YWAM’S OCCULTIC NEW AGE
"ALTERNATIVES" MINISTRY
BY
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
The Christian community was recently shocked to discover that a group out of Bethel Redding – Christ Alignment
– was practicing divination using “Destiny Cards”, and involved in
forbidden occultic practices under the guise of ‘ministering’ to New
Agers.
As it turns out, Christ Alignment has a sister group, connected to the Mendocino YWAM HQ – YWAM’s “Alternatives.net“. is based in Ontario Canada, and like ‘ChristAlignment‘, bills itself as a ministry outreach to New Agers
The Alternatives ministry is lead by a Finnish couple Jari Koivu and his wife, and claims to offer “Spiritual Readings, ‘Healing Touch’, ‘Sacred Oil’, Dream interpretation, “Prophetic & Angelic languages”.
Their
webpage says: “Our teams have ministered at many holistic health and
alternative spirituality expos, with hundreds (allegedly) coming to
Christ and many *reported healings. We also train churches and
organizations to do this… Our flagship training for that is called ‘Carry the Light‘ [cp. Latin = Lucifer].” See http://www.ywamalternatives.net/
See the accompanying video here: http://
“Alternatives
Network also offers different retreats which focus on renewal,
*CONTEMPLATION, healing, etc. Another aspect of our work is INNER
HEALING [Sozo].” See: http://www.ywamalternatives,net/about.html
The banners displayed at the new age expos state: (apx. translation from Finnish) ““Open
Sky Cafe – “On the way to Light: Intuitive messages, Words and visions
whose messages healing the Spirit Energy, body and mind – Cure encounter
– Holy Spirirt effective guidance for spirit growth”
Other banners claim they offer “Healing Touch”
and that “There is an *IMPARTATION and flow of spiritual energy when we
combine words of healing and placing our hands on the subject.”
The reality of this group is that aside from the demonic doctrines and practices involved, the leaders of this “alternatives” group use this ministry as a front to market their own line new age products.
Their banner proclaims “Wellness Advocates”, as they openly sell their Essential Oil/ Aromatherapy products at the same venues they do their “Open Sky Cafe” / “prophetic guidance” ministry.
The same essential oils being sold by Jari and the Alternatives group – doTerra – are promoted as, and used in new age occult/ meditation and Yoga rituals. See https://www.doterra.com/US/en/empowered-life-series-yoga-and-meditation
doTERRA has a series of endorsement videos by Yoga & meditation instructors, and a “Mindfulness” page, and one entitled: “The Unity of Yoga and Essential Oils”- see https://www.doterra.com/US/en/blog/science-wellness-unity-yoga-essential-oils
One video by Jari Koivu shows him doing a seminar on the ‘Alternatives’ ministry, wherein he states:
“When we do this (the new age expos) we
believe that God speaks and offers words of encouragement, comfort and
(will) edify non-Christians. We can encourage and comfort un-churched
people. In many churches this is a new idea. This is something we can do
and it seems that Jesus really likes that…” And:
“When
we go to these expos… we just bless people…. we don’t prophecy in a
Christian way though… We introduce ourselves as followers of Jesus. we
don’t say we’re Christians because of the bad connotations… (they tell
them) ‘This is not a psychic reading, because psychic is about the soul
realm. This is a spiritual reading. We tune into the Holy Spirit here,
and we do, whether it’s healing or prophesying, we do this in the name
of Jesus Christ…”
NOTE: In addition to his YWAM activities, Jari has also been a regular at John Arnott’s ‘Catch the Fire Toronto’.
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See also: Young Living and Do Terra Essential Oils — New Age and Occult Multi-level Marketing in the Church – https://thelasthiker.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/young-living-and-do-terra-new-age-and-occult-multi-level-marteting-in-the-church/
