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    The PCEC evaluated the teachings of the School of Apostolic Revival (SOAR) and found four major teachings that contradict biblical doctrines: 1. SOAR teaches that the Bible is not the final revelation from God and that He continues to reveal Himself to prophets. 2. SOAR teaches that the Church will become God itself through its marriage to Christ. 3. This view leads SOAR to teach that humans can evolve to become God. 4. SOAR denies the rapture and second coming of Christ, claiming that heaven and God are within us. The PCEC concludes that SOAR teachings are a mixture of biblical and non-biblical ideas taken out

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    The PCEC evaluated the teachings of the School of Apostolic Revival (SOAR) and found four major teachings that contradict biblical doctrines: 1. SOAR teaches that the Bible is not the final revelation from God and that He continues to reveal Himself to prophets. 2. SOAR teaches that the Church will become God itself through its marriage to Christ. 3. This view leads SOAR to teach that humans can evolve to become God. 4. SOAR denies the rapture and second coming of Christ, claiming that heaven and God are within us. The PCEC concludes that SOAR teachings are a mixture of biblical and non-biblical ideas taken out

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    The PCEC evaluated the teachings of the School of Apostolic Revival (SOAR) and found four major teachings that contradict biblical doctrines: 1. SOAR teaches that the Bible is not the final revelation from God and that He continues to reveal Himself to prophets. 2. SOAR teaches that the Church will become God itself through its marriage to Christ. 3. This view leads SOAR to teach that humans can evolve to become God. 4. SOAR denies the rapture and second coming of Christ, claiming that heaven and God are within us. The PCEC concludes that SOAR teachings are a mixture of biblical and non-biblical ideas taken out

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    PCEC Stand on the Teachings of SOAR (School of Apostolic Revival)

    Owing to the significant number of questions and inquiries that have been brought to our
    attention by different pastors and Christian leaders about the controversial teachings of
    the School of Apostolic Revival, we were compelled to look into the teachings of this
    group and evaluate them in the light of the basic doctrines of the Scriptures.

    Here are four major SOAR teachings that run diametrically opposed to the truths of the
    Holy Scriptures:

    On the Bible

    The Bible is not the final revelation of God but He continues to reveal Himself to people
    especially “prophets.”

    On the Church

    The Church as Christ's Bride will eventually become God (with a capital "G") herself.
    Using such passages such as Rev. 21:2; Jer. 7:18; 44:15-29; Eph. 5:22-32; Lev. 19:19; 2
    Cor. 6:14, etc., to “prove” that God hates intermarriages but approves of marrying one’s
    own “kind” and because Christ being God will be married to the Church as His Bride she
    has to become God herself. As their teaching asserts: “God’s Partner should also be a
    God.” This is what they refer to as “Divine Romance.”

    On Man

    Their teaching on the Church consequently reveals their view of man. If the Church,
    which is composed of men and women, can become God in the process, it follows that
    man (or at least those who belong to the Church) will not remain human forever but will
    evolve to become God himself. This is not unlike the teaching of Mormonism. That's
    why proponents and followers of this teaching now greet each other with, “Good morning
    Jesus,” or “How’s the God of Davao?” What blasphemy!

    To further complicate their teaching on man, they claim that the king of Tyre in Ezk. 28,
    Lucifer in Isa. 14 and Adam are one and the same.

    On Heaven and the Rapture

    Heaven is not a place outside of us because it is IN us. WE are that heaven. God is in His
    eternal dwelling. Passages like Heb. 11:8-10, 13-16; Jn. 14:2,3 are used to buttress this
    assertion. Citing Mat. 24:35, they further claim, literally, that "heaven will pass away."
    There is neither a Rapture nor a Second Coming because Christ is already in us. As
    SOAR emphatically declares: “The coming of the Lord is not the blessed hope; it is a
    blessed fact (Acts 1:11). My expectation is not that He will come again, but rather I will
    be like him when He does.” This is contradictory at the very least because SOAR denies
    His second coming and yet affirms it at the same time.

    Analyzing the above teachings, we arrived at the following critical observations:


    1) The SOAR doctrines are a mixture of biblical and non-biblical truths where passages
    are taken out of context; 2) Conclusions are based on illogical progression and absence
    of logical sequences is apparent.

    Therefore, in response to these findings based on the SOAR teaching materials we have
    acquired and the personal accounts of those who attended their seminars and/or have
    been taught in their churches by pastors associated with their group, we, the national
    leaders of PCEC, call upon all believers nationwide not to host or participate in any of the
    seminars/activities sponsored by SOAR. Furthermore, we enjoin you to circulate this
    statement for the caution and information of the entire body of Christ in the country.

    PCEC (Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches) Executive Committee

    October 1, 2001

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