Dear Rev. Frangipane,
Thank you for your letter to add some facts to our webpages. We did not write the report but imported it from another website. We will be glad to post your letter with this report to clarify your position.
Sincerely,
George & Rita Williams http://www.cephasministry.comAt 10:28 AM 1/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
greetings,
i was informed of your site and the info you have posted. just for the
record, although i have spoken twice at the toronto vineyard, i have never
been part of the laughter movement nor have we imported it to our church.
about the other info you have quoted, the article about God entrusting us to
take our cities is from a local pastor, not me. i'm glad i noticed it,
though. i don't see everything that gets put on our webpage beforehand.
concerning the lighthouses of prayer movement. this is completely unrelated
to the laughter movement. it is well supported by mainstream evangelicals.
it is simply a call to pray for neighbors and it appeals to christians across
the board.
i do believe in seeing the church united, and i believe there are "spiritual
fathers" in cities that are a part of uniting, but i don't believe nor teach
that we should create a governmentis with what you referred to "heavy
shepherding" (not his term), where one person with a "Father gifting"
oversees the other pastors in an apostolic role, and delegates task to them,
while the pastors who place themselves under his authority become the
"overseers" of the citywide church.
i guess what i'm saying is that my stand is on Christlikeness in the church
and that revival, healing communities and authority springs from being
submissive to Christ and His character. i am sorry you have decided to
misrepresent what i believe, but i would be willing to help you update the
truth about this ministry if that is any benefit to you.
thank you for your time,
francis frangipane
>Francis Frangipane's church has been involved in the laughter movement for a
>number of years and has written several books. Lighthouses of Prayer Quote
>from this page: ""God has entrusted us to fill His plans and purposes for
>reaching our cities for Him. He has called, chosen, and commissioned us to
>conquer our city". I see nothing in scripture about conquering cities. Christ
>said his kingdom is not of this world. We are to preach the gospel and
>disciple people. Francis goes on to say - "That's not too far fetched to
>imagine. It's happened in past revivals and it's happening in cities today.
>In Resistencia, Argentina, (population 400,000) Ed Silvoso and his team
>joined forces with many of the pastors, incorporating prayer evangelism of an
>entire city! (Note: This is linked to the laughter/dominionist movement - see
>also http://www.generals.org/).
>Francis Frangipane holds to the view that the churches in a city must be
>united in order for revival to take place (ref: The House of the Lord,
>pp12,180). Sees filling the people with "doctrines instead of Deity" (House,
>pp36,181)as opposing forces rather than accepting the fact that sound
>doctrine points to Jesus Christ. Francis says that "We all want the Lord but
>only the bride will go so far as to seek him and bring him back to the house"
>(pp.46,182). This appears to suggest that there are those who seek God but
>who are not part of the bride. Francis says that if the church is united,
>then the Holy Spirit will actually displace the powers of darkness in the
>cities (pp.51,183). This suggests that it is our work in creating unity that
>causes the Holy Spirit to act rather than the will of God. Francis says that
>we should not look for apostasy anywhere but our own hearts, in contradiction
>to scripture that tells us to test the spirits (pp.83-84,187). he teaches
>that the church has been delegated all the authority that Jesus has - all we
>need to do is return to the same teaching. Scripture says that all authority
>was given to Jesus (Matt 28:18-19), and that we are under the authority of
>Jesus, not equal in authority to him. Francis opposes discernment ministries
>within the churches, comparing them to demons and accusers of the brethren
>(pp.131-134).
>Francis Frangipane also believes that before revival will comes, that the
>church in each city must be structured in a form of what is known as "heavy
>shepherding" (not his term), where one person with a "Father gifting"
>oversees the other pastors in an apostolic role, and delegates task to them,
>while the pastors who place themselves under his authority become the
>"overseers" of the citywide church (Ref: Impact Nations, Influence Cities
>conference, Red Deer Alberta, March 5/97 7:15pm session, Tape 12b).
>Francis Frangipane has been associated with the "Kansas City Prophets".
>http://www.inchristsimage.org/LightHousesOfPrayer_40.asp
>http://www.inchristsimage.org/Home_40.asp
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