Who is todd bentley

In , this young man offered his testimony to a group called Fresh Fire. The next year, they apparently handed the reins of their entire group to this new convert. So when Bentley got hit by his own big scandals yes, plural in , Rick Joyner got involved to restore the troubled evangelist back to leadership.

In fact, he collected favors from a whole bunch of his pals to help with the process, according to his own writeup. Evangelical hucksters just love the concept of restoration.

The word officially means restoring a scandal-riddled leader back to leadership. The flocks never ask about stuff like conflicts of interest or what real-world qualifications these bozos even have to do this. By , Joyner was making noises about Bentley returning to leadership soon.

By , he spoke of that return as being in-process. In reality, though, restoration is just a song-and-dance farce. When scandals knock at their own front doors, they fully expect their friends to play the game for them in turn. Before Todd will be fully released back into ministry, we will ask for a council to endorse this, which will be composed of those who are respected throughout the body of Christ as true elders in the church.

After the scandals, Bentley lost his Fresh Fire job. The original Fresh Fire people seem to have little love for their former Dear Leader. In early , a video interview between Bentley and Joyner indicated they were very much still in cahoots.

Instead, the trouble involved fresh accusations of perversion and immorality against Todd Bentley. This colleague accused Bentley of sexually harassing male and female interns, watching pornography, and being a swinger. This guy is a mess. And worst of all, his old colleague had brought these concerns to none other than Rick Joyner.

Meanwhile, I saw anecdotal evidence suggesting that his income dropped precipitously in the wake of the new scandals. This post on Charisma makes me think so. Its writer asserts that the same stuff that happened in did so again in Sell cars? Start up an OnlyFans? We never got the time to run it, alas, but here it is:. If you try to go to freshfireusa.

The redirect is, for some reason, hilarious to me. Subscribe Member Benefits Give a Gift. Subscribers receive full access to the archives. Trending: Thanksgiving Coronavirus Racism Haiti. Image: Fresh Fire. Bentley did not respond to a request for comment. Current Issue November Subscribe. Read This Issue. Free Newsletters Your daily news briefing from the editors of CT.

Reply on Twitter. Just a year after he was declared unfit for ministry due to accusations of "ungodly and immoral behavior," a Canadian preacher announces his return claiming to have a God-given mandate "focused on the Harvest and the nations. At the same time Jess and I used this time to see healing and incredible restoration in our own lives and marriage. During this awesome season of almost daily personal encounters the Lord spoke to me about my 45th birthday, which took place on January 10, ," he said.

Imagine waiting those six months for your actual birthday to see if something supernatural would happen and when my birthday came, I did pray and received what I believe the Lord spoke to me in faith and I'm ready to walk it out this year," the preacher continued. Bentley further said that he is working on a new podcast which the content will be focused on walking with God.

Just months prior to his angelic encounters, evangelical leaders including, host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program Michael Brown, said Bentley was unfit for ministry. I will also continue to build a new platform for TV and media ministry while taking a few ministry engagements later this spring and summer. As he remains grounded by the pandemic, Bentley said he has been busy with mentoring his 5-year-old daughter. Free CP Newsletters Join over , others to get the top stories curated daily, plus special offers!