March 2001

Evangelical Alliance TB Report

The Evangelical Alliance has at last produced its report on the Toronto Blessing.  We now have a copy of two sections of that report, Evangelicalism, the Evangelical Alliance and the Toronto Blessing, the full publications will be released in Spring 2001 . One observer, thinks it is an ‘on the fence’ job. But, I will read it and provide readers with my honest appraisal. Some might remember that I said the EA would NOT come down against the ‘Blessing’ because of the implications it would have for its membership figures. On the very first page of the report, the EA admits that the TB was a ‘crisis’ for its organisation, so I might be right. The report includes a reference to an interview I had with a newspaper, in which I said the TB was a demonic activity overlaid with psychological effects. But, the report got the name of the ministry wrong and says I am a ‘psychiatrist’ (an error made by the newspaper)!!  Anyway, it will take a while to read the report. If it is a good one, I will say so. The report will be available in the bookshops soon.

P.S. Regardless of what the report says, we at BTM refuse to accept the TB as a movement of God. If it’s terrible activities and words were from God, then the God I know is not the same God of the TB! The report confirms my claim that the Alpha course is of the TB.