Marriage announcement
Peter Youngren and Taina Kuusiluoma were married on Friday, September 30th, 2011 in a ceremony at the Toronto International Celebration Church. The officiating minister was Rev. David Youngren. Many friends and pastors attended the ceremony and well wishes were received from family, friends and from pastors in many parts of the world.
For Peter, this new beginning is the end of a painful journey, over many years, He says, “I believe that God has guided this decision, and I look forward to be able to enjoy a life partnership, building a home and living in a loving day to day relationship, the way marriage was intended.”
Taina received Jesus Christ as a child. In 1996 Jesus became real to her, and she quickly became involved in the work of the Lord, as a leader in her church, and in teaching Bible College in her native Finland, as well as in Thailand and Cuba.
Peter and Taina extend a special thanks to the partners in ministry, their spiritual family; “Your kindness is very precious, and we are humbled to receive so much Christian love. Thank you in Jesus’ name.”
This is Youngren’s third marriage.
QUOTE:
For Peter, this new beginning is the end of a painful journey, over many years, He says, “I believe that God has guided this decision, and I look forward to be able to enjoy a life partnership, building a home and living in a loving day to day relationship, the way marriage was intended.”
Cruel, brutal, merciless.
PY takes the role of “the innocent victim” – hurt and wounded by others.
Very offensive to Roxanne and Youngren’s “previous” families.
It is general info, that this relationship started before PY was seperated, never mind divorced from his second wife Roxanne.
Corrupt and debase – typical Youngren narssistic style.
Any bets on how long it will take before Youngren disposes of Taina?
He has already disposed of two wives and at least one mistress.
Plus numerous workers and ministry associates.
What makes Taina believe that her fate will be any differant from the previous ladies?
I can’t even… I … ughh.
Part of me wants to actually wish them both all the best. Becuase I do believe in marriage, and I’m not against anyone being happily married.
The rest of me has nothing nice to say at all, so that’s all I’m going to say about that. I’ll post this update to my website and hope that the writing is on the wall in big enough letters for everyone to see the truth of what PY really is.
Thank you Bene for reporting.
Love and respect
For all the flourish, language of contrition, statements of victimization, and overt religiosity – only the culpable and naive would stoop to believe his phantasmagoric pile of crap.
Grace TV and Youngren might as well ordered a billboard telegraphing this is what the character disorder called narcissism looks like.
“…this new beginning is the end of a painful journey, over many years… and I look forward to be able to enjoy a life partnership, building a home and living in a loving day to day relationship, the way marriage was intended.”
The desperate drive for new.
New wife, new mistress, new girlfriend, new tv station, new crusade.
The need to be victim, to negate, blame, belittle, punish.
I want.
I need.
I will take.
I will have.
My needs, my partnership,
my home, my days,
my relationship, my marriage,
my fantasies, my desires and my expectations.
It’s not my fault I’m hurting, it’s theirs, it’s yours.
Living with a Narcissist
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Living_With_a_Narcissist
I was just looking over that old entry of yours “EKM Legal Proceedings Against PY”. Some of that information I had totally forgotten about, thankfully, but anyway…
did we ever figure out if Peter Youngren is even ordained? Is anyone licencing him other than his GraceTV broadcasting licence? Who is he accountable to – if anyone? What are his credentials? Ulf Ekman’s Word of Life in Sweeden may support him, but outside of that, I have no idea. Is there any paperwork to prove PY is a minister? If so, is that paperwork still in good standing after 3 marriages, several affairs, a child outside of wedlock and with another married woman, these legal proceedings from Finland… etc etc. ? Has PY gone rogue mini$ter?
Last I checked he was still listed as licensed by Ontario – that was about a year ago.
As for ordination – I wrote Bill Annis, (Faith Christian Fellowship) but they didn’t bother getting back to me, which is odd – if you are going to be a fellowship the least you can do is answer a query about whether or not you’ve extended credentials to someone.
Peter Youngren was ordained by PAOC way back – and they yanked his credentials when he divorced his first wife. The PAOC used to be prudent about ordination, his bio says he went to bible college in the US. What it doesn’t say is which one and whether or not he graduated.
Okay just checked Ontario. As of March 2011 David, Peter Karl, Roxanne and Peter Youngren are licensed.
http://tinyurl.com/6grxsce
Stated:
“Ulf Ekman’s Word of Life in Sweeden may support him,..”
There has been no contact (or support) for many years between PY and Ekman, Sweeden. At least 1o years, possibly more.
Ekman believes in and practices himself integrity and does not accept the immoral and corrupt life style that Youngren exemplifies. Ekman is the “husband of one wife” with no questionable cover-ups in his background. Ekman also cut ties years earlier with Tim Storey and Roberts Liardon for similar reasons. These two guys of course are “comrades” of PY. (Birds of a feather).
Of late Ekman has taken a strong stand against the contaminated and perverse “Grace Message” that Youngren promotes, showing it to be a false, distorted grace.
So me and you and everyone else on planet Earth should get a ministerial licence from the Province of Ontario, since it virtually means nothing.
Bottom line, pay the fee and do what you please. Sounds about right. Sounds like Gra$eTV!
Like getting a M1 endorsement on your drivers licence.
Actually, getting a limited morotcycle licence is probably harder.
Also, you’ll remember:
Richard CFeb 23rd, 2010 at 2:18 am Peter Youngren was asked to leave the open bible faith fellowship 4 years ago by myself. His credentials were pulled at that time and he will not be re-instated to the fellowship. -Taken from http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2010/02/12/peter-youngren-running-out-of-grace/
I remember being told that Youngren actually created his own ordination umbrella and then ordained himself. Unfortunately, I can’t back that up or give you the name.
I think it’s important that this information comes out. If he’s just a rogue business man with some licence that he paid the government of Ontario for, people – especially those who donate money to him – those he should be accountable to – those people he is “leading” – his various conregations and partners – should know.
People should know if no official ministry or ministerial ordination board other than the ones he invented support him.
I feel so sorry for dear Peter – he has been hurt, wounded, mis-used, disposed of – and no body seems to understand his plight! What a shame, he must really feel rejected.
No honour from previous wives or mistresses! (They all cruely mistreated him)
No loyal friendship from all the guys in ministry who have left him!
Nobody to be accountable to for his worries, what a bitter disapointment!
No shoulder to cry on except Taina! (for at least a short time)
And now finally at last – 57 yrs. old and “looking forward to be able to enjoy a life partnership, building a home and living in a loving day to day relationship, the way marriage was intended”. Almost like heaven (or could it be hell?)
Three marriages. What a testimony!!!!
(makes me want to puke)
I’m absolutely stunned and disgusted by the willful blind loyalty of some “Christians”. If they would only be as faithful and loyal to HIM as they are to their so-called spiritual leaders I believe the church would be in a very, very different condition.
Tell everyone you care about to never send him any of their money. Tell them they’d be better off giving to one of the kids, or to a distant relative. Tell people to stop going to any of his congregations, to not be a part of anything he is. Peaceful non-co-operation and having zero funding, that will do the trick. I guarantee it.
Check out the book ‘The Pastor Has No Clothes’ by an author named Zen (can’t remember first name). The local new covenant church was never designed by God to be led by a ‘pastor’ – maybe situations like this is one of the reasons why.
I was married once before I got saved. My spouse cheated on me well, every day for several years. Then I got married again after I got saved.and my spouse left me for no reason other than “God said to cause it was a mistake.” We were only married a few months.
I’ve been single for twenty plus years now. I don’t want a third marriage. I don’t want to make anyone puke, Dave.
My failed marriages were not my fault. Well, I guess it was bad judgment on my part to pick those two. So, I would like to remarry but never will because of the fact that being married three times would make many puke, including myself.
Also, who is Peter Youngren? Can someone give me a basic rundown of the guy? Never heard of him. I hope you will be kind to me even though I’m divorced.
“Pete”, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and just assume you’re being completely honest here.
I too am divorced (finished up the paperwork in 2006, I think the baby that she was pregnant with that wasn’t mine was born by then), then got engaged again, which also didn’t work out. We still talk and I have no hard feelings. Also, she gave me the ring back, which was nice. I am sort of in the same boat as you. I believe in marriage and I’d like to think I’d enjoy a family of my own in the future. So all of that to say, I’m not looking down on you or judging you so no worries bro…
To your other question. I find it hard to believe you don’t know who PY is, but anyway, if you click my name here it’ll send you to a brief rundown of my experience with him. Also, there are several informative articles on this website and make sure to read the comments too, because I have been amazed at how much information people like Ronald Tate were able to find on the man.
Or you could just google him. Either way. Peace out friend
My best wishes to you and your family. I hope you find someone special that understands you… “Pete”.
Pete, if you don’t know who Peter Youngren is why are you on this board?
Reminds me of “The Six Wives of Henry the 8th.” They all thought that they wouldn’t end up like the previous ones. Yet the only one who didn’t get cast away or beheaded was the one who outlived him.
Taina, you will become tainted. Divorce him now and take half of the money from his foreign bank accounts. Then repent for breaking up a marriage. Remember Malachai 2:16 “God says that He hates divorce.”
Adam, I’ve found in the body of Christ that if you’re divorced, it’s best to hunker down with God and not really entrust yourself to anyone but Him. The never – divorced can be judgmental. Personally, I’m happy single. I’d never marry again only because the body of Christ would give us so much hell we’d probably divorce again because of the sheer pressure and hate directed toward losers like us. Thus, I stick with Jesus who understands what being a loser is all about, since He took my loserness on the cross. I thank Him for hanging by this divorced loser. As for Peter Y., never heard of the guy. And really I’ve had my fill of these con artists. Watching Joel Osteen say he’d go to a gay wedding was enough to once again throw me back on the path of work out my own salvation with fear and trembling, not trusting the lukewarm church. This little divorcee loves Jesus and will hide in Him until I die.
Welcome Pete, glad you stopped by. Peter Youngren is the owner of a tv network in Canada called Grace TV. I’ve tagged all the posts at BDBO, so if you use the search field on the side bar and type in his name, you can read up on his behavior.
Pete just wanted to let you know, since you seem to not know who Peter Youngren is that God loves you and nothing can separate you from His love which is in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:38-39) so there’s no reason for your beating yourself up for broken marriages or any other failings. It’s true that churches seem to be very unforgiving and cruel to some but who we are talking about here is not a lay christian person but rather a “Minister” of the Gospel who claims that he doesn’t preach christian morality, he preaches Christ and our accepting Him as Saviour will make us moral. So, when does this morality kick in? after 35yrs of ministry, three marriages, 1 adultery resulting in a child, ordaining questionably unapproved people, associating with ministers who just keep messing up morally and having shady business practices, it seems like the verse that says,”… it is God that is at work in us causing us to will and to do for His good pleasure”(Phil. 2:12) just ain’t working out for him. Thats what we’re talking about on here… I think, don’t want to speak for anybody else.
Fundamentalist churches vary greatly on their policies concerning divorce and remarriage. For example, a married couple attending the church regularly – she runs off with the director of daycare leaving him with 2 children. The body of the church, while embracing the offended husband in love and support, would hastily ask god to prepare an especially tepid place in hell for the offending runaways. The same pastor who asks a member to leave, after discovering him in a strip club, runs off with the music director, marries her after they both divorce, and scarcely a word is said.
And policies won’t always be similar in every church – some churches soften the rules depending on hierarchy and length of attendance, while others are harsher on those elevated to high positions.
Even an offended spouse can never expect the same degree of respect in his or her church body. Many Christians secretly take a dim view to divorced folks, regardless of the vehicle that brought them to that state.
Hence, we see the wounded often fleeing the body, and taking refuge outside the church – the very place that is advertised as loving and forgiving, even if you are a murderer and a Republican.
The good news is that many former believers, having been on the receiving end of that kind of hypocrisy, abandon religion altogether. They reason that if the secular world treats them indifferently and lovingly, then why can’t the people of god relax the evil eye a little.
Far from being labeled a loser – my own divorce experience found me in the supportive community of secular folks, who mostly couldn’t care less why I was divorced. The real losers Pete, are the church members.
I should add, as a point of irony, that I met my ex-wife at WIBI, Peter Youngrens “bible college”.
Thanks Peter. Thanks.
dna, true the lost embrace me and could care less if i am divorced. the church eyes me like i am a fallen angel. i met some people recently at a church, they were so nice to me. once they found out i was divorced, they stopped communicating. i haven’t been back to church since. but i have been back to Jesus since…
Sounds like you’re confusing religious, legalistic O.T. folk with born again Christians Pete, consider another church/denomination. I understand that the reason for the confusion among Christians and the laughable response of the world to the church is due to the type of preaching/preachers that exist and are so public but there IS a difference between religious, legalist folk and truly genuine born again Believers.
Hi Mps ..
I’ve heard this kind of rhetoric before, and it interests me – many of my former pastors compared legalistic folks to true born-again Christians, and you could see the same theme developed in many of the Christian bookstore publications. It was a contrast one would hope was actually legitimate, because, as a born-again Christian yourself, it wasn’t advantageous to be inferior to anyone, whether that mind-set was Christlike or not. We used to call this the Chritian advantage.
Like many memes, this appears ingenuous on the exterior; however, it doesn’t really stand up to analysis.
Christians, for example, do not score appreciably better when it comes to divorce and remarriage, than secular folks, and neither are the rates of teen pregnancy and STD’s particularly impressive. And you can’t point out any particular flavor of Christianity and hold it up as an example to the others. Part of the problem with benevolently legitimizing your post, would be trying to uncover an average illustration of “true Christianity”. In a world where there are tens of thousands of variations of the faith, this is somewhat impracticable.
Even when you look at the level of biblical familiarity of born-again Christians as compared to secular folks – the Christians come out sadly on the losing end. (And Christians make horrible music and movies compared to the heathen – so where is the Christian advantage so far?)
Perhaps your post is only dealing with the mindset of born-again Christians as compared to the legalistic mindset of the O.T. crowd – insofar as divorce and remarriage is concerned. In order to understand your meaning, we have to decide who belongs to which group, and why. But we have already noted that Christians don’t share an advantage when it comes to divorces, so why would we expect to see a improved stance towards divorced folks from the standpoint of Christians, any more than we could expect to see a softening of opinion towards gay marriage?
THANK you.
(SO much more I could add but this isn’t the place.)
Pete:
I’m sorry that your prior relationships didn’t work out. But you weren’t out there preaching one thing and living another, were you? THAT group is where my comment is directed to, not to folks like you. If you want to apply it to your situation that is your choice. I’m criticizing the divorce epidemic in the ‘Anything Goes’ religious movement masquerading as a God-directed, Godly group. I wish you the very best, Pete.
Oh and by the way, I’m no longer in organized religion of any kind so if you think I’m coming from that angle, that’s dead wrong. I lost many years of my life due to the mountainous hypocrisy and lies that I lived through growing up in a pentecostal denomination. Nope, I have no bone to pick with folks outside of the facade-based belief systems I am so familiar with. I’m one of them. I need God, I need fellowship but I need organized religion like I need a contagious cold sore. No thanks. : )
Pastor Peter,
This was really a eye opener for the partners who have been with a genuingly helped your mission.
Evangelist can have this type of issues but My questions is divorce is it biblical?
before 5 months are over to get married? This quetions any spirit lead christian to think Is this man of God operating only from Gift of holy spirit and not enriching his spirit by edifiying him self ? My only prayer is that You will not loose your reward life to come .
Hi Hema:
Thanks for reading – this is not about sides, thank you for grasping that message.
The reality is, if information in the posts I put up was false, I don’t doubt for a nano-second Grace TV lawyers would be all over me like white on rice.
I want to see partners and viewers having information which enables them to make informed choices.
“The reality is, if information in the posts I put up was false, I don’t doubt for a nano-second Grace TV lawyers would be all over me like white on rice.”
Very good point BD. I/we have been out in the open with whatever information we had/have for years now. If anything we said wasn’t true, the public would have known if by now. Example; that one tiny error (still up for scrutiny and debate in my mind but I’ll accept the correction if it’s the truth) I made in all of my blogs and commenting “Ulf Ekman supports PY”, see how quick that was corrected? And by a reader of yours no less! That’s how heavily you are being scrutized when you cite facts about PY in a public forum. Then, of course, you get to be the subject of his personal hate-jibberish in “The Cesspool of Christian Mud-Slinging”.
The facts are the facts, and the truth is the truth. Let those “partners” and supporters he has decide if they want to support him once they know the truth. Your average delusional and ignorant (sorry but it’s usually true) PY supporter who hasn’t yet to skim the sparkly sheen of PY has no business injecting his or her first impressions of the man into comments of a website that has been giving FACTS and names and dates, documenting years of history and paper trails of a ministry and personal life.
I hardly think “But he loves G-$u$ and G-$u$ forgives him! Let’s stay focussed on G-$u$!” is an idea even worth discussing here, simply because it’s not the issue at hand. Let’s grow up and not be so naieve. When your standing up to a mountain of evidence this high, whether or not the man is a good “churchian” is a moot side-issue. CRTC licence? Accountable to “partners”, family, ministerial oversite? Pff! I’m Peter Youngren! And that’s enough!
Peace,
keep up the good work Bene
I would like to personally thank PY for his “The Cesspool of Christian Mud-Slinging” post because it was through it that I found myself here @ BDBO and to my surprise I found others who were confirming things that I had long suspected, believed and even struggled to comprehend. BDBO I would also like to express my gratitude for the research and facts that have been posted on here because anyone who maybe struggling to understand PY or any other “snake oil salesman” can read and understand the issue(s) and reach factual conclusions or make informed decisions apart from the constant drum-beating of slogans and catch phrases and marketing techniques that are usually employed by these guys…For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God…but presently it isn’t because believers seem to be too enamored by their “spiritual idols”.
Now it’s $1000 for a silver trumpet trinket. From Israel of course. New letters came in the mail today from WIM.
I was thinking of making a video of reading through the letter and giving some background information as I do. Any thoughts?
There is no ‘specific’ need this time around, like having to pay the bills of the new building to the owner, who just so happens to be PY.
Anyway, It just reads…
“Our calling together is more urgent than ever. Every person on the earth must hear the Go$pel! Please pray today about sowing your best $eed for WIM. It is urgently needed this month!
I’m asking as many as possibly can to give $1000. You can do it as a one time gift, or $200/month over the next five months, or $84/month over a twelve month period. I will rush (hahahahahhahahhahahahahah) the Silver Trumpet as a meaningful “thank you” for your extraordinary $1000 $eed”.
What, did the honeymoon to wife #3 run a little over budget?
I don’t know if anyone else realizes this, but WIM has literally set up their new office in an old RBC bank, now each of his pleas for your savings or credit are sounding more and more like they were truly written from a Bank Manager’s desk.
[puking sound]
{(haha)’s and $ instead of “s” emphasis mine}
MPS….Can I assume that you are a Christian by your comment……For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God…but presently it isn’t because believers seem to be too enamored by their “spiritual idols”.
Video sounds good.
Last we heard from Ronald he was waiting for I think IRS forms from the US on Youngren operations there.
The silver shofar is sold at http://www.karshi.co.il/ for $124.00 US
Item #592 under Home/Gifts.
It’s yours from Grace TV for a gift of $1000.00 or more?
A fool and his money are easily parted.
Most probably, his current wife might not share the same fate as the other ladies. Because he is getting older now, and he might not have the same strenght. Then again, you never know. Wait and see.
I don’t really care about his personal life. but you have to remember this – before you let his theology or philosophy impact your life, ask yourself, what is his response to human suffuring . Does he weep with those who weep, or blame them for their own sorrows. If the ends aren’t proper, the means don’t count.
Its evident from his response to the critics , he wants grace mercy for himself, but not for others. Why doesn’t he extend the same mercy and grace to his critics instead of condemning them and calling them liars, by echoing that religious oppressor. Namely David Mainse. ?
I don’t have fond thoughts about David Mainse as well as Peter Youngren. I don’t think his attitude toward his critics enhances his side of story as a supposed grace preacher. I’m not impressed.
And this is one of the many reasons I don’t call my self a Christian any more.
As matter of fact, I’m fighting it tooth and nail to not become a full time atheist, or humanist.
There is nothing attractive about TV preachers.
Maybe, we should occupy the Crystal Cathedral, TBN, World Harvest Church, Grace TV/WIM etc ..-:)
hahaha
Hagere .. welcome to sanity
Tabula rasa at best!
Someone one on facebook shared this quote this morning, and as I was reading it the people that came to my mind were – Peter Youngren/his son/ his daughter in law
I don’t know why…
“When people have learned to de-sanctify each other, to treat each other as means to our own ends, to not feel the pain of those who are suffering, we end up creating a world in which…terrible acts of violence become more common. This is a world out of touch with itself, filled with people who have forgotten how to recognize and respond to the sacred in each other because we are so used to looking at others from the standpoint of what they can do for us, how we can use them toward our own ends”.
~Rabbi Michael Lerner
Unless I am mistaken, didn’t Jesus say something about the one among us who is without sin should cast the first stone? Assuming all that has been said about PY is true I (personally – you may have other options) have no right to ‘cast stones’. Just because my great imperfections have not have come to light in a public forum does not allow me to condemn another’s actions. The Bible, however, DOES say that if we find a brother in a fault we should GO TO HIM – not talk about him on a blog, etc. – and the confrontation should take place FOR THE PURPOSE of attempting to get him to repent and then again become a valued member of the Body of Christ.
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Interesting!
Recognized workHe was invited to be a guest speaker at the 2007 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement.
He became the only person (evangelist), since Billy Graham, to speak to Congress about spiritual matters.
He was the officiating minister for the wedding of Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” and Beth Chapman.
He was a guest lecturer at Oral Roberts University at 25 years old.
He often meets privately and counsels high-profile leaders in various industries. Quincy Jones, Lee Iacocca, Kanye West, and Hillary Clinton are some of the people who have requested his meeting time.
I think there’s been a lot of comment on Peter’s affair, so I’m not writing about this. What I’m concerned about is that there are programs on Grace TV from churches that don’t recognise the deity of Jesus Christ. When I wrote to them about this, they emailed me to say that if they had to remove every church whose beliefs differed from theirs, there wouldn’t be enough funds to keep the channel going. I have since then stopped donating to Grace TV because they could be leading/misleading baby Christians and non-Christians to eternal damnation. These people don’t know the truth and will watch and believe the heresies of the programs shown.
Irene, are you surprised?
Regarding his third marriage to Taina Kuusiluoma – Youngren states that God has guided him to divorce his second wife in order to marry his third wife:
For Peter, this new beginning is the end of a painful journey, over many years, He says, “I believe that God has guided this decision,…..”
Jesus states:
Luuke 16:18 “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
Mathew 19:9 “Whoever shall divorce his wife, except for unchastity, and shall marry another, commits adultery.”
Who is correct Youngren or Jesus?
Youngren practices “Consecutive polygamy” – which means that a person may have many husbands or wives in succession, but only one at a time.
This is now the accepted norm in contemporary society.
It is also becoming as common inside the church as outside, even among
Christian leaders and especially in Evangelical and Charismatic streams.
Divorce and remarriage seems to be the latest trend in this relativist age where anything goes. This is hardly surprising, since the social, legal, moral and financial restraints holding marriages together for a lifetime have been steadily eroded.
And this all takes place under the umbrella of “God’s Grace”.
Serious, devastating deception!
No suprise at all.
We trade in older cars for newer models.
If your computer is worn out you get a new one.
When your mobile phone is old fashioned you update it.
No suprise that some preachers trade in their
worn out wives for a younger version.
The IMAGE is all important.
Some charismatic preachers seem to imitate Hollywood.
In God’s eyes it is called ABOMINATION.
To treat one’s wife in such a way is disgusting, vicious and loath.
No matter how much grace is preached it does not wipe that out.
None of you seem to understand, he’s Peter Youngren, he can do whatever he wants. He’s the one out there getting souls saved. He is forgiven for his transgressions and multiple marriages, like Mohammed the Prophet (PBUH) was. We commoners simply cannot understand the pressures he is under. We are the little people, we don’t know the things he knows. He has so many different businesses and side projects. He is the head and face of so many differnet operations. He travels all over the World. How can you compare your petty self with Peter Youngren?
Supporters of the SELF-ordained (NOT God-ordained) and SELF-proclaimed “pastor” called Peter Youngren use his SELF-WORKS, that is, what he DOES supposedley FOR God to JUSTIFY and DEFEND his continual ungodly and rebellious lifestyle. These defenders contradict themselves by supposedly believing in GRACE, but in order to DEFEND Peter Youngren’s pattern of continual rebellion against God, they use what he DOES to JUSTIFY him which essentially is contrary to the message of God’s grace. Therefore, in their “defense” of Peter Youngren, they are using an agurment that is CONTRARY to God’s Word and contrary to His GRACE. In other words, they are using Youngren’s SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS (what he does in the context of so-called “ministry” to defend him. Jesus addressed these type of people in Matt. 7:15-23 – those who like Youngren who self-boast about WHAT they do FOR God to defend and justify all the sins they do AGAINST God. Jesus judges these type of people by saying, “Depart from Me, you workers of iniquity, I never knew you.” These people are obviously deceived thinking they were on Jesus’ side but Christ clearly stated they were not.
Peter Youngren’s self-ordained “pastoralship” is currently contrary to the Bible’s qualifications of someone being in ministry as an overseer in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
For those of you who don’t know the FRUITS of Peter Youngren’s life, everywhere he goes, his “fruits” leave a destructive path of spiritual waste. God is not mocked. The Lord knows how a man treats his family qualifies him or disqualifies him to be a “pastor” in His Church. When Youngren was done with exploiting Roxanne for his purpose, he quickly discarded her just as fast as he discarded his Niagara Church after eploiting people’s time, talent and treasures. Now, he repeats his pattern exploitative live in Toronto where time will prove he is a wolf in sheeps clothing.
If Jesus were physically alive today and on Grace TV, would He be selling different items and using various fund-raising schemes to get the people’s money? Would Christ say and do what Peter Youngren continually solicites on TV every week? You cannot conclude just because Peter Youngren purchased a TV station and he is swindling millions of dollars from people by his merchandising of Christ’s gospel that somehow GOD is on his side. Most of you don’t even KNOW what Youngren says when he goes overseas. In his sermons, he speaks about “ALLAH” as being the same God as the Lord of the Bible. He is pimping a CHRISLIM gospel to the muslims. Furthermore, those who defend Youngren regardless of what he says or does, be careful that you don’t become or already are a worshipper of MAN rather than Jesus. The Apostle Paul repeatedly corrected those who strayed from the truth of God’s Word – even leaders in the early Church. God honors His word if it came out of a donkey’s mouth. This doesn’t make the donkey justified in God’s eyes just because he delivered a sermon to the masses, or if God supposedly gave that donkey a big barn to sleep in. Many of you think if someone uses the gospel to become rich, that God must be on that person’s side. Why don’t you ask the 100′s of people in Niagara whose lives were totally spiritually abused and destroyed by Youngren’s SELF-righteousness. When any man (including Youngren) believes they cannot do any wrong or justifies all the rebellion they are currently living in by saying grace protects their pride and self-righteousness, you must understand, “God RESISTS the proud, and only gives grace to the HUMBLE” – this is the CONDITION of God’s grace. When Youngren’s personal life doesn’t align with the Biblical qualifications of being a “pastor” and he continually refuses God so that he can operate his gospel BUSINESS and continually merchandising God’s Word, woe be to them who follow such a rebellious man. You can tell Jesus, I prophesied in your name, cast out demons, etc., but on judgment day, Jesus will say, “Depart from you, you workers of INIQUITY” Merchandising the gospel is an INIQUITY in God’s eyes. Selling gospel products is no different than the Catholic Church selling sacraments – it’s all a stench in God’s eyes. If Jesus were on TV today, He would overturn most stations and rebuke them for making His house of prayer into a den of theives! All of you need to repent and turn to the TRUTH of God’s Word by turning away from Peter Youngren who is living contrary to God’s Word and His biblical pastoral qualifications.
Jesus tells Peter Youngren and GRACE TV in John 2:16, “…make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.”
All of you need to read 2 Peter 2
2 Peter 2
1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
These 3 verses reveal Peter Youngren’s life in the last 15+ years and his current life of rebellion against God’s Word. Grace is not mocked folks. God will judge us all.