StandFirmInFaith.com has posted videotape of evangelist Todd Bentley’s “Apostolic and Prophetic Commissioning” service.

Stand Firm In Faith, knowing that it caters primarily to Anglicans, included a viewer advisory: “Warning: The Video Below Will Freak You Out.”

Bentley, you’ll recall is a heavily-tattooed and metal-pierced preacher who suspended his ministry in 2008 after leaving his wife. The board of Bentley’s Fresh Fire Ministries announced on Nov. 28 that “Todd Bentley has demonstrated himself unfaithful to his wife by entering into a relationship with another woman while still legally married. He has consumed more alcohol on a few occasions than is prudent or becoming a Christian leader (or any believer for that matter).”

But the board is trying to restore Bentley to the ministry and is asking people to consider Bentley’s achievements as well as his shortcomings: “His sins have been sins of the flesh and we do not defend them. He has, however, also seen over 1 million people make decisions for Christ in the 10 years of his ministry. ”

In hindsight, the board says, “Many early signs that something was drastically wrong were overlooked. ”

Watch the video of Bentley being commissioned as a Prophet and Apostle and see if you can spot any “early warning signs” for yourself.

Or this one where Bentley knees a man with colon cancer in the stomach.

Or this one where Bentley delivers a “Bam-Bam-Bam-Bam-Bam”, uh, “anointed head-butt” to a blind man.

Or this one where Bentley describes hitting an elderly woman who had requested prayer.

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