At the weekly skinny jeans convention known as Elevation ‘Church,’ Steven Furtick had an audience member come up, dress like Waldo, and find Waldo in a screen projected on stage. Furtick likened Waldo to Christ, and then went on a Waldo-infused tirade. Calling a volunteer, “Wade,” out of the audience, Furtick said it would … Read more
It’s not the Babylon Bee satire site. It’s just another day in the life of Steven Furtick. Fiction couldn’t be any more absurd than the reality at Elevation ‘Church.’ Furtick released a video in which he exposits his relationship with Alexa, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant created and marketed by Amazon. In what appears to … Read more
Funds from the Southern Baptist Cooperative Program helped to launch Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church. Today, that church has become a mega-church hotbed of heresy. The skinny jeans-wearing cartoon with a misaligned jaw and case of roid-rage (also known as Steven Furtick) hosted a book signing by prosperity preacher, TD Jakes, at his church this Monday. Furtick conducted … Read more
If it isn’t enough that Steven Furtick, pastor of Elevation, the multi-campus megachurch in Charlotte, NC is a habitual twister of the Scriptures for the purpose of self-promotion and egotistical gain, it’s now abundantly clear that he’s gone full-on Prosperity Gospel. The Prosperity Gospel is a false gospel that teaches that God promises to all … Read more
Recently, Chris Rosebrough of Fighting for the Faith reviewed one of Clayton Jennings’ videos that he recorded on Facebook while driving as well as a spoken word video that he did attacking those who oppose him. Pulpit & Pen and Polemics Report has exposed Jennings for his continued impenitence after taking advantage of several young women prior … Read more
Pulpit & Pen Resources Steven Furtick: I am the sword formed against death and Hell Steven Furtick Sees Himself as the Son of God in the Bible Steven Furtick is Pretty Sure God Sinned Steven Furtick Gladhands T.D. Jakes Church – Gives 35K dollars Steven Furtick Has Faith in ‘Doubt’ Steven Furtick on the Wall … Read more
Popular Word of Faith huckster and senior “pastor” of Elevation Church, Steven Furtick, is no stranger to reading himself into the biblical text. Furtick is the king of narcissistic eisegesis–or narcigesis for short. Recently, at the aptly named Reckless Conference held at T.D. Jakes’ Potter’s House, Furtick twists Isaiah 49 and claims that he is the weapon … Read more
Narcigesis – A biblical hermeneutic where one reads themselves into the bible and writes God out of it. (source) Steven Furtick, the king of narcigesis, makes no uncertainty about who he thinks Scripture is about. Of course, most conservative biblical theologians would, without hesitation, say it’s about Jesus. But Furtick consistently reads himself into every text of … Read more
“Pastor” Steven Furtick just plain doesn’t understand such central truths about the Christian faith, like what Jesus Christ was doing on the cross. Apparently, and to the surprise to every single person familiar with the Bible throughout human history, “God broke the law for love” when Jesus died on the cross. To be fair, though, what … Read more
Furtick has made the news quite a bit lately. Recently, his church posted an idolatrous video, which has since been taken down, practically worshiping Furtick. It’s not unusual for Furtick to preach a message that totally distorts the reality of Jesus Christ, and twists his Word beyond recognition. (See here and here). He regularly partners … Read more
In the seeker-sensitive church movement, one of the prevailing streams of thought are the idea that doubt is a good thing. In other words, doubt is viewed as a positive that can be used to develop one’s faith in Jesus. In the video below, Steven Furtick, pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC, quotes “the opposite … Read more
Then he goes on to preach that coming to church lifts our perspective to be able to see beyond those walls, and that there’s something about “making and effort to get into God’s presence” that will “elevate your perspective” to be able to see past your problems and you will see that
the enemy that you were intimated by, was actually intimidated of you all along.
Many of have taken issue with Steven Furtick in recent years. Pointing out Furtick-level pastoral narcissism has been common fare on a number of popular podcasts. I’ll assume you haven’t actually made your habitation under a rock and that you’re aware of the Furtick controversies; the increasingly scary cult mentality of Elevation Church as it … Read more
In the Halcyon days of Pulpit & Pen, new articles came out every day. There were multiple writers contributing back then and if nothing was getting published JD Hall would inform us quickly that “the website was growing cobwebs”. Unfortunately, the site has had cobwebs for a few years now; it’s just me writing. Between … Read more
Last week here at Pulpit & Pen I published a post entitled “Elevation Worship: Manslaughter or Murder” questioning the motivations of music ministers who include Elevation music (and music from other unbiblical organizations) in the worship services at their churches. I concluded that those ministers were in error regardless of their intent and level of … Read more
