Andrew Wommack Ministries: Home
Watch the Gospel Truth TV broadcast here!
Charis Bible College
Change Your life, change the world!
Watch our internet television 24/7.
Truth & Liberty
Preserving America’s godly heritage.
Andrew’s Special Live Streams
Watch Andrew’s special live streams.
Watch
Enjoy the Andrew Wommack Ministries’ video resource page, which is made available through the generous support of our Grace Partners. Experience the power of the Gospel on our website! You can find videos of our conferences, be encouraged through healing testimonies, build your faith with financial breakthrough stories, and see how people are finding their destinies.
Learn More >
Listen
In these archives, you’ll find a wealth of Andrew Wommack’s materials that will encourage, instruct, and bless you. You can listen to any or all of his teaching albums, single teachings, and Gospel Truth podcasts.
Read
See what’s happening in the ministry by reading an edition of AWM’s Gospel Truth magazine archives. Feed your faith with daily devotions that highlight the unconditional love and grace of God. Redefine your Bible study with the online version of Life for Today, Andrew Wommack’s Bible commentary of the New Testament. Encourage yourself in times of crisis with the Christian Survival Kit.
Internet TV
God called us to teach the truth of the Gospel to the body of Christ with special emphasis on God’s unconditional love and the balance between grace and faith. Now, we have the opportunity to share the Gospel 24/7 with our new internet TV channel. We welcome you to this ministry and pray that will help you know and understand our loving heavenly Father in a deeper way.
AWM Now
The Inside Story
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. ” – Psalms 46:1-2
The Dangers of Tuning into Andrew Wommack – Equip Blog
Andrew Wommack is a popular Bible teacher whose ministry is extended through radio, television, seminars, the Charis Bible College and various other extensions of the Andrew Wommack Ministries (AWM). [1] A close examination of Wommack’s teaching, however, clearly demonstrates he is doctrinally aberrant. [2]
The most controversial aspect of Wommack’s teaching is its incorporation of Word of Faith theology. As Word of Faith teachers twist Scripture to support the occult belief that faith is a force, words are containers of the force, and through faith-filled words we can speak things into reality, Wommack similarly takes Matthew 18:18 out of context as a proof text for his belief that “We can actually bind up the positive results of sowing and reaping in a godly person and loose the attacks of Satan against them by the words we speak (Prov. 18:21; Jas. 3:5-6, 9-10). ”[3]
Just as Word of Faith teachers pitch various “give to get” cons as a means for devotees to obtain financial prosperity, Wommack likewise teaches, “Those who don’t give financially to the work of the gospel will not have God’s financial blessings in their personal lives. On the other hand, those who do give to the work of the Lord will have an abundant harvest of finances. ”[4]
Word of Faith teachers tell us that all Christians must be in perfect health because healing is guaranteed in the atonement; likewise, Womack teaches, “It’s never God’s will for us to be sick; He wants every person healed every time” (emphasis in original). [5] Moreover, he even makes radical statements like, “The Lord never told us to pray for the sick in the sense that we ask Him to heal them. He told us to heal the sick, ” and “Jesus told us to heal the sick, not pray for the sick. ”[6]
The binding and loosing mentioned in Matthew 18:18 is neither in reference to the power of words to create reality, nor the commanding of demons. Jesus’ point concerns church discipline. Here the “binding” and “loosening” terms “normally used for tying up or imprisoning versus freeing or releasing, provide a natural metaphor for condemning or acquitting in a court. ”[7] Christ’s command is practically worked out when Christians demonstrate truth by condemning sin and confirming righteousness.
Although Christians are encouraged to financially support the ministries of the church they attend, there is nothing in Scripture that guarantees a financial return for our donations. Rather, the Bible sets forth the general principle that sowing seeds of unrighteousness will produce bad fruits, but sowing seeds of righteousness will produce good fruits (Gal. 6:7).
The Bible also teaches that sickness and death are the normal order of things in this life, but that those who have faith in Jesus Christ have the hope of being resurrected and glorified at the end of the age (1 Corinthians 15:42-58), and that believers will no longer experience sickness, suffering, and death (Rev. 21:1-4). Jesus never made any absurd prohibition against praying for the sick; however, James, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, writes, “Is anyone sick among you? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord” (James 5:14, NASB).
Wommack’s view on private prayer languages is also controversial. Concerning 1 Corinthians 12:30, he writes, “Some people have used this verse to teach that speaking in tongues is not for every believer since the obvious answer to this question is no. However, this is speaking about the gift of speaking in tongues that operates in a church service. Not every believer will operate in that gift. But every believer (Mk. 16:17) who has been baptized in the Holy Spirit can speak in tongues in his own private prayer life. ”[8]
There is good reason to believe in the perpetuity of spiritual gifts, and that the gift of tongues has not ceased with the closing of the canon; however, speaking in tongues is not normative. Scripture mentions a “prayer language, ” which in a sense refers to speaking or praying in tongues (see 1 Cor. 14:14). Some identify this language with the Spirit’s “groanings” that the apostle Paul wrote about in Romans 8:26 (NASB). It is unclear whether these “groanings” refer to words inexpressible in human language or to words unspoken, and Christians disagree whether tongues can be practiced privately as well as corporately. Those who believe that Scripture allows for the practice of tongues in private or personal devotion may refer to verses such as Romans 8:23, 26; 1 Cor. 14:4, 18-19, 28. Some believe that, based on 1 Corinthians 14:19, interpretations of tongues are unnecessary when spoken privately. Scripture, however, emphasizes that without an interpretation the “mind is unfruitful” (1 Cor. 14:13-14, NASB). It is also worth noting that Mark 16:17 is not found in earlier and more reliable New Testament manuscripts, so this passage is very shaky ground upon which to establish a teaching that all Christians speak in tongues. Moreover, the spectacular signs in Mark 16:17 were wonders associated with the Apostles but one need not presume they are to be normative for all believers (cf. Acts 1-28). Keep also in mind speaking in tongues is an issue Christians can debate but over which they must not divide.
Given Wommack’s blatant use of Word of Faith theology, we do not recommend his ministry.
For further study on related issues, we recommend accessing the following Web resources:
What’s Wrong with the “Word-Faith” Movement?
Christianity Still In Crisis: A Word of Faith Update
What’s Wrong With the Faith Movement (Part 1): E. W. Kenyon and the Twelve Apostles of Another Gospel
What’s Wrong With the Faith Movement (Part 2): The Teachings of Kenneth Copeland
Answering Questions about Televangelists
The Perpetuity of Spiritual Gifts
Scripture vs. the Spiritual Gifts?
We also recommend from our bookstore:
Christianity in Crisis 21st Century
B995/$22. 99
Notes:
1. AWM, “About Us” (), accessed Sept. 3, 2008.
2. AWM., “Statement of Faith” (), accessed Sept. 3, 2008. Cf. The Essentials of Christianity, ” “CP0600 – Heresy and Aberration — What’s the Difference? ” and “What Is a Cult? ”
3. AWM, “Matthew 18:18” (), accessed Sept. 3, 2008.
4. AWM, “Galatians 6:7” (), accessed Sept. 3, 2008.
5. AWM, “Faith For Healing Is Based On Knowledge” (), accessed Sept. 3, 2008.
6. AWM, “Our Authority Releases God’s Power” (), accessed Sept. 3, 2008.
7. Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993), 94.
8. AWM, “1 Corinthians 12:30” (), accessed Sept. 3, 2008.
Andrew Wommack Ministries
Search Through Our Discipleship Resources
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
John 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
John 15:4
Healing
Learn how to minister and receive healing from God.
Who You Are in Christ
Who do you think you are?
Check out our resources on this all-important subject,
and know for sure!
The Holy Spirit and You
Learn about the Holy Spirit and His role in your life so you experience the dynamic life God intended!
Wealth Harvests
God’s Kingdom is better than the world’s.
Discover how to see consistent harvests of wealth in your life.
Who You Are in ChristWho do you think you are? Check out our resources on this all-important subject, and know for sure!
The Holy Spirit and YouLearn about the Holy Spirit and His role in your life so you experience the dynamic life God intended!
God’s Kingdom is better than the world’s. Discover how to see consistent harvests of wealth in your life.
