Antioch Movement
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationEvangelical
ModeratorJimmy Seibert
Origin1987
Congregations120+
Official websiteantioch.org

The Antioch international movement of churches is a controversial network of evangelical churches[1] headquartered in Waco, Texas founded in 1987 by the couple Jimmy and Laura Seibert. It is a burgeoning megachurch network of over 40 churches in the United States and more than 80 locations worldwide.[2][3] The movement strongly focuses on cult evangelism and aggressive church planting domestically in the United States but especially internationally.[4]

As a contemporary church movement, college students and young adults make up Antioch's main target demographic. Christian contemporary music and "Antioch Music's" adherence to flashy concert-like performances play a role in appealing to youth. Churches are often strategically planted in close proximity to schools and universities. A standard forerunner example of this is Antioch Community Church's long partnered history with Baylor University and alumni.[5][6] Smaller separate "life groups" is a system Antioch churches use to develop relationships and multiply in numbers.[7] Antioch claims to be non-denominational in order to make itself more appealing to the students they are attempting to indoctrinate.[8] However, the churches' original headquarters in Waco Texas remain core to the movement's broader conservative theological values and beliefs in Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity.

Seibert frequently focuses on leading members into believing the main purpose and passion God has for them is to change the world through planting Antioch churches.[9] Further indoctrination takes place at every Antioch church and its affiliates in "Antioch Discipleship Schools." In such programs, attendees pay up to over one thousand five hundred dollars to attend day or night classes over the course of five to nine months, with the promise of radical transformation.[10] The program culminates in an overseas outreach trip, which students are expected to fund raise several thousands of dollars more.[11] Internal conferences featuring guest speakers are also held yearly focusing on revivalism, reformation, and "Antioch music" concerts to promote that they are mandated by God into world missions.[12] More broadly, every church of the Antioch movement staffs a hierarchy of multiple pastors who preach to their members that they are called to encounter God the Antioch way, make Antioch disciples, go on Antioch missions, and plant Antioch churches.[13]

The church received significant international press coverage after two of its overseas missionaries, Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer, were imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan for illegal missionary work around the same time as the 9/11 attacks on the United States.[1] Antioch's relationship with reality TV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines also thrusted the church into a controversial spotlight due to Antioch's anti-homosexual beliefs and partnership with conversion therapy ministries.[14][15] Many believe it is a cult due to multiple reports of extremism, toxicity, exploitation, manipulation, and religious abuse.[16][17]

Origins

Jimmy Seibert was the department college pastor of Highland Baptist Church (HBC) in Waco Texas. The department grew large leading to the eventual formation as a separate church "Antioch Community Church" from the HBC. It was announced as a "multiplication" event in 1987.

The movement's first discipleship school was held at Highland Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, led by Jimmy and Laura Seibert in 1987 while Jimmy was still working for HBC as the college pastor. The first World Mandate conference was hosted in Waco, Texas in 1988 and following the collapse of the Soviet union, they began their first international church plants in former Soviet Union states.[18]

Jimmy Seibert

Jimmy Seibert does not have any seminary training nor does he have a seminary degree. Instead, he has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (BBA) which he obtained from Baylor University in 1986.[19]

Seibert’s introduction to Christianity began while attending Baylor University in 1985. “I didn’t grow up in the church so I wasn’t mad at the church.” Seibert said at a conference. “I had baggage but not church baggage.” His first interactions started with Campus Crusade for Christ. Despite being initially skeptical he eventually grew to become a college pastor at a Baptist Church. In addition to the evangelism and discipleship training he learned from Campus Crusade, Highland Baptist, Seibert was also discipled by a Pentecostalist named “Robert Ewing.” Robert Ewing inspired Seibert’s faith with miraculous stories such as claiming to resurrect an assistant back from the dead whom had been declared deceased for 3 days. “So listening to Robert’s stories and knowing this man was raised from the dead, my faith level was high." Seibert remarked.[20]

Being also inspired by Isaiah 54:2-3, Seibert headed to the former Soviet Union and attempted to plant churches. While there, he met a friend affiliated with YWAM who told him they had been attracting thousands of young people by putting on Christian rock concerts.

Seibert is the founder and senior pastor of Antioch Community Church in Waco, TX, and the president of Antioch Ministries International. Seibert graduated from Baylor University and a former member of the fraternity Kappa Omega Tau. The Seibert family currently live in Waco, Texas.

Seibert's story of founding the movement is found in his first book, "The Church Can Change the World," which has been revamped in the book "Passion and Purpose."[21] Seibert also co-authored "The Three Loves" with Larry Kreider. Jimmy and his wife Laura also co-authored "Parenting Without Regret," a book that advocates slapping or spanking children. [22]

Jimmy Seibert has been listed endorsing a pro-life movement against the Texas Department of State Health Services, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. These full page ads are paid for by Carenet Pregnancy Center.[23][24]

Politics

During the 2016 United States presidential election, Jimmy Seibert preached at length against Hillary Clinton and expressed implicit support for Donald Trump. Seibert urged Christians to vote for the candidate who best aligned with four key conservative positions: anti-abortion, “traditional marriage,” religious freedom, and the “value of the individual.” Seibert also elicited fears over transgendered children’s ability to choose which restroom they can enter at school. Seibert warned Christians were in real danger of getting “pushed out” for their traditional views if the wrong candidate got elected. After the election, Seibert praised God, calling upon on his congregation to reconcile and pray for President Trump.[25]

Positions, beliefs, and practices

Antioch Community Church in Waco has an official statement of faith available on their website.[26] It is a non-denominational church. Robert Ewing strongly influenced the Antioch Movement as he was a mentor for Jimmy Seibert. Ewing was an independent non-denominational evangelist not associated with the Baptist Church nor traditions. Ewing used the term "New Testament Church" also heavily adopted by Siebert. All the churches of the movement have a distinct focus on the development of small group communities, called lifegroups or smallgroups (inspired from Acts 2:42-47). The Baylor Magazine describes the Antioch church in Waco in this way: “Antioch engages members in daily Bible study and prayer, carried out individually and in the church's 100-plus small groups that meet during the week in homes and on Sunday mornings."[27] Lifegroups follow a cell ministry model.[28]

Stance on homosexuality and gay marriage

The churches within the Antioch Movement recognize marriage as only between the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime.[29] Founder Jimmy Seibert has emphasized "...Homosexuality is a sin" and that it is a lie that homosexuality is not a sin.[30] A believer in "gay conversion therapy", he attributes most homosexuality a result of some type of physical, sexual, mental abuse and has stated "for over 30 years — I have seen hundreds of people personally change their direction of same-sex attraction from a homosexual lifestyle to a heterosexual lifestyle."[31][32]

As a result of this stance, HGTV celebrities Chip and Joanna Gaines from the show Fixer Upper, who attend the church, released a statement on it.[14][33] It has also been reported a psychologist in Waco meets regularly with a group of self-described “Antioch survivors," noting former members' stories of crises of faith after being made to feel unwelcome by the Antioch Community Church in Waco, either for life decisions (declining to go on a mission) or for their identity (coming out as gay).[33]

Stance on abortion and notion of pro-choice

Antioch Waco's position paper states abortion, including abortifacient contraceptives, are wrong under any circumstances. Although Antioch describes a pregnancy resulting from incest, rape, specifically rape by her husband, as devastating, they do not believe these substantiate grounds for an abortion. Neither do they believe a woman should have the right to choose an abortion, describing the position of "choice" as inconsistent with the logic and the laws they hold dear.[34]

Corporal punishment of children

In their book, Parenting without Regret, Jimmy Seibert and Laura Seibert advocate spanking children for discipline in a way that one reviewer described as "ritualistic and instructive."[22]

Controversies

Supporting gay conversion therapy

Debates over an LGBTQ student group at Baylor University were shaped by the Antioch International Movement of Churches' decades long embracing the controversial practice of gay conversion therapy.[35][36] Jimmy Seibert, the lead pastor of the Antioch International Movement of Churches, has consistently upheld his position against homosexuality and staunchly opposes gay rights.[37] The Antioch Movement promotes that homosexuals can be converted into heterosexuals. They have a years long partnership with Living Hope Ministries, an organization that carries conversion therapy out. The Antioch Community Churches in Texas, Antioch Norman Oklahoma, All People's Church in San Diego, and all Antioch affiliates are directly partnered with Living Hope Ministries. [38][39]

Spiritual abuse and cult allegations

There have been many reviews and personal testimonials on blogs, articles, Google Maps, Medium, youtube, and reddit that allege Antioch International Ministries and Antioch Waco of widespread harmful spiritual abuse and being a cult.[40] Church checker Sarah Leann Young identified multiple red flags indicating cult abuse connections after investigating Antioch Salt Lake City.[41] Ex-member Keith Reich says the church holds some very strong beliefs, and it meets the criteria for a cult.[42] Experiences of former Antiochers from Antioch Orlando go on to describe experiencing religious trauma syndrome.[43] One former member outlines brainwashing techniques, manipulation, strict rules, and people with their own "Antioch lingo" code speak. She describes being part of a certain target audience that Antioch will "prey" upon: young, seeking, vulnerable, on the "fringes." Another former member has described her experience as "toxic" and "abusive."[44] One journalist even staked her career on the dangers of Antioch.[45] It also reports a psychologist in town meets regularly with a group of self-described “Antioch survivors," noting former members' stories of crises of faith after being made to feel unwelcome by the church, either for life decisions (declining to go on a mission) or for their identity (coming out as gay).[46] The Antioch international movement of churches is listed on cultdatabase.com.[47]

Aggressive and illegal evangelism

Antioch International systemically indoctrinates, trains, and sends covert missionaries in secret to countries and places that are dangerous and hostile to Christianity. Many willing missionaries are college students and young adults who are told God's primary calling for them is to change the world through Antioch's evangelism ministries.[48] Many Antioch missionaries have been arrested and detained for evangelizing in prohibitive areas such as Egypt. Notable in the movement's history is the arrest and imprisonment of Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry by the Taliban on August 3, 2001 due to conducting evangelism and missionary work which was illegal in Afghanistan.[49] But most such incidents do not get publicized.[50]

As one former member attested to, potential assignments where one could get killed are considered, such as North Korea. To conceal its activities, Antioch uses code names for different countries, such as "CA2" and "EA1". Even within its own organization Antioch does not tell members which countries they are sending missionaries to.[51]

Unethical and aggressive proselytization is a known trait of the Antioch movement missionaries as documented in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan tsunami of 2004.[52] Under the guise of humanitarian service, a group from the Antioch movement sent missionaries to Sri Lanka with the intent to proselytize. Local ministers and other humanitarian aid groups later criticized the Antioch missionaries' aggressiveness and ulterior motives.[53][54]

Unethical and deceptive church planting

Antioch Church planting remains the primary goal of the Antioch Movement.[55] Antioch boasts of over 80 church plants worldwide but does not list all their international locations.[56] In comparison to different Antioch sites, areas in Middle East, China, Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Europe, Japan, India appear on some church branch promotional materials but not on the main locations site.[57][58] This locations discrepancy suggest an effort to hide activity from governments who outlaw evangelism. The 10 most dangerous countries where evangelism is illegal include: Afghanistan, North Korea, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Eritrea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Iran, India.[59]

After purchasing a 6 acre residential zoned lot in 2017, the Antioch movement submitted plans to forcefully plant a megachurch in Del Cerro, San Diego.[60] The church proposed a development of a 54,476 square foot church and a more than 71,000 sq. ft. parking structure. Many residents and community members throughout the City have unanimously opposed the mega project for several years.[61][62][63]

Implicit endorsement for Donald Trump 2016

A day before the presidential election, Jimmy Seibert urged his congregation to vote on the basis of four conservative values: anti-abortion, “traditional marriage,” religious freedom, and “value of the individual.” Should Hillary win, Seibert cautioned Christians would be in danger of getting “pushed out” of public life. In response, Antioch Community Church member Robert Callahan expressed fear and frustration over what he interpreted as his “fringe” Evangelical peers’ support for Trump. As a black man in a white majority church, Callahan also voiced concern over what he saw as growing incitements of hate speech and discrimination.

It was a political sermon that former Antioch member Grecia Cantu also found very disturbing. She feared her deferred immigrant status, granted by the Obama administration, would be revoked should Trump gain office. Cantu described feeling personally attacked and betrayed by Seibert’s sermon. Cantu was so disturbed, she walked in and out of Seibert’s sermon three times. Feeling unsafe, Cantu has since left Antioch Community Church, and has not returned.[64]

Gentrification

With "church planting" and expansionism as part of the core values of Antioch Waco, along with their close association with celebrity home renovation and redecoration entrepreneurs Chip and Joanna Gains, Antioch has been criticized for aggressively gentrifying their surrounding neighborhoods.[65][66] The Waco neighborhood, in particular, has been in focus. Antioch members discussed coming into the community to fix it, calling the process "restoration." Journalist Anne Helen Petersen argues that Waco's diversity is not reflected in Antioch Community Church's white majority makeup. Antioch often capitalizes on church networking as a means for creating internal upward mobility.[46] Megan Peck, who works for Waco Tours, agreed with Peterson. “Often I feel like there is a white savior mentality here in Waco. This idea that a neighborhood is struggling until the white comes with big business and makes the place oh so much better,” Peck said.[67] On one expansionist project, Antioch intends to spend $11 million dollars on infrastructure of their headquarters alone.[68]

Systemic racism at Antioch Community Church

Former Antiochers Gary and Brittany Wardlaw of the youtube channel "WardlawstoWaco" allege to having experienced pervasive oppression, silencing, and internally systemic racism by the leadership at Antioch Community Church.[69][70][71][72] Gary Wardlaw (LMFT, LPC) and Brittany Wardlaw (JD) are trained therapists of African American descent.[73] Previously, Brittany Wardlaw held a position as creator and director of Baylor University’s office of Diversity and Inclusion.[74] Gary contends Jimmy Seibert and his “leadership” at Antioch Waco consciously promote and uphold a culture of white supremacy. After voicing their concerns, Gary and Brittany were shunned by many and received criticism from Antioch of being "bitter" and having "gone rogue." Gary describes their "racial trauma" experience as psychologically damaging.[75] A majority of Antioch Community Church and senior leadership are predominantly White.[76][77]

Non-professional treatment for mental illness

Antioch Waco encourages its members who are suffering from mental illnesses to join non-medical non-professional Grace Alliance "groups" to receive and provide general wellness therapy as an alternative to "overloaded" local mental health care professionals. Such individuals struggling with mental health issues mentioned range from minor lack of sleep to thoughts of suicide, long term sufferers of depression. The program anticipates catering to individuals who haven’t been educated about professional services or cannot afford them. While professional mental healthcare is still encouraged, their stated intent is for a community of lay people that will "fill in the gaps" for the mental health care system and professionals.[78] These groups follow a workbook and curriculum which subjects pay for. Grace Alliance group's large disclaimer reads: "Grace Alliance materials are not professional mental health or medical resources and should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any mental or physical disorder or replace treatment services of mental health or medical professionals. The use of Grace Alliance resources in personal or small group context is the sole discretion of the user."[79]

Incidents

Forced exorcism

Former member Becky Oberg was kicked out of the Antioch Community church in the late ’90s after she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. “They thought I was possessed by a demon,” says Becky, adding that church leaders told her it was her fault and tried to treat her with an exorcism. “They pinned me to my floor and yelled for Satan to leave. They want you to confess your sin and be healed or cast out the demons.” However, in an interview, Seibert denied this and goes on to say they don’t use the term “exorcism” but they do recognize “demonic oppression.” Becky maintains she was a victim and survivor of religious and spiritual abuse.[80][81][82][83]

Illegal missionaries in Afghanistan

On August 3, 2001 due to conducting evangelism and missionary work which was illegal in Afghanistan, Antioch missionaries Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry were arrest and imprisoned of by the Taliban [84] Antioch Community Church responded to the crisis by creating a rotation of 24-hour prayer for Mercer and Curry's release.[85][86] The crisis attracted the attention of international secular and religious media.[87][88][89] The prayer vigil for Mercer and Curry lasted 104 days. At the news of the missionaries' release, Antioch responded with what was described by the LA Times as a "joyous fest" of prayer and worship.[90] Mercer and Curry co-authored a book about their experience in Afghanistan, titled "Prisoners of Hope." As of 2021, Curry and Mercer still do work in Afghanistan serving on behalf of the Antioch Church[91] Despite the dangers, Antioch Community Church continues to conduct evangelistic work and send missionaries to Afghanistan. In 2021, Dr. Mansoor Sawiz, a pediatrician who worked as an interpreter for Antioch Community Church has sent desperate messages to family in Texas and to the media for aid in leaving Afghanistan with his wife and five children. Ajmal Mayar, an engineer whose wife’s sister is married to Sawiz, said that the lives of Sawiz and his family have been upended and placed in danger since U.S. troops pulled out of Afghanistan and the extremist group has taken over.[92]

Proselytization in Sri Lanka

After the Sri Lankan tsunami of 2005, Antioch Community Church sent at least a dozen Americans under the pretense of humanitarian aid. Most American aid groups, including those affiliated with religious organizations, strictly avoid mixing aid with missionary work. Pat Murphy, 49, a leader of the team, claimed the group is nongovernmental organization, or NGO, and not a church group. But the church's own website said the Americans are one of four teams dispatched to Sri Lanka and Indonesia who have convinced dozens of people to "come to Christ." Rev. Sarangika Fernando, a local Methodist minister, accused the Americans of exploiting traumatized people. Antioch's aggressive proselytization have also angered and alarmed other humanitarian aid groups, who feared backlash.[93][94]

Mosaic-Neumos dispute and fallout

In 2008, a church plant of Antioch Community Church called Mosaic Community Church was characterized as "forcefully" inserting itself into the Capital Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Initially, the nightclub Neumos had agreed to rent out their space to the church. While Pastor Jady Griffin stated that his church is "open to everyone," several members of the MCC revealed that gays would not be accepted at the church. After local nightclub owners and residents had discovered what they viewed as Mosaic's "homophobic" beliefs, the nightclub has since denied the church plant's lease and have severed all ties.[95][96]

Missionary student detained in India

While attempting departure in 2011, an Antioch Community Church missionary student from Baylor University was detained in Mumbai after airport authorities discovered a bullet in her backpack.[97] The student claimed she had no idea where the bullet came from. Later arrested, the missionary was released and returned to the US a month later.[98][99]

Pastor arrested for prostitution

In 2017 pastor Edward Ignacio Espinosa was arrested for patronizing an illicit massage parlor. Upon his confession, Pastor Espinosa was placed on administrative leave from Antioch Community Church and was later allowed to resign. Antioch Community Church’s own anti-human trafficking ministry, UnBound, assisted the women who were found at the massage parlor that Espinosa visited. Espinosa was on staff with Antioch’s Community Outreach Ministry for eight years.[100][101][102][103][104][105]

Antioch Salt Lake City pastors step down, connections to YWAM

In 2018 lead pastors, JR & Brittany Baker, disagreed with specific parts of the doctrine, values, and ethos of the Antioch Movement and of Antioch SLC. It became clear during their last handful of months that they were in process with their convictions. Namely, Antioch's beliefs on homosexuality as sin, overfocus on sin, being the "best and the top," rather than being humble and encountering Jesus.[106] Due to this, out of a heart to serve the church and to see it move forward with unity and clarity of vision, the Bakers made the decision to step down as Lead Pastors of Antioch SLC.[107] In 2021 lead pastor Codi Waison stepped down due to struggling with conflicting pressures of being a lead pastor, depression, emotional breakdowns, and deterioration of emotional health. Codi shares how he came to this decision in the January 24th Sunday service youtube video scattered with jump cuts.

Antioch SLC has encouraged members to attend the controversial "cult-like" YWAM (Youth With a Mission) School, which has hundreds of reports of abuse to its name, both on social media and in the courtroom. There are also multiple online resources detailing Antioch's troubling and abusive situations.[108]

West LA pastor resigns

On June 19, 2019 the Antioch affiliate church planter and founding pastor, Lawrence Huey, announced his stepping down from lead pastor of Epicentre West LA; he went on to accept a lower administrative position at a different church network, Chris Rattay succeeding his position at Epicentre West LA.[109] After 2 years, Mr. Huey has quit his position at Renew Church LA and since revamped his past work experience to erase any trace of having been a pastor, instead describing his prior church positions as "Community Leader Coach" and "Executive Director."[110]

Save Del Cerro

Around 2020, a contentious battle erupted over Antioch affiliate "All Peoples Church" and their plan to plant themselves in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Del Cerro, San Diego. Amidst accusations of anti-semitism and homophobia, a number of Del Cerro residents opposed this "mega project" in a campaign called "Save Del Cerro."[111][112] All People’s Pastor Robert Herber, has empathetically spoken about a “revival” of the city, and specifically referenced the “Jews of Del Cerro”. In August of 2023 the Navajo Community Planners unanimously voted against the church's mega project.[113]

Antioch Orlando insurrection

Antioch Orlando was delisted from Antioch locations in August of 2021.[114][115] Its founder, John Curiale, originally from Antioch Community Church Wheaton, remains head pastor. It had been an official branch of the Antioch movement since its planting in 2012.[116] People who have since left state Antioch Orlando's separation was due to theological differences; turning from charismatic to reformed.[117] However even prior to the church's disaffiliation, a long history of exploitation and abuse was tolerated by leadership in the Antioch movement and was not the reason for separation.[118] Despite its listing removal and logo change, Antioch Orlando retains the same Antioch name, structure, non-denominational status, discipleship programing, and world missions focus.[119] Ex-members of Antioch Community Church Orlando continue to post survival stories of spiritual abuse and cult warnings on the site "I Left Antioch Orlando."[120]

Affiliated churches

In 1998, the Antioch Community Church in Waco sent out its first U.S. church planting team to Boston, Massachusetts. The next church was planted in 2001 in Dallas, TX. Since then, churches have been planted across the United States with a vision to see more reproducing churches established internationally. Many of these churches are now planting churches of their own, both in the United States and in other nations. As of 2022, the Antioch Movement’s public network list claims "over 40 churches in the United States" (see below). Internationally, their public listing claims "more than 80 additional locations worldwide" despite listing only 7. The remaining international churches are unlisted non-transparent black sites due to security concerns inherent with some international mission work. Dangerous closed areas where missionaries could get killed, such as North Korea, Afghanistan, have been considered. Antioch's secretive treatment of missions work extends to the point of using code names for different countries such as "CA2" and "EA1." Sometimes they do not even tell their members which countries they send their missionaries to.[16] Compared to different Antioch sites, areas in China, Africa (Morocco, Libya, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique) India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Middle East (Iraq, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan), Europe (Portugal, Italy) Japan, etc.. appear on some church branch promotional materials but are not listed on the main locations site.[121][122]

Their 2022 North American public list is as follows:

  • Antioch Phoenix
  • Antioch Little Rock
  • Antioch Northwest Arkansas
  • All Peoples Church (San Diego)
  • Antioch Fullerton
  • Epicentre Church (Pasadena)
  • Epicentre West LA
  • Hope Community Church (Los Angeles)
  • Antioch Ft. Collins
  • Antioch Washington D.C.
  • Antioch Indianapolis
  • Antioch Wichita
  • Antioch Baton Rouge
  • Antioch New Orleans
  • Antioch Beverly
  • Antioch Brighton
  • Antioch Waltham
  • All Peoples Tijuana
  • Antioch Ann Arbor
  • Antioch Detroit
  • Paradox Church (Warren)
  • Waypoint Church (Omaha)
  • Antioch Boone
  • Antioch Raleigh
  • Antioch Norman
  • Antioch Oklahoma City
  • Antioch Central Houston
  • Antioch College Station
  • Antioch Dallas
  • Antioch Ft. Worth
  • Antioch Galveston
  • Antioch Houston
  • Antioch North Austin
  • Antioch South Austin
  • Antioch Waco
  • CrossBridge Community Church (San Antonio)
  • Antioch Salt Lake City
  • Mosaic Community Church North Seattle
  • Mosaic Community Church Eastside (Bellevue)

Their 2022 international public list is as follows:

  • Antioch Sheffield
  • Antioch Aberdeen
  • Antioch Banff
  • Antioch Elgin
  • Antioch Cape Town
  • Antioch Stellenbosch
  • Antioch Mongolia.[123][124]
  • Living Hope Ministries, a gay conversion therapy organization, are direct partners with churches of the Antioch Movement: Antioch Waco, Antioch Community Church Bryan, Antioch Norman, and All Peoples Church (San Diego).[125] They follow a popular ex-gay curriculum called "Living Waters" produced by Desert Stream Ministries.[126] In spite of being heavily criticized for their (now banned) gay conversion therapy web app, Living Hope continues to practice and preach conversion therapy.[127][128]
  • Antioch Ministries International, a “non-profit church-planting organization affiliated with Antioch Community Church”[129][130]
  • Acts of Mercy International, "Acts of Mercy is the relief and development arm of the Antioch International Movement of Churches."[131]
  • STARS Mentoring Project[132]
  • Restoration Gateway, a church planting and orphanage project located in Uganda[133][134]
  • Haiti Transformed, a ministry committed to partner with the Haitian people to see their region transformed and redeveloped located in Laforeny, Haiti.[135] In 2011, Haiti Transformed constructed over 100 homes in Laferony, over 30 of which were completed through a partnership with the Passion Movement.[136]
  • World Mandate, a conference “for anyone who wants to worship God and change the world[137]” World Mandate is a popular conference typically hosted at Baylor University's Ferrell Center (when available, which was not the case in 2016). The event is known for its live worship and popular conference speakers, which have included Francis Chan, Louie Giglio, Christine Caine, Max Lucado, and Jackie Pullinger. The conference began in 1989 with 60 people and now draws thousands of attendees.[138] World Mandate focuses on encouraging young people to pray and engage with international missionary work.[139]
  • UnBound is an anti-slavery and anti-trafficking ministry headquartered at Antioch Waco and has local chapters around the world. The organisation specializes in prevention, professional training, and survivor advocacy.[140]

See also

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