Max Myers and the Global School of Supernatural Ministry

The following has been prepared by Rachel Tabachnick, a researcher/analyst/writer on the impact of the Religious Right on politics and a fellow with Political Research Associates. Rachel has spent much of the last ten years tracking the growth of an emerging religious movement called the New Apostolic Reformation or NAR. Max Myers, Democratic candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, is a former Assemblies of God pastor who worked from 2007 - 2012 as the head of the Global School of Supernatural Ministries (GSSM) in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 1 Myers also founded satellite schools, including in Brazil and South Africa. The schools three-year program teaches supernatural healing, prophecy, and other powers or manifestations believed to be bestowed by God in order to transform the world prior to Jesus return.2 The graphic at right is from a video of Myers leading the GSSM Commissioning Service of 2012 graduates.3 The GSSM led by Myers is part of the Apostolic Network of Global Awakening, the ministry of nationallyknown Apostle Randy Clark, housed in an ofce building in Mechanicsburg.4 The NAR is on the cutting edge of antiabortion and anti-gay rights both in the U.S. and other nations. They teach that these and other evils are the product of literal demonic entities that can be harbored by humans and must be battled through spiritual warfare. The phenomenon of modern-day apostles and prophets is called the New Apostolic Reformation or NAR and is a rapidly growing movement organizing both nondenominational as well as some denominational churches. This is the same religious movement that received some mainstream press when apostles in the movement led Rick Perrys Houston prayer rally in August 2011. 5 The movement is unique in both structure and ideology and is aggressively political, teaching that like-minded believers must take over the seven mountains of society and culture including government. They are becoming involved in both Republican and Democratic politics.

http://gssm.globalawakening.com/ See archived site with Myers as head of GSSM at http://web.archive.org/web/ 20120511090542/http://gssm.globalawakening.com/about/our-vision
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http://gssm.globalawakening.com/info/1st-year-reading-requirements http://gssm.globalawakening.com/gssm-media/videos http://globalawakening.com/

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/24/139781021/the-evangelicals-engaged-in-spiritual-warfare and http:// www.texasobserver.org/rick-perrys-army-of-god/

Randy Clark is one of six apostles leading a network called Revival Alliance. 6 The network includes Prophet Lou Engle who leads TheCall, a series of events held in stadiums around the world, promoting activism against reproductive and gay rights. Engle led TheCall in Kampala in 2010, featuring Ugandan leaders in support of the kill-the-gays bill.7 In 2008, Engle helped organize support for Proposition 8, including TheCall San Diego, a 12-hour event closing with Engle calling for martyrs.8 Engle often includes racial reconciliation ceremonies in TheCall events, while simultaneously targeting gays and Muslims as being controlled by demons and as the cause of societal and economic problems. 9 Global Awakening in Mechanicsburg markets and teaches from books claiming that homosexuality is demonic. One example is Peter Horrobins book Healing through Deliverance which is marketed from the Global Awakening store and required curriculum for certication in faith healing. 10 Global Awakening was one of the participating ministries for a 2012 pre-election prayer rally, America for Jesus, held in Philadelphia and featuring Che Ahn, Lou Engle, and other vocally anti-gay leaders.11 The GSSM program that was run by Myers for ve years included participation of New Apostolic leaders from around the nation, many of whom have also written and taught that homosexuality is an abomination to God.12 In the classroom, Myers clearly supports an anti-abortion and pro-family agenda. The GSSM application, during Myers tenure, requires applicants to answer to, Have you ever been involved in sexual immorality (pre-marital sex, homosexuality, adultery, pornography, etc)?13 Myers 2011 book calls for theocratic governance of churches or supernatural leadership by leaders who are chosen by God instead of voted on by the church. 14 Numerous articles on the New Apostolic Reformation can be found at People for the American Ways Right Wing Watch and Talk2action.org.15 Also see the catalog of courses for Wagner Leadership Institute, the training arm of the NAR with its regional branch at Global Awakening in Mechanicsburg.

Revival Alliance is a network of six apostles (plus spouses) that includes Randy Clark and Che Ahn. Ahn is cofounder of TheCall with Lou Engle, a prophet in Che Ahns network.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/world/africa/03uganda.html?_r=0 (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1HGpY8EuXQ http://domemagazine.com/features/cov101711

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The Christian Healing Certication Program of CHCP of ANGA lists Peter Horrobins book Healing Through Deliverance as required reading for its Deliverance Ministry 2 course. See http://healingcertication.com/ and http:// healingcertication.com/courses/deliverance/level-2 Video of Horrobin at http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=6E_Hhmt-vlg (section on homosexuality at about 5:00)
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http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/religious-right-dominionists-again-america-for-jesus The event included Harry Jackson, Jr., a prophet in the movement who is another nationally leader against gay rights.
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One example is Sergio Scataglini, who has written that homosexuality is an abomination to God and includes homosexuality as a transgression along with adultery and child molestation.
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http://web.archive.org/web/20120511091840/http://gssm.globalawakening.com/apply http://www.amazon.com/Tail-That-Wags-Dog-Supernatural/dp/1599799138

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/topics/new-apostolic-reformation and http://www.talk2action.org/? op=search&offset=0&old_count=30&type=story&topic=&section=&string=new+apostolic +reformation&search=Search&count=30