Talk:Shepherding movement

Deliverance & Spiritual Fatherhood
What is missing in every article or post that I have read is the powerful Deliverance Ministry practiced by the men involved in the Shepherding Movement. This is the idea that Christians have demons and need deliverance from their demonic influences. There have been several books written by the members of the Ft. Lauderdale Five that deal with the idea of Deliverance. The original idea for beginning the Shepherding Movement was due to the lack of Spiritual Fatherhood within the Church. The original idea of the Shepherding Movement was that "the man in authority is the man under authority" had to do with the idea of defending oneself from being oppressed and attacked from Demons. Their idea of authority was that there would be an umbrella that Demons would not be able to penetrate.

People involved in the Shepherding Movement have experienced cultish abuses from the "spiritual authority, (adopted into a spiritual family, changing their names, spiritual spankings, wine runs for their "spiritual fathers," false prophecy that is yelled in one's ear, etc.). One may have seen this and experienced all of this, however, it is pretty difficult to say that there is no such things as demons when you experience demons manifesting in different voices then what normally comes out of the persons vocal chords. For a Christian believer one should recognize that there are reasons for people staying, (and still are involved), in the Shepherding Movement for so long.  As Christians we know that Satan is our enemy that warps truth, as he did in the case of the Shepherding Movement. We also know that we need to forgive those who sinned, and I have forgiven them.Easeltine (talk) 14:18, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Today (Watchman Nee)
"Watchman Nee's ... responsible for spiritual abuse in non-denominational charismatic churches." An objection --> http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/discipling.htm --46.223.69.26 (talk) 01:55, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The link to the "objection" is no longer valid. If there is a valid objection it should be spelled out here on the talk page. Darlig &#127928; Talk to me 15:36, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Reference Cleanup
I've gone through the references & updated to add some live links, yet I'm not experienced enough to fix 16, 17, & 20 being the same reference, yet listed separately. Help, please! TSamuel (talk) 12:18, 27 August 2023 (UTC)