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DELIVERANCE
Deliverance ministry
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In charismatic Christianity, deliverance ministries are activities carried out by individuals or groups aimed at solving problems related todemons and spirits, especially possession. Leaders of and adherents to these ministries emphasize the activities of evil spirits in many physical, psychological, or emotional maladies that people experience. The practices and many of the underlying beliefs of these ministries are not accepted by all Christians.
[edit]Methods
Deliverance ministries focus on casting out the spirit or spirits believed to cause an affliction. The method of casting out varies. Some adherents directly recite Biblical examples in prayer intended to command a demon to depart an afflicted person, and do not believe anordained clergy is required to perform the deliverance. Though many people confuse deliverance with exorcism, they are not the same.Exorcisms are carried out through the use of various rituals of exorcism, such as the Roman Ritual, and often utilize attendant sacramentals such as holy water, while deliverance involves the ongoing counseling of the individual through various Biblically based programs.
Ministries also organize the removal from homes of items that are believed to harbor demons, including fantasy or horror novels, and artworks / artifacts depicting pagan gods or frogs.[citation needed] Members are instructed to burn items that are related to idol worship, "demon drawing" symbols and music that summons demons.
[edit]Popularity
The rise of deliverance ministries in the United States appears to have occurred almost immediately following the release of the film The Exorcist in 1973[citation needed], and the film has been credited with creating interest in casting out demons[citation needed], even though the practices of deliverance ministries differ widely from the highly ritualized exorcisms carried out by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodoxchurches. The same year, a Baptist minister named Frank D. Hammond and his wife Ida Mae Hammond published a book entitled Pigs in the Parlor which was a 'hit' book on the subject. Derek Prince was also viewed as an authority on deliverance during his lifetime. He wrote "They Shall Expel Demons."
[edit]See also
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