(Charisma) – A group of “senior leaders in the body” of Christ will investigate the allegations of sexual misconduct against revivalist Todd Bentley, according to a statement Michael Brown posted on Facebook this morning. On Aug. 22, Stephen Powell—founder of Lion of Light Ministries—posted a lengthy Facebook statement accusing Bentley of “sexual perversion” involving male and female interns. Some of the accusations included getting drunk, looking at pornography, using crude speech and offering a male intern money in exchange for sex. Bentley, the founder of Fresh Fire USA, has refuted these allegations,
saying some of them are wildly exaggerated while others are entirely false. In his original post, Powell also accused Morningstar Ministries founder Rick Joyner of overlooking Bentley’s sins and not disciplining him properly. Joyner was part of a “healing team” set up in 2008 when Bentley stepped down from ministry due to an affair. Joyner says he no longer has any spiritual authority over Bentley, but Powell contests that by being on Bentley’s ministry board, Joyner has a responsibility to deal with accusations against him. CONTINUE
