John and Matthew revisit the deep and often overlooked history of the Global Missions movement and its ties to Sharon Orphanage and the 1948 Latter-Rain Revival. Matthew, a former member, shares firsthand insights about growing up under the group’s culture of “prophetic history” and its fixation on ongoing revelation. Together they examine the roots of this theology in Branhamism, the hidden influence of early founders like Eric Holt, George Houghton, and Percy Hunt, and how editing and distributing recorded sermons shaped the movement’s beliefs. They also discuss the broader restorationist mindset that underpins much of the New Apostolic Reformation and why it continues to attract followers today. This candid conversation sheds light on the long-term dangers of replacing the sufficiency of Scripture with leaders who claim to reveal divine mysteries.
- Introduction
- Cult overlap between Branham, IHOPKC & Global Missions
- Why everyone wants the “prophetic history”
- Leaving a cult without knowing what questions to ask
- Early Global Missions leaders and myth-making
- Secret origins: funding, influence & hidden power structures
- Founders’ behavior becoming church policy
- Telekinesis, metaphysics & spiritualist practices
- The “Judas narrative” and endless fragmentation
- Gnostic foundations and pursuit of hidden knowledge
- The danger of ongoing revelation vs. biblical sufficiency
- Restorationism and replacing the Holy Spirit with apostles
- Why “special revelation” isolates people from mission
- When “revival” becomes generational disappointment
- “The world is worse than ever”…or is it?
- The gimmicks behind healing revivals
- Cutting tapes, hiding failures & manufacturing miracles
- The archive nobody is allowed to see
- Why the “middle years” are erased
- How to leave without losing family & hope
- Close & resources
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