{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"THE FALSE SHEPHERDING COVERING CULT","description":" UNIVERSITY OF EXCELLENCE Prince HandleyPresident \/ Regent PRINCE HANDLEY PORTAL 1,000's of FREE ResourcesWWW.REALMIRACLES.ORG INTERNATIONAL Geopolitics | Intelligence | Prophecy WWW.UOFE.ORG THE FALSE SHEPHERDING COVERING CULT THE FALSE DISCIPLESHIP MOVEMENT You can listen to this message NOW. Click on the pod arrow at top left. Or, listen here >>> LISTEN NOW  Email this message to a friend. 24\/7 release of Prince Handley teachings, BLOGS and podcasts > STREAM Twitter: princehandley Subscribe FREE to Prince Handley Teaching and Newsletter   ______________________________ DESCRIPTION OF THIS TEACHING There was a FALSE discipleship teaching\u2014The Covering Movement\u2014that took hold in the 1970's that was out of the pit of Hell. Thousands\u2014multitudes\u2014of fine Christians were ensnared in it. I remember one time I bought a gift to take to a Minister in that movement who was on their death bed. The person who took the gift said, \u201cWe will have to submit this to the Elders for approval.\u201d Another time a Pastor friend of mine\u2014Reverend Cecil Pumphrey\u2014was directed of the Lord to do evangelistic outreach at a university. He asked the leaders of a local church\u2014the church was part of the False Discipleship and Covering Movement\u2014if they would like to work with him in the evangelistic outreach at the university. They said, \u201cNo! And if you continue we will come against you with everything we have.\u201d You haven't heard anything yet \u2026 READ ON! ______________________________ THE FALSE SHEPHERDING COVERING CULT THE FALSE DISCIPLESHIP MOVEMENT   BEWARE:  Watch in the future for heretical movements like the following I describe.   You have probably read (or heard podcasts) in some of my past teachings about the \u201cFalse Discipleship\u201d Movement or Shepherding Movement that gained momentum in the 1970's. I call it the FALSE COVERING MOVEMENT where you were supposed to have a \u201ccovering\u201d \u2026 a person over you. You \u201cneeded covering\u201d and they would give it IF you did everything exactly like they instructed.\u201d   There was a group of men called the Florida Four or \u201cFt. Lauderdale Five\u201d such as: Derek Prince Robert Mumford Charles Simpson Don Basham Ern Baxter   These men were all good teachers BUT they were all deceived about Christian Leadership and wrecked many families and lives and ministries.   Many mainstream AND evangelical Christians were caught up in the Shepherding Movement. The result was a trick by Satan to kill evangelism. Here is what several victims of the Movement told Pat Robertson about the Shepherding Movement:   \u201cThe Word and the will of God for our lives today should come first to the group of pastors that get together in a certain city\u2026 God reveals to them the purpose for the city and His purpose for the disciples.\u201d \u201cWe are not a John 3:16 ministry. We are here to establish the government of God on earth.\u201d   The architect of \u201cthe shepherding system\u201d with one \u201cshepherd\/pastor\u201d over eight to twelve individuals, was primarily Charles Simpson. Their strongest critics in the Charismatic Movement were myself and men of God like Pat Robertson, my friend Demos Shakarian, and David du Plessis. The Shepherding Movement seemed to diffuse about 1986 but with some areas of continuance in much the same way afterwards.   Pat Robertson saw the danger of the False Shepherding Movement and via CBN he pronounced the \u201cShepherding\u201d teaching \u201cwitchcraft\u201d and said the only difference between the \u201cfalse discipleship group\u201d and Jonestown was \u201cKool-Aid.\u201d   I was used by God to inform many churches and people of this heretical Movement in the USA and other countries. I had NOT even heard what Pat Robertson or others taught about this Movement, however, I SAW its effects with my own eyes and witnessed what it was doing in the lives of wonderful Christian people. It stigmatized them and robbed them of spiritual power through its FALSE\u2014not real\u2014discipleship. It seemed to be a tactic of Satan to quench true discipleship and the move of the Holy Spirit that occurred during the Jesus People Movement.   The relationships that were formed became known theologically as \u201ccovenant relationships.\u201d Those involved had to be submitted to a \u201cshepherd,\u201d who in turn was submitted to another shepherd \u2026 and up the line submitted to the \u201cFab Five\u201d or their representatives. If this reminds you of a pyramid scheme or Multi-level marketing scheme you're probably right!   Effectively, if unintentionally, this put the individual in the position of having TWO masters\u2013 Jesus and a personal shepherd. With time the personal shepherd gains more power, as Jesus gets less. And in time, this creates a system where those who have unquestioning obedience to man are promoted. All kinds of ungodly things came in through these doors.   Several books have been written detailing the kinds of abuse suffered as a result. The scary thing about the whole system is that it started out with the intent of promoting accountability, and eventually enslaved people. When someone says \u201cWho is your covering?\u201d They are asking the basic Shepherding question. Ironically, Jesus was asked this same question by the Pharisees: \u201cBy what authority do you do these things?\u201d His ministry was NOT submitted to them, and they didn\u2019t like that so they tried to shut him down, but the work of the Holy Spirit was the validation of His ministry.  And remember, the Enemy used CHRISTIAN LEADERS to effect his purpose thru the False Discipleship \u2026 Shepherding Movement!   The Movement was so prevalent that at one point I thought: \u201cHOW in the world will people ever see the light about this dangerous phenomenon?\u201d I remember being invited to different \u201cShepherding\u201d Movement churches in Chicago [they invited me because God was doing MIRACLES and I held large seminars in Chicago at McCormick Place] where I told the congregations point blank that \u201cNO PERSON is your Covering \u2026 Jesus Christ is your Covering.\u201d Many times, I had people ask me, \u201cWho is your covering?\u201d \u201cWhere do you submit?\u201d I would always answer: \u201cThe Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d   Pat Robertson said of the Shepherding Movement, \u201cIt is obvious that any movement which feeds upon itself will expire. Jesus gave to his church the task of holding forth the word of life to a world without hope. The obsessive desire to order and govern Christians will invariably cut the nerve of evangelism.\u201d Jesus said to \u201cfeed my sheep.\u201d Healthy, well fed sheep must reproduce. Jesus did not say \u201cdominate sheep and prohibit them from reproducing.\u201d   Bob Mumford sincerely repented several years later, as did Derek Prince. Both Prince and Mumford experienced years of fruitful ministry later.   My friend, the reason I am sharing this information with you is that for the last 35 years there has NOT seemed to be any such \u201cdeception\u201d in the Body of Christ other than the anti-Charismatic sector and those who do NOT believe in the Scriptural Gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:4-11) and the Five-Fold Ministries (Ephesians 4:11).   Be diligent and WATCH \u2026 MANY Jews are coming to Messiah Yeshua \u2026 and MANY people are receiving MIRACLES, breakthroughs and learning their AUTHORITY in the Kingdom, and operating in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. The Enemy may try something in the future. Be ready to expose him and his lies!   And remember, the Enemy used CHRISTIAN LEADERS to effect his purpose thru the False Discipleship \u2026 Shepherding Movement! Baruch haba b'Shem Adonai. 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