Back in June I noted support for revivalist Todd Bentley from neo-Pentecostal leaders such as C. Peter Wagner, whose "World Prayer Center" is described by Charisma magazine as a kind of "spiritual Pentagon" where prayer warriors battle Satan and demons around the world. Wagner, who is not particularly modest, gushed:

I take the apostolic authority that God has given me and I decree to Todd Bentley, your power will increase, your authority will increase, your favor will increase, your influence will increase, your revelation will increase.

"I also decree that a new supernatural strength will flow through this ministry... Government will be established to set things in their proper order...New relationships will surface to open the gates to the future."

Wagner was partly right, as one "new relationship" did indeed "surface": unfortunately, however, it involved Bentley and a female staffer. Bentley has now withdrawn from public.