“Back in the early 1990’s, I volunteered to proofread the manuscript of the book ‘Blessing the Church’ by Clifford Hill et al. At the time, there was great interest and excitement in the church we attended about the so-called ‘Toronto blessing’, and I had been to several conferences around the country connected with this phenomenon. Reading the contributions from the various authors and especially the history of this ‘new’ thing that God was supposed to be doing had a profound effect on me. I became much more discerning of what was going on and, since then, have been to several churches where this influence has crept in. In fact, it is hard to find a charismatic church which is untainted by it. Thank you too for the recent excellent article about the New Apostolic Reformation in Prophecy Today (February 2019) which summarises the issue and brings it up to date. I have passed that on to several people, not least the senior pastor of the church we have just had to leave because of the increasing influence of Bethel and other NAR groups. We now have ‘Beyond the Pandemic’ - it’s next on my reading list!”
Ruth Ferguson