Talk:Toronto Blessing
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[edit] John and Carol Arnot link
The link is to one John Arnot who lived during the latter part of the 19th century. My guess is that this is not the current pastor of TACF. Could someone provide the correct link. Gracias!Jlujan69 00:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Alright, how come my signature doesn't show when I type in four tildes?Jlujan69 00:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Aha! I see what happened. I somehow was not logged in before commenting. Hmm.Jlujan69 00:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
The link for John Arnot on this page is indeed incorrect. I have no information about John Arnott who is the Pastor of this 'church'. I have however been heavily involved with a church in Scotland that was very much influenced by the Toronto Airport Fellowship and I firmly believe that its teachings and practices are so far removed from mainstream Christianity that it qualifies as a cult rather than church. This view is also held by several Christian theologians.
[edit] Bath, England
I have lived here all my life and have never known the city to be famous for revival of the toronto blessings. any comments? 86.134.216.101 17:05, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
I don't really know anything about this subject but this article seems really sloppt, almost to the point of being unreadable. It could use an edit.
24.81.247.235 00:28, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Both John Arnott and Benny Hinn have admitted to being influenced by Kathryn Kuhlman who was a charasmatic pentecostalist in the 50 and 60s. Benny Hinn has said that he actually recieves an annoiting from her bones in her grave. John Arnott's church Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship has a website that sells loads of stuff like special prayer mats, relaxation cds and aromatic oils. If this church is emailed and asked to explain why they do certain practices like 'soaking in the spirit' and so on there will never be any reply. Other churches that follow the lead from TACF will not reply either. This may be a condition of the cult or more than likely because there is no biblical basis whatsoever for what is taught and practised in this movement. I noticed that my critisms about the TACF have been recently removed by the user who praised that church. Please explain why? Everything I wrote was true. In brief, if you want to follow the teachings of John Arnott then do so, however it has to be accepted that these beliefs are not consistent with christian doctrines that have been helf for the last 2 thousand years. Sorry if you dont like.
[edit] Neutrality?
I just stumbled on this article looking for information, and it seems rather biased to me. Quotes such as the following, for instance, aren't really helpful:
(It's a fact that Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship is not a church but a fellowship run by a family owned benevolent dictator Pastor John Arnott who has his wife Carol on the five man board along with his right hand man Pastor Steve Long to ensure that they have the monopoly and control. Yes it's not a democratic run nonprofit organization or a church owned and run by members. If John Arnott had any integrity he would have a 12 man board just like Billy Graham Evangelistic Organization? And Pastor Steve Long would not tell lies about others and be a proven coward – The Liar )
Because of that I put up a neutrality tag.
[edit] Comment / Testimony about its Effect
I spent 6 months there as a student, and was really blessed by the place (I come from South Africa). I don't have much contact with the people there anymore, but it built me up and helped me to become a little bit more confident. Afterwards I went on to complete a degree in theology through a conservative Baptist church, and did missions work with YWAM. Later I did relief work in Sudan and Nepal. In South Africa after Apartheid we learned that just because something is different does not mean it has to be feared.
