Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 09073 The Alpha course is one of the most widely used evangelistic programmes in the world. Developed at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) in London, an Anglican charismatic church, it has been adopted by churches across virtually every denomination, including Roman Catholic, Orthodox, mainline Protestant, and evangelical congregations. Its accessibility and conversational format have made…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08104 This question arises frequently in Christian circles, particularly where the influence of charismatic and deliverance ministry culture is strong. It is a question that requires careful biblical thinking, because the answer has significant pastoral consequences. If genuine Christians can have demons that need to be cast out, then the church needs a deliverance…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 60075 In January 2026, Bible teacher and apologist Mike Winger released a nearly six-hour video titled The Skeletons in Bethel’s Closet Are Now Going to Speak, which has since been viewed well over a million times and sent shock waves through the charismatic world. The video exposed fraudulent prophetic practices and serious sexual misconduct…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 60073 In the late spring of 2016, news began spreading through British evangelical and charismatic networks that something unusual was happening on the streets of Reading. The Gate Church, a Baptist congregation led by Yinka Oyekan, had invited American evangelist Tommie Zito to lead a week of street evangelism. The week became four weeks,…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 60072 Few movements in modern church history have proved more persistently influential or more theologically problematic than the Latter Rain revival of the late 1940s and the doctrine of the Manifest Sons of God that grew from it. Though the names may be unfamiliar to many Christians today, the ideas continue to circulate widely,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 04117 If you have spent any time in charismatic circles you will almost certainly have encountered the idea that God has been moving in successive waves of the Spirit across the twentieth century, each building on the last and preparing the church for what comes next. The language of a “Third Wave” of the…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 04118 The word “impartation” has become so standard in charismatic vocabulary that many Christians use it without pausing to ask whether it describes something the Bible actually teaches. The idea is deceptively simple: that a spiritual gift, anointing, or measure of the Spirit’s power can be transferred from one person to another through the…