Regarding Pat Coking, her early story is related in Mary’s book. First, following taking Mary’s seminars, she tearfully besought her teacher to let her join her organization and start a charity mission in Mexico in 1984. Successfully, Pat took teams of Canadians down for ministry a couple of times a year, then set up an orphanage, started an indigenous church, all good things. But no sooner did things start rolling, and God was truly blessing, than Pat suddenly told Mary
and her organization, Christian Services Association, that the Mexican government was causing problems and she would have to just close everything
down. Please note that other similar ministries from Canada at the time were able to continue their projects in Mexico without government interference.

In 1990, Pat became the director of Mary’s ministry, Christian Services Association, as Mary stepped aside for her, although she hadn’t intended previously to leave the organization, feeling empathy and Christian sisterhood for Pat, because she had so much enthusiasm and seemed to have no outlet. Mary was a motherly-type. Mary was a very unusual Christian woman.
She was totally sold-out to Christian service, and selfish ambition was not in her make-up, and probably she did not suspect it in others.

In a short time, however, Pat found this new load of administrative work and full responsibility difficult, and again Mary saw she had an emotional crisis on her hands, once Pat had gained the position she wanted. Yes, she fasted and
prayed, but hysterics and the pity parties, described objectively and non-judgmentally in Mary’s book, seem to be part of Patricia’s emotional baggage. The younger woman agonized over her next decision, but she felt the Lord was directing her to have the organization buy a building and extensive property in British Columbia, using Christian Services Association funds and fundraising.

With this property, Pat started a new church. All this happened in the early 1990s at the time when she was a frequent guest speaker at the Toronto
Airport Fellowship with John Arnott, during the so-called ‘Toronto Blessing’. She worked closely with Mary Audrey Raycroft, another woman who launched her own ministry after years of close association with Mary Goddard, in this case, as her secretary. Raycroft soon joined Arnott on staff as an Assistant Pastor. I personally knew Mary Audrey, as well as John Arnott. Pat Cocking’s church in British Columbia was a sort of ‘Toronto Blessing West Coast’.

The Toronto services were big on manifestations, but I saw people even laugh at the Bible when speakers got up to the platform to try to preach. I had discerned problems with Arnott’s ministry much earlier, and I left his former church in 1988, before “The Toronto Blessing”. Visiting the new, media-hyped services, I met several people who reported demonic problems after attending the meetings, and a close friend of mine reported hearing a voice audibly at the Toronto Airport Church which said ‘Don’t worship God, worship me.’ I myself witnessed many people once in the sanctuary there, banging their heads as hard as they could on the walls behind where they were seated.

After several months, Pat’s new church in British Columbia, called “The Isaac Centre,’ proved too much for her to handle, even as the Toronto-style fellowship was growing. She now started the process of selling all the properties off, without even consulting with her church membership. All this is in Mary’s book, although Mary just states the facts, even as I am doing.

A much older woman, Mary Goddard initially had serious reservations about the Toronto Blessing, but like many people she was told the “fruit” was good in the first couple of years; and she wanted to believe it, and to give God glory, and God’s people freedom.

Mary had continued her teaching and evangelism work independently, but during this same period she had to undergo serious heart surgery. Patricia did not rush to her former mentor’s side. As briefly noted in the book, Mary Goddard simply didn’t hear from her. Her former secretary, Mary Audrey Raycroft, did get back in touch after Mary recovered, and the two went on a ministry trip together. Mary Goddard lived several more years, praise God.

Mary Goddard is someone I dearly miss, although I didn’t agree with her ecumenicism, and I actually only met her personally a few times in the mid-1980s, when a friend took me to her Women’s Bible Studies. However, I believe she was sincere, honest, giving, and I could see that she loved Jesus very much.

It was a miracle of God that I was able in July 2007 to obtain her last book, which was self-published, and this was just a few weeks after she died in British Columbia. I now live on the other side of the country, in Quebec. Mary’s previous book, which I enjoyed and admired, is entitled “Queen of Hearts”. Real faith produces real fruit. You will not find any mentions of Mary Goddard on Google, or any tributes to her by either Mary Audrey Raycroft or Patricia Coking King.

Because of a recent and widespread outburst of controversy related to the doctrine and ministry style of Patricia King in segments of the body of Christ to which we are related, the undersigned reluctantly and cautiously sense an obligation to release this brief statement of our position.

Particularly over the past two years increasing numbers of Christian leaders with whom we are related have been asking us our opinion of Patricia King and her ministry. Although this would not have been our choice, circumstances converged to the point that we felt compelled to look into the allegations in order to form balanced and accurate opinions. We discussed this with peers representing both sides of the controversy in roundtable settings, through personal conversation with individuals who have dealt with the situation first hand, in consultation with those who have specialized in some of the theological issues raised, listening to her CDs, reading her books, in extensive correspondence through email, by personal contact with Patricia’s spiritual/apostolic covering, and extensively with Patricia herself. We wanted to leave no stones unturned as we matured in our understanding of the situation and as we reached our conclusions.

We do not feel that it is necessary at this point to list in detail the differences that have surfaced. It is sufficient to mention that theologically we have serious concerns with some aspects of Patricia’s doctrine of the dead. In terms of ministry style we cannot accept at face value some of the physical manifestations typical of her meetings as emanating from the Holy Spirit. We feel that a disproportionate number of those who sit under her ministry are in danger of subjecting themselves to a spirit of error.

In light of our findings, we regretfully find it necessary to state that at present we will not be able to endorse Patricia King’s ministry until such a time that she chooses to make appropriate corrections. We want to make it clear that we are not opposing Patricia King as a person, as a servant of God, or as a gifted leader. We have been and will continue to pray that God will work out this unpleasant situation for His glory and for fulfilling every bit of the destiny that He has in mind for Patricia.

C. Peter Wagner, Colorado Springs
Doris M. Wagner, Colorado Springs
Cindy Jacobs, Red Oak TX
Mel Mullen, Red Deer AB, Canada
Dutch Sheets, Colorado Springs
Bill Hamon, Santa Rosa Beach FL
Bob Beckett, Hemet CA

It is Posts like this that TRULY show the body of Christ its urgent need to fall on its face and repent to God. We as believers pollute the very blood that has washed us, only to “turn on” our brothers & sisters because we don’t understand them. Isn’t this the very SAME thing that the Pharisees did to Jesus? They didn’t understand, so they crucified Him.

As far as the prophecies, miracles & signs mentioned here goes, we have the same things happening regularly in our church: gold dust falling on people, angel feathers falling from the ceiling, oil appearing on the hands, people falling under the anointing…all genuine experiences. We have even had items multiply when the need arose. But the IMPORTANT thing to remember in all of this is the hearts & lives that have been changed & saved during the services. The manifestations are only a tool to led people to Jesus.

So, what we must SEE is that just as the “religious folks” in Jesus’ day condemned & judged Him and His Disciples because they didn’t understand “what was going on”, WE must be careful NOT to fall into the same trap and bring upon ourselves swift judgment, like what happened to them AD 70. We are entering into a time of GREAT manifestations of signs, wonders & miracles, as it says foretold in Joel 2:28-32 & Acts 2:17-21.

Most of the people that are “coming against” other Christians ministries is because there is a underlying spirit of jealousy in the hearts, because others are “doing something” that they aren’t. The gospel speaks much about this. Even Herod knew that the Jews delivered Jesus to him because of “envy”.

Posts like this “turn” the world away from the very thing that they are in vital need of. How will they believe God’s loves them & be saved if God’s people don’t even love one another? Please, please be careful….the Pharisees FOUND fault with everything Jesus did and were offended. The word OFFENDED in the Greek is “Scandelizo”, which we get our English word scandalize. I hope & pray that you all can see that this is exactly what is happening on this post.

And PLEASE don’t try to justify by saying: we are only obeying God by “trying the spirit” like the bible tells us to in 1 Jn 4:1. We need to keep reading the chapter & see what we are REALLY suppose to do:

1Jo 4:7-8 “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love”.

I bless those who curse me,

Joey
Zech 8:9

The saddest part of this is the devil, in his unrelenting attack against the church has paid special attention to destroying belief in the current /now gifting of the Holy Spirit as written in 1 Cor. 12. What I read here on this blog is indicative of many in the church today: They throw out the baby with the alleged dirty bathwater. If only they would take the time themselves and fast and pray and seek God’s heart on the matter of the gifts, they would get the real truth. But, instead they get deceived by the enemy, yet think they are spiritual by being critical of other peoples alleged excesses. In my mind, it only shows how weak and judgemental they are.

And to that 20 something with the ASU email address: You had better hope that they are all crooks since God himself will judge you for your hard heart if you are wrong about them. As the word says: “Do not touch my anointed” you better be right – or such comments can put you or anyone else in jeopardy with God Himself. “Judgement starts in the house of God” -always did, and always will. But He does it -