Word Of Faith Churches

Dr. Ed Dufresne meeting set for Sept. 2 in Fredericton

Fredericton Word of Faith Family Church is hosting Dr. Ed Dufresne from California on Sept. 2.

The announcement was made this week by Word of Faith Pastor Rev. Gary Bitely, who planted the congregation locally in 1998. Bitely is an ordained minister with Kenneth Hagin Ministries (Rhema Bible Church) in Tulsa, Okla.

The service starts at 7 p.m. with seating on a first come basis.

According to Bitely, "Dr. Ed Dufresne is a bold and compassionate minister with over 45 years in the ministry. His ministry is widely accepted as the Prophets Ministry. In 1971, God put a tangible healing anointing in Dr. Dufresne's right hand, and since then he has traveled over 11 million air miles carrying that healing anointing to this generation.

"In 1999, Dr. Ed Dufresne had a vision of heaven and, at that time, God gave him an endowment to kill cancer. Since then, there have been an increased number of dramatic healings from cancer recorded."

Bitely hopes that many people will reap the benefits of these services with Dufresne.

In his words, "Dufresne's camp meetings and conferences draw ministers from around the globe who desire to receive impartations through this man of God whose ministry is earmarked by the moving of the Holy Spirit."

He added, "Word of Faith Church is recognized for its heartfelt praise and worship led by Music Director Ian Fleury. Word of Faith Church is a church where miracles still happen."

Word of Faith Church is located at 1005 Riverside Dr., one kilometre past the Ramada Hotel.

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5 August 2011 What the “Word of Faith” Movement Is Saying

Consider the following scenario. What if someone approached you and told you that “words are the most powerful things in the universe” and that the “natural world” could literally be reshaped by the words that you speak?1 What would you call such a person? To what worldview would he subscribe? You might rightly think that the person is a postmodernist—someone who does not believe that there is an objective reality that is fixed and unyielding. Or, you might conclude that he practices some form of mysterious Eastern religion that considers the world to only be an illusion. But such guesses, as good as they are, would both be wrong.

So just who might this stranger be? The answer in this case is perhaps shocking: he is a Christian pastor from America who probably appears weekly on a national television broadcast, sponsored by a station near you. Adherents to what is known as “word of faith” theology, these pastors or evangelists do not belong to any one denomination or organization. But this loose-knit group is characterized by three common and biblically inaccurate themes in their teaching.

1. Physical healing. The belief that physical healing from sickness and disease is available at all times to believers takes on a radical new meaning in the hands of the “word of faith” teacher. Citing passages such as Isaiah 53:4-5 (“by His scourging we are healed”) and Matthew 8:16-17 (“He Himself took our infirmities”), preachers such as Kenneth Hagin and Kenneth Copeland suggest that faith always brings about physical healing. Most of them take the position that physical suffering is evidence of a lack of faith and cannot be God’s will for a Christian. A sick person is thus ultimately to blame for his own infirmity.2

2. Promise of Wealth. A related teaching to the first claims that financial prosperity is acquired by following a simple formula. Citing Mark 10:29-30 as their proof text, “faith” teachers say that the Bible promises Christians a return of a hundred times on any amount of money “sown in faith.” Kenneth Copeland tells his followers that “Every man who invests into the gospel has a right to expect the staggering return of one hundredfold.”3 This principle has become a centerpiece of the television appeals of leading members of the movement including Frederick Price, Paul Crouch, and Benny Hinn, among others.

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