The following resources show the progression from the Jesus Movement up to today:
Lonnie Frisbee and influence on Wimber:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Frisbee
"Assessing the Wimber Phenomenon" article at CRI:
http://www.equip.org/articles/assessing-the-wimber-phenomenon/
Deception in the Church articles:
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/jwimber.html
Biblical Discernment Ministries article, "John Wimber and the Vineyard":
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/wimber/john.htm
Matthias Media's The Briefing article: "John Wimber Changes His Mind":
http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/1990/04/john-wimber-changes-his-mind/
The Wartburg Watch's article "John Wimber Plants a Vineyard", with videos of "gold teeth miracles":
http://thewartburgwatch.com/2011/02/11/john-wimber-plants-a-vineyard/
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Friday, January 11, 2013
WIMBER LAYS THE GROUNDWORK-FAULTY WESTERNIZED CHURCHES
This video below from the 1980s shows Wimber disparaging the "Westernized Churches" as having too much (biblical) knowledge to the exclusion of the mystical and experiential. He wants his followers to desire and experience "the stuff" of signs and wonders just like he did:
THE HERETICAL LEGACY OF JOHN WIMBER
Here, Christy Wimber, non-biblical pastrix and daughter of John Wimber discusses her father's legacy with CBN:
JOHN WIMBER/VINEYARD CHURCH INFLUENCE ON RANDY CLARK, BILL JOHNSON
This is an enormous subject, so it will be presented piece by piece as the research comes together. As a start, this video is a promotion type piece boosting Randy Clark, who is portrayed as "Fire Lighter, Vision Caster, Bridge Builder", having a "commitment to 'Power Evangelism'"(the Wimber term). All these terms are reflective and normative of John Wimber, Randy Clark and Bill Johnson being students of, also seen in this video: