Jennie Allen is “a Bible teacher, author, and the founder and visionary of IF:Gathering,” an annual conference for women. If you’d like to check out some pastors and teachers I heartily recommend, click the Recommended Bible Teachers tab at the top of this page. Most of the teachers I review fall somewhere in the middle of this spectrum (leaning toward the latter). On the other end of the spectrum are people like Joyce Meyer and Rachel Held Evans- complete heretics whose teachings, if believed, might lead you to an eternity in Hell. There are better people you could be listening to. These are people I would not label as false teachers because their doctrine is generally sound, but because of some red flags I’m seeing with them, you won’t find me proactively endorsing them or suggesting them as a good resource, either.
On one end of this spectrum are people like Nancy Leigh DeMoss Wolgemuth and Kay Arthur. Just to be clear, “not recommended” is a spectrum. Partnering with false teachers and women preaching to men are each sufficient biblical reasons not to follow a pastor, teacher, or author, or use his/her materials. I am not very familiar with most of the teachers I’m asked about (there are so many out there!) and have not had the opportunity to examine their writings or hear them speak, so most of the “quick checking” I do involves items a and b (although in order to partner with false teachers (b) it is reasonable to assume their doctrine is acceptable to the false teacher and that they are not teaching anything that would conflict with the false teacher’s doctrine). The pastor or teacher cannot currently and unrepentantly be living in any other sin (for example, cohabiting with her boyfriend or living as a homosexual).ī) The pastor or teacher cannot currently and unrepentantly be partnering with or frequently appearing with false teachers. This is a violation of Scripture.Ĭ) The pastor or teacher cannot currently and unrepentantly be teaching false doctrine. A male teacher or pastor cannot allow women to carry out this violation of Scripture in his ministry. Generally speaking, in order for me to recommend a teacher, speaker, or author, he or she has to meet three criteria:Ī) A female teacher cannot currently and unrepentantly preach to or teach men in violation of 1 Timothy 2:12. The teacher below is someone I’ve been asked about recently, so I’ve done a quick check (this is brief research, not exhaustive) on her. Some of the best known can be found above at my Popular False Teachers tab. I get lots of questions about particular authors, pastors, and Bible teachers, and whether or not I recommend them.
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