Bill Johnson
As pastor of Bethel Church in Redding, CA, Bill Johnson promotes false signs and lying wonders, oversees a school that teaches how to operate in the gifts of the Spirit, peddles dominionist NAR teachings including the belief it is the church’s mission to “bring heaven to earth.”
In a Facebook post for March 3, 2021, Bill Johnson announced the upcoming release of a new 40-day devotional by his wife, Beni, and himself entitled, “Experiencing Jesus Through Communion: A 40-Day Prayer Journey to Unlock the Deeper Power of the Lord's Supper.”
In a Facebook post for March 3, 2021, Bill Johnson announced the upcoming release of a new 40-day devotional by his wife, Beni, and himself entitled, “Experiencing Jesus Through Communion: A 40-Day Prayer Journey to Unlock the Deeper Power of the Lord's Supper.”
This devotional is a follow-up to their book entitled, “The Power of Communion: Accessing Miracles Through the Body and Blood of Jesus,” released on Feb. 20, 2019.
Here are some statements from the book that provide reasons to totally avoid it, and by extension, the devotional as well:
“When I take Communion, I take it as a prophetic act, applying it to any situation that is weighing on my heart. A prophetic act is a Holy Spirit-inspired physical action that disrupts the atmosphere. Sometimes, I’ll feel as though God wants me to do something tangible to activate something that I’m praying into. During those moments, I simply ask the Holy Spirit, ‘What should I do about this?’ Then, I’ll feel prompted to—for example—take my shofar into the prayer house that we have at Bethel or go to a specific place to take Communion. In completing the prophetic act, we are releasing something into the atmosphere that helps the answer to our prayer to break through.” (pgs. 17-18)
“Every time we take Communion, then, we are reminding ourselves that we are Christians—little Christs. When we remind ourselves who we are, we can reveal to the world who He is.” (p.113)
Visualization is taught at Bethel’s Christian School. Beni shares one of the teacher’s stories about the method they use to teach communion to the children. The children write down their sins on paper, and then, “With that paper in their hands, the kids move into a soaking time where Tawny invites them to see Jesus on the cross and ask Him to show them what carrying their sin felt like.” (p.125)
“I think we can learn from the way the Catholic Church honors Communion, teaching the children what it means and making a special event of their first occasion.” (p.132)
Bethel Church’s “Alabaster Prayer House.”