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Official Brownsville Response
To Pensacola News Journal Articles

Following is the official response from BrownsvilleA/G Church in Pensacola, FL regarding the Gannett news stories in the PensacolaNews Journal. It is apparent from their response that some of the informationreported by PNJ was innacurate and biased. However, it is also clear thatBrownsville is still disseminating false information of their own. We havehighlighted the responses we feel are disingenuous, if not a continuationof lies and deceit. We would like to remind the leaders of BrownsvilleA/G Church of the verse in 2 Cor. 4:2 'Rather, we have renounced secretand shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the wordof God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commendourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.' When a secularnews organization gets some of its facts wrong or uses deception that shouldnot be a licence for Christians to respond in kind. We are supposed tobe the light and salt of the earth.

NOVEMBER 22, THE RESPONSE
This is the response to NewsJournal and the Associated Press

THEFACTS OF THE BROWNSVILLE REVIVAL

STEVEHILL’S TESTIMONY TRUE AND ACCURATE

CHURCH’S FINANCESCONDUCTED WITH COMPLETE INTEGRITY

REVIVAL’S CLAIMSNOT EXAGGERATED

THE FACTS OF THE BROWNSVILLE REVIVAL

This past week, the Pensacola News Journal ran a five-part seriesalleging serious financial irregularities and fabrications in the BrownsvilleRevival. While we do not know the motivation of the Journal in runningthis series, we are troubled by their misquotes, serious misrepresentationof facts, and misleading innuendoes. In order to present an accurate pictureof the revival, we have provided the following facts, offering correctionsto some of the Journal’s many reporting errors. While we do notclaim that the revival or its leaders are perfect, we are confident thatthe revival and its related ministries have been conducted with completeintegrity and high ethical principles, and we welcome the careful scrutinyof the Christian and non-Christian public. In the interest of the reputationof the gospel and the revival, we present the following information, askingthe reader to remember that this represents only a sampling of the numerouscorrections that could be made. To quote the Journal (November,20, 1997, 18A), 'If you give people information, they can make up theirown minds.'

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• FACT: John Kilpatrick’s salary and housing packagefrom Brownsville Assembly of God is $73,600, plus utilities, health insurance,and retirement contributions. Pastor Kilpatrick would have been moreforthcoming with the Journal regarding personal finances if notfor the accusatory attitude with which he was approached. 1
• FACT: When Reverend David Wilkerson, the founder ofTeen Challenge who has known Steve Hill for more than 20 years, learnedthat the Journal was accusing Steve Hill of being a phony who falsifiedhis testimony, he immediately responded with this letter dated November19, 1997: 'To Whom It May Concern: Steve Hill was a debilitated, stonedaddict when he first surrendered his life to Christ. He became an activeworker with our ministry, helping rescue other addicts and alcoholics.Though many of his old friends had died, he related well to the streetaddicts, having been a drug pusher and having spent time in jail. Stevegraduated from our Bible school in Texas. He has always been diligent andfaithful. His story of deliverance from drug addiction and crime is a truetestimony to the power of the gospel of Christ. One thing I know for sure– Steve Hill is not a phony!'
• FACT: Although Pastor Kilpatrick’s non-profit corporation,Feast of Fire Ministries, received $798,000 in book sales, royalties (whichare payable to the ministry, not directly to Pastor Kilpatrick), and honorariumsthrough October 9 of this year, by the directive of the Feast of Fire board,he will not receive more than $100,000 in annual income from that ministry.
• FACT: Pastor Kilpatrick does not and has never owneda Rolex watch, contrary to the Journal’s claims. The diamond ringhe wears cost $382 and was purchased for him by his wife Brenda as a giftfor their 29^th anniversary.
• FACT: Rather than the church becoming rich throughthe revival or hoarding its resources and neglecting missions, as suggestedby the Journal, it has expended itself sacrificially in order tohost the revival and its guests – including missionaries, struggling pastors,and lost sinners – from around the world. 2 The churchstaff has expanded from 23 to 110; custodial supplies have gone from $600a month to $3500 or more monthly; security, which in the past was unnecessary,now amounts to more than $19,000 monthly – all to watch over the cars andproperty of those attending the revival. Whereas before the revival, therewas no need for paid nursery workers during the week, the nursery workerbudget averages $10,000-12,000 a month – all to take care of the babiesand small children of the guests of the revival. Such expenses could bemultiplied almost ad infinitum (e.g., just cleaning the church carpetsnow amounts to $4,500 monthly), but this sampling is sufficient to indicatethe enormous cost involved in hosting this revival, a huge missions projectin itself.
• FACT: Neither the church nor any of the ministrieswere approached by the Journal to supply detailed financial informationbefore last month, although the Journal states that it was investigatingthe revival for the past four and a half months. Facts and figures thatpresented a positive picture of the church’s benevolent giving were eitheroverlooked or downplayed by the Journal.
• FACT: Because Pastor Kilpatrick does not fly, Feastof Fire Ministries purchased a 1994 coach (with a Detroit Diesel enginecapable of running one million miles) in which he travels and works whilespeaking across the country. This coach cannot be used for any personaltravel or recreation, and it has already saved approximately $40,000 inairfare since its purchase. Should the ministry cease to exist for anyreason, this coach, along with all other assets of Feast of Fire Ministries,will be given to the church, not Pastor Kilpatrick or his family.
• FACT: After living in the same house for 14 years,Pastor Kilpatrick moved to Alabama for privacy’s sake. He would have stayedin his present home if not for recurring invasions of his privacy. Hisnew house, which should cost approximately $270,000 upon completion, isbeing financed on the basis of his church and outside ministry salary,and not a dime of the construction cost is being funded through thenightly revival offerings. 3 Note also that the squarefootage of heated and air-conditioned living space in his new home totals3543 square feet, not the 5557 square feet reported in the Journal,and contrary to any impression that may have been given to the readers,Pastor Kilpatrick does not simultaneously own three houses.
• FACT: Although offerings are received in the fiveweekly services in Brownsville, there is not a suggested nightly donation,as repeatedly claimed by the Journal. The only exception has comeduring the Friday night missions offering, when it has sometimes been suggestedthat those who can contribute $100 to Together in the Harvest’s missionsprojects would consider doing so (although this practice has recently beendiscontinued). Those visiting the services know that very little emphasisis put on money each week, and revival attendees are instructed not toput their tithes, which belong in their home church, in the revival offerings.
• FACT: Brownsville Assembly of God has never once madea financial appeal during eleven years of weekly TV broadcasting. Thisis because fund-raising has never been the church’s goal. Earlier thisyear, the revival was offered free air time on national Christian TV, witha personal 800 number to be supplied as well, but this offer was refusedby the leaders despite the fact that it could have generated millions ofdollars in income.
• FACT: At no time did Steve Hill falsify his testimony,nor did he ever admit to such a claim. In point of fact, there are numerouswitnesses (including Steve’s own mother and family members) who have corroboratedthe details of his life story and conversion. However, the Journalchose not to print any of the evidence presented to them, including writtencorroborating testimony from the man who broke into the Madison, Alabamapharmacy with Steve.
• FACT: Stone Cold Heart is a 56 page mini-book containinga synopsis of 25 years of Steve Hill’s life and is, quite obviously, notintended to be exhaustive. The only 'fictionalizing' of any kind in thebook is that the names of some characters have been changed to protecttheir identity and safeguard them from unwarranted intrusion and embarrassmentregarding the life they left behind over 20 years ago. This, of course,is commonly done in biographical writing, and all details of the book arecompletely true and accurate.
• FACT: Contrary to the implication of the Journal,Steve Hill never claimed to have been arrested 13 times in Huntsville,Alabama from 1972-1975 but rather said that he was arrested a total of13 times in different parts of the United States during those years. Someof these arrests were with companions who have testified to the validityof the accounts as given by Steve, but the Journal did not contactthese sources. It should also be noted that Federal Law ordered the destructionof arrest records for various minor offenses for those born before 1955,a fact which the Journal also ignored.
• FACT: Although the Journal claimed that SteveHill did not sponsor a table at the Teen Challenge meeting in Pensacolathis year, in point of fact, he sent $1000 to the meeting (the equivalentof sponsoring eight tables), and contributes $1000 a month to the localTeen Challenge branch.
• FACT: As of November 18, 1997, Together in the Harvest’syear-to-date contributions to Teen Challenge world wide amounted to $80,021(and are verified by receipts received from Teen Challenge), while additionalforeign missions contributions came to $203,656 and home missions and benevolencetotaled an additional $320,000, making a grand total of charitable contributionsof more than $600,000, equaling more than 25% of Together in the Harvest’sgross income. The reason some of this data is not individually broken downand categorized on the IRS return is that Together in the Harvest’s bookkeepergroups much of it together under charitable giving, although Together inthe Harvest’s financial records do, of course, detail each and every oneof these charitable and missions transactions.
• FACT: Steve Hill immediately gave the Journala complete financial disclosure on October 4, 1997. A breakdown of hisfinances for the last twelve months indicates that his ministry’s charitablegiving came to more than six times the amount of his personal salary package,a fact not noted by the Journal. (His wife Jeri does not receiveany salary from the ministry, contrary to the implication of the Journal.)
• FACT: Steve Hill offered to fly the Journal’scorrespondents to his various missions projects anywhere in the world fortheir personal inspection, but they declined the offer. The one orphanagein Argentina contacted by the Journal was aided by Steve’s ministrywhen it was founded but has long since become funded by the government.
• FACT: Alleged discrepancies between the IRS filingsand Steve’s financial disclosure are simply due to the fact that the IRSfigures are for the calendar year of 1996 (with charitable giving totaling$298,085), while his disclosure to the Journal was for August, 1996to August, 1997 (with charitable giving totaling $639,384). The Journal’spresentation of these two reports side by side, without any clarification,was highly misleading.
• FACT: Those responding to the altar calls in the revivalare urged to destroy any pornographic magazines or videos they own, toflush their alcoholic beverages or illicit drugs down the toilet, and tothrow out articles of jewelry or memorabilia they were given during adulterousor sinful relationships. They are not told to turn such items into thechurch, as implied by the Journal, and the few articles of jewelrythat have been turned in will be sold and the funds put into the churchbuilding fund. 4
• FACT: Before the revival, the Brownsville Assemblyof God gave approximately 12% of its income to missions and benevolence.Since the outbreak of the revival, the church has continued to keep itsprevious missions commitments but has added a weekly missions offeringtaken up for Together in the Harvest. (After this missions offering iscounted, it is regularly supplemented by Brownsville.) Thus, when the fundsgiven to Together in the Harvest are included, the church gave almost 18%to outreach and missions in 1996 ($1,179,926 out of $6,563,783).
• FACT: The Journal frequently lifted quotescompletely out of context in order to give a false impression to the readers.To give just one example out of many, Pastor Carey Robertson is quotedas saying, 'If you wonder where the money is going, then don’t give. .. . Once it becomes a gift, it is ours to use. It is nobody’s businesshow we use it.' In context, he was explaining to the Journal’s correspondentsthat, whereas a member of Brownsville has the right to examine the church’sfinancial books, the fact that a visitor puts $25 in the offering doesnot therefore give him the right to examine the church’s financial records.Also, as is the universal custom in churches around the nation, when undesignatedfunds are put into an offering, it is up to the discretion of the churchto expend those funds responsibly, whether it be to pay nursery workersor buy bathroom supplies. This was also part of Pastor Robertson’s intent.5Unfortunately,it does not appear that theJournal’s intent was to present a fulland clear picture, but rather to give the appearance of a scandal. Similarexamples of other misquotes or quotes taken completely out of context couldbe multiplied, and numerous sources quoted by theJournal, includingthose involved with the revival and those unrelated to the revival, haveexpressed to us their outrage, shock, and dismay at the misrepresentationof their words in theJournal.
• FACT: At no time did any of the revival ministriesknowingly violate the relevant state tax laws, as inferred by the Journal.To the contrary, in spite of extensive investigation by accountants andlegal representatives for the ministries, the Department of Revenue ofthe State of Florida gave varying responses as to the necessity of collectingsales tax on ministry items sold within the church. As soon as a definitiveruling was passed on to each of the ministries, they immediately took stepsto begin collecting and paying the appropriate sales taxes and will payall taxes retroactively due.
• FACT: Not one of the Brownsville revival leaders hasreceived any financial remuneration from Awake America for participatingin these national conferences, although it would have been completely appropriatefor them to have done so. However, because the cost of holding these rallieshas been astronomical, the leaders agreed to receive no honorariums fromAwake America. While ministry books and tapes have been sold at these eventsand travel expenses have been reimbursed, no honorariums from Awake Americahave been taken by any of the leaders.
• FACT: Since the revival began in the Brownsville Assemblyof God, less than 150 previous members have cancelled or moved their membership,while 1530 new members have been added. Of those members who were in thechurch for 25 or more years, none of them have left because of the revival,and only 4 officials out of 27 have left the church since the revival began.Simplystated, there has not been a mass exodus of members, contrary to allegationsmade by anonymous former members in theJournal. 6
• FACT: Dr. Michael L. Brown immediately provided theJournalwith his salary and benefits package when asked to do so on October 24th(they were informed that it totaled well under $100,000). Contrary to theJournal’sclaim that he would not provide a financial statement, his office madeextensive efforts to supply all information requested, but the Journalwent to press shortly before the financial reports were reviewed by accountantsand approved as accurate for release. To date, he has received no salaryfrom the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry, although he serves asthe school’s President and as a faculty member, and all royalties fromany of his nine books are paid directly to ICN Ministries and do not accruepersonally to him.
• FACT: In spite of the fact that the tuition costsfor the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry are among the lowest nationallyand its operating budget negligible (the figure of $604,500 given by theJournalreferred to the school’s total income, not profit!), the school also granted$65,000 in scholarships to needy students. As for the student body, 170of the school’s 510 students are 25 or older (including 81 who are 30 orolder), while 66 have already earned college or graduate degrees. Approximately140 students were saved through the revival, while 118 testify to beingset free from life-controlling addictions.
• FACT: Of the four non-profit corporations allegedlyformed since the revival began, two of them (viz., Together in the Harvestand ICN) were already operating as international ministries prior to thebeginning of the revival. The other two (viz., MMI and Feast of Fire) wereformed so that profits from sales of books and tapes would not accrue exclusivelyto the individual authors or song writers but rather would also benefita non-profit corporation for further ministry purposes. All four ofthese ministries are in the process of filing with the Evangelical Councilfor Financial Accountability and had ordered applications months beforethe Journal began its investigation. 7
• FACT: The revival has been subject to careful theologicalscrutiny, and its soundness has been recognized by biblical scholars andtheologians from leading universities and seminaries. 8Infact, Professor Vinson Synan, a leading Pentecostal historian and the Deanof the Regent University School of Divinity, has called it 'the largestlocal church revival in the history of America,' writing that, 'Brownsville,with its emphasis on conversion and people weeping over conviction of sin,seems to be a revival in the long tradition of American native revivalsdating back to the preaching of Jonathan Edwards. There’s heavy preachingon sin, repentance, conversion, and holiness. And there’s a lot more weepingand wailing over sin than there are the so-called exotic manifestations.'9
• FACT: At no time did the Journal raise theissue of so-called doctrinal improprieties or unusual manifestations toany of the revival leaders, nor were any of the leaders asked to respondto such questions, with the exception of one peripheral question put toPastor Kilpatrick by one reporter (although his response was not printed).Thus, the Journal chose to give the general public no opportunityto hear a sound, biblical refutation of the charges raised, although itcan easily be demonstrated that the emphasis of the revival conforms completelyto biblical and historic norms. 10
• FACT: Of the pastors and teachers cited in criticismof the revival, some of them (e.g., Mr. Al Dager) have never attended asingle meeting in the revival, while another, Mr. Matt Costella, is a seminarystudent, as opposed to being a recognized authority, biblical scholar,or theologian. For an exhaustive refutation of recent theological anddoctrinal criticisms of the revival, the interested reader may consultDr. Michael L. Brown’s recent volume, Let No One Deceive You: Confrontingthe Critics of Revival. 11
• FACT: We first learned about the reduction in juvenilecrime in Escambia County from the Journal itself! On January 3,1997, the Journal ran a front page article compiled by staff writerGinny Graybiel, proudly announcing that, whereas juvenile crime over theprevious fiscal year had risen state-wide by 1%, it dropped by 13% in EscambiaCounty, the first county-wide drop in five years. Now theJournalclaims that the juvenile crime rate rose, the exact opposite of its earlier,detailed report.
• FACT: Mr. Nathan Epps from the Bureau of Data andResearch for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, provided revivalleaders with the following crime statistics, drawn from 700 pages of information:The 1993-94 juvenile crime rate in Escambia County rose 5.15%; in1994-95 it rose 17.43%; in 1995-96 it dropped 12.8%; in 1996-97it dropped an additional 4.53%. Furthermore, using Apopka County,Florida as a point of random comparison, it can be seen that the juvenilecrime rate in Apopka rose by .22% in 1995-96 and in 1996-97 dropped by.74%. When one considers that attendance throughout Escambia County atSee You At the Pole, the early morning, student prayer gathering held inSeptember of each year rose from less than 500 in 1995 to more than 2100in 1996 and 1997, such juvenile crime reduction statistics are no surprise.
• FACT: According to a broadcast aired by Ch. 3 Newson September 23, 1997, the overall crime rate in Escambia County droppedby 16% in the first six months of 1997 as compared with the same periodin 1996.
• FACT: When Rev. Ken Landon, a counselor at the WaterfrontRescue Mission and New Hope Homes in Gulf Breeze, learned that some sourceswere questioning the impact of the revival on local drug addicts and alcoholics,he informed us that his own mission alone had baptized more than 120 ofits clients in the revival over the last year – including former crackaddicts, alcoholics, repeat offenders, homeless people, violent bikers,and abused women – and less than 10 of those 120 have fallen away.
• FACT: Our primary source for the positive economicimpact that the revival has had on the community was the glowing articlepublished by the Journal on Father’s Day, 1997, and it was the Journalarticle that we sometimes cited for this information. Now the Journalclaims that the revival has been more of an economic drain. Moreover, theJournalchose to ignore data pointing to the positive impact the revival has hadon real estate transactions.
• FACT: On July 11, 1997, the Journal printeda special, 40 page mini-paper on the revival, paid forby areabusinesses, and filled with ads from local hotels, restaurants, andvendors. 50,000 copies of this mini-paper were produced by the Journaland were then given to Brownsville with the express request that they behanded out to revival attendees waiting on line. In fact, in that report(p. 19), the Journal quoted Sheriff Jim Lowman as seeing the revivalas 'nothing but a positive influence in the community,' adding, 'I justwish people who are going to break the law would go to the church serviceinstead.'
• FACT: According to the Journal’s own reportingin the just cited special 40 page report (p. 19), 'Although the revivalhas critics who describe uninhibited religious demonstrations as ‘massmanipulation,’ the loudest complaints come from area businesses lamentingthe loss of customers when the revival has taken a break for a few days.'
• FACT: Rather than relocating to a more upscale neighborhood,Brownsville Assembly of God chose many years ago to remain in the Brownsvillearea. At present, it is investing considerable time and resources to reachout to the Brownsville neighborhood in a tangible and loving way. (Contraryto the Journal’s claims, this service was begun by Brownsville membersand is financed by the church.) For example, in the last six months, everyhome in the community north of Cervantes St.--Mobile Hwy. received a personalvisit from Brownsville workers (although some were not at home at the timeof the initial visit), and benevolence extended to various families includedfood, clothing, house repairs, and cutting grass. Moreover, every individualreached was given a ticket enabling them to attend the revival withouthaving to wait in line. 12
• FACT: All real estate purchased by the BrownsvilleAssembly of God in the local community has been purchased at a price abovethe appraised value in order to insure that no one would feel that thechurch was taking advantage of them. In fact, the cost of buying propertiessurrounding the church has escalated drastically, to the direct benefitof the local property owners.
• FACT: Steve Hill’s statement that Jesus was crucifiednaked – thereby experiencing humiliation on our behalf – is supported byScripture (see, e.g., John 19:23-25), reflects the Roman custom of theday (according to the Jewish scholar, S. T. Lachs, 'The condemned werecrucified naked, and the executioners were allowed to divide their clothingand property among them'), is attested to by the second-century ChurchFather Melito of Sardis ('The Master has been treated in unseemly fashion,his body naked, and not even deemed worthy of a covering that [his nakedness]might not be seen'), and represents the majority view of scholars. Thus,Steve is completely correct in stating that 'most theologians believe thatJesus was crucified naked.' Even the beloved commentator Matthew Henrydrew attention to, 'The shame they put upon our Lord Jesus, in strippinghim of his garments before they crucified him. The shame of nakedness camein with sin. He therefore who was made sin for us bore that shame, to rollaway our reproach. He was stripped, that we might be clothed with whiteraiment (Rev. 3:18), and that when we are unclothed we may not be foundnaked.' It should be noted, however, that Steve’s preaching emphasisis on the fact that Jesus died for our sins and rose from the dead, noton the fact that He was crucified naked. 13It isthe critics who majored on that.
• FACT: While sexual sin is explicitly preached againstin the revival – following the example of Scripture (see, e.g, Prov. 5:1-32;7:1-27; Matt. 5:27-30; Eph. 5:1-6) – there is no sexual fixation of anykind in the meetings, as unfortunately stated in the Journal.Rather,the emphasis is on holiness. Anyone questioning this can readily view orlisten to hundreds of hours of preaching and teaching in the revival servicesas recorded on video or audio tape. 14
• FACT: The ministry practices of Brownsville are consistentlymisrepresented. To cite just two examples, prayer team members use thename of Jesus every night (as opposed to the Journal’s odd allegationthat they are forbidden to pray in Jesus’ name), while these lay workersare specifically instructed not to call out, 'Fire! Fire!' whilepraying, although the Journal stated the exact opposite. 15
• FACT: While we recognize that Christians hold to manyvaried views concerning divine healing, and while we have not made physicalhealing a major emphasis in the revival, 16on numerousoccasions revival attendees have publicly testified to being miraculouslyhealed by God during the meetings, sometimes holding x-rays and other medicaldocumentation to verify their stories. While we are aware that many godlyChristians remain sick or disabled, never receiving physical healing inthis life, we rejoice with those people – Christian and non-Christian alike– who have been healed, and we hope that others too would also rejoiceon their behalf.
• FACT: Although the Journal strongly suggestedthat Steve Hill secretly planned on sparking a long-term revival when hecame to speak in Brownsville in June, 1995, he was actually scheduled tohold major rallies in Belarus in the former Soviet Union later that monthand had gone through considerable effort in planning and promoting thoserallies. Because of the spontaneous outbreak of the revival, he was ultimatelyforced to cancel the Belarus meetings, although two of his staff memberswere already there preparing for the rallies and expecting his imminentarrival. 17
• FACT: The Journal’s version of the events leadingup to the revival is riddled with inaccuracies and misstatements.Forexample,the practitioners of so-called holy laughter who were at Brownsville aboutone year prior to the revival were expelled from the church by Pastor Kilpatrickfor disorderly and disruptive behavior after he expressly forbade themfrom praying over any of the Brownsville congregants.18Moreover,the group that was expelled was not part of Rodney Howard-Browne’s ministry.(To date, Howard-Browne has never visited the revival. 19)Even Steve Hill’s quote, 'Now if someone falls next to you, work withme, OK? Just work with me,'20indicates that nothingwas pre-planned, since there were no 'catchers' waiting for people to fall,and Steve was saying, 'Please help catch the person next to you if theyfall under the power of God!'
• FACT: The heaven-sent nature of the revival isattested to by more than 1200 Brownsville congregants who were there onFather’s Day, 1995 and by multiplied tens of thousands who have attendedthe meetings since.21Not one single aspectof the revival was planned out in advance, nor could any facet of a revivalof this magnitude possibly have been orchestrated or staged. All creditfor the revival must go to God, who graciously answered more than two yearsof corporate prayer for revival by the members of Brownsville Assemblyof God.
• FACT: While it is undoubtedly true that in the revival,just as in every local church, some of the converts have fallen away, wehave countless hundreds of testimonies on file from the local area andaround the world coming from pastors, church members, and families of convertedsinners, attesting to the radical changes that have taken place in theircongregations or individual lives through the revival. We give all theglory to the Lord Jesus and believe that the best is yet to come. Itis time for revival to spread throughout the land! 22

Here is our response to the Brownsville response tothe PNJ articles. You can view them as dynamic links from the statementsabove by clicking on the underlined number.

1 - Church leaders should ALWAYSbe forthcoming with the public on financial matters, 'accusatory' or not.This has not been a characteristic of some A/G churches and should be.They should also be giving regular detailed financial reports to theirmembership, as do most upstanding Christian denominations.

2 - When a church likeBrownsville is taking in as much money as it is from non-members, it shouldnot complain about increased costs of running meetings and facilities.It smells like an excuse to try to draw attention away from the fact thatthey are raking in millions of dollars every year and not having to accountfor what they are doing with it to anyone outside thier church board.

3 - This cannot be true, since Kilpatrick's salarycomes from the church, so one hand feeds the other. The fact of the matteris that Kilpatrick would not have been able to build a nice new big housewithout the 'revival' he told his church they were going to have 'or else'.

4 - So they are, in fact, taking jewelry that theytold people to get rid of and somehow ended up in their possession, andconsequently selling the items to bring in more money for the church. Thisis exactly what PNJ said in the first place.

5 - Again, church finances should be open and honestto all, especially when they are making money under a non-profit status.The fact that they are still not members of the ECFA should tell peoplethat they have something to hide. When the world thinks the Christian churchhas something to hide, the truth is brought into disrepute and the gospelmessage preached in vain. These 'revivals', as well as many televisionevangelist organizations, are lining their pockets at the expense of thesaving gospel message. Paul warned Timothy of these men when he said: 'Ifanyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instructionof our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is conceited and understandsnothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels aboutwords that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions andconstant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed ofthe truth and who think that godliness is A MEANS TO FINANCIAL GAIN.' (1Tim. 6:3-5)

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6 - At the beginning of the 'revival' when most ofthe 'less than 150 previous members' left, it could well have been categorizedas a 'mass exodus' taking into account the number of people in membershipat that time. We also understand that this number included church leadershipas well.

7 - This seems like a 'day late and a dollar short'.The 'revival' has supposedly been going on since Father's Day 1995. Whycouldn't they have filed with the ECFA during the two and a half yearswhen they began to see large sums of money floating around? But the realquestion is, with a fair sized church like Brownsville A/G, why didn'tthey file with the ECFA years earlier? Will they do a 'CNN/Benny Hinn'later and fail to file with ECFA? Let's watch and see!

8 - Conveniently missing here is any mention of countless'biblical scholars and theologians' from virtually every denomination andwalk of life that have written piles of articles and made many statementsto the fact that the Brownsville 'Revival' is a counterfeit revival thatis continuing to foster a false anointing handed down from the Toronto'Blessing', Rodney Howard-Browne, Benny Hinn and many other widely recognizedfalse teachers.

9 - Preaching of the whole gospel, especially includingthe elements of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and our justificationby his death and blood alone which paid the death penalty of sin that welive under, is rarely heard. Steve Hill's 'gospel' is a 'repent, say 'Jesus,Jesus, Jesus', and come running to the 'Mercy Seat' to receive the 'anointing'.This is not the classic gospel message of Scripture and therefore cannotsave those who beleive it. Also, if you have ever watched a full servicefrom Brownsville A/G (not recommended for the squeemish) you will see clearlythat, along with some weeping, there are PLENTY of weird manifestationsas well as weird noises. Jonathan Edwards would have been appalled at whathe saw at Brownsville A/G today!

10 - It is not the job of a secular newpaper tobring up theological issues, nor are they qualified to discuss them. However,to say that it 'can easily be demonstrated that the emphasis of the revivalconforms completely to biblical and historic norms' regarding the bizzareand unbiblical 'manifestations' rather demonstrates wishful thinking onthe part of Brownsville leadership. If they ever were willing to even listento what orthodox Christianity is saying about their 'revival' or enterany real public debate on the theological issues, instead of heaping cursesand insults on anyone who disagrees with them, they would find out thatthey are the one who are out of touch with Biblical principles by a longshot!

11 - And to put this article in its proper light,you might want to read an article called 'Accusers of the Brethren or GoodBereans?' by Debra Bouey at http://www.geocities.com/Bob_Hunter/accusers1.htmThisarticle details the many, many slanderous accustations made by Brown inhis booklet against ANYONE who disagrees with what Brownsville is doing.Brown does this in the face of the Scriptural mandate by Paul to be 'goodBereans' as well as test the spirits. This article also includes the samekinds of slanderous and lying accusation by Steve Hill from his gem ofa book 'The God Mockers'.

12 - I think this statement kind of says it all.Does the word 'circus' come to mind? Has Christianity degenerated intohaving to sell tickets to worship together as Christians? This is anothergood example of why I am telling people not to go to these big circus eventsanymore. Stay in your home community and church and do evangelistic outreachthere; witness to your neighbors and provide for the hurting and the misfortunate.There is no need to travel to some 'revival' and get a jolt from the layingon of hands. If you are a Christian you already have the Holy Spirit indwelling,and as you continue to be repentant and remain humble, serving the Lord,he will bring 'times of refreshing'.

13 - The fact is, Steve Hill rarely mentions thedeath and resurrection of Christ in his 'gospel' message. Why is it thatmodern preachers in these 'revivals' must find more and more sensationalisticways to present the 'gospel'? Is it because they do not realize that thepower is not in the 'slain in the spirit' experience or the 'signs andwonders' but that 'the GOSPEL ... is the POWER of God for the salvationof everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.'

14 - The true emphasis is on sensual experientialspirituality, as evidenced by watching hours of video tape from BrownsvilleA/G that they produced. Comparisons to Hindu kundalini rituals, whirlingdervishes, Rajneeshees, and other occult groups are readily apparent. Thistype of activity eventually leads to all kinds of fleshly sin problems,one of which is sexual fixation. This has been evidenced over and overagain in churches and by leaders who make subjective experiences the yardstickby which they live their life and formulate their doctrine.

15 - Why then does Steve Hill call out 'Fire, Fire'when he is laying hands on people? Yes, the name is Jesus is used, thatis true. The fact is, it is used just like a mantra, repeated over andover again until people get mind-numbed enough to accept the 'impartation'.Other words are also used such as 'holy ... more ... worthy ... Holy Ghost'etc., in the same manner. Even the music is repeated endlessly.

16 - They say they have not made it an emphasisthen in the next sentence they say 'on numerous occasions'. It is hardto imagine that a meeting goes by without some 'miraculous' healing testimony.This statement is simply untrue.

17 - This statement is a clever way to get people'seyes off the truth. The truth still remains that Steve Hill manipulatedthe 'revival' from the outset, just like the Toronto 'Blessing' meetingsare carefully crafted where Hill got his 'impartation'. With a lot of manipulationand pleading from the stage, Steve Hill managed to get some people to comeforward and receive the 'impartation' he was offering, even though it wasclearly evident from the video tape the many people in the church weresomewhat suspicious of what this traveling evangelist was bringing to theirchurch. It wasn't long before Steve Hill 'took out' the head pastor, wholay on the floor for four hours, and was free to lay hands on whomeverhe wanted in the church. This is what the video of the first day of the'Brownsville Revival' shows.

18 - Why did he not expel his wife and Steve Hill,because they got their 'impartation' directly from the Toronto 'Blessing'.This ruse that Brownsville has nothing to do with the Toronto 'Blessing',when the Arnotts from Toronto have visited Brownsville on many occasions,is really getting ridiculous. Brownsville has invited leaders from Word-Faith,Toronto 'Blessing', Kansas City Prophets, Rhema, and others to their meetings,as well as sent their leaders to attend meetings and conferences togetherwith these other groups. You don't invite people to stand up and preachor testify in your church unless you agree with them.

19 - This may be true, but Randy Clark has and hewas given the 'impartation' directly from Rodney Howard-Browne and Clarkpassed it to John Arnott of the Toronto 'Blessing'; who in turn passedit to Sandy Millar of Holy Trinity Brompton, who in turn passed it to SteveHill.

20 - I believe that this is close to what he wassaying to John Kilpatrick on the first day of the 'revival' before Kilpatrickreceived the 'impartation'. What I think was actually said, as far as Ican tell from the copy of the video tape I have is 'I'm working here.'The implication I got was that Hill knew Kilpatrick had not received the'impartation' yet and did not want him touching people on the foreheadswith him because it might inhibit the 'anointing'. Watch the tape for yourselfand decide.

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21 - Again, not mentioned here are those who didnot see it that way at all, including many who have viewed the tape butwere not in attandance. There was no 'rushing wind' as testified to byKilpatrick. There were no 'thousand' people at the 'altar' but rather afew hundred. If this was a 'move of God' then God has chosen to ignoreHis Word and His testimony because true revival has never started thisway -- the way of the Third Wave.

22 - God is sovereign. He brings revival when andwhere He will. It does not start with wierd unbiblical 'manifestations'and 'impartations'. The Bible is clear on how revival starts, and has alwaysstarted: 'REPENT, then, and TURN TO GOD, so that your sins may be wipedout, that TIMES OF REFRESHING may come from the Lord ...' (Ac 3:19) JohnKilpatrick prophesied: 'I want to close by giving ten proclamationsabout how things are going to be. Mr. Hanegraaff, AND ALL OTHER DEVILS,listen up. Number 1: This revival - I'm making a proclamation. I'm speakingthis not just to you, friends, to impress you, but I'm saying this as aman of God from behind this holy desk in this holy environment of a greatoutpouring of the Holy Spirit. And I'm not saying this to you, but I'msaying this for the ears of God. And here's what I'm saying. This revivalshall not diminish and this REVIVAL shall turn into a national AWAKENING.'(John Kilpatrick, BAG, 'Prophesy Against Hank Hanegraaff',April 6, 1997) It seems that Kilpatrick got the cart before the horse.My Bible says that times of refreshing (revival) can only come as a resultof repentance (awakening). Is this 'revival' then truly orchestrated ofGod, since God has said in His Word that revival can only come about asa result of repentance?

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Endnotes © Sandy Simpson, 1997