| HERESY | MORRIS CERULLO |
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| HERESY | MORRIS CERULLO |
| American Television Evangelist and TV Network Owner |
| BIRTH - DEATH | Birth: 1932 |
| EDUCATION | Honorary Doctorate from Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| MINISTRIES |
Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, 1961, San Diego, California Jewish World Evangelism, San Diego, California |
| MAJOR WORKS | God's Victorious Army Financial Breakthrough Spiritual Warfare Bible, . |
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MAJOR DOCTRINAL ISSUES The following areas of doctrinal error and outrageous claims are part of Morris Cerullo's teaching:
Did you know that from the beginning of time the whole purpose of God was to reproduce Himself?... And when we stand up here, brother, you're not looking at Morris Cerullo; you're looking at God. You're looking at Jesus. FALSE PROPHECY ISSUES The measure of a person who claims to be a prophet who is anointed to the office by God, is whether that person can actually prophesy accurately 100% of the time. The Scripture sets the standards that are to be applied to those who claim to be prophets, in book of Deuteronomy. The standard is perfection in every prophecy, no failure being allowed: "'But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die. You may say in your heart, 'How will we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?' When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken. the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him,'" Deuteronomy 18:20-21. All self-proclaimed prophets come under the authority of the Scripture. Those who speak prophecies that do not come to pass at the specified time are false prophets. That is the teaching of the Scripture, and those who accept leaders who give false prophecies are also in violation of the Scripture. Prophecy claimed to have been received from God in September 1989: Morris Cerullo said that God told him,Morris Cerullo's prophecies failed on all counts. There was no world-wide monetary collapse before 1994 that was even close to that of 1929, let alone one that was so great that it would make 1929 "look like a picnic." Morris Cerullo prophesied falsely and is judged and declared a false prophet by the standard of the Scripture. Not only did Morris Cerullo prophesy falsely, he was the only one in the entire world who received the revelation, because God apparently neglected to inform every other Christian minister about the coming disaster. Who has the greater authority; the false prophet or the Scripture? Those who continue to accept Morris Cerullo as a prophet are undiscerning and deceive themselves, which will inevitably result in deception by others. Source: www.fakefaithhearlers.com LEGAL ISSUES Another former Cerullo associate accuses him of fund-raising fraud San Diego Union-Tribune, June 24, 2000 By Alex Roth Suit says promises to donors not kept A former executive with televangelist Morris Cerullo's ministry has filed a lawsuit saying he was fired after confronting Cerullo about "unethical and fraudulent fund-raising techniques." John Paul Warren's suit, filed last month in San Diego Superior Court, is the second such lawsuit this year against Cerullo, a 68-year-old San Diego-based evangelist known for his cable network and worldwide crusades. Another former executive sued in March, saying he resigned after confronting Cerullo about unspecified "fund-raising abuses." Both suits were filed by the same lawyer. Cerullo, whose ministry says it has trained 1.3 million people around the world in Christian proselytizing, says the claims are completely false. "The Bible teaches us not to take our brothers to court," Cerullo said. Warren's suit says Cerullo reneged on a promise to give each $1,500 donor a satellite dish allowing access to the ministry's Global Prayer Satellite Network. To Warren's knowledge, none of the donors received a dish, according to the suit. The lawsuit also accuses Cerullo of hiring Warren for the unstated purpose of gaining access to the confidential 5,000-name donor list that Warren had built up during his 20 years as a minister in Northern California. The lawsuit says Cerullo hired Warren in 1998 with a promise to make him "second in command" and "successor" when Cerullo retired at the end of 2000. Instead, it says, Warren was given a lesser position, and was fired in October 1999 after confronting Cerullo about "several integrity issues." Warren's lawyer, Dean Broyles, said Cerullo routinely coaxed money from donors by promising to spend it in certain ways, then didn't follow through. "Both of my clients were very high up within the organization and they were privy to and personally observed a lot of ethical misconduct within the industry," Broyles said. "In my humble opinion, that's why they're no longer there." Broyles' other client, Harry Turner, accuses Cerullo of taking back his bonus and saying bad things about him after Turner confronted Cerullo about his fund-raising methods. Turner, who was senior vice president with Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, resigned in December. Cerullo's lawyer, Richard Towne, said he could not comment in detail about the allegations, but called both lawsuits "without merit" and "specifically false." "The facts of the employment dispute with each one will come out in the course of the case," he said. Cerullo-who says his Christian cable network is the second-largest of its kind in the world-ran into controversy this year for placing ads in 80 unsuspecting Jewish newspapers for a made-for-TV movie that turned out to be a pitch to convert to Christianity. In the ads, the movie, titled "The Rabbi," had been billed as a film about an Israeli rabbi's struggle with modernity. In a telephone interview this week, Cerullo said he could not comment on the two lawsuits other than to say he had done nothing improper and had never before been sued by former employees. He said he offered to settle the cases through a group of Christian arbitrators but the offer was refused. "We live in a world where lawsuits are filed for everything and anything in any way, shape or form," he said. Evangelist Morris Cerullo Faces Fraud Lawsuit Ex-employee alleges donors were defrauded Evangelist Morris Cerullo is being sued by a former employee who has accused the San Diego, Calif.-based ministry leader of defrauding donors. The suit has been filed by John Paul Warren, an Assemblies of God (AG) minister who served as an executive at Morris Cerullo World Evangelism (MCWE) headquarters for 18 months, until he was fired in October 1999. It is expected to go to trial in June. Filed last May, Warren's claims include fraud, violation of the California Labor Code and misuse of Warren's confidential 5,000-name mailing list. Cerullo himself has said that he cannot comment on the allegations until the suit is resolved, but the MCWE board of directors said in a statement the charges were 100 percent without merit. In the lawsuit, filed in San Diego Superior Court, Warren alleges that Cerullo persuaded him to join MCWE by promising he would become Cerullo s partner, second in command, and eventual successor. As a result, Warren says, he gave up ministries he had founded in northern California and turned his donor database over to MCWE. But the promises never materialized nor were they ever intended to, says the suit. It also claims that during Warren's travel with Cerullo, he became concerned about unethical and fraudulent fund raising techniques. He cites the promise of satellite dishes - which he says were never given to donors making a $1,500 gift to the ministry. Warren's suit also claims that an AG church in Oregon reversed its decision to hire him after learning of his lawsuit against Cerullo. Warren alleges that MCWE officials interference damaged his relationship with the AG and affected his future job prospects. The MCWE board statement said that prior to filing his lawsuit, Warren had demanded $2.2 million not to sue. He had been asked to submit his grievances to binding Christian arbitration, but refused. Warren said he would go to nonbinding arbitration if MCWE paid all expenses, the board said. Another suit against Cerullo was recently settled out of court. Harry Turner, a MCWE vice president who resigned in November 1999, said that the agreement prevented him from revealing the amount of the settlement. According to a letter on court file, Turner's attorney had asked for $800,000 to settle short of litigation. Turner's list of grievances against Cerullo included allegations of lies and fraud by Cerullo to his donors. The disputes with former employees do not seem to have sapped Cerullo's energy, however. After a half-century of globetrotting ministry, the 69-year-old has recently completed a 3-1/2-year outreach that cost $60 million. He organized a $3 million prime time gospel TV special last Christmas. Now he is embarking on a Decade of Harvest campaign, during which he plans to preach or distribute gospel materials to the 276 least evangelized people groups in the world. Copyright 2000, Strang Communications, All Rights Reserved http://www.strang.com SEE: TESTIMONY from a former Morris Cerullo supporter No false prophet can be successful unless he has a following, and followers are culpable when they make no attempt to verify the truthfulness of their leader against the truth of the Scripture and, as a consequence, they deceive themselves. by Gary A. Hand On Doctrine |
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