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On January 2, 2005, John Macarthur gave a sermon to his congregation in which he described the state of his church. In that sermon John Macarthur stated, “I feel like part of the ministry I must discharge before the Lord and you is a ministry of warning about danger. Our church is not in particular danger from some dominating iniquity. It is not in particular danger from some infiltrating heresy. It is not in danger from some loss of resources financially or human. Everything you can see on the surface looks to be good. And we would have every reason to think we stand, and still be on the brink of a fall.”

John Macarthur said that his church was not in particular danger from infiltrating heresy. This paper will show that a dangerous heresy has infiltrated his church; a heresy known generally as the church growth movement. And this paper will show that this movement, being backed by globalists and being used to fulfill their one-world agenda, is now manipulating GCC into that same agenda.

John Macarthur said that his church is not in danger from some dominating iniquity. This paper will show that John Macarthur, being the dominant figure in his church, by disobeying the doctrine of separation, has allowed men to speak at his church and has allowed men to occupy leadership positions in his church, who, professing to be Christians, are actually dedicated to this one-world agenda.

John Macarthur said that everything you can see on the surface of his church looks to be good. I have been to his church, and I have attended his ministries, and I didn’t have to look beyond the surface to see that everything there is not good. I didn’t have to look beyond the surface of his church in order to see the presence of the Purpose Driven Church (PDC) model or the dialectic sessions employed by that model. Nor did I have to look beyond the surface to see that John Macarthur’s international ministry, a ministry dedicated to “training church leaders worldwide,” is a church growth organization now partnering with foreign governments.

In his “state of the church” sermon, John Macarthur said that GCC could be on the brink of a fall. GCC has gone beyond that brink and has now fallen. GCC is not holy, peculiar, sanctified and set apart, but rather, is a church that has now found common ground with Satanic agents pushing the one-world agenda via the church growth movement.

Allow me, by way of introduction, to say how I became interested in the goings on at GCC. My interest in GCC began in March 2005 when a local pastor invited me to accompany him to the GCC Pastor’s Conference being held that same month. Wanting to get information about the conference, I went to the GCC website where I noticed that Dr. Albert Mohler was to be a keynote speaker. I’d never heard of Dr. Mohler. When curiosity pressed and an internet search ended, I had discovered information about Dr. Mohler that was not in accord with his Christian profession.

I had discovered that Dr. Mohler was a Founding Fellow of the “think tank” of a UN-NGO. I had discovered that a UN-NGO is a non-governmental organization that is listed with the UN and that serves the UN and its one-world agenda. And therefore, I concluded that it must necessarily follow, that Dr. Mohler, being a Founding Fellow of this UN-NGO’s “think tank” which serves the UN and its agenda, must also serve the UN agenda. (It has since been confirmed to me by a colleague of Dr. Mohler’s that all the Fellows of the “think tank” of this UN-NGO are dedicated to the principles of the charter of the UN).

Knowing that the UN agenda is satanic and knowing that this agenda includes the destruction of Biblical Christianity, I wondered why John Macarthur would invite a man dedicated to this agenda into his church and into his pulpit. Was John Macarthur aware of Dr. Mohler’s UN affiliation? (I have since learned that Dr. Mohler holds leadership positions in at least two organizations that serve the UN globalist agenda as NGO’s.)

I proceeded to write a letter to each of the members of the GCC elder board. I warned them all of Dr. Mohler’s associations. I received a reply from elder, Phil Johnson, dated March 23, 2005. Regarding Dr. Mohler’s associations, Mr. Johnson wrote, “We may not agree with all his associations, but nothing in Scripture demands that we separate from a true brother in Christ just because we may disagree with him on where he draws the circle of his own fellowship.” Is this a true statement? Is there nothing in Scripture that demands separation from a professed Christian who is affiliated with satanic evil (the UN)?

Many verses in Scripture demand that Christians separate from evil and 2 Thess. 3:14 demands separation from professed Christians who are disobedient: “And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him that he may be ashamed.” Scripture does demand separation from Dr. Mohler.

Why didn’t the GCC elders seem to be alarmed by Dr. Mohler’s affiliations? Why were they willing to ignore Biblical commands in order to continue a relationship with Dr. Mohler?

Being dissatisfied with the reply I’d received from the GCC elder board, I then decided to make phone calls to several other GCC pastors in order to inform them of Dr. Mohler’s UN connection. Surely, they would all be concerned. I told them all that Dr. Mohler was a Fellow of a UN-NGO. What was their response? The pastors all angrily denied this easily verifiable fact.

I then decided to write letters to about ten more GCC pastors. I expressed to them my concern that Dr. Mohler was a Fellow of a UN-NGO. I received a reply from one pastor, Rick Mclean, responding for all, who, putting himself in the position of God, told me that the information I’d given them regarding Dr. Mohler’s associations “was of no eternal consequence.” This pastor also told me to never contact them again regarding this matter.

In November 2005, a member of GCC agreed to meet me for a discussion. His name was George. I had asked George during a phone conversation if he’d be willing to have a discussion with me concerning some things at GCC that I had found troubling. Two days after agreeing to meet with me, I received an email from George informing me that our meeting couldn’t take place. He told me that after checking with his church’s authorities, those authorities had decided not to allow our meeting to take place. George also informed me that only one man at GCC would meet with me. This was the same pastor who had already written to tell me to never contact them again. The email that George sent me was cc’d or copied to this same pastor and George informed me that any future correspondence I might have with him would also be cc’d to this pastor. The GCC authorities were exercising strict control over this situation. If Dr. Mohler’s UN affiliation was “of no eternal consequence” according to pastors at GCC, then why were they taking such extraordinary measures in order to prevent the exposure of that affiliation? Why were they willing to go to such lengths in order to keep knowledge of that affiliation hidden from their church membership?

George was not allowed to meet me for a discussion in a local coffee shop. In not allowing one Christian to meet another, the GCC authorities had taken authority not given them in the Word of God. In not allowing one Christian to meet another, the GCC authorities were exercising a type of control that is cult-like.

Believing the GCC authority’s behavior to be deceitful, and knowing they didn’t want Dr. Mohler’s UN affiliation exposed, I decided to do just that at their March 2006 Pastor’s Conference. With Dr. Mohler again invited to be a keynote speaker, I stood outside their church and handed out flyers to the arriving pastors.

The flyer was titled “Al Mohler and the United Nations.” The flyer basically contained 2 facts: Al Mohler was a Founding Fellow of the Research Institute (think tank) of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and that the ERLC was a UN-NGO.

How did the GCC officials respond to these flyers being handed out on the public sidewalk outside their church? A GCC pastor, Eric Bancroft, with the head of security in tow, approached me and angrily told me that my flyer contained “all lies”; he then warned me that if I was to set foot on GCC property, I’d be arrested. When I left GCC that evening, some GCC officials followed me and with the head of security present, they photographed my car and wrote down my license plate number.

What began as an effort to warn the saints at GCC about Dr. Mohler’s UN affiliation didn’t end with my threatened arrest. The GCC authorities had tried to keep Dr. Mohler’s UN affiliation hidden from their membership. I couldn’t help but wonder what else they may be hiding. “Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.” So, I decided to take a closer look into their ministries.

GCC has eight subministries listed on their website. Two of these subministries are singles ministries. In looking through these two ministry’s web pages, I began to notice the presence of certain “buzzwords” common to the Purpose Driven Church (PDC) model. I noticed that much of the language used to describe the activities of these ministries was identical to the language used in the PDC model. Being very familiar with both the “buzzwords” and structure of the PDC, I strongly suspected that these two ministries were run on that model. My suspicions were confirmed after I attended both of these ministry’s Friday night “Bible studies.” It was then that I realized that the church growth movement (CGM)/PDC model had infiltrated GCC in at least their two singles ministries.

Knowing that the PDC movement had already spread like wildfire across America’s churches and knowing that once this movement gets a foothold in a church it will spread like cancer throughout the entire church body, I knew that it was my Christian duty to warn the saints at GCC about this real danger within.

In the summer of 2006, I wrote a letter intended for the Christian remnant at GCC in which I warned them of this dangerous church growth infiltration. It was titled “A Wake Up Call to the Saints at Grace Community Church.” While standing on the sidewalk across the street, I handed out copies to the congregants as they left the church. I handed out this letter of warning for three consecutive Sundays.

On the second Sunday, as I handed out the “Wake-up Call,” the police were called. A black and white unit stopped and an officer approached me and told me that they had received a call claiming that I was harassing the congregation. I was handing out my letter to Christians as they left the church. I never harassed anyone and no one had complained to me.

Why were the police called? On that same day, in what could be construed as another act of intimidation, a GCC official approached me and told me that the GCC authorities were considering a lawsuit against me.

Since handing out this letter of warning, I have continued to look into the activities of various ministries at GCC and I have continued to find activity indicating the presence of the church growth movement. For example, I have seen that a GCC ministry called The Master’s Academy International (TMAI), which states that its mission is to “train church leaders worldwide,” is actually a church growth organization that is now partnering with foreign governments. (A goal of the church growth movement is to merge the church into a partnership with business and government. This is called Communitarianism.) Later, I will describe both the leadership and the activities of TMAI in detail.

Grace Community Church (GCC) [www.gracechurch.org], pastored by John Macarthur is being subverted and transformed by the church growth movement (CGM). This paper will give a description of the CGM, how it manifests itself at GCC, and how it has infiltrated GCC.

From Barbara Aho of Watch Unto Prayer

The Transformation

of John Macarthur’s

Grace Community Church

How CHANGE AGENTS

Are Transitioning

GCC into the New World Order

Barbara Aho “Watch Unto Prayer ”

Dear Watchmen,

I have recently posted an expose about the transformation of John

Macarthur’s Grace Community Church by agents of the Church Growth

Movement. This excellent piece of investigative research was authored by

Bob Johnson, who has witnessed first hand the transformational Purpose-

Driven, Church Growth model in operation in the GCC singles’

ministries.

The transformation of Grace Community Church is also being accomplished

from within by change agents in its international ministry, The Master’s

Academy International (TMAI) whose worldwide centers are staffed to

a large extent by graduates of John Macarthur’s The Masters Seminary.

TMAI is a church growth organization whose stated mission is to “train

church leaders worldwide.” TMAI, however, is involved in community transformation worldwide. TMAI also partners with foreign governments, and UN-NGOs. A goal of the church growth movement is to merge churches

into a partnership with business and government.

This “three-legged stool” inspired by TQM guru, Peter Drucker—the

merger of church, business and government—is called Communitarianism.

President Barack Obama is also a Communitarian who has made it known

that his administration will facilitate an alliance of churches with business

and government to establish a New World Order. To this end, President

Obama recently signed an Executive Order establishing the White House

Office for Faith-Based and Community Partnerships.

Few Christians, if any, in Macarthur’s church, seminary or international

ministry know that a fundamental shift is taking place within their respective

ministries to transform them into Communitarian entities that will

merge with the New World Order. Because John Macarthur preaches against

the Purpose Driven and Church Growth Movements, there is widespread

ignorance and denial of the fact that he fellowships with and endorses those

who promote the Purpose Driven movement, that GCC has its own Purpose

Driven ministries and that certain GCC leaders have church growth backgrounds. Another well-hidden fact documented in Bob’s expose is the spiritual lineage of John Macarthur at the highest level of the ecumenical movement. John Macarthur’s father, Dr. Jack Macarthur, belonged to the inner circle of Henrietta Mears which launched Fuller Theological Seminary, the National Association of Evangelicals, the US Center for World Missions, and the global network of apostate Evangelical organizations that are leading multitudes into the One World Religion of the Antichrist.

John Macarthur’s influence extends throughout the Christian community,

for many Christians who are not involved in his ministries do follow

his teachings. Even for those who are not directly influenced through

Macarthur’s church, his various ministries, teachings, books or study bibles,

Bob Johnson’s expose is a “must read,” for it will equip them to understand

the Communitarian agenda and to recognize it’s presence in other

ministries and churches.

There is a wealth of original research in this expose that has never

seen the light of day or been touched upon by other articles or books on

the church growth movement. To our knowledge, no other expose of church

transformation explains the spiritual dynamic of invoking demons, esoterically termed “egregores,” within the cell groups that are the hallmark of the Church Growth Movement and Communitarianism. We appreciate the depth of insight and thoroughness of Bob’s research and believe that all Christians will profit by reading his expose.

From Despatch Magazine, Australia

TO: Bob Johnson, writer of the investigative work “The Transformation of John Macarthur’s Grace Community Church.”

FROM: Endtime Ministries, Despatch Magazine, Australia.

Dear Bob,

Congratulations on the depth and expanse of the critique above, it was

compulsive reading, I could not put it down until I had finished reading it!

It will be a very useful source of much data for years to come. We have been aware of these matters and related stuff for over 25 years, I thought I was unshockable – but your critique has shocked me!!! I knew MacArthur was doctrinally unsound for many years now, but this complete almost

“set-up” by his family (father anyway) since way back is horrifying. It is as though the MacArthur ministries were front ministries designed to deceive fundamental type Christians. It is all a horrible scene, the evangelical/Protestant churches with the Vatican will be used to lead-up the New World Order religious branch, merged with business and government. Good to see the Jewish conspiracy in all this as well – so often overlooked by many investigators.

We have used some of your material in Despatch magazine this issue, and this will direct our readers to your material… We will put the whole

critique on our Website. Thank you for all the work done in the material; it is not wasted effort I can assure you, although so many, many will not read it and will remain stubbornly deceived. May God protect you and yours, and keep us all in His peace -while we work to expose the horrors of the Antichrist system in our midst.

“The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his

wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the

dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.” Psalm 110:5-7.

Yours because of Calvary,

Wendy B. Howard, editor of Despatch magazine.

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Dear Bob,

Greetings to you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We were so touched by your recent e-mail, what a humble fellow you are.

We look up to such excellence of investigative work that you showed in your

expose on the Church Growth Movement, and respect your bravery in

attempting to warn the church of MacArthur, even risking arrest etc…

Laurie Addison, our co-worker, was stunned by your critique, he was very

impressed. Enough of patting you on the back, and down to business…

Wendy B. Howard, editor of Despatch magazine

From Niki Raapana, Founder of the Anti-Communitarian League

Bob,

I didn’t make the connection between you the author of that awesome

article… I get so many thank you letters that I just assumed you were another person writing to thank me for sending them to your article! I’ve got several

of those since I posted it. Now that I see it’s you, I’m honored to

make your aquaintence.

I particularly like and appreciate the way you explain how it all fits

together. Just this line, “TQM is everywhere now in the USA.  It’s TQM

in business, but COPS in policing, and Outcome-based education in

education and school to work and it’s in the churches.” is so

perfectly understandable.

The oldest form of the dialectic I’ve found is in ancient Egypt when

it was called “communitarian-ra” in the Jewish captive communities

where the rabbis controlled everyone. Leading Talmudic scholars define

the Talmud as a dialectic. The rabbi was the faciliatator and the

congregation had to agree with all their decisions, based in

dialectical “reasoning.”  When I finally realized their “arguments”

lasted hundreds of years throughout generations of rabbis it made a

lot more sense that Marx was the son of a long line of rabbis.

Your article is the very best explanation of communitarianism I’ve

seen to date. Thank you.

Niki

James Sundquist, Author of “Who’s Driving The Purpose Driven Church,” Confirms the Presence of the Purpose Driven Model in John Macarthur’s Church Ministries.

On Nov 8, 2008, at 5:41 PM, bob johnson wrote:

James,

It’s been a while since I sent you the pages on Grace Church’s singles ministry’s.  Bob Klenck viewed those pages and said, “Not only is the PD program at Grace, but I can see it is going at full speed.”  What do you say?  Do the pages show to you that the PD movement has infiltrated Grace Church under J Macarthur?

Bob Johnson

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Hi Bob,

Sorry I have not responded sooner.  To answer your question…I do see many transformation philosophies that echo Rick Warren or hybrid it…

Bob Klenck may be right, but I would put it this way, PD movement has infiltrated Grace Church under a different name or disguise…though perhaps only a partial disguise if PDL book was actually used or was only temporarily used…

Hope this helps!

Bessings

James

Response From a Former Grace Community Church Attendee

November 21, 2009 at 9:07 pm

Mike,

I have read Bob Johnson’s paper, and have checked many of his footnoted links. As a former attendee of Grace Community Church for over 3 years, it did not surprise me to learn of his findings. As Bob Johnson wrote, both the Guild & the Foundry were following the Rick Warren model for small groups. I could not find any mistakes in Bob’s paper because it was FACTS based, not mere speculations.

I recently heard the interview Pastor John Coleman did with Bob Johnson, & it found it to be credible & truthful. There was a time when Pastor John, and Bob Klenck dismissed many of Bob Johnson’s claims, but the evidence against John MacArthur and Grace Community Church got so overwhelming, that they had to face the facts that ALL of Bob Johnson’s findings were 100% true. The recent John Coleman (11-26-09) show featured he & Dr. Bob Klenck discussing the slanderous name calling from Phil Johnson of Grace Community Church, & Grace To You. Phil called Pastor John a “crackpot” & Bob Johnson a lunatic. Why? Phil Johnson makes over $190,000.00 a year as the director of Grace To You. I suspect he is trying to protect John MacArthur & his OWN job. Phil Johnson did not refute any FACTS in Bob’s paper because he CAN’T. How can he argue with facts? His ad hominen attacks were pathetic coming from a man of God, but what else did he have to work with? Nothing…

I urge your readers to read Bob Johnson’s paper with an open mind & check out his footnotes. Be an Acts 17 Berean. I am confident they will come to the same conclusion I have that Bob Johnson, Pastor John, & Dr. Klenck are correct about John MacArthur & Grace Community Church.

Sometimes the real truth hurts, but God wants us to see & believe the truth, not an image, idol, or a facade no matter it’s reputation or pedigree. Your open blog is the door to the truth. May it remain open.

Ron

From a Christian in Britain

I have just read your wonderful work entitled “The Transformation of John Macarthur’s Grace Community Church –How Change Agents are Transitioning GCC into the New World Order”, it is a very impressive, important and detailed piece of investigating.  Well done! You are a wise and gifted person.

I believe your incredible essay will greatly help myself and others in understanding what is happening in our modern world.  Thank you so much for posting this on the web.

Communitarianism. Leadership Training, Thought Leadership, Diversity, Sustainability, Paradigm Shift, Change Agents, Team Building , Public- Private Partnerships, the Third Way /Sector, etc,  it is all happening here too, in Britain .

I have recently attended a conference in London with speakers like Brian Gerrish, Anthony Hilder, Christopher Story, plus others.  It is so important that we start untangling this web of wicked hatred that has been, and is being, woven around ordinary, working class people, leading them astray and undermining us all.

Are you a theologian or a minister of some kind?  Have you written other articles or books? If so, I would appreciate details.