I started attending a very small church that was meeting in a private home. I was bothered by a couple of things – people going forward for healing and falling on the floor and a man who yelled out “Praise God” after ever sentence spoken by the Pastor. I have always been skeptical and have never been a follower of “fads”. None the less, I continued attending this small church, which never really grew very large, for about 5 years. Several times I went forward for healing and two men always stood behind me. I thought something was definitely wrong with me because I never fell, nor was I ever about to fall backward. Still I kept attending and then the pastor began talking about “sozo”??, “sewing seed money”, and then expecting huge gifts of money (money not owed me or earned by me) during the week. My cynical mind questioned this but I continued to attend. The Pastor’s wife continually spoke out in her version of “tongues” and I always waited for someone to interpret – no one ever did. Apparently she was just using her “prayer language”???. Still, I attended although when service was over, I never stayed to talk with anyone and made a hasty retreat. A woman member occasionally shared what she had “heard from God” during the week and when she told me that God had given her a message for me, I promptly wondered why God didn’t tell me directly? I left the “church” when the Pastor called to tell me they were having a special meeting that night because several people were leaving the church and he wanted to discuss it. The words “I’m not coming back” either just popped out of my mouth – I had not been actively thinking about it but it was coming. I left and am so thankful. I now attend our only Baptist church but I watch and listen carefully because even though the Pastor doesn’t hesitate to tackle very tough issues that our society is faced with, he has yet to warn people about the “hi-jacking of Christianity and the demeaning of God. I have read reams about the WOF, NAR, Prosperity Gospel, etc. etc. and have boiled it down to this. These “movements” are demeaning God and stomping all over the pain and agony that Jesus suffered on the cross. I have plenty of “faith” but my faith is in God. I love God and worship and fear Him – he is not my daddy or my drinking buddy. In short, in my opinion, these mentioned “movements” are obscene and insulting to God.