Is Jack Van Impe False Prophet?

By Maryanne Goff


It seems that one televangelist has changed direction in their ministry. He was once a part of the Jerry Falwell ministry. He says he no longer follows the fundamentalist views he formerly expounded. He now praises the Roman Catholic Church and approves of the Pope, spiritual leader of that religious institution. It is apparent that jack van impe false prophet has greatly altered his professed beliefs.

Unlike the opinions he previously expressed, he now applauds the dictates of the Catholic church. He made a statement that the Pope gave him new direction. Some people understand this to be placing the Pope above Jesus Christ and his dictates. However, it is simply that he views the Pope in a reverential way.

The Christian broadcasting network recognizes the growing disagreement between themselves and Van Impe. Although they had a twenty year business relationship, he is not going to work with them any more. His money will be spent on broadcasting from new venues. He refuses to have constraints placed on what he says on the air.

There are not many followers of fundamental mindset who will accept these new ideas. To them the concept of accepting the tenets of either the Catholics or the Muslims is something that will not happen. The idea of equating Islamic beliefs with Christian beliefs is abhorrent to them. It is not surprising that objecting to it is a natural response. However, predictions state that there will eventually be only one religion in the entire world.

The ambiguous beliefs set forth by him on television are in direct opposition to each other. People remember him as being against Catholicism in years gone by. Currently he praises that religion. He also espouses the religious combination called Chrislam. It is, as the name implies, a movement intended to unite the Christian religions with the Islamic faith.

Van Impe has been mocked on one television talk show. Jimmy Kimmel pretending to be him, insisted the word computer had a connection to the numbers 666. He also commented on Van Impe talking against computers. In a complete turnaround, he supplied the public with the directions for downloading material from the religious website belonging to him.

Jack graduated from high school in 1948 and entered Detroit Bible College, which later became William Tyndale College. He financed his college education by working as a concert organizer. He began his profession as a church preacher early in life. His memorizing 14,000 verses from the bible is legendary.

He has traveled all over the country to preach the gospel truth as he sees it. From strict adherence to Baptist fundamentalism to his currently liberal attitude towards Catholicism, the Pope and Islam is a radical change. He went from preaching against them to promoting them as he does today.

The Trinity Broadcasting Network had a difficult time trying to accept his new attitude. He spoke against ministers he had once been in complete agreement with. When he began to preach against them, the network forbid him to use their names. For this reason, he parted company with the network, taking his program to other venues where he could say whatever he felt was necessary. He was called jack van impe false prophet for expressing some of his opinions.




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