"My name is Andrew Habermas and I went on the World Race in January of 2011. When I signed up for the Race I was still in the process of recovering from a failed dating relationship and I had recently removed myself from a toxic living environment. I was really looking at the WR as... Continue Reading →
The similarities are concerning. We have addressed a few marks of a cult based on Seth's response to cult criticism in another post, we have written other posts addressing pagan and mystical influence and also Seth's thoughts on families and his "fatherly" role to begin to answer a few of the concerns mentioned in this... Continue Reading →
We have found that AIM has characteristics of the New Apostolic Reformation Movement and also the Emergent Church, neither of which are Biblical. As a reminder, it is the subtly of the error that the Enemy is so crafty at. There is some truth written on Seth's blogs, but the error found there is an... Continue Reading →
Hebrews 13:9-"Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings" AIM is connected to another organization called the 42nd Generation spearheaded by Andrew Shearman. This organization is cause for our warning against Adventures in Missions, as is most every organization that they endorse. Seth Barnes calls Shearman his "Spiritual Father" and Seth writes about... Continue Reading →
On several occasions Seth Barnes has blogged about authors whose writings have influenced him. His posts on the most transformative books he has read part 1, and part 2 include books written by false teachers Bill Johnson and Peter Wagner, as well as mystics Henri Nouwen, Richard Rohr, and Frederick Buechner. In his post titled 11 Books... Continue Reading →
Seth Barnes' blogs praise the mystics and encourages racers to learn from them and their methods. Thomas Merton is a Catholic mystic who Seth quotes here (and links readers to amazon to buy his book). This site and the Thomas Merton center offer more information... "During his (Thomas') last years, he became deeply interested in... Continue Reading →
“We may be mystics, or we may be Christians. We cannot be both. And the pretension of being both usually merely veils defection from Christianity. Mysticism baptized with the name of Christianity is not thereby made Christianity. A rose by any other name will smell as sweet. But it does not follow that whatever we... Continue Reading →
A quick google search on World Race Concerns reveals quite a few sources for discerning the error at the mission organization Adventures in Missions. Sola Sisters-"Adventures in Missions?" Or Adventures in Pagan Spirituality? AN OPEN LETTER... CONCERNING ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS (AIM) (update 9/16/20) this is now password protected, Ingrid Schlueter author) Young Missionary Women From... Continue Reading →
Missions and Mysticism 