by Salvador Ung Hayworth | May 23, 2024 | Counterfeit, Deceiver, Deception, Evil, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Hyper-charismatic, Occultism, Poverty, Sangoma, Word Faith, Worldview
In part 1 we looked at Cultural Influences Among Some African Word of Faith Adherents. Syncretism has been and continues to be a major danger that arises any time the Gospel penetrates a cultural context. The merging, at times imperceptible merging, or syncretizing of...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 12, 2023 | Counterfeit, Definitions, Deity of Christ, False Prophet, False Teacher, Gwen Shamblin, Heresy, Legalism, Rick Warren, Salvation, Tantra
As most of our readers know, MCOI is a mission to cults and non-Christian religions. In the early days we never envisioned having to research, write and warn believers about false and/or harmful teaching gaining ground within the church. Early on, however, we began...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 7, 2021 | Church Invasion, Counterfeit, Deity of Christ, False Prophet, False Teacher, Guarding the flock, Gwen Shamblin, Salvation, Trinity, Weigh Down Workshop
The people who have less trouble with the deceitful lies that keep you overeating are the people who watched Weigh Down’s Orientation Video and decided from the start that I was a leader from God, so they submitted themselves freely to the teachings on the tapes...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 10, 2021 | Counterfeit, Deity of Christ, Divided Families, False Teacher, Gwen Shamblin, Remnant Fellowship, Trinity, Weigh Down Workshop
On Saturday afternoon, May 29, we began receiving emails and phone calls asking if we had heard that Gwen Shamblin Lara, her new husband, Joe (William J.) Lara, and five other leaders of Gwen’s church, Remnant Fellowship — Jennifer J. Martin, David L. Martin, Jessica...
by Marcia Montenegro | Apr 4, 2020 | Counterfeit, Fall 2006, kabbalah, Labyrinth, MCOI Journal, New Age, Volume 12
(Originally printed in the Fall 2006 Issue of the MCOI Journal page 14) A labyrinth is a flat circle or square consisting of a path that winds round to the center (not to be confused with a maze, which is enclosed). In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was the name for...
