I also know many Pentecostal pastors who are genuine and sincere men of God, hard workers who make tremendous sacrifices for the kingdom of God. The problem really lies with the excesses of a minority of celebrity pastors, evangelists, musicians and others, and to a deeper extent with the mentality of the majority of those who constitute Pentecostal congregations. There are many who will take issue with what is written in this article, however I offer no apology


1) purpose ;

most pentecoastal churches are open because the owners want to be famous, dictaate what happens and financial benefit

2).FALSE TEACHINGS- church teachers promote a wide variety of false teachings regarding Healing, Health, Prosperity, Demons, Salvation and the Atonement.


3)
.SPIRITUAL PRIDE-Leaders of the WOF REFUSE to dialog with other members of the Body of Christ regarding their teaching. They claim their teachings come by direct revelation knowledge from God and are not subject to human scrutiny.


4)
Don’t Question Me
Pentecostals believe that it is rebellious to question the teachings and practices of authority figures. Pentecostals are taught not to question. Torationalizeis to makerational lies. It is contrary to “faith”. Once I lent a copy of HankHanegraaff’sChristianity in Crisisto a believer, and I would recommend that book to any serious Christian. She latersaidthat the Holy Ghost told her not to read that book. They would vehemently defend their pet preachers- whether they're right or wrong -but scantly contend for the Word of God. How I admire the zeal of the typical Pentecostal but how I wish that same zeal could be redirected to contending for the faith instead of defending theoftenindefensible.
As a result pastors who think they are prophets can proliferate a plethora of false prophesies, and never be branded as false prophets."Don’t touch God’s anointed."Quite frankly, as long as they have stupid people following them to the deathand paying their salary, they could get away with anything. I think it is imperative for some pastors to keep theirpeopleinignorance, so they will always maintain a following. They want to beabig fish inasmall pond, but notasmall fish inabig pond.


5)More Anointing Please!
Have you ever wondered why Pentecostal preachers can’t just say what they have to say without the fanfare and commotion? The answer is that preaching must be done in an anointed manner,or at least perceived to be so. Someone could expound the Word of God eloquently and perspicuously, he would receive economical applause. If he wants to improve the response of the crowd, all he has to do is put a little whimper in his voiceandthrow in a catchy punch line every here and there. A littlerattleand roll on strategic words and phrases would generate an even more rapturous ovation. And if he jumps a little, runs around the stage (as opposed to altar), or climbs onachairwhile preaching, he would just bring the house down.
Pentecostals don’t know the difference between anointing and crowd control. They can’t differentiate between the presence of God and goose bumps. Hence they would always be prey to any preacher who can pull out of his hatallthe slick gimmicks and frantic anticsnecessaryto promulgate himself as a genuine man of God. From my experience, people pay more regard to personalities and celebrities thantothe content of their message. The mere presence of a big named preacher or singer is sufficient to bring the best out of a crowd – and they call the ensuing applause, anointing.

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Because Pentecostals are always seeking the sensational, the most absurd “moves of God” are wrought in their churches. Meetings where peopleroll on the carpet, laugh uncontrollably, and evensqueal like pigs are now being branded as genuine revivals. What once prompted Jesus to cast out adevil(Mark 9:20,26), is now being foisted as a genuine manifestation of God’s Spirit. There are some preachers who, in their honest moments have their misgivings, but just want so badly to believe these things are of God. They can’t afford not to. To do otherwise is to surrender the sensationalism they so avidly crave.
Anyone can fake a few miracles as long as they have therightdisclaimers to bail them outat the right time. So many preachers claim the power to heal, yet so fewgenuinemiracles take place.

They will passionately pray for someone, then ask one-ended questions like “How do you feel now?” What do you expect them to say? “Worse”? Of course they willSAYthey feel better. Then tears of joy will begin to roll down the cheeks of the credulous.
No one has a greater propensity for exaggeration than a Pentecostal preacher. “We had a great time in God’s presence. Thousands of people were healed.”Eventhough only hundreds were present. So where is the evidence of all this healing? People are urged not to go back by doctors to confirm their healing since this would indicate doubt, and they would lose their healing. And what if they do “lose their healing”?"Wellwealready have this covered. Just say they allowed unbelief to enter.” That’s their escape hatch.


.HEDONISM

-Stress is on man-centered happiness versus God-centered holiness. They strive for heaven-on-earth now. This is evident in their teaching regarding money and possessions. All of the leading teachers are billionaires or multimillionaires.

God is the supplier of financial prosperity, health, and victory when the believer uses their faith. holds the concept that God's children should "eat the best, drive the best, and wear the best." Little emphasis on suffering from Christ, the cross, self-denial

I'm a Pentecostalist, i totally agree with ur observations/discoveries.
But one more thing u did not add is, "most Pentecostal members do not know God beyond their pastors or GOs. If fact, many worship their Pastors/GOs rather than GOD HIMSELF.

I'm a Pentecostalist, i totally agree with ur observations/discoveries.
But one more thing u did not add is, "most Pentecostal members do not know God beyond their pastors or GOs". If fact, many worship their Pastors/GOs rather than GOD HIMSELF.

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Follows thread! Anxiously waiting for them to attack the messenger instead of the message!