Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret

Many in America and indeed around the world attend church to learn about God, to learn about ourselves and to connect with God and others. Along with that is a general belief that the church will be spiritually safe. After all, the best source of knowledge about God comes from His self-revelation which is contained in His inspired, inerrant word, the Bible. Many things can be confusing when trying to figure out the Bible on your own. Pastors and church leaders are looked to and relied on to carefully teach and guide the church family. They are trusted to keep false teaching outside the doors, preventing it from springing up within the church. Unfortunately, false teaching operates on a spiritual level like a virus does on a physical level. A pastor, elder or someone they trust may be introduced to new idea, spiritual tool or concept from what is believed to be a reliable source. It may be embraced as a path to a better understanding of God and self. Perhaps it offers a way to greater spiritual growth and perhaps numerical growth for the church. Even with the best intentions and efforts of spiritual leaders, they become spiritually infected and in turn, pass it on to the flock they care for. We would suggest that is what we have been witnessing with so many who have embraced Richard Rohr and the Enneagram he has delivered into the church through his disciples.

The claims for the Enneagram are simple. Supposedly it is an ancient tool used by some of the Early Church Fathers. It is claimed to be the "face of God" and each Enneagram number is an individual spiritual path to deeper spiritual understanding and fuller self-awareness. But what if this is one of the largest deceptions we have seen perpetrated on the church in a very long time?

Don Veinot (L.L. "Don) Veinot Jr) is co-founder and president of Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc. (MCOI), a mission to cults and non-Christian religions based in Wonder Lake, IL. Don and Joy (his wife since 1970) have been involved in discernment ministry as missionaries to New Religious Movements since 1987.

Don is a frequent guest on numerous radio and television broadcasts including The John Ankerberg Show as well as being a staff researcher and writer for the Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc. Journal. Additionally, Don is co-author of the book A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and the Christian Life as well as contributing author of Preserving Evangelical Unity: Welcoming Diversity in Non-Essentials. Furthermore, he is the author of various research articles in the CRI Journal, PFO Quarterly Journal, Campus Life Magazine, Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics, Midwestern Journal of Theology, and other periodicals.

Don was ordained to the ministry by West Suburban Community Church of Lombard, IL at the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, Israel in March of 1997. He is a charter member of International Society of Christian Apologetics (ISCA) and is also the current President of Evangelical Ministries to New Religions (EMNR), a consortium of counter-cult/apologetic and discernment ministries from around the country. In addition, Don co-hosts a weekly webcast with Ron Henzel, Senior Researcher for MCOI, called "The Unknown Webcast," which can be found on their YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/MidwestoutreachOrg.

The MCOI website is www.midwestoutreach.org. MCOI also has a weekly e-letter, The Crux, and you can follow Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc. on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Parler, and USA.Life. Joy Veinot is co-founder of Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc. (MCOI), a mission to cults and non-Christian religions based in Wonder Lake, IL. Joy and her husband Don, have been married since 1970 and have been involved in discernment ministry as missionaries to cults and non-Christian Religions since 1987. Joy is co-author of the book, A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and the Christian Life as well as researcher and contributor the written material and blog on the MCOI website www.midwestoutreach.org MCOI also has a weekly e-letter, The Crux, and you can follow Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc. on FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Parler, and USA.Life Before becoming a Christian, Marcia Montenegro was involved for many years in Eastern spiritual beliefs (Hindu and Buddhist), New Age, and Occult practices. She was also a certified, professional astrologer who taught Astrology for several years and served as chairperson of the Astrology Board of Examiners (ABE) and President of the Astrological Society in Atlanta, GA. Through her full-time ministry, Christian Answers for the New Age (CANA), Marcia speaks around the country at churches and conferences and on numerous radio broadcasts, internet webcasts, and podcasts. She has articles published in various magazines and written chapters included in books on the New Age and Occult topics.

Marcia has a Master's Degree in Religion from Southern Evangelical Seminary, Charlotte, NC. Marcia serves as a missionary with Fellowship International Mission (FIM), Allentown, PA. Based in Arlington, VA she is the mother of an adult son and also the author of SpellBound: The Paranormal Seduction of Today's Kids (Cook, 2006).

Marcia's CANA website is www.christiananswersforthenewage.org. You can also follow her on Facebook at Christian Answers for the New Age Dr. H. Wayne House is Distinguished Professor of Theology, Law, and Culture at Faith International University and Seminary in Tacoma, Washington. He formerly was Professor of Constitutional Law at Trinity Law School and Professor of Theology and Culture at Trinity Graduate Schools, Trinity International University, Santa Ana, California, and Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary.

Dr. House has been author, co-author, or editor of nearly forty books and author of more than one-hundred journal and magazine publications, and a contributor to several books, dictionaries and encyclopedias. Among his many books are Nelson Study Bible (NT editor); Nelson's Illustrated Bible Commentary (NT editor); The Battle for God; Charts on Open Theism and Orthodoxy; Charts of Apologetics and Christian Evidences; Charts of World Religions; Charts of Cults, Sects, and Religious Movements; A Christian View of Law; Restoring the Constitution; Israel: the Land and the People; Faithful Preaching: Preparing and Delivering Transformational Sermons; Intelligent Design 101; Reasons for Our Hope: An Introduction to Christian Apologetics; Doctrine Twisting: How Cults Distort the Bible; The Evangelical Dictionary of World Religions; Dictionary of Heresies and Heretics of Early Christianity (forthcoming), House's Visual Study Bible (forthcoming) and is now publishing a variety of resources electronically with Olive Tree Bible Software for the iPad, iPhone, and a variety of PDAs.

Dr. House was founding president of the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW), and serves on a variety of boards, including Evangelical Ministries to New Religions (EMNR), Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness (IDEA Center), and Polynesian Missions. He is a past national president of the Evangelical Theological Society.

He is married to Irina House, and has two children and six grandchildren. His website for tours is http: //www.christianstudytours.com; and his personal website is http: //www.hwhouse.com. He may be "friended" at Hershel Wayne House on Facebook, or @hwhouse on Twitter.