The Kansas City Prophets

"Lance of The Basilisk: Mystical World of Bob Jones" - by Timothy Smith

A look at the teachings and practises of Bob Jones, by Timothy Smith, a former member of the Kansas City Felloowship.

"KCP: The Roots of the Revival" - by Tricia Tillin

Timeline of the KCP and introductory notes. This introduces the Kansas City Prophets and their Manifested Sons of God/Latter Rain teaching as one of the catalysts of the current "revival", and shows the progression of events from 1982 to the present day.

"The elite media is like the Mafia. The biggest sin you can commit with the Mafia is to break the code of silence."

Former CBS reporter Bernard Goldberg made this statement on The 700 Club on December 20, 2001.  He was being interviewed about the publication of his book Bias, an expose of liberal bias in the mainstream media.  And as I find so often in so many things nowadays, I see a direct parallel between things in our culture and things in the Church.  The history of Kansas City Fellowship for example, is strewn with offences so egregious as to be scary.  But the one unpardonable sin to commit is to "break the code of silence".

[This] is a story that needed to be told.  I know it will invariably be greeted by many as a treasonous act, as the one unpardonable sin that cannot be forgiven or committed without dire consequences.  But I'm asking you to grant me a little space for passion.  For the Church world of our day is a veritable side show of charlatans, heretics, hucksters, religious politicians, "celebrities," and just plain untaught leaders who have led the people of God down a primrose path of ignorance, vanity and abuse. 

Open Letter to the MCF Staff

Additional to the above testimony, this letter outlines the reasons why Don Clasen eventually turned his back on the Kansas City Metro Christian Fellowship, after having been ignored and literally thrown out when he tried to introduce some biblical correction into the church. It summarises the errors.

Ernie Gruen's Report

This is a PDF file of the 233-page report prepared by Ernie Gruen and his staff, with help from local Christians, to expose the alarming state of affairs at the Kansas City Fellowship (as it was then called). With the help of testimonies and direct quotes, it demonstrates the level of manipulation, spiritual abuse and MSOG teaching going on at the church.

"Old Wine in New Wineskins" - by Stephen F. Cannon of Personal Freedom Outreach

"There is a "new move of God" flowing forth out of Kansas City, Mo., that has a great potential to wreak havoc in the church. Actually, there is nothing new about it. It combines elements of the "Latter Rain Movement" of the mid-1940s with a blend of ideas from unscriptural philosophies such as the Manifest Sons of God, Dominion Mandate, Kingdom Now Theology, Word Faith Movement, Shepherding Movement, Restorationism and others." Written in 1990

"Kansas City Fellowship Revisited"

A follow-up article to the above. "The Controversy Continues" by Stephen F. Cannon of PFO.

"Controversial KCP Movement Incorporated into Vineyard"

by Christian Research Institute Staff Writers

Written in 1994, this short history of the Kansas City prophets details the events following the release of Ernie Gruen's shocking expose, with the reaction of John Wimber who was to take the fellowship under his wing.