Exploring Chief Apostle Dr. Eric Vonanderseck's Different Gospel

Apostle Eric vonAnderseck, Apostle John Welty, Apostle Joann Cremer and Apostle Maria vonAnderseck have dubbed themselves as living apostles and on their web sites will try to convince you that you are not able to understand Gods Word without their guidance. It appears that the vonAndersecks are on a quest to have all Christians in the world under their authority. In their writings we find some very intriguing stories.

* He (Eric vonAnderseck) was called to apostleship from a dream from the apostle John and a dream from the biblical character of Enoch.
* He (Eric vonAnderseck) believes that the bible as we have it is a lie from Satan and there should be extra books in it such as the three so-called books of Enoch.
* He (Eric vonAnderseck) believes that he is the Apostle to the whole of the North American Continent.
* He (Eric vonAnderseck) believes that since the original apostles deaths the church has been in error for two thousand years and God has called him to restore the truth to the church.
* He (Eric vonAnderseck) believes that Pastors who lead churches and do not recognize his apostleship are tares and preach a false gospel
* He (Eric vonAnderseck) believes that the Holy Spirit is an angel of God.
* He (Eric vonAnderseck) believes that You must speak in tongues to show that you have received the holy spirit
* He (Eric vonAnderseck) believes that Enoch is in charge of a creche in heaven that contains the souls of dead children and that they are coming back to earth into adult bodies to undergo a salvation experience.
* He (Eric vonAnderseck) believes that by praying in tongues daily you receive grace from God to overcome sin and thus be transformed into the image of Christ so as to attain to heaven.
* He (Eric vonAnderseck) believes there is a third covenant in heaven which you receive when you undergo a baptism of light which means that you are taken into the soul of God and become like him through absorbing his knowledge and then you are able to create just like him.

In their schools (Second 8th Week Apostolic Institute of Theology, the Apostolic Institute of Theology, Second 8th Week University, and Second 8th Week Ministries) they teach that they and not the Holy Spirit will lead you to the truth. Apostle Eric bills himself as the Chief Apostle of all of North America. They want to change your beliefs so that you will submit yourself to their apostolic stewardship or apostolic governance as they call it. Apostolic stewardship or apostolic governance is nothing more than having your beliefs bent to conform to the error that these people teach.

You might be asking yourself why anyone would want to write about some guy who thinks that he is the chief apostle as Eric vonAnderseck believes he is. Apostle Eric vonAnderseck, Apostle John Welty, Apostle Joann Cremer and Apostle Maria vonAnderseck are really very small players as far as those who are actively deceiving the body of Christ go. They only reach a handful of people and my guess is most of those that they do reach probably quickly recognize that these supposed apostles are not what they say they are.

From the communication that others and I have had with Eric vonAndersecks followers they seem to be those who have been hurt and vulnerable to manipulation. The mode used by these self-assigned living apostles to teach their erroneous and dangerous lessons are the schools founded by Apostle Eric vonAnderseck and Apostle Maria vonAnderseck. They are the Second 8th Week Apostolic Institute of Theology, the Apostolic Institute of Theology, Second 8th Week University, S8W Apostolic Institute, Second 8th Week Apostolic Coalition, and Second 8th Week Ministries. The courses offered by these schools are actually apostolic stewardship or apostolic governance and they are used to re-train people to stop believing they can trust the Holy Spirit.

Are these people frauds who are out the bilk the unsuspecting of their money or are they just delusional? Who knows, they may not even know what their own true motives are. Im not writing in order to judge motives, Im writing only to warn the Body of Christ that there are yet more false teachers on the loose. If this work warns even one person, that is good and the work has paid off.

Please pray for these people: Apostle Eric vonAnderseck, Apostle John Welty, Apostle Joann Cremer and Apostle Maria vonAnderseck and pray for the people they are teaching their errors to at the Second 8th Week Apostolic Institute of Theology, the Apostolic Institute of Theology, Second 8th Week University, S8W Apostolic Institute, Second 8th Week Apostolic Coalition, and Second 8th Week Ministries.

Does Eric glorify himself or does he glorify Jesus? The Holy Spirit always points to Jesus and the real Apostles pointed to Jesus. In the Epistles the name of Jesus is mentioned 254 times, Paul 45 times and Peter 5 times. You only need to give Eric vonAndersecks web pages a quick glance to see that he and not Jesus is center stage. True apostles point you to Jesus much more than they point to themselves. Eric points to himself.

On Eric vonAndersecks web site is the boast He has recorded over 3,000 dreams and over 6,000 spiritual experiences.(In addition to these over 9,000 documentations, in the last 3 decades he has logged in 2,016,000 minutes of prayer, read through the Bible chapter by chapter numerous times, and offered an estimated 146,000 spiritual sacrifices of prophecy.

No truly humble person or real Apostle would allow such claims to be made. No sane person would expect that another person would boast about millions of minutes of prayer. Jesus said in Matthew 6:6, But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Humble promoter of Jesus Christ? No. Tireless self-promoter? Yes!