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Destiny Church (Edinburgh)
Destiny Church may refer to: * Destiny Church Groningen, a network of churches based in the Netherlands and South America *Destiny Church (New Zealand) Destiny Church is a New Zealand fundamentalist, Christian pentecostalist movement that has its headquarters in Auckland, and is politically placed on the far-right. The church advocates strict adherence to biblical morality, and has a reput ..., a network of churches based in New Zealand * Destiny Church (Philippines), a megachurch based in Quezon City, Philippines {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny Church Groningen
Destiny Church Groningen is a neo-charismatic church denomination which was founded in 1992 in Groningen, the Netherlands, by Johan and Tessa Proost. Origin Destiny Church follows a Charismatic and Apostolic interpretation of Biblical principles. Its membership is predominantly Antillians from the island of Curaçao. Development Destiny Church started with a membership of 17 people and within three years had grown to 600. Destiny Church has a network of 10 churches in the Netherlands, Aruba, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Mexico and Rwanda. The church provides religious guidance and a range of social services such as homework groups, help in choosing schools, and helping young women who have been abused for prostitution. From 1994 to 2005 Destiny Church was part of an apostolic organisation. Since 2005 it has been autonomous. Characteristics and beliefs Like other neo-charismatic churches, it embraces many of the doctrines and practices found within Pentecostal and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny Church (New Zealand)
Destiny Church is a New Zealand fundamentalist, Christian pentecostalist movement that has its headquarters in Auckland, and is politically placed on the far-right. The church advocates strict adherence to biblical morality, and has a reputation for its position against homosexuality, for its patriarchal views and for its calls for a return to biblical conservative family values and morals. It also teaches prosperity theology and, more recently, COVID-19 conspiracy theories, the latter of which includes the denial of the virus' existence altogether. Led by Brian Tamaki, whose actions and rhetoric have attracted criticism from the New Zealand media and from other public figures, Destiny Church has sponsored a nationwide rally against civil unions, issued a DVD which labels the Government of New Zealand as "evil", ordained Tamaki as bishop over all local Destiny churches, and held a gathering of 700 men who swore a "covenant" [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
