Name: Unmasking Global Missions: From Sharon Orphanage to Modern NAR | Matt Hannigan | Episode 460
Uploaded: 2025-11-06T13:26:11+00:00
Duration: 58 min 1 s
Description: 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 first

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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.

00:00 — Introduction
00:31 — Cult overlap between Branham, IHOPKC & Global Missions
01:30 — Why everyone wants the “prophetic history”
03:12 — Leaving a cult without knowing what questions to ask
04:22 — Early Global Missions leaders and myth-making
06:09 — Secret origins: funding, influence & hidden power structures
10:06 — Founders’ behavior becoming church policy
11:02 — Telekinesis, metaphysics & spiritualist practices
14:40 — The “Judas narrative” and endless fragmentation
17:12 — Gnostic foundations and pursuit of hidden knowledge
18:30 — The danger of ongoing revelation vs. biblical sufficiency
21:08 — Restorationism and replacing the Holy Spirit with apostles
23:23 — Why “special revelation” isolates people from mission
25:52 — When “revival” becomes generational disappointment
28:00 — “The world is worse than ever”…or is it?
32:05 — The gimmicks behind healing revivals
37:02 — Cutting tapes, hiding failures & manufacturing miracles
43:08 — The archive nobody is allowed to see
54:27 — Why the “middle years” are erased
55:46 — How to leave without losing family & hope
56:38 — Close & resources