Two obvious indicators that a supposed "ministry" is not Christian or Biblical.
1. When the leadership is not submitted to a local, New Testament oriented body of believers.
2. When there is female "leadership" over men, in the home and in the church.
There is much more in the Bible that addresses and explains God's qualifications for ministry and leadership, but these two points can be recognized by people with no Biblical knowledge, which is important, because it is the uninformed who are being targeted by the Pied Pipers of "Christian ministries."
There is legitimate leadership in a true church, but it is not separate from the whole picture of local church order, unity and authority.
This is why seekers need to have Christian leaders who speak the truth (Biblical truth) in love (self-denying love), and are called, gifted, trained in Biblical ministry.
Do not turn the well-being of your soul or the well-being of your children into the hands of people who are not Biblically qualified to lead. By the time the Pied Pipers show his real colors, most of those misled children will be irretrievably damaged.
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