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available in print and eBook formats from Way of LifeLiterature.)Extra-Biblical RevelationIn the late 1980s and into the 1990s, Wimber accepted theKansas City Fellowship of prophets and promoted theministry of “prophets” throughout the Vineyard movement.Mike Bickle, Paul Cain, and Bob Jones (not the Bob Joneswho founded Bob Jones University in Greenville, NorthCarolina, or any of his sons) were three of the “prophets.” etapes of “prophecies” were sold through the VineyardInternational publications catalog in spite of the fact thatthese “prophets” admit that they make mistakes! ey claimthat one has to learn how to prophesy just as one has to learnhow to study the Bible or to witness, which is patentlyridiculous in that prophecy is a supernatural ministry. PaulCain and Bob Jones have since had serious “moral failures.” Itwas discovered that Cain is a homosexual and alcoholic.Cain’s 2008 prophecy that Todd Bentley was a pure-heartedman and the head of the New Breed Manifest Sons of Godwho would lead the worldwide end-time miracle revivalturned out to be bogus when Bentley was exposed as anadulterer who was even then carrying on an affair with aministry worker.Many Vineyard churches have been caught up in this.James Ryle, pastor of the Vineyard church in Boulder,Colorado, has written books explaining how Christians canlearn to interpret the alleged revelations they receive throughdreams and visions and the experiences of life. Ryle wasinfluential in the founding of Promise Keepers and was onPK’s board of directors. Promise Keepers’ leader BillMcCartney was a member of Ryle’s church. In his books, Ryledescribes alleged prophecies he received pertaining toMcCartney and his college football team, and it was these“prophecies” which impressed McCartney that Ryle was aman of God. Ryle taught McCartney to believe in his innerurgings and visionary goals, and this was instrumental in his406