015 interdenominational conference in Kansas City, hosted by the International House of Prayer (IHOP). In his speech to the rockin’ mixed multitude, the Baptist pastor said, “My being here isn’t an endorsement of your theology or your endorsing my orthodoxy. ... We’re not in total agreement about life, ministry or the Bible. ... Yet my being here is a clear indication that people must come together and pray” (“Southern Baptist President Leads,” Charisma News, Jan. 4, 2016). Pastor Floyd has no biblical authority to pray with a mixed multitude representing different theologies and even different gospels. IHOP is a radical charismatic outfit that believes it will release the judgments described in the book of Revelation and usher in the return of Christ by its “spiritual warfare.” As we have documented in the book End-Time Confusion, IHOP is built on lying prophecies and false “signs and wonders.” They are deceived by demons masquerading as angels of light. One of the worship leaders at Onething 2015 was Matt Maher, a Roman Catholic who prays to Mary and believes that his musical calling is to create ecumenical oneness. Other Catholic charismatics were in attendance. Leslie Bertucci posted, “As a Catholic Charismatic, I wept tears of joy so many times this week as I had the privilege of worshipping the living God with so many diverse brothers and sisters in Christ.” Ryan Baptista added, “There was a beautiful unity across denominations this week.” Ronnie Floyd is disobeying the Word of God and is therefore helping create a “one world church.” The Bible commands God’s people to earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 3), but Pastor Floyd did not do this. If he were an earnest contender, he would not have been invited in the first place. The Bible commands God’s people to mark and avoid those that create divisions by false doctrine (Romans 16:17). Floyd ignored this and the Bible’s many other separation commands. Further, the Bible commands God’s people to have the same mind and judgment (1 Cor. 1:10). The unity spoken of in Scripture is always a unity in truth. This forbids the type of “unity in diversity” that is promoted by IHOP. The spiritual blindness and deep compromise of the Southern Baptist Convention was on full display by Floyd’s presence at Onething. (For more about IHOP, including an eyewitness report of their 24/7 prayer room, see End-Time Confusion: The International House of Prayer, available in the free eBook section at www.wayoflife.org.)

(Friday Church News Notes, January 8, 2016, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)

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