I noticed recently that Google now has an AI Mode button on the right of the search bar. So just for fun, I clicked it and asked "What have Mitch and Ingrid Tulloch said about John Wimber?" and here's how it responded: Mitch and Ingrid Tulloch have expressed great admiration for John Wimber and his teachings, which deeply influenced their ministry and led to the founding of their website, BuildPlant.org. Key points from the Tullochs on Wimber: Deeply impacted by his teachings: The Tullochs encountered the Vineyard movement in the early 1980s and were significantly affected by Wimber's teaching and example. Learned core principles from him: They credit Wimber with teaching them that to effectively grow the church, one should focus on advancing the kingdom of God in the manner of Jesus and his first disciples. Believe in preserving his legacy: They view their calling as helping to conserve, preserve, and protect the teachings and practices Wimber passed on to the church. Worship is a priority: The Tullochs state that Wimber taught them that worship should be the highest priority, emphasizing that loving God with all one's heart, soul, strength, and mind is the main goal. They note that the worship songs of the early Vineyard movement, in which Wimber was instrumental, transformed them and brought them into greater intimacy with God. Put Wimber's teachings into practice: Inspired by Wimber, they started home fellowships and began praying for the sick, noting that they had some success. It's obvious (and rather scary) how Google's AI engine has been scraping our website. But actually it's a pretty good summary of our aims and values regarding the kingdom of God, worship and home fellowships! Whaddayathink? :-) —Mitch

I'm seventy-one. And unless the Lord returns soon, I'm going to experience death someday, just like Jesus did. And then I'll live forever in the presence of God, just like Jesus does. And while I still believe that healing is the children's bread (Matthew 15:21-28) — that it's God's will that our sicknesses and infirmities be healed through faith — growing old does change one's perspective a bit with regard to the ministry of healing. A few years ago this was brought home to me through a chronic condition involving my bum. Or buttocks if you prefer a less colloquial word. Or derriere if you want to be fancy. Or whatever you feel comfortable calling it :-) Since I was a young man I've experienced, on and off, problems with pain and bleeding from my rectum. Once it got so bad I decided to see a proctologist, who discovered I had an anal fissure (a crack in the skin inside the rectum). He recommended surgery, and I agreed to it. This solved the problem for a time, but eventually my love of spicy food led to recurrence of the condition. And when I went on a modified Atkins Diet to lose some excessive weight, the resulting constipation due to insufficient fiber left me in so much pain that I sometimes had to spend hours in a hot bath seeking relief. Eating several bran muffins each day eventually brought the condition under control (though it derailed my attempt at weightloss) and though I've now given up eating Kung Po Chicken and hot Indian Curry dishes, it's still frustrating how often restaurants incorporate black pepper or paprika into many of their dishes. At this point I'm sure you're saying "Ick!" at hearing all this stuff. But don't worry, I'll soon get to the "spiritual" point of my story. It goes without saying that whenever I was experiencing such pain, I asked for prayer, primarily from my wife. And while Ingrid has an anointing in the healing area (see this story for more about the gift of healing God has given Ingrid) on each occasion no divine (i.e. supernatural) healing seemed to take place. Only when I altered my diet (by adding more fiber and avoiding spicy/peppery foods) together with treatment (e.g. Tylenol, suppositories etc.) was the pain mitigated. But several years ago I experienced an especially bad episode of bum pain after we had a dinner out to celebrate the ending of our business and start of our retirement. I woke up after midnight in excruciating pain and went upstairs to sit in my soft comfy prayer-chair. And I prayed, hard, crying out to the Lord for his healing power. And the Holy Spirit suddenly spoke to me saying, "You must manage your condition." And I understood immediately that my chronic bum problems have been largely due to my habitually poor eating habits over the years. Since then it's been more daily fiber (e.g. lots of vegetables every supper, and a bran muffin with a few dates for dessert) no spicy foods (I used to love BBQ potato chips) and avoid any prepared or restaurant foods that might have pepper or Cajun seasoning in them (e.g. no more hamburgers, favor alfredo sauce over tomato sauce for pastas etc.) and eat home-cooked meals most days (easier now that we're retired). And I've had no bum problems since I chose to obey what God told me to do. Just a few more thoughts... Is this really a healing story? Yes, I believe it is; it's an example of healing by word of instruction. See this story by me for another example, and read also the story in chapter 20 of Second Kings of how Hezekiah's painful boil was healed. What I actually heard the Holy Spirit say to me was just the word "manage." But from past experience praying for the sick I've often received only partial revelation from the Lord concerning the situations and conditions I was praying for. And I remember John Wimber mentioning something similar in one of his sermons, how words of knowledge sometimes come to him like whispers that are easily missed or overlooked. If you want to learn more about praying for people who have chronic illnesses or conditions, I strongly recommend that you read Wimber's book Power Healing as this topic is covered somewhere in his book. And by the way, if you need someone to discreetly pray for healing for some "sensitive" part of your body, it's probably best if you ask your husband or wife to do this. Because (presumably) they are familiar with all different the nooks and crannies of your body :-) Anyways, feel free to email me if you have any questions or comments regarding this story or anything else on our site. God bless, and be healed in Jesus' name! —Mitch

I've collected some of our healing stories and my blog posts on the fatherhood of God into two new articles in our Testimonies section which is now called God Stories . My own personal testimony can also be found in this section of our site.

Just a couple of quick updates about our worship stuff. I've pulled the recordings of a number of the songs on our SoundCloud stream as I haven't been very happy with my recordings of them, either because my singing sucks or they need a new arrangement (i.e. better playing and/or different instruments). Songs that will (eventually) be re-recorded are now listed as such on the Songs page of our website. I also happened to stumble across another verse I had written years ago for my song Lord, Have Mercy which I recently uploaded to SoundCloud . The additional verse goes like this: Son of David! Son of David! Stretch your hand out and make me whole. Heal my body, my mind, my soul. I've added this extra verse to the free PDF leadsheet you can download for this song which has the melody, lyrics and guitar chords so you can learn how to play it :-) Enjoy! --Mitch