Bentley's history includes drug & alcohol abuse as well as more than one instance of sexual molestation. Bentley has admitted to Charisma Magazine that the charges are true. His past mistakes can certainly be forgiven, but Bentley's theology must be suspect for any true believer.
Todd Bentley was guest preacher at Ignited Church in Lakeland, Florida, for a 5-day healing revival starting on April 2, 2008. It was extended to the end of the month because of the crowds coming to get healed and to get "drunk in the spirit." The church's pastor is Stephen Strader, the son of Karl Strader, formerly of Carpenter's Home Church in Lakeland where Rodney Howard-Browne made his holy laughter debut back in 1993. That phony "outpouring" went on to spark the Toronto and Pensacola drunken revivals. We have quite a collection of red flags going here!
Bentley claims to have an angel named Emma working for him. He met "Emma" at a church in 2001. Bentley stated that the female angel gave him a vision of gold dust, and afterwards he received a breakthrough in terms of financial stability. Why did this never happen to any of the apostles?
Todd's money-gathering angel's Emma, also is a good friend Bob Jones (discredited "prophet" who was disciplined for using his prophetic office to get women to undress for him). Jones credits Emma with birthing the discredited Kansas City Prophet movement of the late 1980s. In Bentley's own words:
"Twice Bob Jones asked me about this angel that was inBentley claims that his angel also assisted William Branham in his healing ministry in the 1960s. Branham called the Trinity a pagan doctrine! This same Emma is credited with showing up in revivals spreading gold dust and dropping gems around. But who is Emma, if she exists at all? The Encyclopedia Britannica identifies Emma-o as a demon ruler in hell.
Kansas City in 1980: 'Todd, have you ever seen the angel by the name of Emma?'
He asked me as if he expected that this angel was appearing to me. Surprised, I
said, 'Bob, who is Emma?' He told me that Emma was the angel that helped birth
and start the whole prophetic movement in Kansas City in the 1980s. She was a
mothering-type angel that helped nurture the prophetic as it broke out. Within a
few weeks of Bob asking me about Emma, I was in a service in Beulah, North
Dakota. In the middle of the service I was in conversation with Ivan and another
person when in walks Emma. As I stared at the angel with open eyes, the Lord
said, 'Here's Emma.' I'm not kidding. She floated a couple of inches off the
floor. It was almost like Kathryn Khulman in those old videos when she wore a
white dress and looked like she was gliding across the platform. Emma appeared
beautiful and young - about 22 years old - but she was old at the same time. She
seemed to carry the wisdom, virtue and grace of Proverbs 31 on her life. She
glided into the room, emitting brilliant light and colors. Emma carried these
bags and began pulling gold out of them. Then, as she walked up and down the
aisles of the church, she began putting gold dust on people...Within three weeks
of that visitation, the church had given me the biggest offering I had ever
received to that point in my ministry. Thousands of dollars! Thousands!---
During this visitation the pastor's wife (it was an AOG church) got totally
whacked by the Holy Ghost - she began running around barking like a dog or
squawking like a chicken as a powerful prophetic spirit came on her. Also, as
this prophetic anointing came on her, she started getting phone numbers of
complete strangers and calling them up on the telephone and prophesying over
them... Then angels started showing up in the church."
Watch this clip of Todd Bentley and you tell me if you think he is a man of God?
Watching Bentley do his circus act is nauseating. He sells the theatrics of "professional wrestling" to gullible fools who think they are Christians.
So here's my take. This guy is not a pastor and he is not a man of God. The fact that he credits the Charismatic Catholic church for getting him started is disturbing to me and should be a warning to everyone who falls for that trap. It does not take a Bible scholar to know this guy is violent and does not follow God. Yet we have churches opening the doors and welcoming this man. It's a buffet for a wolf.
If you buy into this then you need some serious Godly counsel. We should not for a moment let this freak show designed to attract ratings and money be passed of as anything close to Christianity.
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