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=== Non-professional treatment for mental illness ===
=== Non-professional treatment for mental illness ===
Antioch Waco encourages members who suffer from mental illness to create and join Grace Alliance Groups as an alternative to the local mental health care system.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210114025909/https://antiochwaco.com/how-we-are-the-answer-to-our-citys-need/</ref> Grace Alliance Groups are separately comprised of a community of lay people who purchase and follow a workbook curriculum sold by Mental Health Grace Alliance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mentalhealthgracealliance.org/|title=Grace Alliance|date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919143058/https://mentalhealthgracealliance.org/ |archive-date=2020-09-19 }}</ref> Antioch Waco's intent in adopting the Grace Alliance Group model is to "fill in the gaps" of overloaded local mental health care facilities and lack of available professionals. Individuals struggling with mental health issues mentioned range from minor lack of sleep to thoughts of suicide, long term sufferers of depression. While professional mental healthcare is still encouraged, the program anticipates catering to individuals who haven’t been educated about professional services or cannot afford them. Grace Alliance's disclaimer states they do not provide professional mental health or medical resources, and should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any mental or physical disorder, or replace the treatment services of professionals. Jenna Hoff, the Regional Director of Grace Alliance Waco, and Colorado Low, an Associate Director of Grace Alliance Central Texas, are members of Antioch Community Church.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150228222449/http://mentalhealthgracealliance.org/centraltexas/</ref>
Antioch Waco encourages members who suffer from mental illness to create and join Grace Alliance Groups as an alternative to the local mental health care system.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210114025909/https://antiochwaco.com/how-we-are-the-answer-to-our-citys-need/</ref> Grace Alliance Groups are separately comprised of a community of lay people who purchase and follow a workbook curriculum sold by Mental Health Grace Alliance, and are intended to "fill in the gaps" of overloaded local mental health care facilities and lack of available professionals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 19, 2020 |title=Grace Alliance |url=https://mentalhealthgracealliance.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919143058/https://mentalhealthgracealliance.org/ |archive-date=2020-09-19}}</ref> However, Grace Alliance's disclaimer states they do not provide professional mental health or medical resources, and should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any mental or physical disorder, or replace the treatment services of professionals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disclaimer |url=https://mentalhealthgracealliance.org/disclaimer-page |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Mental Health Grace Alliance |language=en-US}}</ref> Grace Alliance has been accused of targeting vulnerable individuals who are unable to seek out professional help and further isolate them, as well as their therapists not maintaining [[Physician–patient privilege|patient confidentiality.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=jontruth |date=2023-08-25 |title=Antioch Waco recommends non-professionals as an answer to mental illness. Would you? |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/Waco/comments/161cqgf/antioch_waco_recommends_nonprofessionals_as_an/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=r/Waco}}</ref>


== Incidents ==
== Incidents ==
=== Forced exorcism ===
=== Forced exorcism ===
Former member Becky Oberg alleged that in the 90s, following her [[schizophrenia]] diagnosis, the Antioch Community church attempted to treat her with an exorcism to "cast out the demons", pinning her to the floor and yelling for Satan to leave; when that failed to cure her, she was kicked out. In an interview, Seibertdenied this and went on to say they don’t use the term “exorcism” but they do recognize “demonic oppression.”.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/chip-gaines-joanna-gaines-fixer-upper-church-117192/ | title='Fixer Upper' Stars Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines' Church Facing Disturbing Claims (EXCLUSIVE) | date=26 October 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/borderline/2014/05/an-open-letter-to-my-former-church|title=An Open Letter To My Former Church About Mental Illness &#124; HealthyPlace|website=www.healthyplace.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/borderline/2014/01/abused-for-christ-part-one-when-religion-becomes-painful|title=Signs of Spiritual Abuse: When Religion Is Painful &#124; HealthyPlace|website=www.healthyplace.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/borderline/2014/02/abused-for-christ-part-two-healing-from-the-pain|title=Healing the Pain of Religious and Spiritual Abuse &#124; HealthyPlace|website=www.healthyplace.com}}</ref>
Former member Becky Oberg alleged that in the 90s, following her [[schizophrenia]] diagnosis, the Antioch Community church attempted to treat her with an exorcism to "cast out the demons", pinning her to the floor and yelling for Satan to leave; when that failed to cure her, she was kicked out. In an interview, Seiber tdenied this and went on to say they don’t use the term “exorcism” but they do recognize “demonic oppression.”.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/chip-gaines-joanna-gaines-fixer-upper-church-117192/ | title='Fixer Upper' Stars Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines' Church Facing Disturbing Claims (EXCLUSIVE) | date=26 October 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/borderline/2014/05/an-open-letter-to-my-former-church|title=An Open Letter To My Former Church About Mental Illness &#124; HealthyPlace|website=www.healthyplace.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/borderline/2014/01/abused-for-christ-part-one-when-religion-becomes-painful|title=Signs of Spiritual Abuse: When Religion Is Painful &#124; HealthyPlace|website=www.healthyplace.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/borderline/2014/02/abused-for-christ-part-two-healing-from-the-pain|title=Healing the Pain of Religious and Spiritual Abuse &#124; HealthyPlace|website=www.healthyplace.com}}</ref>


=== Arrest of Antioch missionaries in Afghanistan by Taliban ===
=== Arrest of Antioch missionaries in Afghanistan by Taliban ===

Revision as of 03:41, 19 January 2024

Antioch Movement
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationEvangelical
TheologyCharismatic Christianity
PresidentJimmy Seibert
U.S. DirectorDrew Steadman
HeadquartersWaco, Texas
FounderJimmy Seibert
Origin1987
Congregations120+
Official websiteantioch.org

The Antioch international movement of churches is a network of non-denominational evangelical churches[1] headquartered in Waco, Texas, founded in 1987 by the couple Jimmy and Laura Seibert. The network is organized as a 501(c)(3) organization called Antioch Ministries International.[2] It is a growing megachurch network of over 40 churches in the United States and more than 80 locations worldwide.[3][4] The movement strongly focuses on cult evangelism and church planting, both in the United States and especially internationally.[5] Despite its claim of being non-denominational, its theological values and beliefs are conservative, and align with many of the tenets in Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity.[6]

Antioch uses Christian contemporary music and flashy concert-like performances to appeal to its main target demographic, college students and young adults. Antioch strategically plants churches near universities and schools, as illustrated by its long history partnering with Baylor University and its alumni.[7][8] Antioch also runs smaller, separate "Lifegroups" for it to develop relationships with its target demographic.[9] Antioch members may also be trained by Antioch's affiliates in "Antioch Discipleship Schools,"[10] before being sent on self-fundraised religious missions.[11]

The church received significant international press coverage after two of its overseas missionaries, Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer, were imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan for illegal missionary work, around the same time as the 9/11 attacks on the United States.[1] Antioch's relationship with reality TV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines also thrust the church into the spotlight for Antioch's anti-homosexual beliefs and partnership with conversion therapy ministries.[12][13] Antioch has been accused of being a cult, due to multiple reports of extremism, manipulation, financial exploitation, and religious abuse; of note are accusations of Antioch recklessly endangering the lives of its members to send them on missions to countries where evangelism is dangerous.[14][15]

Origins

The president of the movement, Jimmy Seibert, was the college pastor of Highland Baptist Church in Waco Texas. As Seibert's influence grew, he and his wife Laura eventually left with many followers from Highland to form a separate church, "Antioch Community Church" more focused on discipleship, cell groups, proselytization, and Charismatic Christianity than Highland. It was announced as a "multiplication" event in 1987.[16]

The movement's first discipleship school was held at Highland Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, led by Jimmy and Laura Seibert in 1987 while Seibert was still working for Highland Baptist as the college pastor. The first World Mandate conference was hosted in Waco, Texas in 1988 and following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the organization began their first international church plants in former Soviet states.[17]

The Waco Church grew as the organization added more churches to their numbers, both by starting new churches and adopting existing churches, all under the leadership of Seibert and the nonprofit Antioch Ministries International organization.[18]

Jimmy Seibert

Jimmy Seibert is the founder and senior pastor of Antioch Community Church in Waco, TX, and the president of Antioch Ministries International. Seibert graduated from Baylor University and a former member of the fraternity Kappa Omega Tau. Seibert does not have any seminary training nor does he have a seminary degree. Instead, he has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (BBA) which he obtained from Baylor University in 1986.[19]

Seibert claims to have grown outside the church, and that his first introduction to Christianity was the Campus Crusade for Christ campaign while he was attending Baylor University in 1985. Despite initial skepticism, hie eventually became a college pastor at a Baptist church, Highland Baptist. In addition to training provided by Campus Crusade and Highland Baptist, he was also mentored by a Pentecostalist named Robert Ewing. Ewing convinced Seibert to the existence of miracles, such as claiming to resurrect an assistant after he had been declared deceased for 3 days.[20]

Seibert's story of founding the movement is found in his first book, "The Church Can Change the World," which has been revamped in the book "Passion and Purpose."[21] Seibert also co-authored "The Three Loves" with Larry Kreider; Jimmy and his wife Laura co-authored "Parenting Without Regret," a book that advocates spanking children. [22]

Politics

During the 2016 United States presidential election, Jimmy Seibert preached at length against Hillary Clinton and expressed implicit support for Donald Trump. Seibert urged Christians to vote for the candidate who best aligned with four key conservative positions: anti-abortion, “traditional marriage,” religious freedom, and the “value of the individual.” Seibert also elicited fears over transgendered children’s ability to choose which restroom they can enter at school. Seibert warned Christians were in real danger of getting “pushed out” for their traditional views if the wrong candidate got elected. After the election, Seibert praised God, calling upon on his congregation to reconcile and pray for President Trump.[23]

Positions, beliefs, and practices

Antioch Community Church in Waco is a non-denominational church, but in practice more closely aligns with the tenets of Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity; the church has an official statement of faith available on their website.[24] The movement was heavily influenced by independent non-denominational evangelist Robert Ewing, former Siebert's mentor.

All the churches of the movement have a distinct focus on the development of small group communities, called lifegroups or smallgroups. The Baylor Magazine describes the Antioch church in Waco in this way: “Antioch engages members in daily Bible study and prayer, carried out individually and in the church's 100-plus small groups that meet during the week in homes and on Sunday mornings."[25] Lifegroups follow a cell ministry model.[26]

Stance on homosexuality and marriage

The churches within the Antioch Movement recognize marriage as only between a man and woman in a lifetime commitment.[27] Founder Jimmy Seibert has emphasized "...Homosexuality is a sin" and that it is a lie that homosexuality is not a sin.[28] He believes in gay conversion therapy and attributes homosexuality as the result of some form of belief, stating "For over 30 years — I have seen hundreds of people personally change their direction of same-sex attraction from a homosexual lifestyle to a heterosexual lifestyle."[29][30]

Stance against abortion

The main church of the church network, Antioch Waco, has a position paper that states abortion, including abortifacient contraceptives, are wrong under any circumstances. Although Antioch describes a pregnancy resulting from incest, rape, specifically rape by her husband, as devastating, they do not believe these substantiate grounds for an abortion; neither do they believe a woman should have the right to choose an abortion, describing the position of "choice" as inconsistent with the logic and the laws they hold dear.[31] The leader of the church network, Jimmy Seibert, has been listed endorsing an anti-abortion movement against the Texas Department of State Health Services and Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas.[32][33]

Corporal punishment of children

In their book, Parenting without Regret, Jimmy and Laura Seibert advocate spanking children for discipline in a way that one reviewer described as "ritualistic and instructive."[22]

Controversies

Supporting gay conversion therapy

Debates over an LGBTQ student group at Baylor University were shaped by the Antioch International Movement of Churches' decades long embracing the controversial practice of gay conversion therapy.[34][35] Jimmy Seibert, the lead pastor of the Antioch International Movement of Churches, has consistently upheld his position against homosexuality and staunchly opposes gay rights.[36] The Antioch Movement maintains the belief that homosexuals can be converted into heterosexuals. They have a years long partnership with Living Hope Ministries, an organization that carries conversion therapy out; the Antioch Community Churches in Texas, Antioch Norman Oklahoma, All People's Church in San Diego, and all Antioch affiliates are directly partnered with Living Hope Ministries. [37][38] One Waco psychologist has described stories of former members of Antioch's stories and crises of faith after being made to feel unwelcome by the Church, either for personal decisions, like declining to go on a mission, or their identity, such as coming out as gay.[39]

Spiritual abuse and cult allegations

Many outsiders and former members of Antioch have alleged Antioch International Ministries of being a cult and perpetuating spiritual abuse.[39] Sara Leann Young, a church checker that investigates churches for red flags and signs of abuses, identified multiple warning signs and connections to cult abuse after investigating Antioch Salt Lake City.[40] Former members have described experiencing brainwashing, manipulation, abuse, and religious trauma syndrome following their departure.[41][42] Ex-members have also reported the church's control over its members' lives and activities and specifically targeting young, unsure, and vulnerable individuals for proselytization.[43]

Widespread illegal and dangerous proselytization

Starting new churches is an ongoing and high activity area for the church network.[44] Antioch International has systemically trained and sent covert missionaries to countries and locations dangerous and hostile to missionaries. Several have been arrested and detained for evangelizing[45], most notably the high profile arrest and imprisonment of Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry by the Taliban on August 3, 2001 due to conducting illegal evangelism and missionary work in Afghanistan.[46] Antioch International has been accused of indoctrinating its missionaries and risking their lives, not even telling its own members which countries they're sending missionaries to.[47]

Deceptive and illegal church planting

Despite Antioch's claims of having over 80 affiliated churches worldwide, their website does not list all their international locations; this discrepancy in locations listed, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, may suggest an effort to hide their locations in regions where evangelism is outlawed.[48][49][50]

Jimmy Seibert's endorsement for Donald Trump 2016

After Seibert's endorsement sermon for Donald Trump, several members of the Antioch Community Church reported fear and frustration with the founder and other members' support for the at the time presidential candidate; some saw the sermon as symptomatic of growing discriminatory sentiments in the church and wider US society. [51]

Chip and Johannes Gaines controversy

In 2016, Buzzfeed published an article about HGTV Stars Chip and Johannes Gaines, who host the show Fixer Upper, and their church, Antioch Waco.[12][29] The article detailed the Gaineses' close relationship with the founder, Seibert, who called the couple "our dear friends," as well as Antioch's anti-gay and conservative beliefs.[12] In response to the resulting controversy, a HGTV spokesman came out with a statement that HGTV did not discriminate against members of the LGBT community.[29][39] Seibert also made a statement to the Christian Post that his church was not "anti-gay," and that the church's stance on marriage "is not the definition we made up."[52] In 2021, Johannes Gaines went on to say the following during an interview with the Hollywood Reporter in June 2021:

“Sometimes I’m like, ‘Can I just make a statement?’ The accusations that get thrown at you, like you’re a racist or you don’t like people in the LGBTQ community, that’s the stuff that really eats my lunch — because it’s so far from who we really are. That’s the stuff that keeps me up.”[53]

Gentrification

Antioch has come under criticism for gentrifying their surrounding neighborhood, with "church planting" and expansionism as part of the core values of the Church, along with their close association with celebrity renovation and redecoration TV stars Chip and Joanna Gains.[39][54] Antioch members were reported saying their move into Waco was them coming into the community to fix it, calling the process "restoration."[39] One local Waco resident stated her belief that the church had "a white savior mentality" and held "this idea that a neighborhood is struggling until the white comes with big business and makes the place oh so much better."[55]

Allegations of systemic racism at Waco church

Gary and Brittany Wardlaw, former members of the Antioch Community Church in Waco, Texas, alleged to experience pervasive oppression and silencing, as well as systemic racism by the predominantly white leadership of the church[56][39], due to being of African American descent.[57][58][59][60] Following them voicing their concerns, they were shunned by the church and accused of being "bitter" and having "gone rogue."[citation needed]

Non-professional treatment for mental illness

Antioch Waco encourages members who suffer from mental illness to create and join Grace Alliance Groups as an alternative to the local mental health care system.[61] Grace Alliance Groups are separately comprised of a community of lay people who purchase and follow a workbook curriculum sold by Mental Health Grace Alliance, and are intended to "fill in the gaps" of overloaded local mental health care facilities and lack of available professionals.[62] However, Grace Alliance's disclaimer states they do not provide professional mental health or medical resources, and should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any mental or physical disorder, or replace the treatment services of professionals.[63] Grace Alliance has been accused of targeting vulnerable individuals who are unable to seek out professional help and further isolate them, as well as their therapists not maintaining patient confidentiality.[64]

Incidents

Forced exorcism

Former member Becky Oberg alleged that in the 90s, following her schizophrenia diagnosis, the Antioch Community church attempted to treat her with an exorcism to "cast out the demons", pinning her to the floor and yelling for Satan to leave; when that failed to cure her, she was kicked out. In an interview, Seiber tdenied this and went on to say they don’t use the term “exorcism” but they do recognize “demonic oppression.”.[65][66][67][68]

Arrest of Antioch missionaries in Afghanistan by Taliban

On August 3, 2001, Antioch Missionaries Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry were arrested and imprisoned by the Taliban for conducting illegal missionary work in Afghanistan.[69] The crisis attracted international attention from both secular and religious media.[70][71][72] After being held in custody for 104 days, they were released. Mercer and Curry would go on to co-author a book together about their experiences in Afghanistan, titled, "Prisoners of Hope," while continuing to do work in Afghanistan on behalf of the Antioch Church.[73]

In 2021, Dr. Mansoor Sawiz, a pediatrician who worked as an interpreter for Antioch Community Church in Afghanistan sent desperate messages to his family in Texas and media for aid in leaving Afghanistan with his wife and five children. Ajmal Mayar, an engineer whose wife’s sister is married to Sawiz, said that the lives of Sawiz and his family have been upended and placed in danger since U.S. troops pulled out and the extremist group has taken over the nation.[74]

Proselytization in Sri Lanka

Following the 2005 Sri Lankan tsunami, Antioch Community Church sent at least a dozen Americans under the pretense of humanitarian aid. Pat Murphy, the leader of the team, claimed the group was a nongovernmental organization, not a church group, but the church's own group claimed one of the four teams dispatched there was able to convince dozens of people to "come to Christ."[75] Local Sri Lankan Christians and other humanitarian aid groups decried their efforts, concerned that their efforts would elicit backlash from Sri Lanka's Buddhist majority against Sri Lanka's vulnerable Christian minority.[5]

Mosaic-Neumos dispute and fallout

In 2008, a church plant of Antioch Community Church, Mosaic Community Church, and local nightclub Neumos came to an agreement for Neumos to rent out space to Mosaic Community Church for music performances. Despite Pastor Jady Griffin stating that the church was "open to everyone," several members of Mosaic Community Church stated that gays would not be accepted at the church. Neumos would later reject the church plant's lease and severed all ties with Mosaic Community Church.[76][77]

Missionary student detained in India

While attempting departure in 2011, an Antioch Community Church missionary student from Baylor University was detained in Mumbai after airport authorities discovered a bullet in her backpack.[78] The student claimed she had no idea where the bullet came from. Later arrested, the missionary was released and returned to the US a month later.[79][80]

Pastor arrested for prostitution

In 2017, pastor Edward Ignacio Espinosa was arrested for patronizing an illicit massage parlor; Espinosa had been on the staff of Antioch's Community Outreach Ministry for eight years. Upon confessing to the crime, Espinosa was placed on administrative leave from Antioch Community Church and was later allowed to resign. Antioch Community Church’s own anti-human trafficking ministry, UnBound, assisted the women who were found at the massage parlor that Espinosa visited.[81][82][83][84][85][86]

Antioch Salt Lake City pastors forced out

In 2018, lead pastors of Antioch's Salt Lake City location, JR and Brittany Baker, expressed their disagreement with parts of the Antioch doctrine, namely Antioch's beliefs on homosexuality as a sin, the overfocus on sin, emphasis on being the "best and the top" versus being humble and encountering Jesus.[87] As a result, they were replaced as head pastors.[88][89][90]

Connections to YWAM

Antioch SLC has encouraged members to attend the controversial YWAM (Youth With a Mission) School, which has had similar reports of spiritual and financial abuse and cultish behavior being perpetuated by its church members. [91]

Save Del Cerro

Around 2020, a contentious battle erupted over Antioch affiliate "All Peoples Church" and their plans for a megachurch development in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Del Cerro, San Diego. A number of Del Cerro residents began a campaign called "Save Del Cerro"[92][93] to counter Antioch's efforts. In August of 2023, the Navajo Community Planners unanimously voted against the church's mega project.[94]

Antioch Orlando disaffiliation

Antioch Orlando was delisted from Antioch locations in August of 2021.[95][96] Its founder, John Curiale, originally from Antioch Community Church Wheaton, remains head pastor. It had been an official branch of the Antioch movement since its planting in 2012.[97] People who have since left state Antioch Orlando's separation was due to theological differences; turning from charismatic to reformed.[98] However even prior to the church's disaffiliation, a long history of exploitation and abuse was tolerated by leadership in the Antioch movement and was not the reason for separation.[99] Despite its listing removal and logo change, Antioch Orlando retains the same Antioch name, structure, non-denominational status, discipleship programing, and world missions focus.[100] Ex-members of Antioch Community Church Orlando continue to post survival stories of spiritual abuse and cult warnings on the site "I Left Antioch Orlando."[101]

Affiliated churches

In 1998, the Antioch Community Church in Waco sent out its first U.S. church planting team to Boston, Massachusetts. The next church was planted in 2001 in Dallas, TX. Since then, churches have been planted across the United States with a vision to see more reproducing churches established internationally. As of 2022, the Antioch Movement’s public network list claims "over 40 churches in the United States."

Their 2022 North American public list is as follows:

  • Antioch Phoenix
  • Antioch Little Rock
  • Antioch Northwest Arkansas
  • All Peoples Church (San Diego)
  • Antioch Fullerton
  • Epicentre Church (Pasadena)
  • Epicentre West LA
  • Hope Community Church (Los Angeles)
  • Antioch Ft. Collins
  • Antioch Washington D.C.
  • Antioch Indianapolis
  • Antioch Wichita
  • Antioch Baton Rouge
  • Antioch New Orleans
  • Antioch Beverly
  • Antioch Brighton
  • Antioch Waltham
  • All Peoples Tijuana
  • Antioch Ann Arbor
  • Antioch Detroit
  • Paradox Church (Warren)
  • Waypoint Church (Omaha)
  • Antioch Boone
  • Antioch Raleigh
  • Antioch Norman
  • Antioch Oklahoma City
  • Antioch Central Houston
  • Antioch College Station
  • Antioch Dallas
  • Antioch Ft. Worth
  • Antioch Galveston
  • Antioch Houston
  • Antioch North Austin
  • Antioch South Austin
  • Antioch Waco
  • CrossBridge Community Church (San Antonio)
  • Antioch Salt Lake City
  • Mosaic Community Church North Seattle
  • Mosaic Community Church Eastside (Bellevue)

Their 2022 international public list is as follows:

  • Antioch Sheffield
  • Antioch Aberdeen
  • Antioch Banff
  • Antioch Elgin
  • Antioch Cape Town
  • Antioch Stellenbosch
  • Antioch Mongolia.[102][103]
  • Living Hope Ministries, a gay conversion therapy organization, are direct partners with churches of the Antioch Movement: Antioch Waco, Antioch Community Church Bryan, Antioch Norman, and All Peoples Church (San Diego).[104] They follow a popular ex-gay curriculum called "Living Waters" produced by Desert Stream Ministries.[105] In spite of being heavily criticized for their (now banned) gay conversion therapy web app, Living Hope continues to practice and preach conversion therapy.[106][107]
  • Antioch Ministries International, a “non-profit church-planting organization affiliated with Antioch Community Church”[108][109]
  • Acts of Mercy International, "Acts of Mercy is the relief and development arm of the Antioch International Movement of Churches."[110]
  • STARS Mentoring Project[111]
  • Restoration Gateway, a church planting and orphanage project located in Uganda[112][113]
  • Haiti Transformed, a ministry committed to partner with the Haitian people to see their region transformed and redeveloped located in Laforeny, Haiti.[114] In 2011, Haiti Transformed constructed over 100 homes in Laferony, over 30 of which were completed through a partnership with the Passion Movement.[115]
  • World Mandate, a conference “for anyone who wants to worship God and change the world[116]” World Mandate is a popular conference typically hosted at Baylor University's Ferrell Center (when available, which was not the case in 2016). The event is known for its live worship and popular conference speakers, which have included Francis Chan, Louie Giglio, Christine Caine, Max Lucado, and Jackie Pullinger. The conference began in 1989 with 60 people and now draws thousands of attendees.[117] World Mandate focuses on encouraging young people to pray and engage with international missionary work.[118]
  • UnBound is an anti-slavery and anti-trafficking ministry headquartered at Antioch Waco and has local chapters around the world. The organisation specializes in prevention, professional training, and survivor advocacy.[119]

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