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	Toronto Blessing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		"The Toronto Blessing" is a movement that began in 1994 at the Toronto Airport Vineyard Church.
		Despite the controversy surrounding the "Toronto Blessing," the leaders of the movement and the thousands that have visited the church still believe that the group is biblically based and that the manifestations come from the Holy Spirit.
		It is particularly helpful in locating the Toronto Blessing in the broader context of movements that are now beging characterized as "the fire," or "revival." Also of interest is a critique of Hank Hanegraaff, Christian Research Institute, who has been very critical of the Toronto Blessing and subsequent developments.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/tbless.html (1903 words)

	Toronto Blessing: Was Jonathan Edwards the Father of the Toronto Movement?
		Apologists for the so-called "Toronto blessing" have often appealed to the writings of the great American theologian, Jonathan Edwards (1703-58), to give an air of respectability to the experiences and manifestations which have taken place in their gatherings.
		The present writer's researches have persuaded him that the attempt to claim Edwards in support of modern Toronto phenomena is deeply dishonest, and that the credibility thus gained for the Toronto blessing is wholly spurious.
		Those Toronto apologists who appeal to him to justify such modern-day phenomena are either speaking out of a profound ignorance, because they have not troubled to read Edwards at all, or are irresponsibly and deceptively misrepresenting Edwards' clear and forceful teaching on the subject.
	www.intotruth.org /tb/edwards.html (7910 words)

	Toronto Blessing by Margaret Poloma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The term "Toronto Blessing" is somewhat of a misnomer, having been coined by the British media after the blessing experienced at the Toronto Airport Vineyard beginning in January, 1994 was carried to Holy Trinity Brompton Anglican Church in London.
		The "Toronto" or "Father's Blessing" is a bonafide new religious movement that is beginning to illustrate the stages identified by scholars (Mauss 1975).
		The "Toronto Blessing" had moved a tiny local church into the international spotlight, from small rented facilities in a warehouse district to owning three large buildings, from being led by unknown "nameless and faceless" pastors to having leaders who speak at renewal meetings around the world.
	www.hartfordinstitute.org /research/research_pentecostalism_polomaart8.html (1780 words)

	What is the Toronto blessing?
		Answer: The Toronto Blessing refers to the supposed outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the people attending the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship church, which at the time was the Toronto Airport Vineyard Church.
		The moniker "Toronto Blessing" was given, and the church was soon in the international spotlight.
		The Toronto Blessing focuses on the latter, to the detriment of Biblical faith.
	www.gotquestions.org /Toronto-blessing.html (348 words)

	"HOLY LAUGHTER" -- "TORONTO BLESSING" ("New Wine" or Spiritual Deception?)
		One church in particular, the Toronto Airport Vineyard, has become the church to which pastors from throughout the world now flock to experience this "new wine," which they in turn "bring back" to their churches.
		This phenomena is now popularly referred to as the "Toronto Blessing" (hereafter TB).
		Those who have received "holy" laughter or the "Toronto Blessing" may be experiencing demon-oppression, or they may be experiencing the fruits of emotionalism, but they are definitely not experiencing the Holy Spirit.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Hills/5977/tonontobless.html (3347 words)

	TORONTO BLESSING
		It is often proclaimed by leaders of the Toronto Blessing that speaking against the "movement" is akin to being against the "move of God" and thus one who does so is in danger of committing the unpardonable sin.
		Supporters of the Toronto Blessing frequently refer to phenomenon that occurred in the First Great Awakening in America (1735-1745) to legitimize their "revival." They equate what is going on in the Toronto Blessing with what happened during the Great Awakening.
		Supporters of the Toronto Blessing consistently miss the point, however, and intimate (declare actually) that Edwards himself approved of the laughing, barking, etc. Such is far from the truth.
	www.w3church.org /ChristianMagic.html (2986 words)

	The Spirit and The Bride by Margaret Poloma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		I write this article as a sociologist who has experienced the "Toronto Blessing" first hand but who seeks to use her social science training and nearly 20 years of observing and researching the p/c movement as tools for describing and assessing the Blessing's social significance.
		The "Toronto Blessing" is not a unique phenomenon; it is part of a larger movement that traces its origin to the ministries of Claudio Friedzon and Rodney Howard-Browne.
		Perhaps reflecting these personal changes, 71 percent reported that the "Toronto Blessing" had a positive impact on their churches, with only 10 percent saying that the response of their church community to the Blessing was a "negative" one.
	hirr.hartsem.edu /research/research_pentecostalism_polomaart6.html (2855 words)

	What is the Toronto blessing?
		It is named after the Toronto Airport Vineyard Church in Toronto, Canada, where the movement first hit the headlines in January 1994.If you have never heard of this movement I will go over of some of their beliefs and views.
		In the early days of the Toronto Blessing, the most common of these animal manifestations was "roaring like a lion." However, this is in fact only one of many animal manifestations which have been observed.
		My friends I tell you all these that happened in the Toronto Blessing was and is happening all over the world in New Age gatherings and all kinds of cultic gatherings.
	craom.net /Torontoblessing.htm (639 words)

	Toronto Blessing
		Finally, if the Toronto Blessing is ordered to the building up of a trans-denominational church authority, as some of its leaders suggest, then it is incompatible with Catholic truth and unity.
		None of this precludes, in the case of individuals associated with the Toronto Blessing Movement, that the Spirit of God is at work to bring them closer to Himself and to the Church.
		Marc Dupont – One of the TACF assistant pastors and a prophet of the Toronto Blessing movement.
	www.ewtn.com /library/SPIRIT/TORONTO.HTM (2499 words)

	What is the Toronto Blessing?
		The Lester B. Pearson Airport in Toronto, Canada is the place where people come to seek the Toronto Blessing.
		In January 1994, Clark was scheduled to speak at the Airport Vineyard in Toronto.
		If one questions the source of the Toronto Blessing, he should ask why there is no biblical precedence.
	www.eternalministries.org /articles/TorontoBlessing.htm (457 words)

	The Toronto Blessing Examined
		When I have been in meetings that were styled after the Toronto Blessing meetings, it seemed it was the volume of noise that mattered; loud clapping and shouting, apparently, was required to assure that the Holy Spirit would "show up." The Holy Spirit is not a toy to be played with, controlled, or manipulated.
		However, some of the leaders of the Toronto Blessing and Kansas City Prophets are said to be able to knock people over, even at considerable distances, by a flick of their hands.
		The Toronto Blessing style meetings are sometimes likened to a party presided over or hosted by a "Holy Ghost Bartender," that is, the preacher or prophet.
	www.w3church.org /Acceptance.html (2635 words)

	Toronto Blessing / Brownsville
		Inspired by the preaching of Rodney Howard Browne, known for sparking behaviors such as "holy laughter," being slain in the Holy Spirit and drunkenness in the Holy Spirit, the Toronto Blessing started at the Toronto Airport Vineyard Church on January 20, 1994.
		While the Toronto Blessing experiences put a person on the floor, cause physical contortions, and epileptic type symptoms, Biblical examples of encounters with the real God and His Spirit show quite a different scenario.
		This Biblical example is contrary to the "anointing" of Holy Laughter or the Toronto Blessing in which people are put to the floor and weakened with some sort of sensual experience for hours.
	www.inplainsite.org /html/toronto_blessing_brownsville.html (1704 words)

	The Toronto Blessing, Hysteria and Demon Possession (No. 149) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In this case the so-called Toronto Blessing is not signified by self-control.
		Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
		The Toronto Blessing purports to be a sign of the working of the Holy Spirit, yet it is a manifestation of the spirit of this world.
	www.ccg.org /english/s/p149.html (4370 words)

	Toronto Blessing
		The important part of all this is that God is using someone who's humble and who has little to commend him or his church, according to the world's standards.
		It is this consistent outpouring of God's blessing that is the main thing that sets it all apart.
		It seems clear however that there is a new direction to this move of the Spirit and it is to equip the church and give its members a new heart to reach the 'lost'.
	jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/8114.htm (792 words)

	The "Toronto Blessing" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The leaders of the Vineyard Church in Toronto, by their actions and relationships were already seriously compromised by association with heretical "Faith teachers" long before the "Toronto Blessing" occurred.
		It is sobering therefore that while in Toronto, Eleanor Mumford, the wife of the London Vineyard Church leader, claims she was told "don't question this, just receive it..." (from an audio tape of her testimony in Toronto used at Holy Trinity Brompton).
		Supporters of the "Toronto Blessing" frequently urge sceptics to attend a meeting "to experience it for yourself" not critically, but with an open mind asking God to bless if this is of Him.
	www.deceptioninthechurch.com /TB_2.html (5029 words)

	Study the Toronto Blessing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Questions arising out of the current phase of renewal commonly called the "Toronto Blessing" often deal with the Biblical and historical viability of exotic phenomena such as laughter and falling.
		This is not a travel brochure but, rather, a collection of marvelous stories about how God works in people when He is allowed to become an active part of their lives.
		Experience the Blessing invites us to take a leap of faith beyond our world, to step out into what God has in store for each of us and to allow Him to take us out of our comfort zones to experience His love to the fullest in every part of our being.
	www.sendrevival.com /outbreaks/toronto (316 words)

	Would Jonathan Edwards Support The Toronto Blessing? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		As we have already noted, preaching is not the central aspect of the public worship as the Toronto Airport Vineyard; the outward manifestations during the 'ministry time' seem to be.
		What it does mean is that the Spirit has wrongly become the center of attention for many advocates of the 'Toronto Blessing' and 'signs and wonders' associated with the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity have become their passion instead of Jesus.
		This man's intellectual rigor, his passion for careful theology, his precision in analysis, and his longing for penetrating discernment should raise hope that the irrational impulse in The Toronto Blessing will be reduced as Vineyard leaders listen more readily to his voice, one that combined renewal of intellect and spirit in a remarkable way.
	www.graceonlinelibrary.org /etc/printer-friendly.asp?ID=114 (2985 words)

	Apologetics research resources on religious cults and sects - Toronto Blessing, Trinity, Twelve Tribes, Communities, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Supports the Toronto Blessing and Pensacola Outpouring movements.
		is ministry in the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit - both to bless and heal those inside the church and to minister to those outside the church ("Power Evangelism.").
		Founded the Partners in Harvest network of likeminded churches, after the Association of Vineyard Churches voted to disassociate TACF from the Vineyard Movement over the Toronto Blessing controvery.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /t00.html (2799 words)

	Toronto Blessing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A position paper on the fathers and mentors of Toronto "Blessing" churches.
		She is the same woman who was a mentor for John Arnott at the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship, where the Toronto "Blessing" subsequently began.
		II Timothy 3:6-7 "For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." Eleven chapter e-book with appendix from a Pentacostal minister's perspective.
	www.deceptioninthechurch.com /blessing.html (5073 words)

	Adrian's Blog: "The Toronto Blessing": 11 years ago this month the church seemed to be going mad.....
		Adrian's Blog: "The Toronto Blessing": 11 years ago this month the church seemed to be going mad.....
		The involvement of this church has drawn the attention of the secular press, and in September 1994 the church was considering issuing tickets to their services to ensure regular attendees could gain admission.
		In fact the very fact that this "blessing" has not been confined to any particular group in spite of our terrible divisions is perhaps a sign of its genuineness.There are some signs of a growing unity, where churches and groups that have separately discovered the same phenomena are having joint meetings, particularly amongst leaders.
	www.adrian.warnock.info /2005/05/toronto-blessing-11-years-ago-this.htm (4750 words)

	Beyond the Toronto Blessing and its Offspring by Brian Rensford - Part II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The outbreak of the first 'Canadian Blessing' in 1948 was prophetically declared to be a harbinger of the Second Coming, and a preparation move to usher in the "manifested sons of God" who would "harvest the grain".
		The outbreak at Toronto Airport Vineyard can be traced back to involvement of the Arnotts with people influenced by Howard-Browne (as well as their long-term association with another [former] Toronto resident, Benny Hinn).
		The popularity of the Blessing should see a rapid growth after this turnaround in direction, despite the fact that Wimber himself, after a long fight with cancer, is now confined to a wheelchair since being crippled by a stroke in January 95.
	www.cephas-library.com /toronto/toronto_blessing_and_its_offsprings_2.html (5646 words)

	The Toronto Blessing Discovery Page.
		This is all there is of "The Toronto Blessing Web Page" I am posting this much of it as a Reference Page as such, many of the links do not work any longer.
		Is the "Toronto Blessing" or "Holy Laughter" Revival?
		I feel that it's very important that we direct this "refreshing" and "enabling" move of the Spirit to the New Testament works of the church, that is to say, having been refreshed, we now must channel these people into work that would express that refreshing in solid, biblical context.
	godnet.org /tb.htm (1253 words)

	Beyond the Toronto Blessing and its Offspring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In the same way, God meeting and blessing many people who have reached out to Him in the Toronto Blessing environment, with living faith in Christ, does not of itself validate the overall system of the Toronto Blessing and its subsequent streams.
		Making public statements on the Toronto Blessing is probably the quickest method, currently, by which a minister can lose their credibility.
		My difficulties in accepting the Toronto Movement are primarily not on the grounds of the extreme manifestations, 'horror' anecdotal evidence, etc. Every religious movement has its share of 'edge' examples that may, or may not, adequately reflect the essence of its nature.
	www.cephas-library.com /toronto/toronto_blessing_and_its_offsprings.html (6526 words)

	Toronto Blessing
		The Toronto Blessing derived from the ministry of Rodney Morgan Howard-Browne, a charismatic preacher from South Africa, was born June 12, 1961
		Physical manifestations (shaking, laughing, jerking, crying, prostration, jumping, rolling, inebriated in the spirit, resting in the spirit, “birthing,” speaking in tongues, roaring, shouting, barking) are understood as Blessings coming from the Holy Spirit and are simply the external manifestation of internal blessings that are going on inside the person.
		Others argue that the "Toronto Blessing" is a genuine manifestation of God's Holy Spirit, in which people are receiving healing, joy, peace, and faith.
	www.people.vcu.edu /~dbromley/torontobless.htm (913 words)

	The Toronto Blessing
		After a time of praise and worship choruses, announcements, and preaching, an invitation to receive prayer and the Blessing was given, and authorized prayer ministers moved through the crowd, using trademark gestures.
		Yet there are others involved in the Toronto Blessing who believe they are able to transmit the Holy Spirit into other people as they choose.
		IMPORTANT NOTE: I want to be clear that I am not opposed to the Toronto Blessing and similar moves of God around the world, but about both the poor theology of the Holy Spirit that sometimes accompanies these occurrences, and the failure of teaching by leaders to the body of Christ.
	www.resurrection.org /toronto_blessing.htm (947 words)

	The Toronto Blessing
		The Toronto Blessing (or TB, as it is now often called) is a worldwide spiritual movement within Pentecostal and charismatic churches.
		Having received the blessing himself, Randy Clark then passed it on to the Toronto Airport Vineyard, at the invitation of its pastor, John Arnott, in January 1994.
		And the blessing is transmitted by Benjamin Creme in a physical way he extends his arms and calls down a blessing.
	www.orthodoxinfo.com /inquirers/toronto.aspx (8554 words)

	TORONTO BLESSING, Laughing Spirit
		The Toronto Blessing is a physical phenomenon that manifests itself by a participant engaging in fits of continuous laughter orgutturall utterances such as making animal noises, for varying lengths of time.
		This laughter and other noise is considered to be, and is believed by many, to be a manifestation of the Holy Spirit and an indication of the blessing of the Holy Spirit being poured out upon the participant.
		In spite of the claims by the leadership of the "Toronto Blessing," that a new work of God or the Holy Spirit is in evidence, the conduct that is being exhibited is not new, but actually quite old.
	www.ondoctrine.com /10toront.htm (3494 words)

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