Catalog Outline Christ The Rock Community Church Prophecies Fox Valley Prophecies CCV Elders' Resolve CCV Pastor's Letter to Congregation Scripture for Christ the Rock Community Church Pigeonholing Christianity with Islam Serious Prophecy about Islam and Christianity for the Fox Valley "Common Ground Conference" held in the Fox Valley - Pigeonholing Christianity with Islam Jesus in the Quran Movement Addressing Heresy in the Fox Valley - Exposure and Refutation of the "Jesus in the Quran" Conference Held at CTR Addressing Heresy in the Nation - Exposure of C5 Contextualization Pigeonholing Christianity with Islam Islamic Agenda Spread by the Church Open Letter Addressing Prophecy Fulfillment of Not Allowing Christ to be the Head Christ The Rock Community Church Prophecies (This version consists of only the actual prophecies. All narration and/or editorializing has been removed for clarity) Beginning in August of 1998 God began to speak to me regarding what He was calling the “Dark Night” that would be released over the Fox Valley and the churches represented here. One specific portion of those prophecies addressed Christ the Rock Community Church. They are significant to the Body of Christ here in the Valley because they represent the underlying message that God is speaking to us all. Jesus is the head of the Church. Those who will not allow Him to be the head will be removed. They will be removed for the purpose of preparation for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that God intends to release here. He is preparing the Church. Christ the Rock Community Church will be the last of many churches that will experience this cleaning up. When CTR splits it will be the sign that the “Dark Night” is about to end. I have taken out much of the chronological content of the original document for clarity. Below is the basic message and what is prophesied to happen to CTR before the end of the “Dark Night”. God gave me Ez. 2-6 and began to make it clear that He was calling me to prophesy to someone. I would have to shout the message that He was going to give from the “roof tops”. I had a vision seeing an eagle looking here and there, as if it were waiting for something. Underneath it was a wolf. It too looked as if it were waiting only the wolf seemed to have mal intent. Through a series of vision and dreams from the Lord, I received this message for Pastor Bill Lenz. You are not allowing Jesus to be the Head of the church. The church is His House. You are putting people in to ministry that God is not putting into ministry. You are taking people out of ministry that God is calling into ministry. You are putting people out of the church that God is calling into the church. You are bringing people into the church that God is casting out of the church. If you repent of this the Holy Spirit will be loosed on the church and the enemy will be held back. If you do not repent the devil will be loosed on the church and the Holy Spirit will hold back. I met with Pastor Bill Lenz and shared the message with him. A short time later I had another vision of the wolf running across a wooded area. The Holy Spirit said, “The devil has been loosed”. Then He told me that the families would be attacked first. One morning in the summer of 2001, I awoke praying for Julie Sampson and her family again. I was told to get up and call her. I was supposed to tell her that her family “would be delivered from the attacks on the families at Christ the Rock.” I was also told to tell Julie, to tell Greg, that “when he came and asked me the question that I would answer him forthrightly.” I was told that Greg would ask some sort of question regarding the entire story of the prophecies for CTR. I was to tell him everything. I told Julie. We discussed only briefly what that meant. I was also told that same morning, that five things would happen to Christ the Rock Community Church before the church would split five ways. The families of the church would be attacked. Marriages would split. The children would be attacked. Not with sickness but with sin. The second thing would be that the finances would be attacked. The sanctuary of the new building would never be built because of the lack of finances. The third was that the Spirit of God would leave the church. I understood that the people attending of course, still had the Spirit of God in them, but that the spiritual authority given by God to leadership of a local church was now gone. The fourth thing was that the unity of the Pastoral staff would disintegrate. They would begin to feel disjointed and separated from each other. The fifth would be that Greg Sampson would leave the church with a remnant of people. Before Greg would actually leave he would come to me and ask the question. I would tell him the prophecies. Also I was to tell him about these five things. (I had a dream then that before Greg actually leaves there was a meeting in which Bill announced to the church members that Greg was leaving. He said something to the effect that things are not a problem between Bill and himself and that this is in no way a split. Bill does not say that Greg has his blessing to leave. Greg did not have the blessing of Bill to leave. He then steps back from the podium and Greg steps forward. In the dream, there is a very large screen, like a TV screen to the right of the podium. A camera is filming this event. The camera zooms up to Bill’s face. Bill makes an expression that shows that he is truly not happy with Greg leaving. For some reason, when the people see this on the screen they get up and leave.) After I sent the prophecies out to the members of CTR the leadership at my church went through a very thorough discernment process. Their conclusions are available under CCV Elders' Resolve below. For the full, original copy of the CTR prophecies that were submitted to the CTR elders, click here.

The following prophecies came through the duration of many years. They were formulated as one consistent message in 2002. They were submitted to the leadership of Christ Church of the Valley in Appleton and to the Pastor and Elders at Christ the Rock Community Church in Menasha, WI. The following is an outline briefly listing some of the events that are transpiring and are prophesied to happen in the Fox Valley.

The Fox Valley in north east Wisconsin will experience a season that God is calling ‘the dark night’. This “Dark Night” season began in 2001. During this dark night the following things have been prophesied to occur:

The Dark Night

• The devil will attack the churches.
• Many Christians will leave their local church and cease attending any church for the duration of the dark night.
• Many of those in positions of authority in the local churches will be removed and replaced with those who will be willing to allow God to be the Head of the church.
• Local churches will split into fragments.
• Churches will cease to exist.
• The churches will not be unified. Those who are not unified to this move of the Holy Spirit will be removed from their church.
• Doctrines of local churches will change allowing God to be the Head.
• These things will be allowed to prepare the Church here in the Valley for the Outpouring of the Spirit that is coming.
• Christ the Rock Community Church will be the last church that will be shaken up before the “Dark Night” is finished here in the Valley. (See the CTR Prophecies above.)
• Many will repent of not allowing God to be the Head of His Church.
• On November 5th 2002 I was told that the Church would need five years to be sanctified and made ready for the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
• The two stones will be removed.

  In conjunction with the Dark Night ending and the Outpouring beginning, two stones will be removed.

  God confirmed this with the following scripture: Isaiah 62:10-12

  “Go through, go through the gates; clear the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples. Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth, say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.” And they will call them, “The Holy people, the redeemed of the Lord”; and you will be called, “Sought out, a city not forsaken.”

  The two stones that need to be removed in the Fox Valley are the abortion clinic on Gillette Street in Appleton and the strip club named the Paradise Club out by the Fox River Mall.

  The night after the abortion clinic on Gillette Street closes we will meet in Saint John’s Catholic Church parking lot in Little Chute and pray for the sick.

• The Christians who are not attending church services return. Those who left because of the church splits also find new local bodies (churches).
• A deep hunger for more of God is stirred up in individual believers. This will be seen in the number of prayer groups that pop up during this time and in the larger numbers that attend them.
• The local churches become unified under their leadership.
• The churches in this area will unify with each other in an unprecedented manner.
• The Apostles, Prophets, and Evangelists return.
• Saint John’s Catholic Church becomes the wellspring of the flood. This is because God is honoring a covenant that He made with the people who built the church building back in the late 1880’s.

The Second Wave of the Flood

• Physical and emotional healings begin to happen.
• Signs and wonders as documented in Acts 2:17-21 which is quoted from Joel 2 begin to increase and manifest in an unprecedented manner for the Fox Valley.
• Youth will be coming to the churches in great number.
• These young people will meet for services in untraditional places.
• In these services the youth will involve arts in their worship. Music and drawing/painting will be a salient feature.

The Third Wave of the Flood

• Evangelism will dramatically increase and many non-believers will become Christians.
• People from all over the Midwest and Canada will come to the Fox Valley to receive anointing for ministry. Catholics will come from all over the world.
• Many signs, wonders, and healings will continue to occur.
• A school of the prophets will emerge, with Biblical teaching regarding spiritual gifts and how they function in the Body of Christ in a Biblical manner.

The CCV Elders' Discernment Process Related to Joie Pirkey

Our Conclusions

The Process of Discernment:

1. We can verify that in the process of our discernment, we did:
   • Extensive prayer.
   • Extensive Bible study on prophecy and its discernment.
   • We looked over significant amounts of personal correspondence between Joie and the Lenz family. (Joie had been a close friend of the family for years.)
   • We heard testimony from over 20 people related to Joie's gifting and her CTR prophecy.
   • Some of these people believed the prophecy. Some didn't. Some were either unaware of the prophecy or unsure of what to make of it.
   • These people included current and former elders and leaders at CTR, current and former staff of CTR, friends and family of Joie, and people who had been told of Joie's prophecy beforehand.
   • This process has taken over 1½ years.
2. We can say that this process of discernment about the CTR prophecy was entered into at CTR's request. They asked us to discern Joie's prophecy about CTR and come to a conclusion.

Out of This Discernment Process, We Came to These Conclusions About the CTR Prophecy:

1. We can verify that Joie knew details before they happened and that there was no human way for her to have this information. These details were contained in her prophecy. We are convinced that she received this by revelation.
2. Multiple sources have told us they have observed portions of the prophecy coming to pass as foretold.
3. We are unable to verify any conclusive inaccuracies in the CTR prophecy itself.  We did find some inaccuracies in the document, but these all were in sections of commentary and descriptions of events – not the sections that were prophetic in nature.  Now, we recognize that there are things that have not yet come to pass in the sections that dealt with the prophecy.  There are also things that we are unable to verify.  However that is often the case when dealing with prophetic words.  In the end, the substantial nature of the prophecy is too significant to ignore.
4. The core message of the prophecy was a call of repentance to key leaders at CTR.  The specific spiritual issue the prophecy addressed is significant and substantive in nature.  We find the core message of this prophecy to be true.  As such, we encourage the leadership of CTR to carefully seek the Lord regarding this issue.  
5. We can verify that Joie was not the only one who received this type of message. Multiple people, who have no connection to Joie and attend CTR, some of whom are close to the inner circle of CTR's leadership, also received similar words about CTR. These people believed their messages to be from the Lord. These words included calls to repentance, and prophecies of judgment on CTR if repentance didn't happen. These words were delivered to the CTR leadership.
6. We can verify that the leadership of CTR rejected these words and prophecies, including Joie's. They do not believe them to be from the Lord. We know of no messages to CTR that they consider prophetic on these issues.
7. We believe that CTR is not unlike ourselves. Our conclusions do not arise out of any agenda. Indeed, as we prayerfully contemplated the message, we found the Lord touching our own hearts as well. Further, we found that all the people we dealt with at CTR love the Lord and were open and sincere with us. We consider them family in Christ and love them dearly.
8. There are portions of the message where we do not have clarity. The prophecy speaks of a final judgment on CTR. Our year and a half of studying this has not brought us to a clear conclusion on this matter. However we do know God's judgment is a serious matter, not to be dismissed. We also know that God is gracious and merciful.
9. We know CTR felt hurt by both the message and how it was delivered. However, we recognize a core message that still stands. In the end, we urge the elders and leaders of CTR to prayerfully reconsider the message of these prophecies and seek the Lord's face for His will. Our prayers are for them in this process. May God continue to be glorified as He continues to lead and guide all of us in His body here in the Fox Cities into the full measure of His will.

Our Conclusions About the Broader Nature of Joie's Gifting:

1. As a part of our discernment we also looked at the nature of Joie's broader gifting.
   • During this process, we looked at numerous other prophecies Joie has given over the years. We have heard multiple people testify that these were known beforehand and came to pass exactly as foretold. Even within our own eldership, some can bear witness to various prophecies that were known beforehand and came to pass.
   • We can verify that we see the character and hand of God in many of the prophecies we looked at.
2. After this extensive discernment process, it is our unanimous conclusion that Joie's gift of prophecy is authentic and of the Lord.
3. All of us as believers are capable of mistakes in using our spiritual gifts. Our spiritual gifts are indeed treasures we possess in jars of clay. We are working with Joie as she continues to grow in the Lord and in the mature use of her gift. We know Joie has a heart for the Lord and desires to serve and honor Him.
4. We look forward to what God will birth through Joie's gift as it is used in our body. God has given this gift to Joie and to our body for a specific reason, and we long to see it brought to its place of fullness so that God's plan is carried forward.
5. While Joie's gift is significant, it is critical that we say that every gift…and every person's gift… is also important to what God will do in and through us. We long to see the spiritual gifts of each member of our body nurtured and exercised in love so that together the church's ministry is carried forward to the glory of God.
6. Even though we now share these conclusions, we encourage every member of the body to use their God-given discernment for everything they hear, including prophecy. Discernment is an ongoing process and is the responsibility of the entire body. We as your elders need and welcome the discernment the Lord gives you.

Yours In Christ,
The CCV Eldership:
Tim Snell
Jon Goodman
Tony Clementi
Tom Buxton

On October 28th I had a vision. In this vision the Holy Spirit was hovering above my head. He was speaking in an audible voice. The vision began with Him addressing some personal things and also saying a number of times that it is right to give Him Thanks and Praise. For awhile I worshipped Jesus who is the One who is worthy to open the seal. (See Revelation 5.9)

Then He asked me to prophesy to the people who attend Christ the Rock Community Church in a nearby city. He told me that the prophecies and attendant difficulty that I have been carrying for over five years now (see www.shoutsofjoyministries.com for those words)were for the people who attend CTR. He asked me to remember that and love them well as I prophesy.

Then He asked me to deliver the Word in three parts, three days apart from each other.

The first one (which was posted on Oct 31, 2007 on my blog) is as follows:

• A strong eagle with many feathers and deep color came to the city. It broke off a branch from the top of a very tall tree and planted the shoot in a city with much commerce. The eagle took seed from the area and planted that in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow tree near water. It sprouted and became a low vine. The branches turned toward him, but it’s roots stayed under it. So it became a vine and produced leafy branches.
  
  But there was another powerful eagle full of beautiful feathers. The vine now sent out it’s roots toward him. It also sent out it’s branches to him for water.
  
  The vine had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches, bear fruit and become a marvelous vine.
  

The second one (which was posted on Nov 3, 2007 on my blog) is as follows:

• “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers–so that all its sprouting leaves wither? And neither by great strength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again.
  
  “Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it–wither on the beds where it grew?”‘”
  
  Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,”Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.
  
  ‘He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath He also took away the mighty of the land, that the kingdom might be in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue.
  
  ‘But he rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many troops Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?
  

The third and final part (which was posted on Nov 6, 2007 on my blog) is as follows:

• ‘Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in the war, when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives. ’Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’”
  
  Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “As I live, surely My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will inflict on his head.
  
  ”I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare Then I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.
  
  ”All the choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.”
  
  Thus says the Lord GOD, “I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
  
  ”On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, that it may bring forth boughs and bear fruit and become a stately cedar. And birds of every kind will nest under it; they will nest in the shade of its branches.
  
  ”All the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD; I bring down the high tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will perform it.”
  
  Ezekiel Chapter 17

I was told in a vision, on 9/25/2007 that “people in the Church” somehow emphasis on leaders of the Church, were already beginning to publicly postulate that Islam was, in effect, quite like Christianity. They would proceed to give examples of our similarities and begin to, and He used the term, pigeonhole, Christianity with Islam. This in effect would erode the line of demarcation between Islam and Christianity and He said that He “hates this”. That has been the only time, to date, that the Lord has used the word hate in any visions.
He also, in that same vision told me that the head of the Taliban was, and I quote, "the head of a snake". He said that He would stomp that snake, killing it. He told me that the name of the man who was the head of the Taliban was Omar.

Why I am telling this publicly now is that it has been weighing on my mind for some time and this morning it seemed very important to post it. For now I will leave this as it stands. Later I'll tell more of the visions that came after this one about Islam and what the Lord wants me to speak about that heresy.

As always I am curious to hear your thoughts and if the Lord is speaking to you about this/ any discernment/ etc.

(I posted the above on my Shouts of Joy Ministries Facebook Group on July 20, 2009.)

I was told in a vision on September 25, 2007 that "people in the Church," somehow emphasis on leaders of the Church, were already beginning to publicly postulate that Islam was, in effect, quite like Christianity. They would proceed to give examples of our similarities and begin to, and He used the term, "pigeonhole", Christianity with Islam. This in effect would erode the line of demarcation between Islam and Christianity and He said that He "hates this." That has been the only time, to date, that the Lord has used the word hate in any visions He has given me.

He also, in that same vision, told me that the head of the Taliban was, and I quote, "the head of a snake." He said that He would stomp that snake, killing its head. He told me that the name of the man who was the head of the Taliban was Omar.

In July of this year, 2009, the Lord began to speak to me again about this issue. He was simply giving me information about the Church and how they were whittling away the difference between the Biblical beliefs of Orthodox Christianity with elements of the Islam faith. He then asked me with some urgency to post the vision publicly and I did so on my Facebook Group titled Shouts of Joy Ministries. Click here to see that posting on Facebook.

In early August of this year, I was told by the Lord during a time of prayer with others to "Shout to the people the sins of the Church". Immediately this issue of Christians merging Islam with Christinaity came to mind but I had no idea specifically what the Lord was referring to and how He wanted me to do this.

The next day I was contacted by a member of the body of Christ here in the Fox Valley. The person was sharing information about a new movement sometimes called the "Insiders Movement" and the "Common Ground Movement" built on the C5 mission strategy of contextualization. C5 strategy promotes the idea that Muslims can remain in Islam and still be "Christ Followers" even as they continue to hold to Mohammed being God’s prophet and, for many, even holding that the Quran is a "holy book." Obviously holding to Mohammed being God’s Prophet, when he denies Christ’s divinity, death and resurrection, compromises the core truths of our faith and blurs the line between Christianity and Islam. There are a number of ways this movement breaks down the line between us. I mention these two as examples only.

Elements of this movement are an example of how the Church is "pigeonholing" the Christian Faith with Islam. This is a sin and God hates it.

I am not writing to begin a debate with a movement or even to give my doctrinal opinions. I am simply conveying to you what the Lord has said about this broad issue and am asking you to pray about this; to consider it with great seriousness. I believe this will begin to affect many of us in the United States and in the Fox Valley in the very near future.

As I was praying about this issue and how to confront it, the Lord brought something to mind. Some years ago in a prophecy given first for CTR and then expanded to the Fox Valley churches the Lord was rebuking us for not allowing Him to be the Head of the Church. In His specific definition He said this,

"You are not allowing Jesus to be the Head of the church. The church is His House. You are putting people into ministry that God is not putting into ministry. You are taking people out of ministry that God is calling into ministry. You are putting people out of the church that God is calling into the church. You are bringing people into the church that God is casting out of the church. If you repent of this the Holy Spirit will be loosed on the church and the enemy will be held back. If you do not repent the devil will be loosed on the church and the Holy Spirit will hold back." (Bolding mine)

I believe that what the Lord is speaking to regarding the Islam/Christian issue refers directly to the bolded part above. "Bringing people into the Church that are not being brought in by the Lord" is, in effect not allowing Him to be the Head.

"Common Ground Conference" held in the Fox Valley

 

Pigeonholing Christianity with Islam

 

23 Aug 2009

by Joie Pirkey

On August 17, 2009, I sent out a prophecy that the Lord gave me in September of 2007 that contained this statement, "leaders of the Church, were already beginning to publicly postulate that Islam was, in effect, quite like Christianity. They would proceed to give examples of our similarities and begin to, and He used the term, "pigeonhole", Christianity with Islam. This in effect would erode the line of demarcation between Islam and Christianity and He said that He "hates this." (Prophecy posted on my blog.)

On July 20, 2009, I posted this vision on my Shouts of Joy Ministries Facebook Group.

I didn’t know why, at the time, the Lord was pushing so urgently for me to get that vision posted, but in retrospect, I think that He wanted it posted before this non-biblical paradigm was introduced and taught in the Fox Valley.

As people in our region began to read these posted prophecies, I began to get a number of emails saying that Christ the Rock Community Church in Menasha, WI, was in fact hosting a "Common Ground" Conference on August 21, 2009. At the time the Lord began to speak to me about Islam, in 2007, I had no idea He would be referring to anyone in Wisconsin much less the Fox Valley. I was of the belief that my ministry in Rwanda and surrounding African countries would bring this issue to the forefront. But when I began to research the "Common Ground Movement" and what they postulated with the understanding that Christ the Rock was seemingly embracing this paradigm, I could see that those previous words were speaking to what is happening here and now.

We have an audio tape of the conference held at Christ the Rock this past Friday. I will post audio clips below of some of the quotes that brought me great concern. Many things stuck out as being biblically unfounded but my goal here is not to refute their teachings but to highlight that they are in fact "pigeonholing" Christianity with Islam; others can refute the basics of their paradigm in the blog.

		Quotes from the "Jesus and Islam Conference" held at Christ the Rock this past weekend:
		Example 1:  Click link here to hear audio and follow along to better understand what he is saying below "Second thing, we really believe that the only way to be reconciled to God is through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Jesus is the only way. This is what He said in John 14, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. Nobody comes to the Father except by me.' This is the same thing that they said in Acts chapter 4 that there is no name under heaven by which we must be saved, given what’s in Acts. So for us Jesus is the only way. Now, that may or may not mean that you have to change your religious identity."
		Example 2:  Click link here to hear audio and follow along to better understand what he is saying below "…meaning there’s a possibility; that we are going to walk through the Bible and talk about why this is true; there is a possibility that someone could consider themselves a Muslim and yet follow Jesus whole-heartedly and be born again."
		Example 3:  Click link here to hear audio and follow along to better understand what he is saying below - () added where text isn't fully understandable "It is something that is really unique in our day because, if you will, it’s fourteen-hundred years just between Christianity ‘n Islam; there’s been some cases (he); there have been (quite a few ways) that seem to be that God is radically at work amongst both the Christians and the Muslims drawing them together in His kingdom."
		***See Jay Smith’s full refutation of the "Common Ground Paradigm" here.***

Not only have the Christ the Rock missions leaders embraced this process of "pigeonholing" in hosting such a conference, and in effect have begun to teach it, I have also been informed that Janet Lenz has plans to meet with a Senator where she will address what they are seeking to do with the Muslims so that, and I quote, "His (the senator’s) purpose would be to take this information to the entire Muslim world."

This subject of pigeonholing Christianity with Islam is very serious. It is spreading quickly and it is breaking down the line of demarcation between Christianity and Islam. God has said that He hates this. At many junctures as I attempt to write this article I find myself wanting to take up a theological debate regarding how what this movement is teaching is not biblically sound but God keeps bringing me back to tell you that He hates this. He wants you to hear His heart, to allow what He hates to impact you and your choices and your passions.

To those at Christ the Rock, be aware that your leaders are not allowing Christ to be the Head of the church, especially regarding this Islam/Christianity issue. As the original prophecy that I sent to the Christ the Rock Leadership in 2005 states,
"You are not allowing Jesus to be the Head of the church. The church is His House. You are putting people into ministry that God is not putting into ministry. You are taking people out of ministry that God is calling into ministry. You are putting people out of the church that God is calling into the church. You are bringing people into the church that God is casting out of the church."

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I believe that this issue is one that demands action. It is very serious and the Church needs to respond. One primary response would be to forward these sets of prophesies to everyone that you know who attends Christ the Rock and encourage them to demand from their leadership that they hold to the truth. Also we must agree together in prayer, that this paradigm of "pigeonholing" stops, and whatever the scheme the enemy has in doing this will be bound and ceases. Then we must pray for our leaders that they will seek the heart of God in order that they may do His will His way. In every circumstance may you seek to do what pleases the Father, obey with courage and boldness what He asks you to do, allowing Him to be the Head of His Church!

Since August 24, when I sent out the last Shouts of Joy Ministries Newsletter, I have received a large number of articles about how the Church, most claiming the Emergent Church, are pigeonholing Christianity with Islam. But through my extensive research these past few weeks I have found that this C5 Contextualization movement (also known as Common Ground; Insiders; or Jesus in the Quran) has also been seeping into evangelical churches. Many of the churches that I have found are large, Seeker-Sensitive types.

One church promoting this movement through conferences that teach that Muslims can remain in Islam and be "Christ Followers", and also teach that we should honor Mohammad, is Grace Fellowship Church in Atlanta. This is their web site: http://www.jesusinthequran.org/?cat=11.

Here is a quote from the above link regarding Muslims coming into the kingdom of God through Islam: "Listen, I know there's been a lot of bad blood and misunderstanding between Christians and Muslims over the years. But we actually have quite a bit in common. And I believe that both you and me desire to love and honor the one true God. I promise I will never ask you to become a Christian."

The schedule they have listed on their website for the "Jesus in the Quran" conferences is as follows:
  -  August 14-15 First Baptist Woodstock, Woodstock GA
  -  August 21-22 Christ the Rock Church, Appleton WI
  -  Sept 11-12 Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA
  -  Oct 30-31 Harambee Church, Seattle WA
  -  Nov 20-21 Grace Fellowship, Snellville GA

As thousands of Muslims gather at the United States Capitol to worship this false god, I believe that the one true God is calling us to take notice. Something evil is stirring in our land. The spirit of the age is at work. Will you sit back and be hearers only? Or will you use your voice, your open doors, and your resources to spread the pure and sincere milk of the Word, the undefiled gospel of Jesus Christ, calling all men to be disciples of the Son of God?

It is time to take a stand against this pigeonholing of Christianity and Islam. God hates this and He is calling us to speak the truth.

Joie Pirkey
Shouts of Joy Ministries

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II John 1:5-11
Amplified

I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning. Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning. I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist. Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward. Anyone who wanders away from this teaching has no relationship with God. But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don’t invite that person into your home or give any kind of encouragement. Anyone who encourages such people becomes a partner in their evil work.

Addressing Heresy in the Fox Valley

 

Exposure and Refutation
of the "Jesus in the Quran" Conference
Held at CTR

 

13 Oct 2009

by Joie Pirkey

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Addressing Heresy in the Nation

 

Exposure of C5 Contextualization
Pigeonholing Christianity with Islam

 

05 Nov 2009

by Joie Pirkey

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Islamic Agenda Spread by the Church

 

22 Mar 2010

by Joie Pirkey

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Open Letter Addressing Prophecy Fulfillment of Not Allowing Christ to be the Head

 

31 May 2010

by Joie Pirkey

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