Music to Avoid: Jesus Culture

Mar 10

Hey y’all!

This post exists to provide links and information explaining why this music group/musician/teacher is unsound, false, and should NOT be used or followed. We will add to it as we find more information.

We present this information out of love for our brothers and sisters in Christ. We would hope someone would love us enough to tell us when there was evidence that someone we followed was unsound and could be leading us astray. We are also told in Scripture to name those who are false teachers and to not associate with unfruitful works of darkness (Eph. 5:11, 2 Tim. 4:3-4, 2 John 1:10-11, Matt 24:24, Mark 13:22, 1 John 4:1, 2 Peter 2:1). Please read with all of this in mind.

Jesus Culture was born out of Bethel “church.” So we have included some resources below about what Bethel “church” teaches since those teachings show up in the songs Jesus Culture records and writes. Also be aware of people who are connected to both Bethel and Jesus Culture that you should actively avoid like Sean Feucht, Jenn Johnson, etc.

Disclaimer: We did not write the resources linked below, and we have not thoroughly vetted every website these links come from. We do our best to only share links that are from sound sources, but sometimes things could get missed. We do not endorse anything on these sites that deviates from the Bible or with our beliefs listed on our “What We Believe” page or our “Who We Are” page.

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***If you are in need of a resource to help you discuss different false teachings with the people in your life, we highly recommend these 2 books—A Field Guide on False Teaching by Ligonier ministries and Kingdom of the Cults by Walter Martin. If you would like to try Audible, using our link to sign up for a trial will get you up to 2 free audiobooks.***

WWUTT - Wake up Olive

Michelle Lesley - God’s not like “Whatever dude,” about the way He’s approached in worship

WWUTT - Are Bethel church and Todd White false teachers?

Michelle Lesley - Sermon and Video: Why our church no longer plays Bethel or Hillsong Music (or Elevation or Jesus Culture), and neither should yours

WWUTT - Bethel Church and Jesus Culture glory cloud?

Fighting for the Faith - Rediscovering Bethel’s Heresies Part 1

Fighting for the Faith - Rediscovering Bethel’s Heresies Part 2

The Messed Up Church - “Hit the Bar” episode 24: Bethel’s “New Apostolic Reformation“ Damage Control!

Michelle Lesley - Bethel/Bethel Music/Jesus Culture/Bill Johnson

Justin Peters - 2020 The terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Year for “Prophets”

Michelle Lesley - The Mailbag: False Doctrine in Contemporary Christian Music

Justin Peters - Bethel Church Super Spreader?