A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

A History of Christian Doctrine
offered to minister prophetically to each graduate. . . .
Dr. Hamon felt God prompting him to lay hands on the
graduates and prophesy the mind of the Lord. He took
time to pray and prophesy over the 7 graduates in
attendance. God truly blessed each one of us with His
word. . . .
The February Prophets Conference will focus on
God’s prophetic ministry today. . . . We will . . . have
times of instruction and activation. Each attendee will
be taught about how to hear and discern God’s voice,
how to relate what you are hearing to others, and how
to receive and relate to personal prophecy from others.
. . . In the afternoons, prophetic presbytery
teams, groups of seasoned prophets, will be ministering
to each registered attendee.
Shepherding
The Shepherding movement was an attempt to place
everyone in a relationship of submission to a personal
shepherd. It originated with the teaching of five men:
Derek Prince, Don Basham, Charles Simpson, Bob
Mumford, and Ern Baxter (of the Latter Rain). In an
effort to bring greater accountability and discipleship to
the Charismatic movement, these men proclaimed that
every Christian should enter into a covenant relationship
with a mentor.
Unfortunately, many such shepherds became quite
authoritative, controlling the major decisions of their disciples.
Many excesses and abuses occurred, which
resulted in the discrediting of the concept. The movement
disbanded, and the leaders acknowledged their errors.
Some renounced the doctrine altogether, while others
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