How To Identify Fake Churches And Counterfeit Ministers
We are in quest of exposing some diabolic ethic which is currently emitting in many fakes or counterfeit churches as a result of several unpleasant reports we have received from brethren, who were financially, emotionally and spiritually devastated due to unfortunate scenario suffocating in today modern churches.
However, you ought to be very conscious and spiritual sensitive in your present church gathering because ignorant isn't an excuse before God. Hence, we are the church but we are mandated to gathered together in order to hear divine ministration from God.
We assembled together in order to be nurture, broken, sanctified and perfected for heavenly glory. Those brethren you see in your church are there not because they wanted to be there, but they are there in order to becomes righteous and be perfected for rapture.
However, you ought to be very conscious and spiritual sensitive in your present church gathering because ignorant isn't an excuse before God. Hence, we are the church but we are mandated to gathered together in order to hear divine ministration from God.
We assembled together in order to be nurture, broken, sanctified and perfected for heavenly glory. Those brethren you see in your church are there not because they wanted to be there, but they are there in order to becomes righteous and be perfected for rapture.
You don’t need to tie yourself in one spot (Church) when that change (spiritual growth) is not coming forth; just in the name of going to church....NO! You ought to come out and begin to seek for a divine place to hear the SALVATION word of God in order to become perfected for heavenly glory because no name of any church in Heaven. However, it's unfortunate that today we have many counterfeit churches and below are the TOP 10 FAKE CHURCHES.
- It Doesn’t Matter International Church.
- Come As You Are International Ministries.
- We Are No Longer Under The Law Christian Church.
- Judge Not Mission Church.
- Dress As You Like International Gospel Mission.
- Ones Saves Is Forever Saved Mission.
- Merciful God Don’t Sent Anyone To Hell International Ministries.
- God Only Looks At The Heart Chapel.
- Liquid Fire And Miracle Center Ministries.
- Prosperity Without Effort Gospel Mission.
Therefore, if you have been in your church for years and your pastor is not hurting you with his messages, if he is not scorning you with holy fire doctrine, if he is not emphasizing much about Heaven and Hell, if he is not emphasizing much about God’s judgment, if he isn’t emphasizing much about salvation of your soul,
If your pastor isn’t repeating or mentioning each SIN by their names and it not continual echoing in your ear every day, then you must actually be among the Top-10 fakes churches. If messages are not pricking your heart; then be assure that your church-name has becomes another CEMETERY.
The bible said in on that day Peter spoke and the thing prick them and they shouted “WHAT SHALL WE DO? Acts 2:37 "Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Probably you are also among those who still parade in names of churches, carrying church names in head for YEARS but still NO single change of positive character; you are also among the Top-10 fakes churches.
In this kingdom service you need change in character because good character is sustainable. Don’t forget, you are not a better person and that’s reason why you go to church in order to hear the word of God that will awaken your spiritual life unto heavenly consciousness; in-order to become a change person in character.
Therefore, don’t be church goers but rather be a church changer. Be a change person in REPENTANCE and CHARACTER. And if your church can’t change you, please change your church and be a better person. This eternity-race is not by making noise but by wisdom, without this principle kiss your salvation bye-bye.
Nevertheless, below is an excerpt from Evangelist Funmilayo Adebayo confession; titled "990 Years In The Kingdom Of Darkness series 3". She exposed the mysteries of churches and how to easily identify Fake Churches And Counterfeit Ministers in this perilous time of our christian race.
Funmilayo Adebayo |
HOW TO IDENTIFY FAKE MINISTERS IN THE CHURCH
Evangelist Funmilayo Confession.
"There is no system that devil cannot use but during my assignment we normally established our minister in better way and also gives them good location. These fake ministers am talking about, they are trained and prepared for the mission ahead. We have already taught them the type of sermon they will preach. The sermon we taught and trained them is not for salvation.
We only taught them to teach their congregation about God’s love, God’s greatness, God’s goodness and also to regard God as the almighty powerful and miracle maker. That God can bless them, do wonder. They should also make their congregation to see God as a friend but should not make them to remember or allow them to see God as someone who is seriously annoyed with this world of sin.
They should not bring their mind to the destruction that is coming ahead of this world. When they are preaching, they will be telling people “Don’t commit sin but they will not specify the particular sin the bible is talking about”
We only taught them to teach their congregation about God’s love, God’s greatness, God’s goodness and also to regard God as the almighty powerful and miracle maker. That God can bless them, do wonder. They should also make their congregation to see God as a friend but should not make them to remember or allow them to see God as someone who is seriously annoyed with this world of sin.
They should not bring their mind to the destruction that is coming ahead of this world. When they are preaching, they will be telling people “Don’t commit sin but they will not specify the particular sin the bible is talking about”
While preaching they will not emphasis on those common sins every day, but they always base their preaching on miracle and healing. For example, a pastor wants to preach in a month. Probably, three services in a week, which is 3 x 4=12. Imagine; a pastor preaching 12 times in a month but will only base his preaching and messages on miracle, success, breakthrough, power and faith. Out of this 12 message, it seems so difficult for him to give a topic about holiness, righteousness and also find it so difficult to preach about the fear of God.
Moreover, any topic or sermon they give, they will surely round it up will blessing and miracle. Please listen to me, am telling you “If you see any pastor preaching like that, know that he is one of agent of darkness. He is either register agent or ignorant agent” What I mean by ignorant agent is that, some people are working for devil and yet didn’t knew they are working for the devil but thought they are working for God.
Although, you might not behold them going to the shrine or darkness to obtain diabolic powers neither makes any covenant but ignorantly they are working for the devil because their sermon and system is same system of darkness.
So, if you see a pastor in a month preaching about miracle, wonders, power, faith and love of God, Though is good to love God. Jesus Christ also says love your God because if you love God you wouldn’t do things that will hurt or make God to be annoyed. So, when we are talking about love God, love God is not only about spending money in church or coming to the church regularly but love your God means fear God, fear him and obey his word.
Loving God is an act of obeying the commandment of God and not by spending or giving money alone. But this satanic minister, due to their great commission and satanic business they only preach about what pleases them. Their preaching is only based on self profit.
But what am saying is that, these our people [fake minister] we trained them to preach about something’s around salvation but will deceived people on the language of salvation. They will teach their congregation that if you are coming to church, confess the name of Jesus Christ and accept him as you personal Lord and Savior; truly the bible stated about this fact.
They also told their member to come regularly to church, pay your tithe and offering, donate in the church. They would also tell them is not good to fornicate, tell lies but the reason why church was established is for the continually repetition or mentioning of that sin every day.
The reason we comes to church every day is for the pastor to continual repeating that sin that will hinder us from making Heaven but what we are repeating every day in our church today is blessing and breakthrough. A pastor that preach about how to become great last week will also preach about how to become bless this week.
If all this messages are base on total righteousness about the kingdom of Heaven, what do you think Christendom will become today? So, you preacher watch yourself. If you read or listen to this sermon and you refused to change; this sermon will judged you.
If all this messages are base on total righteousness about the kingdom of Heaven, what do you think Christendom will become today? So, you preacher watch yourself. If you read or listen to this sermon and you refused to change; this sermon will judged you.
If truly it was God Almighty that called you and you later divert and preach the way other preachers are preaching, God will reject and replace you. God has a reason for your calling because he has something in his mind. He wants to speak out from your mouth but instead you forsake the mind of God and goes about preaching what others are preaching. What is important in imitating other people sermon?
Forget about what other are preaching, they knew the mission or assignment and what their god sent them for. Though, I also preach about blessing, miracle and breakthrough in my church but this is done either once in a month or 3 months and any day I preach about it, people are blessed. But my real work and assignment is to preach about rapture and holiness, So that people can make Heaven.
Go back to your bible and see reason why God raise pastors, prophets and ministers. God always call people to preach about repentance, to warn people. Even Abraham also preach about salvation, his life preach total obedience to the Lord.
You can’t just continue turning the bible upside down for people; however, if someone has been deceiving you all this while, please after reading or listening to this confession don’t give yourself unto such deception again. Hence, this how we taught our people [fake minister] on how to eradicate the fear of God from the heart of people. We told them to teach people that God is good, love etc but the fear of death and Hell fire is not always remembered.
You know in human being, it is when something is continually repeating on their head they will remember. Some churches, throughout a whole year, they will not treat about revelation and any church that want her member to be alive in Christ they must be treating revelation every year. So, let them know what is coming upon them if they refuse to live a holy life.
Church is not an entertainment hall, why should your member be clapping for you whenever you are preaching? If your members continue clapping for you every day that means you are out of the way. You must preach and chastise them with the word of genuine salvation. There was a day when Jesus Christ was preaching to the people and they went away from him.
Church is not an entertainment hall, why should your member be clapping for you whenever you are preaching? If your members continue clapping for you every day that means you are out of the way. You must preach and chastise them with the word of genuine salvation. There was a day when Jesus Christ was preaching to the people and they went away from him.
John 6:65-67 "And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Just because you are afraid to lose member that is why you refuse to preach the truth.
You didn’t care if they lose Heaven. God is losing many souls everyday while you kept gaining more souls in your church. Your church is filled-up while Heaven is reducing. What an unfortunate scenario. My dear, God is disappointed on you because you have abandoned your service. If truly you are working for God you must care about souls, salvation and not population.
God doesn’t care for your population but he only cares for salvation. These are ways to identify and differentiate between fake minister and genuine ministers of God. Moreover, our people in the kingdom of darkness we trained also does miracle, we gave them power to perform miracle.
You see all those holy and righteous church where they use to preach holiness and salvation, where people heard and receive the true word of God but most of the time you will see them been occupied and accumulated with various kinds of problem in their life.
You see all those holy and righteous church where they use to preach holiness and salvation, where people heard and receive the true word of God but most of the time you will see them been occupied and accumulated with various kinds of problem in their life.
Though they will pray and pray fervently yet they will not receive answer to their prayer, do you know the reason why? Is not that God doesn’t answer their prayer but due to the monitoring and stand-by demons we sent against them, to be reporting and accusing them of their prayer.
The demon will hold a strong reason against them and said; God your word say no sinner shall go unpunished. Proverb 11: 21 “Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered”
The demon will hold a strong reason against them and said; God your word say no sinner shall go unpunished. Proverb 11: 21 “Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered”
God, though this brother deserve this blessing but because he has committed this sin that is why he must be punished according to your word, because your word said in book of Deuteronomy 28:47-48 “Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee” They will remember that God has promise to hand them over to their enemy, handing them over to the demons so that the demon will punished them.
These quotations have been hindering them from receiving blessing and answer to their prayers. The worst part is that, when the faithful ones among them pray in order to receive blessing. God will sent an angel to bring the blessing to them but when the angel get to the church the same thing that happened to the angel assigned to gives answers to Daniel will also happened to them.
Daniel 10:12-13 “Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia”
The demons will stand against the angel and seized the blessing while the person will still be expecting the blessing from God but unknown to them God has already released the blessing. Sometimes, those little-little sins you didn’t count nor regarded as severe sin such as back-biting, rebellion, lies, laziness, coming to church late. Maybe somebody fail to do what is expected to do in the church, unfaithfulness in tithe payment, none redeeming your vow and pledges, commits adultery or living a pretentious life; the enemy can use any of this to accuse you because they knew that God is faithful and can’t deny his word.
Even if the angels want to fight they will tell the angel, “you know God is not respecter of any person, even if Heaven and Earth pass away the word of God must surely be fulfilled” This accusation will cause the angel to hold their peace, they will be silence and wouldn’t fight nor do anything and the demons will seize the blessing.
Sometime people use to wonder reason why big miracles are not always rapid within those holy-holy and righteous churches, miracle are not always happening there because the accusers of the brethren are accusing them greatly. But within those fake-fakes and counterfeits churches you will witness mighty miracles, am not saying that any church they does much miracle is of the devil. Don’t miss quote me but am just telling you ways of detecting them.
If you see any church and sins are abound within, dressing like Jezebel and God refuse to warn them about that sin, God refuse to correct and mention their mistakes to them but instead he kept blessing them, am very sure that church is not from God.
If truly it was God doing those miracles, he will chastise them because the business of God is not miracle. The business of God in the church is salvation. Miracle is just an invitation to give the people faith, just to build our faith so that we can listen to what God want but most of churches today capitalize only on miracle.
Their mission is all about miracle, if so then how will God gain from his business? God has invested much on gospel but gospel is bringing no gain. Please nobody can deceive you unless you deceive yourself. So, in those churches the faithful ones will pray and follow the word of God but the testimonies will be scarce from them because we are accusing them. But within those fake-fakes churches nobody is accusing them.
Their mission is all about miracle, if so then how will God gain from his business? God has invested much on gospel but gospel is bringing no gain. Please nobody can deceive you unless you deceive yourself. So, in those churches the faithful ones will pray and follow the word of God but the testimonies will be scarce from them because we are accusing them. But within those fake-fakes churches nobody is accusing them.
Apart from this, even the power that release miracle to them, the gods they serve. I mean the heavenly array; the queen of heaven doesn’t count about their sin. That is why some pastor while preaching in their church; they will say “the blood of Jesus Christ is there any time you commit sin, go and plead for the blood. It will remove your sin and you shall get whatever you need from God.
Please listen, the blood of Jesus Christ is not for abusing. The blood of Jesus Christ is for sinners that repent from their sin. When you repent and forsake your sin the blood will cancel the record then God will see you as a holy man. Then you will be abducted into the kingdom of God as a child of God. But not that he forgives you today and you go back as a bastard, tomorrow you plead the blood again and come back as a son and tomorrow you go back as a bastard.
No, God isn’t a baby, do you know how many years it took God to test Abraham before he could called him a friend? Romans 6:1-2 "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? So, because we have grace, must we continue to abuse the grace? No; so, if your pastor told you that the blood of Jesus Christ is there for you to commit sin and use it to bath as bathing water, Isn’t like that.
Hebrew 10:26-27 "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries" The scripture said if anybody tasted the grace of God and later goes back to those sin, it says such person doesn’t deserve Heaven. You don’t need to be fallen and rising, falling and rising every day.
If you see any pastor preaching that anytime you commit sin just go and take the blood. Which mean that anytime you fornicate, maybe you fornicated three times you just plead the blood of Jesus Christ three times. That is not what the bible said. 1 Peter 1:15-16 “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy “It said, be holy as your father in Heaven is holy, that means God knew we can be holy. Am not saying we can be holy as God but you can still be holy.
Romans 7:19 "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do" If Apostle Paul could make it, formerly he said he was trying but the flesh didn’t allow him. Hence, later he said I have already obtained it.
2 Timothy 4:7-8 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing" if God could empower and strengthen him to be holy and make Heaven we also can make it.
Is it not the same score mark and crown they obtain we are also pursuing? If is the same score mark, you can’t continue in sin and expect to obtain the same crown the early apostles obtained, no, isn’t possible because God isn’t a partial God. You must be holy as the early apostles all the time.
2 Timothy 4:7-8 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing" if God could empower and strengthen him to be holy and make Heaven we also can make it.
Is it not the same score mark and crown they obtain we are also pursuing? If is the same score mark, you can’t continue in sin and expect to obtain the same crown the early apostles obtained, no, isn’t possible because God isn’t a partial God. You must be holy as the early apostles all the time.
If you can’t do it like them then you can’t get what they achieved. If you are seeking after what the old ones get then you must be like the old ones and you must go back to the old time believer. Please be aware that God is not involved in all this modern Christian you are practicing.
Even while in the church, the faithful ones will sees all the counterfeits churches prospering in blessing, with giant miracles all times. Hence, God also does his own miracle but the spiritual demonic evil spirit are always high-jacking them by constant accusing and reporting of the little-little sins of the brethren. But no one is reporting or accusing the counterfeit churches, they have their own gods and their own gods doesn’t count neither regard their iniquities.
Even while in the church, the faithful ones will sees all the counterfeits churches prospering in blessing, with giant miracles all times. Hence, God also does his own miracle but the spiritual demonic evil spirit are always high-jacking them by constant accusing and reporting of the little-little sins of the brethren. But no one is reporting or accusing the counterfeit churches, they have their own gods and their own gods doesn’t count neither regard their iniquities.
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What people believe today in church is just miracle. What is the power behind miracle? You better be careful to know the power behind the miracle you receive or else you will regret after receiving them. It is better not to regret after receiving them because anything that Satan gives you must surely pays for it; don’t be a fool. Satan is wiser than you but it only the Holy Spirit that empowers you to be wiser than him. Moreover, whatever Satan gives you; you must surely pays for it either now or in eternity.
Don’t think you can manipulate God, by dining with the devil and seeking after his diabolic power and later use same mouth to praise the almighty God. Whatever devil gives you; some demons will ensure that they dwell with you with that miracle and follow-you-up in order to frustrate, toil and manipulate your life in latter day.
Now is an appointed time and gracious period for you to pray and seek the face of the almighty savior [Jesus Christ] and confess and repent from your evil and former ways and embrace his salvation before it becomes too late.
Now is the time for you to start living a holy and righteous life because the only way to acquire divine access to Heaven is holy life and without this you can’t make Heaven. The scripture emphasize about the miracle in resurrection of Lazarus from death, truly he was raised from death but the bible didn’t proves to us if Lazarus eventual make Heaven or not after his second death, perhaps until we get there we shall know.
John 11:43-44 "And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go"
John 11:43-44 "And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go"
This act is called miracle but when we are emphasizing about salvation, Jesus Christ preached about salvation and also does miracle. Hence, miracle is an invitation while salvation is the profit of God. While emphasizing about church business, I believe by now, you could easily differentiate those whom are called by God and those who indulges into church business. It very obvious to detect and May God bless you as you continue with this message in Jesus name.
This was how we use to operate in the area of church business, although I will still emphasize more about it later. However, in the area of model [dressing], I specifically devour my time into model; in those counterfeit churches we permit them to dress any-how because we want them to make use of the dressing material we produced from our demonic kingdoms.
In counterfeit churches they don’t care about the apparel dressing of the women because they were permitted to dress any-how without mindful of God’s will" Curled From "990 Years In The Kingdom Of Darkness series 3".
HOW TO IDENTIFY FAKE OR COUNTERFEIT CHURCHES
1. Whenever you enter your pastor office and you see a strange picture that looks like Art-works of a woman or even a man or animals. Be careful and don’t behold it as an ordinary painting.
It has a purpose it serves, don’t just ignore any kind of sculpture, or idol or painting you see in the church, be very careful because they are meant for a purpose. They can paint a picture of a beautiful strange woman, with some little biblical verses written on it--it’s a lie.
2 . Also, be conscious with churches that often cook and kill meat on every service, else you will pay for the foods with your life. You must be very careful on how you eat in the church. Moreover, Satan and his agents are seriously recruiting members through churches convention or anniversary, through foods they cook right in the church.
3. Be conscious of churches that condone the wearing of women trouser (pants), makes-up, jewelries, earrings, necklace, wedding rings, women hair attachment or artificial beautification; they are straight from the pit of Hell. You must also be observant for churches with new doctrines of women not covering their head. I will tell you that 98% are satanic set up churches, and the remaining 2% are initiated churches.
Although some innocent churches are imitating this nonchalant dogma, of not eschewing immodesty dressing due to craves for mega-city congregation and earthly treasure. Hence, they are ignorantly leading great multitude to an eternal damnation.
4. Be careful with churches that has basement or rooms that will be restricted from anybody, only when they are having special meetings, not even the staffs will be allow there, anyhow people can never enter except the pastors from other churches alone.
5. Beware of the churches where you see the pastor’s wife on billboard and her picture will be bigger than the pastor himself, or at times, on the bill board, the woman image will be at the front and the man image will be at the back. It has meaning, although some are imitating them, be very careful it has a meaning.
I know some churches are ignorant of this but it has meaning. The real princess of the church is the woman in the front while the pastor is just a camouflage. Also be careful with churches where the pastor’s wife leads the church even more than the pastor himself..
6. Be careful of churches who specified most on healing, breakthrough, deliverance, prosperity and miracle, 98% of them are false WITHOUT professing or focused in salvation messages of repentance, modesty dressing and inward purity, sanctification, holy ghost baptism, Heaven and Hell emphasizes.
7. Don’t go to churches that will not preach about the danger of sins and hell fire or the wrath of God, not preaching the book of revelation, not that they don’t know it. But they have being instructed not to preach it by their grand master and the queen of the coast. If they violate such degree, they will pay for it. They only tell you how your faith will develop, How to be a child of a king. How to use your faith to get to the top, etc
8. Ensure you stay away from churches that depend only on anointing oil and holy water, candle sticks, praying and honoring the name of Holy Mary and angels in Heaven.
9. Beware with churches that are fun of using black and red garment always. They use black and red for their choirs and also for their ushers. You don’t know the symbol of what Satan is using this thing to do in the church. Many people don’t know red and black attract satanic power to dominate the church environment. People who use it know the reason why they use it. If you are a pastor, stop imitating the style of other churches, no matter how beautiful it may look.
10. Beware with pastors that make noises about miracles and mostly adulterate their sermon on faith, breakthrough, inspirational and motivational without consistent heart pricking messages of repentance, holiness's and abhor of immodesty dressing.
11. Be very careful of those pastors with rings in their hands attempting to lay hands on you, be careful with pastors that goes up and down with necklace and don’t allow pastors that wore finger rings to lay hands on you.
12. Be very careful with deliverance minister who ask for prices before consulting deliverance for you, they are not of God. Many of them were truly called by God, but because of their demanding, they lost the power and they started looking for a way to retain their power, then they start using evil power, avoid them seriously. This is the reason why you have to pray very well, ask the Lord to open your eyes to see who exactly your pastor is, tell God to review the secrete of your church.
There are many ministers in the church commissions by the devil---their own is to commission bible or theological school. The purpose of the bible school; is to initiate those who have genuine calling and after a while, they will be forced to join their secrete occultism after laying hands on them through anointing.
You can easily decipher these wrong churches by their mode of worship. You need to be prayerful so that you won’t be trapped, they are all over the mountains, but you must recognize them, false Reverend, false Bishop, false evangelist. They teach the bible upside down and hold the true in unrighteousness.
Please don’t judge churches based on exterior view or its mega structures. You have only seen 10% and there is still 90% hidden yet to be reviewed. Don’t boards a vehicle of destruction that will entice your soul. Satan doesn’t pity humanity and that’s why he set up these fakes churches because he knows how to entice people.
Please don’t go to any-how church without been conscious just because Jesus is mentioned there. Whenever you are invited to any church, ensure you take a keen observation of her activities and routine based on above illustrations while identifying fakes churches and counterfeit ministers. In Our next topic; we share unveiled On "How To Identify A Genuine Bible Believing Church"