We’ve covered that Phil Pringle, Gordon Moore, Kong Hee and other close friends and associates of Pringle and Hee don’t hold accredited doctorates:
How Can Kong Hee Say “I Do Maintain My Integrity”? (Part 1)
Is Doctor Phil Pringle Really a Doctor?
What Is Wrong With Gordon & Kong?
Congo Line Of Unqualified Ministers Endorsed By Phil Pringle
(^ Please note that “The implication is that those people who got their degrees and doctorates from unaccredited institutions cannot use the title “Dr.” in their referent, or even if they use it, it is a fake “Dr.”, like calling a woman without a child under her care as “mother”.“)
Bishop Dale C. Bronner is speaking this year at C3’s RealMens Conference. This video sums up Bronner’s prosperity heresy very well. And yes, his ministry IS called ‘Word of Faith – Family Worship Cathedral’. (The name of Bronner’s ministry should give his heretical background away.)
And yes – Bronner also has starred on the apostate Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).
If none are familiar with the heretical and blasphemous TBN channel, your research starts now.
BRONNER, PRINGLE & COLE ON CMN
It is highly likely that Pringle knows Bronner through the Christian Men’s Network (CMN) Board. Paul Louis Cole is the president of CMN and runs C3 Church Dallas in Texas. Phil Pringle and Dale Bronner are on the board of CMN. (Read: http://www.cmnworld.com/about/leadership, (Accessed 14/07/2012.))
DALE BRONNER: ANOTHER UNACCREDITED DOCTORATE HOLDER?
Dales website profile reads,
“In 2001, he earned his doctor of ministry degree from Christian Life School of Theology.” – http://woffamily.org/dbronner.htm, Accessed 14/07/2012.
To help clarify which ‘Christian Life School of Theology’ (CLST) is, Dale’s wife page reads,
“She received her Doctor of Ministry degree from CLST (now Beacon University) in September of 2002.” http://woffamily.org/nbronner.htm, Accessed 14/07/2012.
With this information, we know they studied at Covington, Georgia outside the city of Atlanta.
CLSTs are spread around North America. A school network by the name of “Christian Life Educators Network (CLEN) is a network of local schools providing a standardized Bible-based curriculum to students around the world.”
To see understand how CLEN operate, we need to examine ‘Restoration Ministries’ (RM). RM say they, “are a part of the Christian Life Education Network.”
While RM says that CLEN “Keep your job while you earn your certificate or degree; Study on your own time; In-Class time is committed to only one weekend per month; Be accredited for your studies; Study full-time or Part-time, as your schedule permits; Become a Distance Education Student; Be part of a strong network; Prepare yourself to fulfill your destined purpose,” RM says they,
“1. Transfer credits from prior learning, life and ministry experiences.
2. Degrees issued by Christian Life School of Theology (CLST), through an articulation agreement with Christian Life Educators Network (CLEN)” – http://www.resministries.net/, Accessed 14/07/2012.
RM sounds like a diploma mill. While RM says they are part of CLEN, they say on CLST and themselves (our emphasis in bold):
“Christian Life School of theology (CLST) is a unique religious exempt Theological School offering various programs of study in Theology. We are not accredited…
Further, we believe the credibility of CLST is not in accreditation, but in the fruitfulness and surrendered lives of the students who have attended our courses…
Christian Life School of Theology is known worldwide for its excellence as a School of Theology. Our graduates have successfully transferred our units to many Christian colleges around the country. If you have specific questions about the transferability of CLST coursework, contact the registrar’s Office of the institution you desire to attend.
CLST is a member of the Association of Christian Schools, International (ACSI), and our curriculum has been approved for awarding continuing Education Units (CEUs). This means that CLST courses are recognized by public and private schools as meeting their teachers’ continuing education requirements. Check with your local school or district for applicable guidelines. ” http://www.resministries.net/accreditation.html, Accessed 14/07/2012.
Restoration Ministries also discloses this information about their chancellor (Rev. Dudley Mayers):
“Affiliations
- Open Bible Faith Fellowship
- Festival of Praise International
- Canadian Food for the Hungry
- Transformation Prayer Ministries
- CLEN – Christian Life Educators Network
- CLST – Christian Life School of Theology” http://www.resministries.net/chancellor.html
CLSTs website informed us it was previosuly named BIM (we don’t know what that means), to CLST. The Bronner’s informed us it is now named Beacons University. The CLST in Covington, Georgia has changed it’s name three times (which is also the sign of a diploma mill). The Bronners school is online here: http://clstcovington.tripod.com/
The US Department of Education says,
“The dictionary defines a diploma mill as:
An institution of higher education operating without supervision of a state or professional agency and granting diplomas which are either fraudulent or because of the lack of proper standards worthless. –Webster’s Third New International Dictionary
Diploma mills are schools that are more interested in taking your money than providing you with a quality education. You need to know how to protect yourself as a consumer.” – US Department of Education, ED.gov, http://www2.ed.gov/students/prep/college/diplomamills/diploma-mills.html, (Accessed 14/07/2012).
We know that Restoration Ministries is unaccredited. But they say they are apart of CLEN. Type in Beacon University in the ‘US Department of Education’ and you find that the ‘accredited university’ has the same address as the dodgy CLEN:
“Institution: Beacon University
6003 Veterans Parkway
Columbus, GA 31909-4663
Phone: 706-323-5364 / 100
“Christian Life Educators Network
6003 Veterans Parkway
Columbus, GA 31909
(From: http://www.clenetwork.org/contact.php, Accessed 17/07/2012.)
You’ll notice that the CLST’s new address is the same is at CLEN’s address. So what is going on?
SO WHAT’S GOING ON?
CLST was revealed in 2002 of being dishonest with their degrees. But they “denied that it intentionally violated state law.” However, they agreed in court to “refund tuition” and no longer award degrees.
“”………Hawthorne, who is a pastor in Plano, said she was duped by Christian
Life School of Theology.
The school, based in Columbus, Ga., offered classes in Texas through
satellite campuses in more than a dozen churches from Fort Worth and
Dallas to Denton and Plano. Students attended classes at a local
church, where they were assured that their degrees were from an
accredited institution, several former students said.
Hawthorne said that she and at least 20 members of her congregation
were misled by the pastors of one satellite campus at Where Eagles
Soar Church in Plano.
Dwayne Lusk, the former senior pastor of the church, did not return
repeated calls seeking comment. Another pastor, Paul Freeman,
referred a reporter to Christian Life’s founder and president, Ronald
Cottle. Lusk and Freeman also took the church’s courses, state
documents show.
Cottle did not respond to interview requests. Bruce Griggs, an Austin
attorney who represented the school in the coordinating board’s
action, said he could not comment.
In a September 2000 letter, Cottle told the higher education
commission that he had an informal agreement to grant degrees in the
state. Cottle could not produce documentation, said David Linkletter,
a program specialist for the coordinating board.
In 2002, Christian Life reached a settlement with the state, agreeing
to refund tuition, and denied that it intentionally violated state
law.
As with other schools, Christian Life received an advantageous
settlement in exchange for no longer awarding degrees. Linkletter
said that is the state’s primary goal.
One Amarillo woman, for instance, spent more than $2,000 for a
theology degree and received a $10.25 refund. According to the terms
of the agreement, that was all the woman was entitled to, documents
show.
Christian Life School, which has since changed its name to Beacon
University, continues to operate in states that have a religious
degree-granting exemption…….”
From: Darren Barbee, Battles loom over right to grant degrees, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX), http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nazarene_fraud_victims/message/1175, 6/02/2005. (Whole article will be posted below.)
You can read the agreement settlement here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/48049136/Christian-Life-School-of-Theology-pdf-Adobe-Acrobat-Pro (Accessed 01/08/2012.)
Let’s face it. This RealMen conference is full of false teachers with fake doctorates.
C3 Church Watch 
Thanks for your discernment ministry. ‘Bishop’ Dale Bonner was guest speaker at Peter Mortlock’s – City Impact Church here in Auckland, New Zealand last month. The occasion was to celebrate the ‘church’ turning 30.
I dont see anything wrond.. He is used of God and I have seen hundreds of preachers with no formal training delivering Gods word. You guys find something better to do.
“I dont see anything wrong […]”
So you don’t see anything wrong with lying, Georgy?
You should read your Bible; it tells us where liars go (hint: it’s a place that is very, very hot, and from which there is no escape).
i am a member of word of faith and a great supporter of bishop and Dr. Nina….maybe you should get to know him and really understand their ministry before you go tearing it down…. they are very real people of God and are very sweet and down to earth… they know the word like the back of their hand….and 19000 people in 20 different countries dont agree with your opinion sir…. the bible speaks of people like you…..you need to go pray somewhere and get it together….
“[…] maybe you should get to know [the “bishop” and “Dr” Nina] and really understand their ministry before you go tearing it down….”
Maybe you should get to know God and really understand his word and his ways before you go building up hucksters and frauds, Aja.
First off Zorro (a man who hides behind a mask)…. He was ordained as a Bishop and his wife my mentor, spritual mother and very good friend has a doctorate in Theology… making her a Dr.
they are two very beautiful and Godly people and only the enemy would work so hard to try and tear down something that is being done for God… Sense you know how to navigate the church website so well why dont you look up our address and come visit us sometimes…. be as bold as you seem to be on this forum…
“[Bronner] was ordained as a Bishop and his wife […] has a doctorate in Theology… making her a Dr.”
Well Aja, I am an Archbishop, Metropolitan, Reverend, Pastor, teacher, author, motivational speaker, CEO, CFO, CIO, counsellor, academic, technocrat, poet, painter, entrepreneur, businessman, venture-capitalist, philanthropist, explorer, archaeologist, historian, astronaut, volcanologist, politician, vigneron, physicist, professional sportsman and world-renowned raconteur. (In my spare time I sweep the streets, just for fun).
As for educational credentials, I have 38 bachelors degrees, 23 masters degrees, and 15 PhDs.
I am also a very beautiful and Godly person; much more so than this pathetic pair who wilfully pervert the truth, and whom I so easily surpass in excellence by any measure imaginable. Clearly only the enemy would work so hard to try and tear down someone like me, so it is a trivially simple matter to discern the spirit by which you move.
Anyway, you keep walking by the light of your own torch and following the idolatrous inclinations of your fallen flesh – the Day of Judgement will come soon enough, when God Himself will apprise you of the truth.
wow….so many things under your belt….but I notice that you let out idiot…a mistake on your part…willingly I assume….as I stated before, we at WOF welcome you to our church anytime…Do you have a ministry of your own? I would love to see how God is moving in your life…I can see what he is doing in my Bishops and My mother, mentor, a friend Dr.Nina…. Their ministry is reaching 20 continents while your rantings are only on this one little page and most people see the idiotcracy thats coming from your mouth….its a shame…. but we understand….even Jesus was constantly called a liar and false prophet….and I see my Bishop must endure the same things…. but as he said tonight at service….you lay down with dogs, you will get flees…. and if you conversate with an idiot…sooner or later it will become hard to tell who that idiot really is…so this conversation is over……. like satan….you lose
“[…] I notice that you le[f]t out idiot […]”
So are you very clever, Aja? I notice that you cannot spell “fleas” correctly… (Also, one doesn’t “lay down” with dogs, one “lies down” with them).
“[…] if you conversate with an idiot […]”
Actually Aja, I think you mean “converse”. I suppose if this Bronner character has been to primary school, he seems like an absolute genius to you.
“[…] even Jesus was constantly called a liar and false prophet….and I see my Bishop must endure the same things […]”
That would be “bishop”, Aja – with a small “b”, and in quotes, since this fraud is no such thing. You sound a lot like an adherent of one of those fake Nigerian pastors. Does “bishop” Bronner have a jet? (If not, it’s probably *your* fault, you know – you should be giving him more of your money).
“Do you have a ministry of your own? I would love to see how God is moving in your life […]”
What an interesting way you have of judging things, Aja. You do know, don’t you, that if you had wanted to speak to Jesus when He was aged, say, 25, you would have been talking to a carpenter, an unremarkable man. Would you then have presumed to tell Him that God was not moving in His life?
You are just one more ignorant person in a “church” full of ignorant people, with the two biggest ignoramuses running the show. You prefer hearing lies to truth, and you refuse to walk in the light that comes from God alone, and so it is only right and just that your judgement should come in the form of a strong delusion under which you so clearly labour.
Having no formal training is fine. Claiming to be a genuine ‘Dr’ when it is counterfeit is not.
Touchee’…..
Is this foolishness still online. I destroyed the guy that wrote this article. I see my comments were clearly deleted. In short, get your mouth off people of God. Stop putting up snippets of what’s being said so you can twist truth. You know who else twisted the truth…Lucifer. Be careful.
“You know who else twisted the truth…Lucifer.”
That’s quite correct, Darrell. Thanks for pointing out that Satan has something in common with “Doctors” Phil Pringle, Gordon Moore and Kong Hee.
“In short, get your mouth off people of God.”
“People of God”, Darrell, don’t lie about their credentials. Those who tout supposed PhDs that were in reality obtained from diploma mills have no credibility whatsoever; by their wilful acts of deception they show themselves to be utterly bereft of integrity.
“I see my comments were clearly deleted.”
Well judging by the nonsense you have written above, it’s no great loss to the blogosphere if your preceding contributions have found a home on the cutting room floor.
“I destroyed the guy that wrote this article.”
Sure you did, Darrell, sure you did.
“Stop putting up snippets of what’s being said so you can twist truth.”
Sorry Darrell; I think you’re actually thinking of “Dr” Phil Pringle and his mates.
“Is this foolishness still online.”
If you want to see foolishness on-line, you need to visit the C3 web site and watch some of the “sermons”, Darrell – you’ll laugh till you cry.
“Be careful.”
Why? Is Phil Pringle going to report us to God for not “tithing”, so that we get “cursed”?
Tell us, Darrell: do *you* have a “doctorate”?
lets clear the air… first off if you lay its past tense…sense I was talking to you at the time I would be lying. Plus sense you are doing nothing more than spreading lies I still used the right word… unfortunately I was using my phone to type my message and spell check is horrible but I’m on my computer now… so let me make this clear for you.. Bishop Bronner is about bringing maturity back to the body of Christ and all you have proven is that you are an immature person… what type of man puts down another man? and better yet if you believe you are so right then why not have the guts to say these things to his face? or his wife’s face? its because a coward like you knows good and well that the only false person on here is you… if you feel so strongly about your views as misguided as they are.Then you should do what the bible says…remember that book? here is a scripture you need to remember 1 Timothy 5:19 – “Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.” in a nut shell the elder (pastor) is to be accused before two or three witnesses – not in a private conversation (like this page) behind his back. Amen and glory to God…Im done…. you can respond but I’m done …if your not man enough to do it the right way then stop doing it at all…now you can argue with me but lets see you argue with the word of God…if you even read it
“lets clear the air […]”
Instead of that, how about you stop muddying the waters?
“[…] sense [sic] I was talking to you at the time I would be lying.”
I think you mean “since”, aja.
And what’s this about you claiming that you “would be lying” – have you become like your “teacher” Bronner, that you are a self-confessed liar?
“unfortunately I was using my phone to type my message and spell check is horrible […]”
Tch, tch: a poor wordsmith blames his tools.
“Bishop Bronner is about bringing maturity back to the body of Christ […]”
Dear, oh dear. Bronner is *not* a bishop, he wouldn’t know maturity if it bit him on his backside, and he does not belong to the body of Christ.
“[…] what type of man puts down another man?”
One who knows the truth and is prepared to defend it.
““Against an elder receive not an accusation […]”.
Sorry, Bronner is not an elder either, aja.
“Im done”
Well that’s a relief; I was starting to wonder exactly how far you were going to dig yourself into that hole that you’re in.
Jesus had not one diploma or degree. What pastor Bronner is doing brings glory to the Father in heaven. What glory to God do you bring. You turn babes in Christ away because of confusion. If you don’t have a good word keep it to yourself. I pray you will learn the fruits of the spirit. It would make your life easier. God bless and keep you in Him.
~What Bronner is doing brings glory to the Father in heaven.~
How does touting fake credentials bring glory to God, exactly?
“If you don’t have a good word keep it to yourself.”
if word-faither’s like dale bronner & phil pringle have a false word, they should keep it to themselves..
nfg
“What pastor Bronner is doing brings glory to the Father in heaven.”
No, what “pastor” Bronner is doing brings shame and condemnation on him.
“You turn babes in Christ away because of confusion.”
No, “pastor” Bronner shuts up the Kingdom of Heaven in men’s faces.
“If you don’t have a good word keep it to yourself.”
Were you heeding your own advice when you falsely claimed “You turn babes in Christ away because of confusion”?
“I pray you will learn the fruits of the spirit.”
I pray that you will learn to rightly divide Scripture, that you will stop loving the things of this world, and that you will turn aside from following thieves and liars.
Those that are going to hell is going to hell those that are going to heaven is going to heaven….point blank..Jesus never wasted his time with people who hear the word and do not obey ! He used his time wisely in helping those that hear and do obey…those that are not against Jesus is not the enemy …remember ! To have all these other things and have not love you are nothing…and your getting nowhere ….. So are we really Christians ? Its because of this type of thinking and behavior other religion’s are winning the battle..god bless and remember stop trying to be God (judge) and save the LOST. He only cares about souls being saved nothing else… Member of the holy spirit. Bishop is a great person he is a great guy that does his best with the measure God has given him we all should do the same…….
Zorro…check your heart and intentions are you really trying to save a life ? Make sure that what you are doing your doing for Jesus that way you to won’t miss the purpose of your calling ….never met you I believe your a wonderful person full of zeal for God …just make sure that one thing is not missing ….love……ps. To help you out I will inform you that your really throwing stones at the wrong guy ..its the heart that shows God who we really are…..
I just happened to stumble upon this site. I began to research what you said and it is true about the settlement. Also, I decided to check out the International Communion of Charismatic Churches where he was ordained and also research the founder, Earl Paulk. I am shocked. All I have to say is knowledge is power. The Bible said, many will be deceived. Check out their Creed http://www.theiccc.com/creed.html. This is who ordained him. After falsely deceiving people the school had to refund people money. I would not claim a doctorate from a school that lied and deceived. People wake-up. I was blind, but now I see. I will no longer attend his church. To God be the glory!
All I have to say is who are you to judge a man that is winning souls? Who cares about degree, it’s not required to minister. Do you think God is going to give you a high five when you get to heaven for attempting to discredit one of his servants? Say his degree is fake….. Is his ministry? Are the souls he has won actually going to hell instead of heaven like they think? What’s your mo? You want him to step down? Or keep preaching the word? Sounds like you should put all this energy you are focusing on him to better use.
“All I have to say is who are you to judge a man that is winning souls?”
First off, only God wins souls. We may plant and water the seeds, but only God can bring the increase.
Second, all Christians are called to judge our teachers because if anyone preaches a false gospel he is to be accursed (Galatians 1:8-9).
Finally, if God saves someone in this mans ministry it is in spite of (not because of) his preaching. Paul and Peter warned us that many will be deceived by false teachers, so having a large following does not make you legitimate. Preaching the (whole) Gospel is what makes you a legitimate teacher
(Jay – if he’s preaching a false word, based on heretical Word of Faith theology, then I would like him to step down please – yes… and the ‘energy’ spent on exposing false prophets like him and their minions on this blogsite, is energy well spent…)
Hi folks, this is an old thread with only 2 recent entries, but if anyone is wondering what “Bishop” Bronner and “Doctor” Nancy believe about giving, here it is from their own website:
http://woffamily.org/contributions.htm
They obviously believe in “tithing”. even though they have a family owned business that they have operated for the last 60 years. One thing that I didn’t spot on their website, was a detailed, audited financial account of what happens to the “tithes” every year. Who spends it, where does it go, and what for? Who knows? If they do know, then they’re not telling… 🙂
So, if your eyesight is better than mine (I just got new glasses last month,) then please highlight where this ministry is accountable for the “tithes” that are regularly brought into “Bishop” Bronner’s “storehouse” – please? I might have missed that part.
And if you want something feel-good to read, or are into hyper faith or human potential (disguised as ‘christianity’) there’s probably a few books and DVD’s in the ESTORE (online bookshop) that you may want to catch up with here:
https://www.woffamily.org/store/index.php
And of course there’s the mega church headquarters with its plush and palatial ‘worship centre’ (with a claimed membership of some 10,000 believers,) as well as a Wiki bio on the family in business and in the ‘church’:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronner_Bros.
Enjoy…
We study to show ourselves approved unto God as a WORKMAN (not NECESSARILY Theologians for degrees) 2tim.2-15 and with that we cannot be ashamed but we should be rightly dividing the word of truth by studying the word of God thats whats critical not the earthly awards
Those of you who know BISHOP BRONNER and attend WOF know better than to be entertained or give credit to the ill-fated comments written by Zorro. Anybody can make an argument and hate on a man for anything, that’s simple, but let God judge a man by his actions and NOT what he calls himself! A person who calls himself Zorro is honestly ridiculing a person who is clearly a Bishop, and a Pastor? Just because Zorro doesn’t agree with how a man earns his titles, doesn’t mean the man doesn’t have the qualifications to hold those titles! It just means, Zorro doesn’t agree. Did President George W. Bush, really earn the title as President? I just want to know what I have to do to earn the name Zorro! Besides hide behind a mask! That’s too easy!
Thanks for commenting Andrew, are you a WOF proponent?
I agree that only fake, insecure preachers would use the title “doctor” instead of “reverend.” It indicates a lack of integrity. Now everyone wants to be a BISHOP instead of just a PASTOR. Fake people always like high-sounding titles. When so-called “Christians” do this, it is BS. I like Dale Bronner’s message, & he doesn’t need these titles to validate him. Dr. Martin Luther King had a REAL, EARNED DOCTORATE. These fakes are lazy & unworthy because they don’t want to put in the hard work to get a real DOCTORATE degree. FAKE, FAKE FAKE. All of these so-called Christians have not STUDIED TO SHOW THEMSELVES APPROVED OF GOD. God does not approve of LAZINESS & FAKES. JESUS could have come with all types of DOCTORATES, but because HE was a pure man of integrity, HE didn’t need to be called DR.JESUS. These fakes bring the name of Jesus to an open shame.
I started reading this by accident, searching for clst classes. I have taken some of the classes previously, they are not a given. You really have to study to get a decent grade. I am not a member of WOF, but I have listened to Bishop Bronner. We as believer, are all on the mission field to sow seeds, pray for the Lord to convict souls to salvation. It doesn’t matter what man says about you, he has no heaven or hell to condemn your soul. Pray for a person that is lying, the Lord says what you do in secret he will reward you openly. Let’s start praying to stop the lies, we will see them stopped. Amen
So sad that the devil knows the bible just as well as the children of God…..even if you felt like they were not justified in their “dr” status wouldn’t your mission be in the world to spread the news of a spiritual leader that you do agree with? You bashed this group but did not suggest other means or even provide your own word from God. Modern day society is what states a person needs many things to tell the word of God. I dont believe Jesus had a degree either. It’s not about paper its about whats in their spirit so if they went to an “unaccredited” school unknowingly I’m sure God still looks upon them lovingly for sharing his Word. We are here to spread God’s word and love not find ways to criticize and judge….think about that