The State of Independent Baptists in Canada, Based Upon Feedback from the Michael Sullivant Report

February 16, 2025.

Updated February 21, 2025

We’ve received a fair amount of feedback from pastors and lay people across Canada, and other places, concerning our reports on pastor or "Führer" Michael Sullivant and Pembina Valley Baptist Church (PVBC), Part 1a, Part 1b and Part 2, especially after sending out the reports to majority of IFB pastors and leaders across Canada. (Side note: The Report isn't finalized as of yet; there is at least a third part in the making, soon to be released). Due to the amount of feedback and specific kind of feedback, we felt it prudent to do a report on our analysis of the responses so far, and the sort of picture they paint for the IFB in Canada in general (it is broadbrush due to majority feedback being of a certain type, but we also understand and acknowledge there are IFB churches that wouldn't be included here). Needless to say, most of the feedback received was unsurprising, but not all. Mostly negative, but a few pleasant surprises. Overall, we believe, the temperature derived from the feedback reflects a poor state of health for the IFB in Canada. That is probably not new news to some reading here; this has been the case for a few decades already thanks to heretics like pastor Gordon Conner, John R Rice, the wolf in sheep's clothing Jack Hyles, among other popular and influential wolves among the IFB. Their ungodly influence and compromising heretical impact has been destructive and resulted in beautiful-on-the-outside churches but within full of dead mans bones (Matt 23).

Heres a brief summary of the feedback, in no particular order.

1. Silence from many; meant to be a statement from some.

There was nothing but silence from many but the Bible appears to advance the idea that silence means approval (e.g. Lev 5:1). What does this then mean? I don’t think most of these individuals would be in approval of us exposing Pembina Valley Baptist Church and pastor Michael Sullivant, but silence, goaded maybe by cowardice and spineless apathy, could appear to say otherwise.

We believe silence was perhaps better for some, since sticking to facts and the truth and avoiding logical fallacies (which is a form of bearing false witness and lying, thus an abominable sin) and other tortured sound bites, appears practically impossible from the likes of such. They cannot help themselves, because that is just their nature.

We are appreciative for the good feedback received. “Good” as in, normal, civilized, non-tyrannical Biblical feedback, even if it wasn’t all positive.

The primary reason however for the silence is the hot hatred for reproof, for contending for the faith, for warning and exposing compromisers and heretics, for bringing to light their disparaging of certain truths, for their compromise and heresy. Rather than being angry over the accepted and tolerated error or sin and heresies, they turn their displeasure to the one exposing them. Thats the real reason for most of the silence, which invariably came out in many of those that did respond. Having been in these circles now for nearly twenty years, I can attest to this being the normal MO, as many others can. Certain men are just simply above reproof. The untouchables. When they do actually and finally open their mouths (and not while slandering), its to serve the purpose of maligning, disparaging, slandering, throwing logical fallacy invectives (especially straw man and ad hominem fallacies) and duplicity, revealing themselves to be little different than the wicked woke demoncrats and leftists liberals of our day. Indeed, the "fool layeth open his folly" (Pr 13:16b), rather than being the "prudent man" who "dealeth with knowledge:" (Pr 13:16a).

Silence is probably better for these fools, maybe even momentarily making them appear wise, for,

"Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." (Pr 17:28).

2. Silence came from Sullivant himself, of course, not surprising, at least in our direction, but not silence from his henchmen.

Silence by Sullivant, not a word, no response, no answer, and that is sadly very typical today among the IFB. He's been silent but not in the direction mind you of his cronies and brown shirts, his henchmen who do his dirty work, men we could rightly call water boys or coattails. No, we ain't speaking of the "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves:" (Heb 13:17) kinda submission to Captain Sullivant, but something way beyond that, of the kind where General Hyles offers the spiked kool-aid to his fellow deacon comrades over at First Baptist Church of Hylesstown, and they willingly drink it. Among their clan, they call a free-thinker not confined to the coattails of a tyrant, an “emissary of Satan.” Go figure, eh. Seems like many men remain in bondage to Satan post their “salvation,” blinded by both self and demonic deception. The knee-jerk reaction of these water boys was inflammatory invectives, attempting to rid him that lives rent free in their craniums.

Why no surprise concerning the silence from Captain Sullivant, of the Hyles Army? Do we really think that a big man in a big church with a big camp coalition would pay attention to a lowly evangelist of the gospel of Christ with no big name, no big church, no big coalition, no big camp? I am happy by the way for the non-bigness, being the 1 poor Micaiah up against 400 prophets of Baal.

The heretic, like Sullivant, the one turning from the truth, to whatever varied degree, doesn't want to hear that he's going to be dealt with, only that he's going to be tolerated and will continue however he wants, as the lord over the flock pounding his Hylesology false gospel and heretical Keswick laced sanctification from the podium, with their man-centred, man worshipping doctrines and practices. No one will tell him what to do, including the Word of God. The Scriptures refer to these guilty of this as impersonating lost Gentiles who “exercise lordship over” and “exercise authority upon” (Lk 22:25) the flock, as “lords over God's heritage,” (1 Pet 5:3). They are exemplars of the apostate Diotrephes (3 Jn 1:9-11). When someone is publicly preaching error/sin and it isn't dealt with Biblically, his belief, attitude, and behaviour will influence others, spread like the leaven that it is, and turn people or keep people on a different direction than they should be going. Many of those that they deceive are “simple” or gullible (Rom 16:18; Pr 14:15, 18) which are unsaved false professors (Pr 1:22-31) tickled in the ears by good oration and flattery (Rom 16:18), through “good words and fair speeches” (Rom 16:18), while speaking evil of those that oppose him, which are those in “the way of truth” (2 Pet 2:1-2). What will inevitably occur is lives destroyed and the worst: unsaved false professors kept in their deluded estate. This is why, among other reasons, heretics must be marked and avoided (Rom 16:17), even when they remain silent as the proverbial fool (Pr 17:28).

3. Only certain men of hierarchy can admonish and reprove and contend, and then only towards certain people, certainly not someone in their own circle.

Catholicism is not the only “denomination” that is beholden to the traditions of men. In most IFB church buildings, the traditions of men are religiously followed in faith and practice. This, our heading here, is one of them (destructive) traditions of men that many in the IFB follow. Men like Sullivant (and others that responded and in IFB churches across Canada, especially in Ontario) as a mere man have put their ex-cathedra office way above reproof, above rebuke and above correction, which is much more in line with one that was called Lucifer, whom we now know as Satan, who in his diabolical pride and arrogance thought he to be above God. When someone denies the Word of God by smokescreen and mirrors or other horrible logical fallacies, he is putting himself about God. They will not be corrected by God's Word. The only person they “might” listen to is the one who has arrived at the same high level of hierarchy in the big camp, which would only be superfluous flummery. Only such a man is “qualified” to give "admonishment". But even that doesn’t always matter or qualify. In the Big Camp, many times only those in the tight inner circle of the club qualify, but these would never even dream of criticizing another, to do something so “negative” and "critical," even if their lives physically depended upon it (hundreds of examples could be given of this, but one blatant illustration that comes to mind is the 100% for Hyles Campaign). Pragmatism, sugar coating, toleration and compromise is what typically occurs, while maligning the contender or reprover.

God’s Word however has something to say about this, and exposes it for the evil that it is — proud, totalitarian, authoritarian, and narcissistic men lording over the people, exercising lordship over not only congregants but others as well, quite the opposite of what Christ taught of the true minister of God:

“But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” (Mk 10:42-45)

“To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.” (Pr 28:21)

There are specific reasons why Biblical criticism, admonishment and reproof is rejected.

1. They have something to hide, which reflects the importance of dealing with them in accordance to Rom. 16:17-18, 2 Jn. 1:9-11 and 3 Jn. 1:9-11. They are not transparent but manipulators.

2. They put themselves above reproof, which is sadly what most pastors/leaders in the IFB churches do. No non-pastor or person outside their inner circile has the authority to reprove them. This is wicked, since they are Biblically under more scrutiny than anyone (Jam. 2:1; 1 Cor. 14:29). It’s also reflective of the pastor Diotrephes, the lost and evil church leader that John exposed in 3 Jn. 1:9-11. PVBC has put themselves on a man-made pedestal that doesn’t exist. Everything about their manner of ministry is in complete contradiction to God’s Word (e.g. 1 Cor. 9:3).

3. Sullivant and his cronies, water boys and fan club hate to be judged. Paul the apostle however demanded to be judged: “I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say“ (1 Cor 10:15), he loved being proved (Ac 17:11) and called them “more noble” that did so (Ac 17:11). The greatest human missionary that ever lived, loved being tested and proven (Ac. 17:11; 1 Cor. 10:15; 1 Th. 5:21; Gal. 1:8), and so this ought to be characteristic in true born again believer’s, especially those in leadership positions. Jesus commanded it: “Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?” (Lk. 12:57). That godly attitude is vastly different and a world apart from what I and many others see in the Big Camp of the IFB, where Sullivant and many other IFB preachers reside. Their minsitries are ruled by man-centreness, heresies, scandals, authoritarianism, and narcissism.

4. He is "the Lord's Anointed." Sullivant is of the man-centred and Hyles philosophy that he cannot be reproved because he is of the Lord’s anointed. This myth implies that Christians in leadership are the "Anointed,” especially those who seem to be very successful, and must never be reproved by us lesser mortals. This myth and red herring meant to shield influential preachers from public reproof is lifted from the OT situation in which David refused to touch King Saul who was hunting his life, though he could have killed him at that moment in the cave (1 Sam 24:6, 10). Other verses used to support this myth are 1 Ch 16:22 and Ps 105:15. Time and again we hear this cry parroted as a counter to those who attempt to alert the unsuspecting of the dangerous, unbiblical teachings of a particular man or ministry. Using this misused label, Sullivant and his cronies fall into a category that is apparently safe from scriptural examination. Since he and they influence many people, they must be God's anointed — thus, don't you dare "touch" them! Don’t you dare speak against them! Don’t you dare reprove them! Don't you dare expose them!

5. Instead of dealing with issues, they more often than not dig for some kind of evil on the person by bearing false witness, so they can undermine the reprover with some logical fallacy (typically ad hominem), following by ostracizing and slandering the individual which then justifies their position as to why they don’t have to respond to the accusations. Further to that, they educate the people involved in the issue to do the same. It’s terribly unscriptural and vicious behaviour reminiscent only of lost gentiles who love to exercise lordship over people (Matt. 10:42-45) and it s certainly the MO of wolves among the sheep (Ac. 21:28-30). Our warning to those in these cultish environments: flee! Lest Pr. 21:16 happens to you:

“The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”

Is Sullivant (and his cronies) above reproach? He thinks he is, in part because he spent to much time being indoctrinated by the wolf in sheep's clothing Jack Hyles, and maybe went to too many Pastors Schools, and heard too much of his heroes pontificate about how wrong it is for a pastor to be reproved at any time, by anybody, anywhere, even if the need arises. He’s not! The Bible makes it very clear that impartiality (respect of persons) is sin. We can’t have double standards. A pastor doesn’t have more leniency to what he can say. In fact, he is held to the highest standard of all, and thus requires even greater testing and judging. And that is what we also see in Scripture with the apostles. Paul commanded all believers to judge (1 Cor 2:15; 5:1–6:5; 10:15; Phil 3:2, 17-19), which is judge righteously by the Word of God, and he commended those as noble and wise that did (Ac. 17:11; 1 Cor. 10:15).

In these ways, men like Sullivant fulfill the Peculiar Case of Diotrephes (3 John) - An Exemplar of Heresy, Sowing Seeds of Apostasy.

4. Sullivant is a big fish in a small pond, surrounded by many small fish intimidated by the big fish. They all strive after the "success" of the big fish. They all want to be like the Führer.

Most IFB’s kowtow to some degree to the top men, and this has caused a lot of trouble. Even without coalition, very often independents coalesce in the spirit of coalition around big church pastors, college and mission board presidents. In the small pond that are the IFB, the big fish are presidents and pastors of large churches, like Sullivant, and this defines success to them.

What is it that drives men like Michael Sullivant or groups like PVBC? Success. When I was in Sullivant's circles (distant, but close enough), I began to notice what and why things were overlooked. It almost never made any sense, and then it didn’t help to ask about whatever it was. Often it relates to money and keeping the people coming, which is about money too. Bigger coalitions are needed for money. Bigger churches are needed for money. Bigger churches are needed for bigger coalitions. This is what is embraced as success by its participants. After all, John R. Rice 3:16 says small or stagnant churches are a sin. Doctrinal and practical precision suffer for it all to work. It’s actually not difficult to see. What is the worse out of it all is the corruption of the gospel to keep the system breathing, and thus the dishonour to God.

For some reason, the continual dependence on man-centred Big Camp leaders comes from the unbiblical notion that success=bigness (which requires a certain amount of compromise and enabling), rather than the Biblical teaching that success=faithfulness. Seeking to be the biggest and the greatest is not the lowliness of mind whereby each esteems others better than themselves (Phil 2:3). It is not being clothed with humility (1 Pet 5:5).

Majority IFB pastors or cult leaders, both big and small fish, are all about having the upper hand. When they lose control of that, they lose control of their bladder. They don't get to control the narrative and the mud slinging. But they have tricks up their sleeve. Not to be outdone, they have their forums and groupies where they can resort to slander and gossip and lie and backstab, because, after all, that is what they do on a daily or weekly basis in their own congregation. This is how they cover they heretical tracks. These deceptive and malicious hypocrites and bad fish busily plot what kind of evil they can do to people like us, so they can silence us. Character assassination and so forth, which is why they don’t listen to or answer the message in a civilized manner, only go after the messenger. Remind you of anyone? Not only the leftists/woke devils but Satan himself, on par with his character. Their pushback against us was plainly evil, but they would've never dared do that if we were in a postion of IFB influence. This actually reflects their absence of any fear of God. Their allegiance to man-centredness and their Führer is so strong, what comes out is actually pure hatred for Biblical truth and absence of Godly fear. To them contending for the faith, reproving error and sin and false teachings/ teachers and unbiblical philosophies is satanic, devilish, foolish, rude, pathetic, twisted, deranged, unethical, gossiper, prideful, and a slew of other adjectives. It’s true, “If the mortar’s thin, you must fling it hard.” This is how far gone they really are from the truth and how utterly wicked their man-centred, man-worship really is. It’s sick, disgusting and perverse. It needs do be exposed from the housetops (Rom 16:17; 2 Tim 3:8-9), and this we will do by the grace of God. The heretic that rules by authoritarianism and narcissism is a champion of character assassination. Without a good scriptural foundation, people many times rely on force of personality, slanders or logical fallacies. I know intimidation can work. If he’s not stopped, the biggest kid in the nursery will always have his favourite toy. Its only a matter of time before a tyrannical bullies tactics rub off on his water boys and they also become like him.

And thus we see.

One of the Führer's head gestapo henchmen, Jake Friesen, resorted to calling me "Satans little puppet" and that my "life so must be hell on earth, your mind is so twisted and deranged." He decalred that I was a "sad pathetic individual" and "Fool of fools you are." He also claimed, "Tell your father the Devil to come up with a new tactic, this one is too boring already." I politely informed him that me is actually quite happy 😊 (not sad 😢) because standing up for what is right, contending for the faith, fighting the good fight of faith, warfarring as a good Christian soldier for my Captain Jesus Christ is certainly blessed of Him, for it is obedience to God's Word and thus produces fruit of the Spirit, something I am unsure they are familiar with. Its definitey not the behaviour of fools. I also informed him that Scripture indicates the man with the hasty tongue is the fool. I have discovered exposing heresies results in living rent free in the heads of heretics and compromisers. I try not to work these men up too much, seeing that they need to get their beauty sleep and rest, ready and refreshed for service to their Führer as obedient and chirpy water boys, for he expects nothing less, as they run (or jump or whatever it is that his beckon call dictates) errands for their master.

You see its not easy to get to the “rising star” category and place of hierarchy that men like Friesen attain to under the Führer and to eventually find a home in the Fundamentalist Hall of Fame. The Führer learned his lessons well under the Chief Führer Hyles and Bob Gray, who are the legit benchmarks, lessons he passes on to his disciples, while ever so weary and vigilant to not compromise his own position. Certain things are required, including the following fine Big Camp lessons for upcoming "rising stars."

• Invite the Big Camp Big Boy preachers to preach at your church, and make a great impression before Dr. Big Shot or Dr. Bottlestopper that even he be dazzled. His introduction must be sprinkled generously with a variety of superlatives, like “most” and “best” and “greatest.” Make sure he gets many to walk the sawdust trail to the mourners bench and that he gets another invitation to preach again.

• Be well-traveled in the Dr. Big Shot circuit of the Big Camp and conferences (likely advertised in the ever reliable Sword of the Lord newsletter), which, we must say, Führer Sullivant has been doing very well, including reconnecting with his SS training school over at Hylestown, where nothing less can be expected than getting the pinnicale of all invitations: preaching at the Chief Führer's Hyles-Anderson College Spring Conference Invitational (bravo Führer Sullivant, ✅ 2019).

• Never preach from those texts that not everyone agrees with, only those where there is complete agreement, and never, and I mean never ever preach the contextual meaning of salvation passages in the Gospels of the NT! This is absolutely essential. Understand, there are entire books of the Bible that have no place in these kinds of churches. If you were to say, 'Turn in your Bibles to Romans chapter 9,' or, worse yet, to the Book of Jude or Amos, you could be voted off the Island. Find those passages with the texts that everybody likes, and stick with them. You'll likely need to prepare at least a dozen sermons on 'How to become a Disciple of Christ' and NOT be referring to salvation (that would get you voted off the island promptly, with the other henchmen, at the cue of the Führer, screaming "Lordship Salvation!!!!" -- at least that many punctuations).

• Upon finishing a sermon, don't forget the sawdust trail, the mourners bench and never forget the soft elevator music. Numbers requires emotions and emotions requires prodding and music.

• Throw away any expository messages that you might have. You don't want to be caught with anything like that. You might as well forget any Greek or Hebrew you might have learned in college. Can you tell me how to send a water boy on an errand in Greek? I didn’t think so.

• Further Valuable lessons on Preaching. Have a quote book available at all times. Any time you preach, you will need a variety of quotes from the most important preachers in the Big Camp. You have to be ready with quotes and name droppings. Never forget to name the guy who said it. For example, “ole’ Dr. Bob and Dr. Hyles used to say, ‘do right ’til the stars fall.'” Don't forget to practice your preaching, "If You Will!" In following the steps of the Legend and Great Führer Curtis Hutson, set up many soda cans in your garage with strings attached, and preach to them until you can pull them all forward for that ole important invitation, where they can pray without repentance and be "saved" for the 5th or 10th or 20th time. Or maybe even just rededicate their "carnal," "backslidden," and lukewarm" lives back to someplace where they allegedly once were. Learn all the poses and also learn to pause at appropriate places in your preaching, so the audience has a chance to “Amen!” you. If the audience is a little slow, learn a few insults that you can use to sorta ‘prime the pump’ a little, what ole Führer Dr. Hyles was so proficient at. Always preach out of a large Bible with many markings all over it. You might want to practice chucking it across the stage. Practice pounding it on the pulpit and waving it in the air. Practice beating people over the head with it, because practice makes perfect...

• You need to become an expert in daily mannerism in the Big Camp, this is critical, and we know practice makes perfect and perfect practice makes even more perfect. Therefore practice everything: your gait, your handshake, how you hold your big Bible (high and tight usually works best), and crossing your legs while sitting on the platform. Never take off your suit jacket! Even practice your flattering. Learn to become a professional at flattering and use a mirror if you need to. Never underestimate the importance of appearances. Especially if you strive after that elusive invitation to the level of the Führer, what all "rising star" preachers salivate after.

• Get a Big Church, like your Führer. Never forget these immortal words of Sir John R. Rice: “It is not a sin for a church to start small. It is a sin for a church to stay small.” He had a big church, so he lead by example. Make sure you do not so sin against the Lord. 300 or 400 will not do. 500 at bare minimum, as Führer Sullivant is well aware. Sometimes building bigger churches helps with the process, kinda like building bigger barns. (Reminder! Never forget to faithfully hammer home the tithe, tithe and more tithe, if you have any chance to obtain the Führer degree in the Big Camp). Dr. Rice reminded us, the church at Jerusalem had thousands, and likely Corinth or Ephesus as well, though Scripture doesn't say but we can assume they did because small churches are a sin. Since Paul never reproved them for being small, they must not have been. If you can’t get big, move to a bigger town and big church, and help make it bigger. Bring in the dog and pony show, whatever it takes. Mediocre pastors have no place on the platform of the Big Camp. Neither do mediocre churches that don't have at the very least a short thesis of missionaries they support through the ever so popular (in the Big Camp) Faith Promise Mission Giving.

• Lastly, maybe most importantly, be the best water boy you can possibly be. Shoot for the moon. Don't settle for meager leftovers, go for the gold. Jump when he says jump and run when he says run. Never, and I mean never ever question anything that the dear Führer says. That would be tantamount to anathema. That is only what "Satans little puppet" does, a "fool of fools" and a "sad pathetic individual" whose "life so must be hell on earth" and his "mind so twisted and deranged," as one of the Führer's henchmen, one SS Mister Jake Friesen, nicely reminded us. That is the tactic of his "father the Devil," so you surely wouldn't want those kind of stains on your precious name, would you. Be a bridge builder, not a bridge burner!

With these instructions we are confident you should be well on your way in going from a small fish in the pond to a big fish, and into a proper well-deserved place of hierarchy in the Big Camp and eventually a well-earned place in the Fundamentalist Hall of Fame. Maybe even a Führer in your own right. Consider yourself to be like Joshua (Jos 1:3). You want that mountain, it belongs to you. We are confident you will find your invitation to the Lodge on its way in short order. By now I am tearing right up over this sentimental moment, so I've gotta stop. Don't want to fry the ole computer. But we are confident faithful Big Camp Führer Sullivant will fill you in with all the other details we might've missed.

The type of behaviour described above taking place among Baptists reminds us of Jam 3:14-15,

"But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.” 

The scornful behaviour simply reiterates the fact that they are nothing less than an abomination to God (Pr 6:16-19), and further, establishes the clear decree that what we are doing is exactly on par with what we should be doing. Pr 28:4-5 reminds us of this:

“They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.”

5. Most small and big fish don’t appear to be all that interested in standing for and furthering the truth and the true gospel. They don't appear to care about the gospel perversion or other doctrinal and practical errors. They definitely don't care as much about these critical subjects as they do about you not criticizing them, and that is a big problem.

That is actually what some of them say: "I don't care." But apparently they care about the truth and about souls. They don’t care. How predictable. It's a stinken attitude, nauseating to the core. I am convinced most of the IFB scene in Canada is heretical and man-centred, from coast to coast, with maybe a few exceptions, well on their way to becoming obsolete or neo-evangelical or worse, completely apostate, which is reflective of the underlying dead spiritual nature. Its not the first time I have heard this non-chalant attitude, nor the last I am sure. Neither are they strong to stand with a spine or as a valiant servant of Christ, but are just honky dory with corrupt, perversions of the true gospel of Christ and perversion/wresting of scripture to fit the presuppositions and narratives, or corrupted, neo-evangelical errors and sins that run in opposition to the Word of God, as long as the majority and their big camp members and managers are on board the sinking ship, or as long as the pews are being filled and coffers overflowing or as long as they are "soul-winning." Just don't you dare criticize or reproof us. This is a repeated theme among most IFB churches. This is directly contrary to the teaching of the Bible however (Rom 16:17) and also contradicts the practice of Paul who openly reproved Peter for his unscriptural practice (Gal 2:11-14). The effects of continuing to fellowship with those who exhort them to not speak out against error for the sake of unity or coalition or something else, will be destructive to Bible Christianity.

Some say "It is not enough for me to join a crusade against them." Have they forgotten that “a little leaven, leaveneth the whole lump?” And that pertains to both sin (1 Cor 5:6) and doctrinal error (Gal 5:9). Or that Scripture saith, "Love rejoiceth in the truth." (1 Cor 13). Instead, they continue to justify themselves and defend their mates, rather than speaking out against their errors and heresis. There are probably no more important reasons than that of a false gospel and false sanctification to be crusading against someone. What could possibly be more serious? What could possibly be worse than corrupting the doctrine of salvation and its consequential effects on the reception of eternal life, or pathway to eternal damnation? Nothing is more critical than that. It is in fact worse than anything, including mass genocide on a scale of bad, such as the mass slaughter of children orchestrated by king Herod. We have exposed this serious problem at PVBC in the two parts thus far, clearly, plainly, and abundantly. But they are not interested in the truth and doing what the Bible says. Its either to costly for them or they are just blind to the truth.

Rather than responding biblically to scripturally backed reproof, they will progressively display more and more man-centred and/or worldly activity and say increasingly foolish things. They are on a slippery slope, but blinded to it, where big empire building and maintaining status quo and not rocking the boat while progressively growing the membership in the big camp is what appears to take precedence over everything. That observation isn’t merely based upon the apathetic response to this Sullivant Report but upon many, many other reasons that we have exposed or others have.

The truth was so important to Paul that he confronted Peter to his face in a very severe way. I don’t see these first century churches putting up with garbage. Paul parted ways with John Mark for a time. Every NT epistle teaches discernment, separation, testing and marking those who teach error, reproving and rebuking, and such like, mirroring the very first Psalm among all the other OT books. Names are named, associations are discontinued, but both practices are abhored in clubs with man-centred institutions.

You would think that those who calls themselves a Bible believing church would actually care about the gospel. That should be a starter. As much as anything, the IFB should be distinguished by the gospel. The true and pure gospel is what makes true churches, pillars and grounds of the truth. Perversion of the gospel by IFB churches results in less converts in the church and less true churches. Most revivalist IFB churches, including PVBC, have perverted the gospel and this has been a long time coming. These revivalist "churches" try to manufacture the Christ-life in church members because their pews are filled with false professions of still unsaved people. This is not just relegated to the IFB. Most evangelicals and fundamentalists have been influenced by the same wrong false teachers and teachings and church growth pragmatism. Even though these churches have the name and the designation, they don't represent the Lord Jesus Christ, when they corrupt the gospel. These churches are being destroyed by this. The truth is, the movement and abhorrent “salvation” methods are bigger to Sullivant and majority of IFB preachers/pastors across Canada, than God and the true gospel to him and them. Many of the responses and even the silence reflects this to be an accurate analysis.

They are all about building for God. When we pray, thy will be done, it’s as it is done in heaven, which is also how Jesus performed God’s will on earth. Whatever was built, God built. It doesn’t come through careful assessment of the smallest common denominator, music, dress, methods, buildings, Bible versions, tithing, associations, who has the biggest congregation, or whatever the subject du jour. These are matters of fellowship, sure, but what about the gospel? You would figure prominently the gospel would be in consideration in fellowship. What does someone believe, what does someone teach on the gospel? But its not happening.

What does Sullivant and PVBC believe about the gospel? What they profess, write, post, and teach on the gospel says a lot about their thinking about all the other biblical teachings they might hold. It says a lot about what they think of Jesus. If someone is wrong about Jesus or at least not contextual with Jesus, giving Him a scriptural representation, should that not trouble a Christian, someone who names the name of Jesus? On a weekly basis, the many people of the large Pembina Valley Baptist Church hear the gospel corrupted, and sanctification likewise, but no one (dares to) says a thing. And that is rewarded. In these Hyles-type of environments you quickly learn not to ask too many questions. When you ask questions, you find things out what they truly believe and practice, and you really don’t want to find things out. If you find something out, you might have to talk about it, and someone will be uncomfortable, let alone separate over some thing. No, the thing is to keep the coalition, and call that fellowship. “We had a great fellowship” means that we had a good time of not mentioning too many truths that would reveal something awkward and throw an ill will over the gathering. This is what has produced the hatred and unBiblical perception towards testing, reproving, warning, and exposing. Truth does not mind being questioned. A lie does not like being challenged.

We have absolutely no doubt that Sullivant believes that true Biblical repentance is an enemy of soul winning, as Hyles did, taught and even authored in a book by the said title (called The Enemies of Soul Winning, with one chapter dedicated to perverting and rejecting repentance). The "repentance" of Sullivant is stuck with intellect. Thats it, and even there it falls short. His perverted repentance does not involve the will (the volition) of a person, or the emotions of a person, which are two of the three faculties of man, all men, that are purposefully left out because repentance is in fact rejected. Like master, like disciple. A big reason for this abhorrent and perverted gospel is that true Biblical repentance will not produce the quick, instant, number-driven prayers that the shallow Hyles repentance does. And then for the exaltation among other men…large numbers is required! The "repentance" of Sullivant is not soft, as it is in some cases, what we are not referring to here, though that is an issue as well. We are not referring to such men, but to ones that actually deny and reject repentance, while redefining and redescribing the term and doctrine. That is what Hyles did, and Sullivant does.

The false gospel purveyed by Sullivant that makes the unsaved two-fold children of hell more than him, which is the repentant-less (false repentance), Lord-less, easy believist, quick prayerist perverted gospel, is the same false gospel propagated by many others amongst the IFB in Canada. Of course I am happy for all the good things the IFB stand for, but this will chiefly and utterly destroy them, as it has been, and not only the corrupted gospel but also the unscriptural sanctification that follows, and rejection of reproof and faith contending, producing churches full of pew warmers, whited sepulchres, religious dead mans bones. But it starts with foundationally, the false and corrupted, watered down gospel, which we cover in great detail with lots of evidence in Part 1a and Part 1b. 



Of course its worse in evangelicalism. Neo-evangelicalism doesn’t discern and expose error and teachers of error, or separate. Their version of separation is writing mean tweets. Or they produce or join a podcast and mock someone they don’t like without mentioning his name. Everyone knows, wink, wink, but the name very often isn’t mentioned. If the name is mentioned, the participants explain how it really is too bad. Yet it doesn’t stop the fellowship from continuing. Rampantly what occurs behind the scenes is slandering, talebearing and character assassination, and that is also epidemic in fundamental circles such as the IFB.

The predictions of David Cloud over the last decade and more about the maligning of warning and reproof, among other heresies, warning that it’s only a matter of time before most IFB churches will be completely apostate, neo-evangelical and bastions of emergent church blasphemy, is exactly right. Many, many have already gone there and we are trying to stop more from going. When that does happen, you’ll have that mega church you’ve been salivating over, and the six figure pastor salaries and the pews and coffers overflowing with “blessings” and the pew warmers high on golden calf tranquilizing music, while in reality you are actually the repulsive and nauseating heretic that pastors or serves the blinded and naked and brutish church at Laodicea, whom God will spew out of His mouth (Rev 3:14).

It is a very serious matter to pervert the gospel of Christ (Gal 1:6-9) and other truths of Scripture and to not warn the people or not contend against these atrocious and eternal dangers, thus our trumpet must sound lest we be guilty of transgressing the 9th commandment in concealing the truth or holding undue silence in this just cause (Rom 16:17; Ju 1:3; Lev 5:1; Ac 5:3, 8-9; 2 Tim 4:6), or holding my peace when error calls for reproof (Pr 24:23-25; 28:23; Ti 2:15; Lev 19:17) and complaint to others (Is 59:4; Rom 16:17; 1 Cor 1:11), to preserve and promote the truth between men (Ze 8:16), to stand for the truth (Pr 31:8-9; Ju 1:3; 1 Cor 16:13; Ezk 3:17) and contend against corruption of God's Word (Ju 1:3; 2 Pet 2:1; Rom 16:17). Though written to Israel, the principle of the passage applies to both Jew and Gentile:

“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” (Is 58:1)

False teachers do not need correction but exposure. That is what Scripture teaches, while men write and tell me that I should be correcting (privately), not exposing. Majority of men that we expose aren’t in the need of correction, but exposure, in line with Rom 16:17 and 2 Tim 3:8-9, among many other passages and biblical examples. The trouble is, they can never show us where in scripture it says we are to correct the false teacher and not expose, to which we would be happy to oblige. Furthermore, Big Camp Boys Club members do not get corrected, especially not by a nobody. Our mission is expose them as the spiritual frauds that they are (Rom 16:17-18; 2 Tim 3:8-9; 2 Jn 1:9-11), so all may be aware of their dangers, and to shut their mouths (Ti 1:11).

“Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.” (2 Tim 3:8-9)

6. Exposing error, even false gospels, is apparently “unsolicited gossip,” “prideful,” and "unethical."

Now that’s a good one. Not a new one, but a knee slapper. Many had this to acccuse. One pastor claimed I seemed “prideful, bitter, and vindictive,” after we had already tactfully communicated about the report. But then something snapped. This conclusion was drawn up by the same guy that had difficulty discerning and differentiating between a true teacher and a false teacher. This is the type of bipolar behaviour that occurs because of the influence of ungodly and man-centred tyrants within the Big Camp Boys Club. This man's initial letter practically contained glowing praise (for instance, “I don’t disagree with your pursuit of the truth, with honesty and integrity. Nor do I have an issue with your desire and efforts to expose error. . . . Please be careful of your motives. God bless”) — but then thereafter it seemingly appeared he flipped a switch and became spiteful towards what we are doing, even to the extent of judging motives. It appeared something had spiked and inflammed his brain, hopefully it wasn't the spike protein from the covid death shot. Could it be the online independent Baptist preachers network of Canada ("bpcanada" with its "235 men on that list") or someone personally talking to him and filling his mind with lies and slander and malice? We can assume they were slandering us on the Baptist Network (as they will likely do again once they receive this report), but always curious as to what causes the chemical imbalance and change. As for the 235 men, that doesn't seem to be fair. Micaiah and Elijah both went up against 400, thus these man-centred men are lacking.

Funny how that no one can Biblically explain in what way warning about a man’s very public ministry that purveys a false gospel and false doctrine, is “unsolicited gossip” and “gossip and prideful” or “prideful, bitter, and vindictive,” or "unethical." They obviously don’t understand the meaning of any of those words, or they just twist, corrupt and abuse the terms like they do to so much of God’s Word. Thus, if they do it to God’s inspired and preserved words, they surely would be doing it to the lowly nobody that opposes and exposes their heresy (or their besties heresy). A compromised or heretical man is double-minded and troubled in many of his ways.

I wonder if the Lord Jesus Christ, when He was reproving and rebuking and exposing false pretending religious folks appearing as “believers,” for their sins, errors, hypocrisies, etc, and of their certain damnation, was charged with “gossip and pride”? Oh we know of certainty that He had His gainsayers, and that list would include many of the gainsayers in these Big Camp Clubs while hiding behind their superficial piety. Christ did it publicly so that all would be warned. Billions of times over people have read those sharp reproofs that would be undoubtedly called “gossip and prideful” by these lording, compromised pastors, when done so by their contemporaries. John, Jude, Peter followed in the same steps of the Lord and then there was the Apostle Paul. Yes, Paul. Scathing reproofs and rebukes and expose' over and over and over was his MO, constantly warning about error, false teachings and false teachers, wolves, compromisers and heretics including the naming of 10 men by name who were teaching error, men who appear to have done less in some cases, definitely not worse, than what Sullivant has done, all of which encompass a subject that takes up more of the NT than any other. This valiant soldier of Christ went toe to toe with anyone that twisted doctrine or perverted the gospel or contradicted Scripture.

The Bible emphasizes the importance of the ministry of reproof. The terms “reprove, reproof, rebuke, exhort” are found nearly 60x in the NT. We are to “reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine” (2 Tim 4:2). The God-called preacher is to “speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority” (Ti 2:15). We recently published a report that covers the importance of this subject: A Reproof of Haters of Reproof and Myths of Reproof.

Without a shadow of doubt, God loves the contender and fighter of the faith, as we see in His love for the apostle Paul, whose writings are loaded with the subject, and noted in many other prophets in the Bible, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Amos, Jehu, and more, including Stephen the Deacon, who absolutely lambasted and upbraided the professing believers before him for their unconverted, counterfeit, delusional and deceptive spiritual estate (Ac 7:51-53), people that might have been in similar shoes as the Sullivants today, while "his face as it had been the face of an angel." (Ac 6:15). Their response was to put him to death, maybe a similar reaction from the protestant popes of our day, if they could get their way. At very least a stoning with hymnals and Bibles. The error or sin being contended against in Scripture didn’t matter whether it was large and immoral or a subtle “small” doctrinal error or sin, because “a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump,” whether that be sin (1 Cor 5:6) or doctrinal error (Gal 5:9).

But big boy members of the big camp are to big and important to “engage in debate” or “endeavour to answer” any of our alleged “ill-informed charges” because that is not what the IFB “Big Camp Boys Club” members do. They do not need to answer to anyone. They don't even answer to their own congregation, so why would they provide an answer to a nobody. Nevertheless, that doesn't stop what we do, for we know God is glorified in it, as we see throughout Scripture. Repeatedly Scripture commands to criticize and expose false doctrine, unrepentant error, sin, heretics and false teachers (e.g., Rom 16:17; Eph 5:11; Ac 17:11; 1 Th 5:21; Ju 1:3-4; Ti 3:10-11), to judge others (e.g., Lev 19:17; 1 Cor. 2:15; 5:12-14; 6:1-5: 10:15; 14:29; Pr. 21:15; 27:6; Lk. 12:57), to reprove and rebuke others (e.g., Lev 19:17; Ps. 50:21-23; 58:1; Pr. 12:1; 13:1; 24: 15:5, 31; 17:10; 24:23-25; 28:23; Ti. 1:12-13; 2:15; 2 Tim 4:2-4) — so their rejection, disguised in fake piety, superfluous flummery, false humility and straw man arguments, is actually a Satanic lie. A lie concocted by the father of lies (Jn 8:44), who comes as an “angel of light” and his “ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness” (2 Cor 11:12-15). Are these not “deceitful workers” (2 Cor 11:13), “dogs,” “evil workers,” (Phil 3:2) whom Jesus also referred to as “dogs” and “swine” (Matt 7:6), who somehow missed all this judging and sharp reproof taking place in the Bible? I suspect an intentional blindness to this and maybe to much more of the Script of Holy Writ except that which tickles their fancy?

It’s all “gossip and prideful” to the man who cannot stand when his (or someone in his camp) error or sin has been found out and exposed, when someone actually obeys the great commission of contending for the faith. This is the celebrity mentality of much of Neo-evangelicalism, reformed Calvinism, and now the IFB, the exaltation and man-centredness and hiding of error and sin of carnal warriors waging carnal warfare with carnal weaponry.

It is true, many times we don’t name names or we do first approach the person about their public error or sin, like we actually did with Sullivant, but this is purely an act of mercy and grace that the Bible doesn’t even require of us. On occasion a public sin would be better treated in a private manner. It could save embarrassment. Sometimes someone needs public exposure, especially when they are unrepentant. Such is the case here. For way too long IFB men have gotten away with corrupting God's Word and the everlasting Gospel and building man-centred autocratic institutions, and now (since the days of Hyles), many are doing it completely in the open, publicly broadcasting to the world. It’s high time to expose these heretics with their errors, false teachings and damnable heresies wreaking havoc amongst the local churches and the unsaved found therein, many of which have adopted their counterfeit gospel and expressed a pseudo profession, producing a new generation of unregenerate and heretical "pastors" dancing to the worship of the golden calf.

7. We have found that very few seem to be as interested in dealing with facts as they are about maligning the one contending for the faith with facts.

What is typical is no discussion, no debating, no contesting, no persuading, nothing, except invective, pejorative and logical fallacy ridden inflammatory responses, if anything, and maligning of the one who cares enough to sound the alarm. They obviously despise the warnings and malign the reprover. This is a recipe for spiritual destruction. When Israel demanded that the prophets preach only smooth things, her downfall was already sealed (Is 30:10). Of course they were unconverted, but so are all others with similar attitude. The basis of Gods judgment of a nation is the temperature of the environment of those who profess Christianity. At least be cold the Lord says, and stop pretending to be hot, for the admixture creates the lukewarm false, deluded and deceived hypocritical nature (Rev 3:14-18). How can they not but fall under the horrific and frightful danger of the Proverbs 1:20-32 warning.

A so-called pastor and/or church that maligns biblical warning and reproof is already on the road to apostasy. They don't warn. Majority of IFB Churches in Canada are of this nature. They despise and reject warning, continual Biblical testing, reproving, rebuking, admonishing, correction and such like. They are haters of reproof, and exemplars of heresy, sowing seeds of apostasy.

Isaiah speaks to the nature of these people:

"That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits” (Is 30:9-10)

In chapter 56, Isaiah sounds the alarm of what most of them really are, which fits the ministry of essentially all "evangelical" churches today, but also majority of fundamentalists:

"His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter." (Is 56:10-11)

8. Exposing dangerous error and damnable heresies, all of which are public, has sunk into the quagmire philosophy of being "deceitful, duplicitous, and pernicious” and "sowing discord among the brethren" according to some.

Wow. Is it really how low and far gone the IFB movement in Canada is? Is this the only thing politicians behind pulpits and heretical fake “pastors” can parrot, who have never actually been genuinely and Biblical converted to Christ, so they inherit an office through their blood line while masquerading as a “man of God"? The latter seems to be the case in many of these churches, including PVBC.

To those who make such egregious and slanderous claims,

“There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.” (Neh 6:8).

The only “deceitful, duplicitous, and pernicious” one is the false believer/teacher who is blinded and deceived to his own unregenerate and evil nature, and then beguiling the unsuspecting with deception and duplicity while blindly believing that he is fulfilling the work of God. This type of abhorrent and malicious response is unsurprising, in light of what Scripture says will exist (e.g. 2 Pet. 2:2).

I have found it to be true, those who don’t go along lock-step with the status quo and then question or criticize preachings of perversion of the Gospel or other doctrine, will be labelled as sowers of discord, divisive, firebrands, very negative, proud, judgmental, meddlers, majoring-on-minors, theological cowboys, hobby horse riders, engaging in friendly fire, touching God’s anointed, deceitful, duplicitous, pernicious, and ultimately as enemies of the church. And this we received. These pithy but unBiblical and wrongheaded sayings are used in IFB circles to malign any warnings that are given in regard to the compromise and error of influential Baptist leaders. Such unscriptural and ungodly marginalizing and slandering will continue on unabated if people don't say anything and don’t do something about it, though we know of certainty that God’s eyes aren’t hidden from the abominable behaviour, who will reward them in due time. And therein we find a further purpose for our expose and followup. We are doing something about it. To stop the loathsome process and bring accountability. To shut the mouths of heretics and false teachers (Ti 1:11-16; 3:10-11). Sometimes we have to answer fools according to their folly (Pr 26:5). Sometimes with ridicule, as Thomas Jefferson once said, “Ridicule may be the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible ideas.” Nothing is as unintelligible as the false gospel and Keswick-sanctification heresy that men like Sullivant and most other IFB preachers across Canada fill their listeners ears with, bringing the unregenerate into further unregeneracy, making many two-fold children of hell through their repentant-less, Lord-less, easy-believism and quick-prayerism proselytization. The compromise and toleration of false teachings at PVBC and so many churches like it, and the scripted character assassination has greatly motivated me for this warfare. All of which is of course motivated by a love for God, His Word and His Gospel!

Our intentions and motives were something more in line with what Ti 1:3 says,

“Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;”

And Rom 16:17,

“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.”

False teachers must be sharply rebuked, opposed and exposed.

Our hope was and continues to be what Jam 5:19-20 speaks of,

“Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.”

And Pr 28:23,

“He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.”

Unfortunately this has never occurred. We are not surprised. It would be utterly shocking dismay if a IFB revivalist man-centred preacher would actually take responsibility for his errors, sin and heresies that he pounds from the pulpit or to the students in their school, and publicly repent of the damage and damnation he has caused. That would’ve been a real shocker, but there are some important reasons why that didn’t occur and why it doesn’t occur and why it will likely never occur. Our third and final yet to be published part will explore this in a bit more detail.

Some accuse us of attempting to gain a following. That is hilarious. If we were building a following we probably wouldn’t write about stuff that no one else is doing or wants to do, what majority of people vehemently hate, would we? What we are doing is exactly what brought the ire of the people against the Apostle Paul (e.g., Acts 9), including the people within the churches, even the churches that he established (such as Corinth). If we wanted a following we would probably follow the pattern of the seeker sensitive/emergent church movemnent and tickle the ears of the people, like Sullivant is, wouldn’t we, and look how well that is working out for him. We are actually doing the very opposite. Such accusations are laughable and completely contrary to common sense or Biblical sense.

9. We should have gone to pastor Michael Sullivant and PVBC privately.

The sermons and material Sullivant and the vast majority of IFB preach or put out are nothing private but completely public, and their error on the gospel is certainly public as well, considering ministry in itself is always public to a degree, but irregardless Sullivant and most other IFB churches have fully publicized their ministry with sermons and church completely public on the world wide web, including gospel presentations. This isn't difficult, but it seems to be, especially when it’s convenient for man-centred politicians who are above Biblical reproof. It is actually elementary my dear Watson. Not only do most IFB preachers not give warnings, they believe that warnings are largely unnecessary and probably wrong. According to the prevailing thinking, it is only okay to give private warnings, but it is wrong to “attack” a “man of God” publicly, regardless of how broad his influence is. This is a tactic that makes it impossible to effectively correct and warn of public error, and gives a free get out of jail card to those who pervert the Scriptures and doctrines of God. It puts man on an almost untouchable pedestal. But its not Biblical, not even close.

Along the same lines, they are also not "secret faults." We have not exposed any so called “secret faults.” False doctrine and false gospel being preached publicly is not a “secret fault.” Even in our last part yet to be published report where I will bring up things more personnel, there will be no “secret faults.” 

The problem with this allegation is that it was never a private matter to begin with. So it wasn’t a Matt 18 issue, for those who continue to misuse and abuse this passage. If a preacher has a wide influence beyond the “walls” of his own church through his books, conferences, college, music, blogs, twitters, etc., the only way to help those who are being influenced negatively is to deal with error and compromise in the public arena. This type of thing is not a Matt 18 matter; it is a 2 Tim 4:2; Ti 2:15; 1 Pet 4:11; and Ju 1:3 matter. When we are commanded in Scripture to reprove error and to earnestly contend for the faith, we are nowhere told that we can do this only in private. And how does "private" stem the tide of heresy?! It does not but it does feed into their pogram of duplicity and hiding sins and errors.

Matt 18 provides instructions on dealing with private/personal sin or issues between brethren or professing Christians of a local church. That is obvious when we read vv. 15 and 17. It does not deal with public teachings and actions by Christian leaders, including those outside my church. Public error and sin should always be dealt with publicly, not privately, like we see everywhere exemplified and also commanded, especially those that influence us in some manner. We are not members of PVBC. Everything dealt with concerning Sullivant was public. Public is not private. Unrepentant public error and sinning is done in public, before a public audience. Matt 18 doesn't apply to that person. Someone can still go to him one-on-one, to take the most charitable approach, but it isn't required. One could also leave out names, another charitable option, but it isn't required and rather in most cases necessary. Public exposure is also not talebearing or sowing discord or something else; it is dealing with error like the Bible states we should (e.g. Rom 16:17; 2 Tim 3:5-9; Eph 5:11; Gal 2:11-14; etc; cf. Ac 17:11; 1 Th 5:21; Ju 1:3-16, Warpath Against Error and Sin, by the Faithful Soldier of Christ). If someone promotes his sin or unBiblical behaviour or error or false teaching in public, like Sullivant did, it is appropriate and loving to deal with it in public. It isn't gossip, it isn't talebearing, if it isn't secret or private. Secret is kept secret with going one-on-one (Lk 17:3) and not talebearing or gossiping. Public is already public. If I warn people about an error, or someone's false teaching that he puts out in public, or repudiate his behaviour, that isn't gossip or sowing discord. That is required in scripture out of love.

The Lord Jesus Himself was constantly exposing sin and error and failures publicly, regardless of who it was, especially those who had a pretence of religion and belief. Whether publicans, sinners, pharisees, sadducees, chief priests, the seven churches in Revelation, etc, calling people to repentance. Paul rebuked sin in the churches in letters that were anything but private. Those letters were then distributed among all the churches (Col 4:16). Therefore when Paul named the names of ten heretics and false teachers, or exposed Demas’ apostatization, these were public matters. When he reproved the professing believers at Corinth for their sin and compromise and error, it was a public matter. When he warned of Alexander the Coppersmith, it was a public warning. Some matters are private and they should be dealt with privately, but other matters are public and should be dealt with publicly, especially when it concerns those in the public office of pastor, or other influential professing Christians. If a man has a public ministry that influences others, that ministry should be critiqued publicly. It is a lame excuse to tolerate error or play ignorant for fear of offending someone. When men are named and exposed publicly, places identified and error revealed, it is upsetting to those that are ‘moderate’ and compromised in their position, and definitely when heretical.

The apostle Paul dealt with the sins and errors of churches in public letters, some of which the majority of the Big Camp members would most certainly label as private or secret, arguing “the autonomy of the church” or some other unBiblical excuse such as, "Scripturally speaking, unless you are an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, you are responsible to your own local church, and that’s it." This is absolutely untrue. Paul mentioned the names of false teachers and compromisers 10 different times in 1 and 2 Timothy alone (1 Tim 1:19-20; 2 Tim 1:18-20; 2:15-18; 4:10, 14-15), men that claimed to be Christian and likely would have felt that Paul was being unfair and mean-spirited in singling them out, but these letters were not intended merely for Timothy. They are part of the canon of Scripture and public record, and millions of times by now they have been read by people the world over. The NT Epistles were not private letters that were intended for select eyes only. They were public letters that were intended for the use of all of the churches (cf. Col 4:16), and in those letters Paul dealt with a wide variety of sins and errors. He even warned church members by name (e.g., Eudias and Syntyche, Phil 4:2), and how many have not read these names from that time? The same is true for Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus. Those were personal letters in one sense, but they were very public in another. They were never intended for the eyes of Timothy and Titus alone. That should be obvious. And in those letters, Paul warned about such things as Demas’s false feigned estate, how he had deceived Paul and others and was a danger. Imagine if you were Demas in that day. He could have said, ‘Paul, you are wrong to make my personal business a public matter,’ but Paul wasn’t wrong, because Demas’s apostasy was not strictly a private matter, a matter for a church to deal with privately. Private business is private business, and private sin is private sin; but public sin and error, especially that which affects other people, is not private business. What Paul did, and there are many more examples that could be given, is the example and command throughout Scripture, including by Moses, Jeremiah, Peter, John, John the Baptist, Jude, the Lord Himself, and others. In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord Jesus Christ warned to beware of false teachers and prophets and to test their fruit (Matt 7:15-20). Every preacher is commanded to “reprove, rebuke, exhort.” (2 Tim 4:2). This reproof is nowhere limited to a man’s own congregation. Titus was instructed to “speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority” (Ti 2:15). Nowhere does Paul tell him that this ministry was limited to the members of one church. The prophets of old did not have to first go to the nation’s rulers or to the compromising prophets before reproving them publicly. There is no evidence that John the Baptist first talked privately with Herod before condemning his adultery and other sins publicly. Nor did Paul do that with Peter in Gal. 2. He exposed Peter before the entire church at Antioch and then the whole world.

The lie and logical fallacy of only being allowed to deal with sins and error in a private manner, within the walls of ones own church alone, is thus cleary debunked above, and also here: The Biblical Necessity to Critically Test, Judge, Expose Error, and Name Names. Paul also made it very clear that all born again believers are to follow his words and ways:

"Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church." (1 Cor 4:16-17)

"Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ." (1 Cor 11:1)

That is the command and direction of Scripture, and that is exactly what we will do. Heretical men need to stop publishing their heresy to the world, and we will stop exposing them as heretics to the world. Until that happens, we will continue to sound the alarm.

"By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil." (Pr 16:6)

"The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion." (Pr 28:1)

Frequently those who are disobedient mistake biblical correction for persecution, and confuse biblical reproof with personal assault. Majority of the compromising liars that have written us (or that would've liked to write but were to busy pandering) would have charged Chloe with “sowing discord among brethren” when she told Paul about the issues at the Corinthian Church (1 Cor 1:11). Boy oh boy, how fast would the labels have flown, with invectives and insults such as divisive, trouble-maker, having a critical eye, taking pot-shots, touching the Lord’s anointed, shooting the wounded, and who knows what else, by majority of IFB churches, especially the revivalist flavours, a heresy we specifically address here: Attacking Spiritual Warfare by Misusing Scripture Such As, “Touch Not the Lord’s Anointed.” Paul however never labelled her with anything, but did give heed to her warning, because he wasn’t a man-centred, narcissistic tyrant and unregenerate heretic. But these other men, most IFB’s in Canada (and elsewhere for that matter) are compromising cultish men, who twist the Scriptures for their own personal gain and agenda. I think that is actually why they end up in the IFB. Wolves destroying the flock (Ac 20:29-30). Of course the evidence of that is already there seeing what they do with Scripture to further their narratives and rhetoric. The way they handle scripture, privately and with false division (cf. 2 Cor 2:17; 2 Pet 1:20; 2 Tim 2:15), twisting, bending, manipulating and butchering, is disgusting and disgraceful. That further proves them to be false teachers, as the context tells us (2 Pet 2:1-3; 3:16-17).

Another reason for the private vs public reproof is because of their mythical man-centred and wrongheaded belief on "touch not the Lord's anointed." Sullivant is of the man-centred and Hyles philosophy that he cannot be reproved because he is of the Lord’s anointed. This myth and red herring meant to shield influential preachers from public reproof is lifted from the OT situation in which David refused to touch King Saul who was hunting his life, though he could have killed him at that moment in the cave. David said,

“Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed” (1 Sam 24:10).

In no way at all in any shape or form does this passage speak to not reproving or rebuking someone in a church office for error or sin. The context of this verse has only to do with killing an anointed king of Israel, since Saul was anointed by God to be the king. By applying this phrase to themselves, apparently some preachers, including independent Baptist preachers, think they are kings! ‘You cannot reprove me, I am an earthy king!’ It follows they must believe, strangely, that someone who reproves them is trying to kill them. Jack Hyles certainly fit this caricature. He thought himself to be a king and acted as such, putting himself WAY above reproof and discipline, and since he led by example, majority of men who were taught by Hyles or the school have the same philosophy as Hyles, including Sullivant and many IFB preachers in Canada (and America for that matter), imitating this exceedingly unscriptural and ungodly type of pastoral model, which fits precisely into what Christ was warning of, unregenerate Gentiles exercising lordship over the people. As did the evil wolf in sheep's clothing Jack Schaap, Hyles son-in-law and successor in the pulpit of First Baptist Church of Hammond. This is the man, church and school that educated Sullivant, and all disciples are as their masters.

The level of "success" a pastor/evangelist/missionary/Bible college president must achieve before he can be considered to be one of the "Anointed" ones varies from group to group. The legendary and great fundamentalist John R. Rice used to honour pastors who had baptised more than 200 converts a year. Those that give large sums of money to church or Bible colleges, are elevated to the "Anointed" status. Notoriety, charisma, flattery, accent, numbers, educational achievements and of course membership inthe Big Camp for the Big Boys all contribute to the status of being "Anointed," but there is probably nothing that elevates an IFB preacher more than having a large church. If he can add to that a Bible college, well, he's got it made. You can always tell if he has attained that  superduper level of Christianity "Anointing." He will be an honoured guest on many conference platforms. His photo will be everywhere, at least in all the approved denominational literature. Everyone will want to be the invited guest preacher in his church. He will be awarded honorary doctorates, he will become the criterion for every other pastor, yea the benchmark, and his church the measure for every other church, also the benchmark. Once his "Anointing" is recognised by peers he will gather a following that just grows.

A Baptist pastor is not an Israelite king, but even kings could be reproved by God’s preachers, and certainly not only in private. Ironically, no Israelite king was above reproof. Though David did not kill King Saul, the prophet Samuel did not draw back from reproving him. The prophet Nathan also did not draw back from reproving King David. Azariah the high priest, joined by eighty other priests, confronted King Uzziah when he arrogantly usurped the priesthood by offering incense in the temple (2 Ch 26:16-19). Paul the apostle wouldn't fit into this crowd, seeing he didn't see himself as one of the "anointed." Of himself he stated he was less than the least of the apostles, that he was the chief of sinners, that his past life was filled with hubris, and asked to be proven (Ac 17:11) and commanded to be judged 1 Cor 10:15). He said God gave him many revelations, and a thorn in the flesh to go with them, lest he should be exalted above measure.

The ministry of discernment, testing, judging, reproof, rebuke, warning and so on is critical doctrine in Scripture. It is part of the one doctrine, one commandment of Scripture, where everything in God's Word perfectly harmonizes as one doctrine and one interpretation, and is obeyed by the true child and servant of God. Pr 19:16 speaks to this:

"He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die."

Note that it is "the commandment" in both the singular and definitive article. "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;  One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." (Eph 4:4-6). There is one doctrine, one interpretation, one faith. The true believer keeps "the commandment." He doesn't pick and choose what he will believe and embrace, or what he will put on the back burner as "secondary," or maybe even outright reject, subtly of course. He genuinely obeys "the commandment" because that is what true servants of Christ do, out of love for their Lord and Saviour who is worthy (Jn 14:15-24; 1 Jn 2:3-5), and "his commandments are not grievious." (1 Jn 5:3). You are either keeping the commandment, or you are not, just like you either have all the "fruit [singular] of the Spirit," or none. Men like Michael Sullivant and most others in the Canadian IFB do not appear to be keeping"the commandment," considering their spite for certain elements of "the commandment."

10. The most important question someone has to answer in an assessment of himself, his family, or his church is whether the belief or practice is scriptural.

Many of the IFB’s as a rule across Canada (and America and most other places) are in deep trouble. They are being governed by men who are satisfactory with bad doctrine, bad practice, false gospels, increasing worldliness, spiritual adultery, man-centredness, and many of them are governed by charlatans, heretics and false teachers.

Many are the literal fulfilment of 2 Tim 4:3-4, alongside the world of apostate Christianity,

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”

And 2 Tim 3:8-9,

“Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.”

The question was asked, "Who am I to spend so much time exposing error?" An ambassador of Christ (2 Cor 5). A soldier of Christ (1 Tim 2). A watchman for Christ (Mk 13:34). A contender for the faith (Ju 1:3). An evangelist of God (2 Tim 4:1-5). Those things and more. I have authority from God. “These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.” (Ti 2:15). Thus I won’t let any man despise me. My ministry is perfectly in line with Scripture. My writing is an extension of my place in Christ’s service. As an evangelist, my main priority is the preaching and defence of the gospel. Both vocally and by penmanship. Thats what I do. My ministry is subject to the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word. We know what we are doing is perfectly the will of God, and desperately needed, more so than ever. You can read the Biblical proof for it here: 

• The Biblical Necessity to Critically Test, Judge, Expose Error, and Name Names

• Answering False Accusations of Warring Spiritual Warfare

• Warpath Against Error and Sin, by the Faithful Soldier of Christ

• False Teachers are a Great Enemy to the Soul - the Critical Necessity of Warning and Separating

11. One of those small fish in the pond, more like a cipher sardine, is "pastor" Adam Rich of Ontario, Canada. He gets a special honours mention.

The idea was to expose Sullivant and PVBC with the report and then a general overview of how most IFB men in Canada received it, though there be at least a handful of men that probably should be given special honours here (such as Meadowlands Baptist Church out of Edmonton, AB, a very compromised and heretical "church"). Nevertheless, for time sakes and certain other reasons which I will not uncover, I will limit the further exposure to only the following man-centred, man-worshipping destructive false-gospel preaching lording character, who is really du jour for the special mention because of his pejorative response.

"Pastor" Adam Rich gets the special honours. You can wipe the sweat off your brow now. This profane and vain babbler claimed in his response that our expose was "unsolicited gossip" and "hatred," and that it required a "scriptural rebuke to repent of such vile business." Except he never gave a single example of why or where it was "vile business." This is very Rich indeed. Its a ridiculous charge at complete odds with Scripture. If exposing false teachers is "vile business" that requires "scriptural rebuke," then Richy Rich and his Fundy Bunch should start rebuking the Apostle Paul, Peter, John, and other Bible writers such as Jude, and even the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, who were all into this "vile business," and at a much greater aggression than us. We get our marching orders from Scripture and they are the example we follow, as also commanded in Scripture (e.g., 1 Cor 4:16-17). Furthermore, not one thing anywhere in our reports is “gossip.” Period. All public factual records and all reflective of the terrible compromise of these lording Gentiles who froth at the mouth when someone opposes their destructive man-centredness and exposes their heresy.

The pride and arrogancy of this lording narcissistic heretic is nauseating. He also claimed that I was a "rebel" who was "sewing discord among the brethren." Its actually "sowing," not "sewing" Adam, again very Rich. You know how low these bottom dwellers get when they call exposing heresy and heretics as "sewing discord among the brethren." I guess Paul must have been of the greatest sowers of discord when he exposed 10 men by name in two epistles alone (1 and 2 Timothy). I wonder what these men truly think of Paul. Rich also richly called me a "wicked wicked man" (yes, wicked x2) and "whited sepulcher" and "serpent." I've been called worse. He said I had no right to judge Sullivant, and that I was to "leave Sullivant to God's judgment." Right. Should we then just close the Bible, Mr. Hyles-disciple? He should read our report The Biblical Necessity to Critically Test, Judge, Expose Error, and Name Names, and grow some knowledge. And courage.

None of this is surprising or shocking. Its just another day at a Canadian IFB potluck picnic (though there are some exceptions). His response was not actually a rebuke but exactly what we were imagining to receive, men whose allegiance is to men (and not God), purveying a sales pitch to fill the pews and the coffers and corrupting the Word of God, proselytizing unsuspecting and simple-minded souls and making them two-fold more the children of hell than themselves. How else should we expect these carnal, "natural brute beasts" (2 Pet 2:12) to respond when their whole "ministry" is just a facade and a fake, a mere means of pursuing after power and popularity or something else.

It is however a very good example of the horrendous man-centredness and man-worship that occurs among these so-called "Baptists" who reject the true gospel of Jesus Christ for something else. Rich should immediately cease calling himself a "Baptist," and "Pastor" for that matter, for he is neither. He is not even genuinely converted to begin with, fulfilling the false teacher/prophet of 2 Pet 2:1-3, denying the Lord who bought him.

At the end of the day, we weren't surprised at all upon receiving this Rich response, considering the history of this slick snake-oil salesman working in Zambia, Africa turning many Africans into two-fold children of hell with his similar, likely even worse, repentant-less (false repentance and rejection), Lord-less, easy believist, quick prayerist perverted Hyles-type of gospel that damns souls to hell. I know because I know people there. Rich and Sullivant are like two peas in a pod, and both, like so many, are the subject of Matt 23:15,

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”

And that hasn't changed since he returned to Canada, where we find the gospel on his church website terribly corrupted, precisely along the lines of Hyles perversion, purposefully excluding repentance and who Christ is. (I cannot share a link to that watered down gospel presentation due to its danger and damnable heresy, but I am sure you could find it, if you need to.)

Men like Rich (and Sullivant) make a conscious and purposeful effort to eliminate repentance and Lordship in their presentation of the Gospel (which they do by either redefining "repentance," or by erecting strawman arguments to attack those who hold the historical and Biblical understanding of it). They do this because they very likely do not believe or know the true gospel, since they, by all appearances, have never received it. They also likely do it to protect an aberrant theology or a means of adding numbers, or maybe because of their philosophical mindset that seeks to make the offence of the cross to cease, compromising the truth to appease the ears of their listeners. Regardless of reason, they have apostatized from the truth, strayed from what the Bible means for purposes of style and effect and experience, and are promoting a perverted gospel, which makes them accursed (Gal 1:6-9). They have fully embraced the modern redefinition of faith as being nothing more than an intellectual assent, which is refuted in many places in Scripture. They reject the poor, contrite, repentant heart submitting and surrendering to Jesus Christ as Lord, which is glaringly absent in a huge percentage of their achieved so-called professions. 2 Peter 2 makes it clear that mark of the unregenerate false teacher is their denial or disavowing of the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

If it’s not the Biblical Jesus, it’s not the true Christ, and that won’t save. This is the problem with these anti-Lordship, anti-true gospel easy believest that pervert how to be saved and who Jesus is. “IFB” heretics like Rich breed confusion and heresy and false professions, like he did in Africa (e.g., claiming people to be saved, through easy believisim and quick prayerism, who continued to believe in baptismal regeneration). He, like Sullivant and so many others, get both sides of the equation wrong. He does not understand who Jesus is, and thus what it means to believe in Him. They separate Christ’s Lordship from His Saviourship, a very popular tactic of easy believism for the purpose of inflating numbers in the church. At a certain point either one of these elements can dip below a saving knowledge, reception and substance. The two biggest corruptions about “believe” and “Jesus Christ” relate to one another. This false teacher perverts the true gospel with the belief that excludes or misdefines repentance, and a Jesus Christ that is not Lord. Again, these two points relate. How can one become sanctified without Biblical repentance, and how can one repent without submitting to the Lordship of Jesus Christ? Jesus is the only way to the Father. One cannot get there by their own way, which is idolatrous. Jesus said lest you repent you will perish (Lk 13:1-5). He also said, lest you believe, you will perish (Jn 3:14-16, 36). Thus part of what true saving faith requires is true saving repentance, which we cover in some detail here: Repentance — The Foundation of Salvation and Repentance is a Major Element of the Gospel and Must Always Be Preached, Including Its Description. Many people reject the call to repent, which is why their faith is false, purely intellectual. Many also refuse to believe because of self-righteousness and pride. Not believing that Jesus is Lord is not true faith, and will not result in immediate following after Jesus. Hence, in the very same camp and unsurprisingly, you have many that make a profession but have no real and permanent evidence of true salvation. But that is considered normal, and where Keswick currency of “carnal Christian,” “backsliding,” “lukewarm,” and “unbelief,” enter the picture.

I have had conversations with men who claim to preach Biblical repentance, but have justified a continued partnership with those who have done away with Biblical repentance in the way described above. Their defence has been "it's not a false gospel, it's just not a full presentation of it," and that is then followed by a glib out-of-context quote of the Gospel being only what is described in 1 Cor. 15 (See? No repentance. Repentance is not included in the Gospel!). The NT writer Mark would disagree with that. He opens with "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ..." and then launches straight into the baptism of repentance preached by John. Paul the Apostle in Ac 20:24 in speaking of the gospel to which he testified and had "received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God," told us only three passages prior, a popular and frequently quoted passage, what it was that he had actually testified of the gospel of the grace of God: "Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." (Ac 20:21). What was the “gospel of the grace of God” that Paul testified to? Repentance and faith. Both are critical elements of the true gospel, which we write of here: The Gospel is More than 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, and Repentance is an Important Component of It. Let the Neo-Evangelical or Protestant make the argument that John's preaching and baptism were either OT or Inter-Testamental, but let it not be said of a Bible-believing Baptist! Despite these facts, I doubt that it bothers or convicts these heretics and "enablers" of a false gospel, since, I believe, most have shaken off the burdensome shackles of clear Scriptural context when dealing with their proof texts.

 They bend, twist, manipulate and wrest the words of God to fit their unBiblical agenda, false narrative and presuppositions.

Both John the Baptist and the Lord Jesus were very clear to connect repentance with entry into the kingdom of heaven (Matt 3:2, 4:17; Mk 1:15, etc). God was not your king if you did not repent. And if God is not your king, then you are not in the kingdom, hence you are not saved. That means both Michael Sullivant and Adam Rich and many others in the revivalist style of IFB churches, which is almost all of them, are unsaved, unregenerate, unconverted, thus masquerading as false believers, and particularly those in leadership positions, false teachers and even wolves in sheep's clothing. Both these men, and again most others in similar positions, actually teach a form of works savlvation, where prayer, quick prayerism actually, becomes an element necessary to be saved. Sullivant does it in his gospel presentations, exposed here, and Rich does likewise, really emphasizing the prayer element to have assurance of salvation. This is wicked and heretical, revealing of their spiritual reprobatism,

"Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith." (2 Tim 3:8).

There is another serious heresy that lives in these camps, dovetailing with the perverted gospel and false sanctification. Sullivant and Rich and most others never give the contrast between the flesh and the spirit, I.e. saved vs unsaved, inheriting the kingdom of God vs not, etc, contrasts that exist between the two throughout Scripture. These heretical churches are not giving people the contrast that they desperately need to hear, contrasts that exist absolutely everywhere in scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. We show this in the following report, the continual and consistent contrast between only two natures, not three: There are Only Two Classes or Categories of People in God’s Word, Not Three. This is the standard. People need to see it to know whether they are saved or not. The conscience is trained by the law to know where the boundaries are. Why would these so-called pastors not show this clear and critical truth, in spite of it being everywhere in scripture? Because they don’t want you to know, or it brings a guilty conscience and maybe because they are blind to it. That is why they teach the Keswick currency. It fits the system of false gospel and then false sanctification, twisting numbers of salvation passages, turning those biblical texts that teach the gospel into something post-salvation, Christian living, or practical sanctification.

Rich, like Sullivant, are a classic fulfillment of Rom 16:17-18, which is why we expose them in obedience to Rom 16:17 and 2 Tim 3:9:

"Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them." (Rom 16:17)

"But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was." (2 Tim 3:9)

Men like Rich are exposed in Scripture as ”liars, evil beasts, slow bellies” (Ti 1:12). 2 Cor 4:2 is warning the people of false teachers just like him: dishonest, walking in craftiness, and handling the word of God deceitfully. They are fakes and very dangerous destroyers, filling the lake of fire with two-fold children of the devil made by their very hands. These heretical tyrants and man-centred charlatans are busy destroying the faith of people, while building their little empires and names.

Because of their rejection of repentance, hypocritical spiritual reprobates like Rich have seared their conscience in understanding that all liars are an abomination to God and shall have their part in the lake of fire (Rev 21:8, 27).

I believe Paul's reproof of Elymas the Scorcerer hits the nail on its head:

“O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?” (Ac 13:10)

Lets see if "pastor" Adam Rich will threaten legal action against us, something not unusual at all among the heretical Big IFB Camp in Canada, as we have discovered by some, including the later Gordon Conner, whom we exposed here. It does speak volumes to the deluded and evil nature of these men, which "wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." (2 Tim 3:13). The blind leading the blind.

12. Apparently we violate Scripture when we contend for the faith and expose false doctrine and those who willfully preach it. Apparently it is malicious. We should be focusing on the gospel and discipleship, since this type of work divides and drives people away from the gospel or discourages them.

There is actually no scripture that we are in violation of. Not even one. Wheres the true spiritual discernment and Biblical knowledge? We get this kind of false accusation without any actual substance. They will not even show one violation with any facts to prove it. They will not because they cannot. Some claim Proverbs 6, but that is misusing this passage for we are not in any violation of Pr 6 with what we are doing. Not even close. They are corrupting and wresting the scriptures to fit their philosophy of ministry, which makes them fit well into the “mold.” Everything we are doing was done before us. Paul the apostle did what we are doing throughout his ministry and he commanded the same for all servants and preachers of Christ (1 Cor 4:16-17; 11:1). Was he also guilty of transgressing Pr 6:16-19?

As far as the charge of "dividing" or "division," creating some godly divisions within the IFB movement (and wherever Bible-believing churches exist) is exactly what we are trying to do. Drawing clear Biblical lines in principle and in association and being consistent with those lines is one of the greatest needs among IB churches if we are going to maintain the truth for the next generation. Division is either from the truth or for the truth. If you have an established truth and someone corrupts it, that’s a faction or a heresy. It's division, from the truth. Bad division in other words. When the truth goes into the minority number, it's still the truth. False doctrine creates division, bad division. The Bible mostly uses division in that manner; not truth causing division in a church, but false teachings and false believers creating bad division. Not necessarily always doctrinally, but mostly. The division that is good, which is not how the word is typically used by man-centred men, is the type of division that Christ said He came to bring (Lk. 12:51-53), dividing truth from bad doctrine with a sword, so truth creates good division (e.g. Ac. 15:1-2)—i.e. those who preach the truth will be divided from those who preach error (Eph. 5:11). A good divisiveness in other words. It separates the heretics from those of the truth (1 Cor. 11:19). We are commanded to earnestly contend (meaning to argue and dispute earnestly; to reprove sharply; to chide and strive to convince and reclaim; to strive against and in opposition; to quarrel and to dispute fiercely, to wrangle) for the faith once delivered to the saints (Ju. 1:3); therefore contention can and will cause division, a good division. Of the kind we see Paul creating in 1 Th. 2:9, “we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.” He said “with much contention” (“agon” is also translated into “conflict” and “fight” and “race”, e.g. “fight the good fight of faith”, “let us run with patience the race that is set before us,” “I have fought a good fight” — 1 Tim. 6:12; Heb. 12:1; 2 Tim. 4:7). The Lord Jesus caused division everywhere He went (e.g. Jn. 7:43; 9:16; 10:19) even intentionally creating conflict (see Lk. 13:10-17 and Matt. 23) because He came not to bring peace but a sword (Matt. 10:34), “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:” (Lk. 12:51-53). God wants separation from false doctrine and sinful practice. If there was ever a time for division, this would be the day, especially among the IFB, among whom are of the only bastions of light in our dark world, but shamefully harbour too many heretics and heresies.

Some claim that we should “Stay focused on providing discipleship to the saved and sharing the gospel with the lost.” How is this not part of discipleship? They are very confused. So should we just cut the hundreds of passages that speak of this subject (the most mentioned subject in the NT by the way and for good reason) out of the Bible? Contending for the faith and exposing/warning of error and false doctrine/teachers, and apologetics is a major component of evangelism, cutting down spiritual strongholds and opening up for preaching the gospel, but not in the camp that is afraid of their own shadow. It appears as if the IFB are being infected with neo-evangelicals and reformed calvinists deplorable false doctrine and False Practice of Ranking Doctrine into “Essentials” and “Non-Essentials.” At best it is a straw man logical fallacy, since such rhetoric is never found in all of Scripture. Its an excuse to disobey the Bible.

Others, such as another of Sullivant's main henchmen and water boys (Gary Driedger), claims that exposing error, sin and false teachings and false teachers, all of which are completely public and wicked and eternally destructive, is "wrong" and "maligning a man" and “malicious ways.” Of course its always "wrong" and "maligning a man" and “malicious ways” when its your own "pastor," your Führer, your "man of God" that is never wrong, and when you can’t handle Biblical criticism and have been conditioned and indoctrinated to oppose all criticism and reproof of the “man of God,” the anointed king of PVBC. Thats where the problem lies, having usurped the authority of Scripture with the words of Sullivant. The irony is that they never actually show us where we are wrong, even though there is a lot of chirping. They don’t because they can’t. They deceptively profess to walk in the old ways, but they do not know the old ways. Their "old ways" are mostly the traditions of Sullivant and Hyles. They corrupt the old ways, big time, concerning the gospel; sanctification; discernment and apologetics; warning, testing, judging, exposing; Scripture interpretation; and many other doctrines. Jer 6:16 says:

“Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls..." (Jer 6:16a)

"...BUT THEY SAID, WE WILL NOT WALK THEREIN.” (Jer 6:16b)

They do not walk in the old ways, because they cannot find rest for their souls (also corrupting rest itself, exposed here) in their new ways of the anemic Lord-less, repentant-less, surrender-less, easy believisim and quick prayerism perverted gospel, which we expose in the first two parts: Part 1a, Part 1b. I whole heartedly believe that many of these men are actually spiritual reprobates, men who "resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith." (2 Tim 3:8).

Most people in our present world of apostasy and snowflakes despise warnings, reproof, rebuke, contending for the faith, and the like. They hate the conflict that real spiritual warfare brings. They don't want any part of it. They typically have a list as long as an encyclopedia for excuses as to why someone should not be obeying the hundreds of Scripture that speak to this critical element of the pastor and evangelist and also all saints of God. These people are dangerous and do not belong in the ministry. One of the arguments heard frequently goes something like this: “Ministries and efforts such as yours divide, discourage, and drive people away from the gospel.” David Cloud's Way of Life Ministries was also added into that lump, both (ours and his) of which were described as "devilish." Well, than I guess that is what Paul and other apostles and prophets were doing, because we are doing absolutely nothing different than what they did. Ten times Paul reproves and exposes men by name for millions and billions to read. Was that also "devilish"? The "apostle of love" exposes and opposes a false teacher/prophet But people like this are very confused. Its almost as if they cut and rip major chunks of scripture out of their Bible. Or they simply are blind and unregenerate, and cannot understand the truth. This is in fact the means whereby people were converted in the NT, as we read throughout Acts and other places (1 Th 1-2). This isn't really the issue as to why people are discourged or divided or driven away from the gospel. The truth is the very opposite in fact. People are discourged with sin and error, and heresy and false doctrine divides, not the truth. Hypocrisy is one of the greatest causes of failure and non-conversions. We are trying to change that. If there is anyone that cares to divide the true from the false, and see people genuinely saved, that would be us. We covet the truth and true conversions, and rejoice with all who are truly born again. It is false ministries that bring the bad division, discouragement, and dispair of the truth, and they produce truck loads of false professions, which is horrible on a scale of very horrible. And that definitely includes PVBC, Sullivant and most others, sadly, among the IFB in Canada.

In this branch of fundamentalism being exposed, preaching isn't judged by its absolute faithfulness to the text as it is to its style and effects. These men, and almost all others that support them or hang in this camp, will preach something that a particular passage does not say, and many people respond positively to it, and it was a good sermon, maybe even a great sermon. People will claim that God really worked in this atmosphere or that they really felt the presence of the Holy Spirit. The invitation time is maybe even a traffic jam, while the elevator music plays in the background. So the meaning of Scripture is mangled and the Holy Spirit was in it? You see how discernment is ruined by this. People can’t discern what is of God and what isn’t, just like they cannot discern . They judge preaching to be successful that isn’t scriptural. They think that God works in a way that circumvents the Bible. The sermon is often tethered to God’s Word by a web-like strand to a few verses. Its heretical, its wresting Scripture which is an "error of the wicked" (2 Pet 3:16-17), its corrupting Scripture (2 Cor 2:17), yet accepted as good Christian fodder.

This is what Michael Sullivant does, and vast majority of others among the IFB in Canada (and America and most other nations for that matter!). And that is why we expose them. Its desperately needed.

The bottom line is, Michael Sullivant and PVBC must be exposed for the dangerous errors, heresies and damnable heresies that they project, like many other IFB churches across the Dominion of Canada. There is an urgent need for true Christian soldiers battling true Biblical warfare by contending, warning, exposing and opposing. Because of their large influence, they are and will continue to be exposed for their false gospel preaching, true-gospel-denying, heretical Keswick/Revivalist institution that advances a false watered-down and numbers-orientated gospel and false sanctification, where repulsive and nauseating man-centredness and tyrannical control and congressional bullying is not the exception but the norm, maybe even the rule. Quick shallow gospel presentations; persuasive decision making; leading most if not all (regardless of conviction or interest) in repetitious sinners prayer; confirming their salvation and giving them false assurance; convincing them they are saved based on the prayer; followed by indoctrination into the heretical Keswick/Revivalist theology; the Hylesology and loyalty to the wicked false teacher Jack Hyles; easy-believism and quick-prayerism; perversion, wresting and rejection of true Biblical repentance; all lock-step in line with his master Hyles. Sullivant rejects true biblical repentance and the Lordship of Jesus Christ, just like his master Hyles, which we expose in the Sullivant Report, Part 1a and Part 1b. Sullivant advances his heresies on sanctification by a number of different means, all tied to the awful and heretical theology of Keswick/Revivalism, on the back of Keswick currency, which duplicitously perverts “backsliding,” “carnal Christianity,” “lukewarm Christianity,” and “unbelief,” demonstrating he doesn’t understand the true gospel or the means of practical sanctification, once again just like his master Hyles.

Conclusion

In closing, please don’t confuse Biblical confidence with arrogance. Some, maybe even you, might think this as “arrogance.” It’s not. I'm confident, but my confidence comes from my position in Christ, my standing in grace, and my certainty of scripture, not in myself. My conscience is clear on the arrogance front.

1 Cor 14:37-38,

“If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.”

Although most among the IFB often boast, “the Bible is our final authority in all matters of faith and practice!” including Michael Sullivant and PVBC, it is sadly a misrepresentation of reality, an untruth, simply a lie. And they are not ignorant either. The weight of opinion among the IFB has already swung decisively against the spirit of Ps 119:128 (which dovetails with many other such Scripture). Godly hating is not welcome. It is maligned. It is mischaracterized as touching the Lord's anointed and other such nonsense. This has long been the climate within the SBC, and the IFB movement in general is rapidly moving in that direction. Most IFB churches are already there. Do they actually like the truth? Truth does not mind being questioned. A lie does not like being challenged. Most that advance errors and heresies, are not ignorant.

What about love and grace? We certainly have grace towards people in the matter of personal struggles and difficulties, but not when it comes wilful error and false doctrine. There is no grace for that, lest they repent of it. The Bible also doesn’t actually tell us to love false teachers, which are ungodly men that twist and pervert the truth of God (2 Pet 2:1-3; Ju 1:4), that are “natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed,” (2 Pet 2:12) but does give us specific instruction on how to deal with them, which is what we're doing (Rom 16:17; 2 Tim 3:8-9; Ti 1:11) and thus serving the Lord Jesus Christ.

“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.” (Gal 1:10)

Many among the IFB pretend that the compromise and heresy happening in IFB chruches all across the land, including most of the ones they are associating with, doesn't affect them and that they themselves are above it, but in reality they are religious politicians refusing to take the kind of stand that will cause them to lose support. They make all sorts of noise about "unity," but its not Scriptural unity based on truth but rather unscriptural unity based on something other than truth. You don't know what a man really believes and what his convictions really are until he has to pay a price for them.

The Apostle Paul did not tolerate compromise on the gospel even for an hour (Gal 2:5) even when the Apostle Peter, the one considered chief among the apostles, was the one doing it, calling him out before the entire church at Antioch, and by now before billions of people (Gal 2:11-15). Those that perverted the gospel were considered to be "false brethren" (Gal 2:4-5). That would be the end of fellowshipping with these men and their false gospel.

We call on everyone to separate themselves from these false teachings. Be not idolatrously committed to some empire builder, but rather stand firm and strong on the whole counsel of the unfailing truths of God's Word.

"Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge." (Pr 19:27)

We have done what 1 Tim 5:20 commands:

“Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.”

They are guilty of transgressing Gal 1:6-9; Rom 16:17-18; 2 Jn 1:11; 1 Tim 5:20 and 6:3-5, amongst other Scripture. These passages are all bullseye, reflecting their “spirit of error” (1 Jn 4:1-6), but the later text seems to really tell the entire narrative of what they are and their reactions when confronted with Biblical reproof:

“If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.“ (1 Tim 6:3-5)

We’ve been exposing the bad and broad way many of the IFB are turning by using PVBC and pastor Michael Sullivant as ensample. The spiral of apostasy may be subtle here, but its happening, evident to the discerning eye. Gordon Conner is another example we have given, along with other popular but heretical IFB men including John R Rice, Jack Hyles, SM Davis, Rick Flanders, Van Gelderens and Baptist College of Ministry, Spencer Smith, Steven Anderson, Caleb Garraway, and others. PVBC is one of the biggest and most influential IFB churches in Canada, along with their Bible school, Canadian Bible Baptist College (CBBC), and though they may appear to be heading in the right direction, the facts and doctrines and practices point somewhere entirely different. And just because these "fundamental" Baptist "pastors" will never be persuaded by Scripture or receive Biblical reproof, that doesn't stop us from warning about them in public and attempting to reach those where Scripture is indeed a "lamp unto [their] feet, and a light unto [their] path." (Ps 119:105).

This is not written so that folks flee from all IFB churches and join even worse churches but rather for churches to get their gospel right (including getting genuinely converted if that is questionable), deal with the unregenerate folks in their camp, purge out the old leaven. I think other churches or denominations are far worse off than IFB’s, without comparison in many cases. I’m writing this because I would like Independent Baptists to be better. In one sense, they’re what we’ve got left of NT churches, even though many of them are dead, dead as in accursed, preaching a false gospel (Gal 1:6-9). I don’t expect them to all go by the wayside, but IFB churches need to self-evaluate and consider what they’re doing. That starts with the gospel and then the doctrine of sanctification, which touches many areas. We certainly encourage separation from IFB churches that pervert the gospel and corrupt the truth such as PVBC, lest they change their ways and repent of their destructive ways.

We pray that this might provoke some to conviction, shame and repentance. Our purpose is to also sharpen iron.

It bears importance to mention that faithfulness is not predicated upon a positive response from dull and uncircumcised ears, or open and circumcised ears. One's motivation to obey the Word of God is not dependent upon whether someone likes a warning or expose or not, or will respond positively. I’m not trying to cozy up to compromised men or worse, false teachers and wolves in sheep’s clothing. The idea is to warn about them, not buddy up to them. Nor is our concern the feelings or emotions of false teachers or heretics, but rather the poor souls that are being deceived (Rom 16:18; 2 Pet 2:2). Marking someone and avoiding someone (Rom 16:17) is required because God requires it; not only for the truth's sake and God's glory but also because of the people that might come in contact with their teachings. Nor are we concerned as to whether these men slander us in their big camp boys club blogosphere before 400 of their kind, for we fear not man but the Lord, for "The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe." (Pr 29:25). In this we join company with one faithful prophet Micaiah, who went up against 400 "prophets of God" but in reality 400 prophets of Baal, in simultude of Elijah.

Whether in season or out of season, we will continue to fight the good fight of faith and war a good warfare.

"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses." (1 Tim 6:12)

"This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare" (1 Tim 1:18)