Posted on 08/27/2019 12:29:11 PM PDT by Morgana
Recent allegations of sexual misconduct against revival minister Todd Bentley have created a stir online within the charismatic community.
Stephen Powell, a revivalist at Lion of Light Ministries, accused evangelist Todd Bentley, president of Fresh Fire USA, of "sexual perversion" involving both male and female interns. On Aug. 22, Powell posted a Facebook Live video and a lengthy Facebook post detailing accusations against Bentley, under whom he worked from 2015 to 2017 before parting ways.
Powell also accuses other leaders, including Rick Joyner of Morningstar Ministries, of covering up the accusations against Bentley. When Powell went to Joyner with his concerns and allegations, Powell says Joyner did not initially respond apart from a short email from an assistant saying Joyner was looking into the matter. When Joyner did respond, Powell says he was not comfortable handing over sources' information as Joyner requested.
Powell went to Joyner because he was part of a team intent on helping Bentley find restoration after past sins while he was in ministry. In 2008, while leading a healing revival in Lakeland, Florida, Bentley entered into an extramarital relationship with a former staff member. In seeking restoration, Bentley submitted himself to the oversight of apostolic leaders Bill Johnson, John Arnott, Che Ahn and Rick Joyner.
"I love and honor [Joyner and Bentley] and that's why what I'm about to say next is so painful and hard," Powell says in his original post. "... Todd has an appetite for a variety of sexual sins including both homosexual and heterosexual activity. Down through the years Todd has made sexual advances toward (and in some cases engaged in sexual sin with) a number of different men and women outside his marriage, many of them interns and/or students under his leadership care in the church."
(Excerpt) Read more at charismanews.com ...
Todd Bentley is the subject here please stay on it.
You know Todd? BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM?
ping if you want to...I just posted to get a point across. BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM
And let’s hope he gets the benefit of innocence! It’s the accuser’s who have the burden to prove guilt.
People are having their lives destroyed by mere allegations!
Well he’s already admitted to some of it, so there’s that.
I don’t know anything about the guy, but desecrating your body with tatoos and piercings (as the world does) is enough for me. I wouldn’t sit and listen to him for a minute.....sorry if that bothers anyone. I’m sick of these frauds.
LOL. Now Morgana, you and I both know this will quickly degenerate into, "Oh yeah, well what about so-and-so and those other guys?"
Just saying we’re living in a very scary time, where accuser’s are automatically believed, and the accused has their lives destroyed. (And I’m speaking of those who are innocent!)
FB and Twitter are places where bullies can say whatever they want!
Given he’s publicly admitted to at least SOME of the sexual allegations made against him.. this is hardly a matter of just simply being accused with no evidence.
That’s true and you’re right about that.
I don’t know why people who falsely accuse someone are not sued. I seem to recall that Kavanaugh was going to look into suing Blamey-Fraud....if these activists had to pay a price for dragging an innocent person’s name through the mud, perhaps there’d be a little less of it.
1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
So, your saying because he did some of these things, he did all of them?
Do us a favor and NEVER sit on a jury.
I never said he did ALL of them, I responded to the claim that all it takes is an accusation to destroy someone...
This isn’t a Brett Kavanaugh situation where someone is just throwing out accusations with no proof and they are being denied.
The accused has admitted he indeed engaged in at least some of the things he has been accused of, so trying to paint this as that type of situation is nonsensical... and if you this guy as just a victim of false accusations when he has admitted he did indeed engage in some of the things he’s been accused of then, definitely do all of us a favor and NEVER sit on a Jury.
Saw that one coming a decade off.
The video of him kneeing a cancer patient in the gut when the guy expected prayer I found disturbing and believe Bentley to be a sociopath.
LOL
I remember when everything happened back in 2008 and Joyner and the other 3 stepped in to guide him and bring him back to restoration. I felt it was WAY TOO SOON and wasn’t done the right way. I will be sad to see if he continued down paths he should not have but I will not be surprised. Celebrity even just within the ranks can destroy.
Those who aren't busted for something are constantly begging for your "love offerings" or "financial seed"............
Cool but I’ll ping you if any new news comes out on this guy.
BAM BAM
Garner Ted Armstrong call your office.
Ping
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