It seems clear now that leaders of the UPCI, and therefore the organization itself, is taking a stand in favor of the damnable heresy known by its opponents as Magic Hair Doctrine, which has flourished in our ranks for many years. In spite of apparently increasing numbers of opponents and the rising din of their voices against it, the doctrine continues to advance unchecked by those in leadership.

The following is from her first blog post:

Hair to the Apostolic Pentecostal woman is more than just HAIR, it’s considered her glory. There are probably over 100,000 Apostolics here in America and around the world that know about 1 Cor. 11. Here are some things to ponder. Do you believe hair is your glory or do you consider it JUST HAIR?

Did you know that witches won’t cut their hair because they try to tap into the power promised to us in 1Cor 11? Do you know why Indians used to scalp their enemies? Do you know why Nuns and Buddhist monks shave their hair? What does tar and feathering mean? Do you know who it was that first starting the hair cutting trend? What date was that? What about the hippie movement?
What significance is there when hair is found at the scene of a crime?

These are the some topics I discuss in my book, MY HAIR MY GLORY. I hope to blog more to help those still struggling with this topic. I quote over 300 resources that I found when researching on the subject.

Source: http://julijasinski.blogspot.com/2009/03/interesting-findings-about-hair-for.html

Apparently, she has not posted again on the topic since March, however, she seems intent on proving her findings in her book through occult resources.

A basic rule in hermeneutics is that we should not prooftext by isolating one or two scriptures/ passages.  In this case proponents of HMH have no biblical witness for said teaching and so appealing to the occult provides “substance” to their arguments.  Rev.  Raymond Woodward also makes a similar appellation to the practices of  witchcraft in his bible study entitled, Biblical Studies in Practical Holiness“.

In Acts 16, we find Paul and his company being  followed by a slave girl possessed by a spirit of divination that made money for her owners through fortune telling. For days she cried out, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”

While true, it annoyed Paul to no end(probably because it was not of her own free will or rooted in witchcraft) and he cast the spirit out in the name of Jesus.

Notice Paul could have appealed to the seemingly “truthful” declarations of this “witch” yet does not … should provide precedence in this matter.  Is this really how one wants to prove a God-given “revelation” in the absence of biblical authority?

Moreover, there is mounting evidence coming from those involved in the occult realm and testimony of former witches that contradict such claims.

HOW LONG?

This teaching can still be purchased here:

https://sales.pentecostalpublishing.com/productDetails.asp?guid=goxruwraz&c=BOOK&pid=18349&sid=507&ptc=PPH123

Hair – Our Glory

WOW!!! I didn’t know that a simple status update would lead to this! However, I LOVE to share my testimony, and never even thought about doing it with all of my Facebook friends. I would lke to say that this is MY conviction, MY belief, and MY interpretation of the Word of God. If you don’t believe it, that is fine by me. However, please have the decency to withold all negative criticisms since this is really my heartbeat! A few years ago, I had a knot in my hair that took my mother over four hours to get out. I decided right then and there that I needed to know WHY I didn’t cut my hair! I knew it was “my glory”, but I was thinking right about then that maybe I didn’t need all that glory! I began to do an in depth study on hair to understand why the Lord would ask this of us. I went to a hair conference that was very enlightening! Proverbs 29:13 says, “Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law.” Many people discard so many of our beliefs because they do not have the revelation. I did not have one at this time! I began to pray for one! Ezekiel 28 talks about a war being waged in the spirit realm about holiness.

Lucifer had a very special place of anointed ministry, and his primary function was being a covering cherub. The cherubim, seem to be particularly assigned to the responsibility of guarding the glory of God. Lucifer, being the anointed cherub, was set forth as the chief guardian of the glory of God. Ezekiel 28:14 says that God put him in this place of delegated authority. He was honored above all of the other angels, so what could have been the root of his rebellion? Ezekiel 28:17 declares. “Thine heart was lifted up because of thine beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness…” Vanity caused him to become so proud of his outward magnificence that it began to overshadow his relationship with his Maker. When Lucifer was cast out, he lost his covering. God delegated Lucifer’s guardianship of the glory of God to the woman. I Corinthians 11:10 and 15 says “For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. But if a woman have long hair, it is a GLORY to her: for her hair is given her for a COVERING.” So to this day, Satan tempts mankind, especially women over and over to tamper with the covering because it symbolizes to him everything he lost. A woman’s hair signals to the spirit world whether she is in rebellion or in submission. The angels can tell by looking at her. That is why it is so important for us not to even trim our hair. The purpose is not to have long hair, it is to be in submission to the word of God by not cutting your hair… at all. What is one of the first thing a woman does when she backslides? She cuts her hair, losing her glory just like Lucifer did when he was cast out. She is now separated from God just like he is.

The only other place that you see the covering, the angels, and the glory mentioned together is in the Ark of the Covenant. The mercy seat covered the law. The cherubim, (the angels) were assigned to guard the glory, covered the mercy seat and were actually attached to it. Dwelling in the midst of the cherubim was the glory of God. If ever the covering, the mercy seat was removed from the Ark, the angels were removed with it. They were attached to the covering. The glory, mercy, and presence of God were removed as well, leaving only naked law, no mercy. To forfeit the covering was to forfeit divine protection! The woman, as God created her, is a picture of the Church – the Law on the inside; the covering of her submission to that law on the outside; the mercy and the angels covering her; and the glory and the presence of God dwelling over, around, and in the midst of her! The woman’s uncut hair is a part of what makes her visible and recognizable as the covered bride of Jesus Christ.

The protection is not only for the woman but also for her family! Ezekiel 10 indicates that wherever the glory was the cherubim was as well. In verses 18 and 19, when the glory of the Lord departed from the house or the temple, the cherubim lifted up their wings and departed also. They were committed to the glory! We are the temple of the Holy Ghost and we have the glory as long as we are in submission through obedience with uncut hair. When a woman cuts her hair, she actually severs the glory of God from her life. The angels will lift and depart, for they are committed to the glory. Where there is no glory, the angels are absent, leaving only harsh judgment. Have you ever noticed that the armor of God does not make a provision for the back? Isaiah 58:8 says that the glory of the Lord shall be our rearguard! Titus 2:5 says that women are to be “keepers at home”. This phrase in the Greek language has a much deeper meaning than simply housekeeping, cooking, cleaning, etc. It also means “a guard, to beware”.

Ladies, your job description involves more than housekeeping. You are to be a guard that will beware of any evil that would try to come into your homes. We can actually open up our homes for evil spirits to come in if we are in rebellion. Your uncut hair brings protection to the entire family. The devil is the ultimate liar. So, before you cut your hair, ask yourself, “Why am I doing this?” and “How will this affect my family?” Do you dare forfeit divine protection for the sake of vanity? Sometimes in the darkest trials of your life, you will feel the urge to cut your hair. During the hardest trial that I have ever been through I was on my floor in the bathroom sobbing for hours. I felt the strongest urge to cut my hair, not to get it styled, but whacked off. There was a spirit fighting HARD for me to “just shock everyone, just cut it!” Thank God that I did not give in because if the devil can just get you to cut your hair, he has stripped away your army of angels that were protecting you.

What a comfort it is to know that the angels of the Lord are encamping around about our families, diligently on guard against any intrusion of the enemy forces. I cannot always be with my husband or my children 24 hours a day, but each day as I watch him leave for work and as I send them off to school, I can plead the blood of Jesus over them, pray the armor of God on them, and ask for the angels of the Lord to encamp around about them. We can ask this with confidence if we are in obedience to God’s Word and have not severed the glory in our lives. Only eternity will reveal how many times your family was protected because of this promise of power on your head.

There was a Holy-Ghost-filled woman that claimed this promise at a very desperate time in her life. This lady’s son was in a very serious car accident. When he was brought into the emergency room, the doctors did not even work on him because the said he was too far gone. They left to go work on other patients that they thought had a better chance of survival. Somehow, this frantic mother managed to get into her son’s room along with her husband. As she stood at his bedside, she began to pray. She reminded God of how a scissors had never touched her hair. She prayed the promise of I Corinthians 11:10 and claimed the power that was available to her because of the angels. God heard that prayer, and immediately things began to happen. The doctors came back, expecting to see a young man who possibly was dead. Instead, they found that he had regained consciousness and was responding. Within a matter of days, this young man was out of the hospital. His mother had guarded the glory, and she had power on her head because of the angels!

Upon hearing this story from Penny Watkins years before I read it again in Ruth Rieder’s book, I began to pray for my son, Skyler. He had the most severe form of asthma. He took six breathing treatments that lasted about ten – fifteen minutes each treatment. Phillip and I were literally afraid to sleep at night fearing that, that would be the night he wouldn’t be able to catch his breath and we wouldn’t know. Anytime he would do something active, such as jump on the trampoline he would just start throwing up, and he couldn’t stop or breathe. Now, here I was expecting LaMarq, and I remember thinking now God is going to have to help us. I didn’t know how I would physically take the stress of staying up with an infant on top of all this with Skyler. So, when I heard this story, I went home, I let my hair down, and I began to pray the same prayer that this lady had.

I plead the blood over Skyler. He was miraculously healed. A couple of weeks without any treatments, and no attacks, I testified in church of the miracle God had done. That night Skyler had the worst attack that he had ever had. The doctor told us that there was nothing else he could do, any more medicine would mess Skyler up. He told us that we would just have to start taking him to the ER every time we saw one coming on. So, I was thinking, “ Ok, God. I know that you healed him.” So, I did the same thing, I prayed again the same prayer. Again Skyler was miraculously healed, and I do mean all the way. So I waited about a month, when I was sure, and I testified again. Again THAT NIGHT Skyler had another attack. It hit me like a ton of bricks that this was an all out war with the devil. He was scared to death of me getting a hold of this revelation. This happened 3 more times. I mean the very night I would testify, Skyler would just get a horrible attack. Phillip told me to stop testifying or Skyler was going to die. So, one night I just started rebuking the devil in JESUS name, and I told him that it didn’t matter how many times we had to do this, that it was too late, I already knew the power that I had in my hair, and that he might as well leave me alone, and He did. Skyler has not had one more attack to this day.

God has miraculously healed LaMarq, too. He had begun to start breaking out in horrible whelps all over his body. We couldn’t figure out what was happening. When we discovered it was latex, the doctor told us that his reactions were so severe that an inhalation (like a balloon) could be fatal. Ok, right. How was I going to keep my three year old away from balloons or make him understand that he could die if he tried to blow one up? So, I have to say… I’m not afraid to ask my heavenly father for anything! He has never ever ever let me down!!! So I did the same thing I layed my hair over LaMarq’s little body and prayed. Since then, not one break out!!!! We have power through our uncut hair!

Women, isn’t there something in your life you would like to have the victory over? Let your hair down… walk around your house… lay your hair over your children!!! When your unsaved husband is sleeping, lay your glory over that man and use that power you have with the angels!!! If your body is in pain…. if your finances are in trouble, if your marriage is on the rocks, if your children are straying from this truth… WHATEVER you need WE HAVE THE POWER!!!!

Skyler is old enough to understand, and when I talk to him about it he becomes very emotional. He’s not embarrassed of my hair, he knows that because I was submissive to the Word of God and didn’t cut my hair he can have a normal childhood without six breathing treatments a day… no drugs in his little body. Ladies… WE HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!!! Whatever your need is, whatever your problem is!!!

There is a story that Bro. Stoneking tells about a woman who heard a scream, she ran to the window and looked down, and her child was standing in the grass beside a woman trembling. The lady said, “ You left you window open and your child climbed onto the ledge. He fell down two stories, but there was a man standing there who caught him. The man disappeared; I don’t know where he went.” This mother had power on her head because of the angels. There are times when this power is at work on our behalf when we are not even aware of it. Our hair is our covering, just think of it like an umbrella. Oh, yes, we are going to walk through storms, but we are protected!!!!!!!!!! I just want to thank the Lord for this huge responsibility and awesome privilege! WE’RE COMING AFTER WHAT BELONGS TO US!!! WE HAVE THE POWER!!!

This was not meant to condemn, judge, or offend anyone that has cut or cuts their hair. This was meant as encouragment to all of my Pentecostal ladies/friends who do not cut their hair. I love you all!!!

As early as the PAJC days in 1945, S.G. Norris, former president of Apostolic Bible Institute, General Presbyter and author, proposed elements now found in modern-day HMH doctrine.

On pages 3 and 12 of The Pentecostal Outlook, Volume 14, Number 9, September 1945,  S.G Norris suggests that uncut hair results in a “special blessing” and power with God because of the angels.  He also proposes that women have always been the leaders in prayer and power with God.

Here are a couple of  the quotes from SG Norris’ Back to Holiness article :

Then Paul tells why a woman can either gain power with God by having her hair grow long or why she loses power with God if she cuts or bobs it (Verse 7 of  this same chapter 1 Corinth. 11)  (pg.3)

But, you women say,why should I leave my hair grow when most all other women are having theirs cut? My answer to you is a wonderful promise of God found in this same chapter we are considering today. First Corinthians chapter 11 and verse 10. Don’t forget that God never asked any of us to pay a price of holiness without offering some grand reward for our obedience, Listen …

“For this cause, or because of this allowing your hair to grow and using your hair as your covering when praying or worshipping at the house of God, then for this cause ought the woman to have power because of the angels.

” Now maybe you never just considered this verse before, but God has angels on this earth not visible to the naked eye, but present just the same, around and near those who far the Lord … the angels encamp around them that fear Him.

So there is a special blessing –a grand reward of power with God and the presence of holy angels around about a godly woman that does NOT cut her hair.

Here is a promise that I wish every woman listening in today would remember. First of all Christ needs you! … the womanhood of any generation that knew God have always been the leaders in prayer and power with God … So women, here is a promise to every godly woman, that you will have power with God because of the presence of angels, providing you use your hair for a covering and not cut it or bob it off.

Burr, in a October 1954 Pentecostal Herald article entitled “The Hair Question” asserts the following views:

1. Cutting hair is a salvational matter.

“This a matter of life or of death, eternal salvation or eternal condemnation”.

2. Short hair affects spirituality.

“Mark these words, you will never find a really spiritual woman with short hair”

3. Cutting affects God’s favor over one’s life

” It is a shame for a woman to pray with short hair. You may not need God now; but one day you will need him more than anything else in this world. Perhaps in sickness, your baby, your husband, yourself. In death, in distress, how will you be able to kneel before him in sincerity with your short hair, a very banner of rebellion, mocking Him even as you try to lay hold of him in prayer’

(Source: http://www.1stapostolic.org/PDF/Pent…rald195410.pdf)

The last point (#3) by Burr and the power attached to hair by Norris  are very much foundational to today’s modern-day HMH doctrine. Often proponents say that bring one’s uncut hair, as a covenant made before God, has power before His throne. The notion of the uncut hair covenant to be rewarded is pervasive in the testimonies attributed to uncut hair.

For decades, some preachers have taught that there is a parallel with the idea of hair being a covering and the phrase “because of the angels” with the ARK OF THE COVENANT IN THE OT. In a Because of the Times message, Anthony Mangun makes this analogy in his sermon, “God’s Pattern”. He maintains his father, Elder GA Mangun, taught him this.

See this video to hear him make this correlation between “glory”, “angels” and covering with the ark of the covenant:

http://www.apostolicvideo.net/play.php?vid=139

This ark of the covenant analogy is also taught by Elder James Groce, Because of the Angels 11/24/2008. here:

http://www.inlandlighthouse.com/new/page.php?ID=239

In modern HMH doctrine, Ruth Reider, in her book, Power Before the Throne, gleans from this idea … from the fact that angels, coverings and God’s glory are all mentioned in the 1 Corinthians 11 passage and reasons that the only other time we see these words together is with ark of the covenant. She argues that satan was originally a covering cherub and lost his place. Thus she adduces that “God in his amazing and poetic nature delegated Lucifer’s lost estate to woman.”

Sister Reider writes (pgs.66-67):

” The only other place where you see these three components mentioned together – the covering, the angels, and the glory – is in the Ark of the Covenant. The mercy seat covered the testimony, the law. The cherubims, the angels assigned to guard the glory, covered the mercy seat and, indeed, were attached to it. Dwelling in the midst of the cherubim was the glory of God. If ever the covering, the mercy seat, was removed from the Ark, the angels were removed with it. They were attached to the covering. The glory, mercy, and presence of God were removed as well, leaving only naked law, no mercy. To forfeit the covering was to forfeit the divine protection!.”

“The token of our New Testament salvation is the blood applied through baptism in Jesus’ Name. Without the covering of the blood, we are exposed to naked law without mercy. The woman’s hair is a type and shadow of the covering that Jesus provided for His Church. Not submitting to typology can be disastrous. (Just ask Moses.)

“The woman, as God created her, is a picture of the Church – the Law on the inside; the covering of her submission to that law on the outside; the mercy and the angels covering her; and the glory and the presence of God dwelling over, around, and in the midst of her! The woman’s uncut hair is a part of what makes her visible and recognizable as the covered bride of Jesus Christ

{Todd Weber, in refuting, also quotes Reider saying -}

On page 55, with the chapter heading: “Guardians of the Glory.” Reider writes:

“The cherubim, one of the angelic orders, seem to be particularly assigned the responsibility of guarding the glory of God. The verses that place them beside the throne of God and ever on guard are Psalm 80:1, Psalm 99:1, and Isaiah 37:16. Thus, Lucifer, as the anointed cherub, was set forth as the chief guardian of the glory of God.”

From page 65, of Reider’s PBT, comes this disturbing section, following a quotation of Ezekiel 28:14, 16:

“Lucifer’s main responsibility was as the covering cherub that guarded the glory of God. When he was cast out, he lost his covering. God in His amazing and poetic nature delegated Lucifer’s lost estate to the woman. “For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. But if a woman have long hair, it is a GLORY to her: for her hair is given her for a COVERING” (1 Corinthians 11:10 and 15). This issue of the hair is of major proportions. The enemy tempts women over and over to tamper with the covering because it symbolizes to him everything that he lost. When he sees a saint of God who is a guardian of the glory, he gnashes his teeth in frustration and anger…Women are now the “Guardians of the Glory.” As the aforementioned Scripture declares, it is a glory to the woman. The glory is not hers but is the glory of God residing upon her and in her life.”

She also makes this unfounded extrabiblical claim on page 67:

“The woman’s hair is a type and shadow of the covering that Jesus provided for his church.”

In morphing these doctrines: hair resulting in favor, hair being linked to a cherubic covering, and a hair as a covenant type … Reider goes on to establish, on page 68, that since the “armor of God” (presumably from Ephesians 6:11, although not stated) does not include protection for the back, God has provided such protection in a woman’s hair, based on Isaiah 58:8 (“…the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.”).

Then she ties this idea to Titus 2:5 (“To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”) to make the point that women are

“to be a guard that will beware of any evil that would try to come into your homes” (p. 69),

followed by the statement,

“Your uncut hair brings protection to your entire family” (p. 69).

In order to prove her point, the author relates a story involving a young married couple who were Bible school students. Apparently, the husband committed adultery, and

“their lives were shattered, and their ministry was completely ruined.”

This is alleged to have occurred as a result of the wife’s prior indiscretion of cutting her hair:

“the spirit of vanity had caused her to become more concerned about the appearance of her split ends than about her obedience to God” (p. 69).

Lastly, in this author’s opinion, its clear … error begets error.

Consequently, some would argue that these teachings are simply “rogue” doctrines taught by a handful of misled teachers. Yet when one realizes that this teaching is marketed by the UPCI by their official publishing house – PPH … one must wonder if this perhaps is a ringing endorsement?

The caption next to her book at the PPH website reads:

“Lee Stoneking states, ‘This book is a must for every woman of God who wishes to make her calling and election sure in His great kingdom.’

Ruth Rieder fearlessly raises her voice regarding God’s purpose for women. She gives strong biblical reasons for women to have long, uncut hair.”

Someone, somewhere, clearly believes the reasons in said book are biblically strong.

In their bio of the author … they state:

The writing ministry of Ruth began in a unique manner. It all started in the autumn of 1998 with a session that she taught at the Texico District ladies conference that was entitled “Power Before the Throne.” There was a strong desire on the part of the ladies to know more about the positive power of holiness. Sister Havens, among others, encouraged her to write a book. However, Ruth did not feel capable of such an undertaking. Six weeks later at the Oregon ladies conference, the subject of holiness arose during a time of fellowship following the service. As Ruth began to share the insight that she had received, Gwyn Oakes strongly urged her to put the exciting revelations into a book.

When the Ladies director of said organization encourages that these “exciting revelations” be placed in a book, it should cause one to pause and reflect if this is simply a means to an end. Not surprisingly, this very Division, in 2006, published a miracle attributed to uncut hair here:

http://www.ladiesministries.org/reflections/2006/r0611a.asp

When?

Elder Glass once said, ” Silence is consent”.  Yet, in addition to silence there seems to be elements ecouraging, condoning, appeasing this teaching.  Or is this an ends to a means?

Atleast, three books authored by licensed ministers teaching this doctrine are sold by the UPCI’s Publishing House and from my understanding they are top sellers :

Power Before the Throne – Ruth Reider
http://sales.pentecostalpublishing.com/productDetails.asp?…

Angels Watching Over Me- Reider (Children’s book)

http://sales.pentecostalpublishing.c…44080020B266CA

My Hair, My Glory – Juli Jasinski
http://sales.pentecostalpublishing.c…507&ptc=PPH123

Also the org published this photo, of a district rally, on their website photo gallery with this caption a couple of summers ago
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x290/fuerza410/hair1.jpg

The org has published  at least one article in their official organ about a  hair miracle, The Pentecostal Herald, adding credence to the practice of laying hair on the sick that has been evidenced at some meetings.

Ministers teaching this doctrine have received honorariums from districts and the org itself having taught these teachings at org and district venues.

The org, reportedly, has had various board meetings and have received letters from various pastors and ministers concerning this matter for over a decade and have yet to address this issue as they have other “rogue” doctrines … divine flesh, preterism, etc.

Tacit approval?  It can easily perceived as so.

On pages 3 and 12 of The Pentecostal Outlook, Volume 14, Number 9, September 1945,  S.G Norris suggests that uncut hair results in a “special blessing” and power with God because of the angels.  He also proposes that women have always been the leaders in prayer and power with God.

Here are a couple of  quotes of his “Back to Holiness” article:

Then Paul tells why a woman can either gain power with God by having her hair grow long or why she loses power with God if she cuts or bobs it (Verse 7 of  this same chapter 1 Corinth. 11)  (pg.3)

But, you women say,why should I leave my hair grow when most all other women are having theirs cut? My answer to you is a wonderful promise of God found in this same chapter we are considering today. First Corinthians chapter 11 and verse 10. Don’t forget that God never asked any of us to pay a price of holiness without offering some grand reward for our obedience, Listen …

“For this cause, or because of this allowing your hair to grow and using your hair as your covering when praying or worshipping at the house of God, then for this cause ought the woman to have power because of the angels.

” Now maybe you never just considered this verse before, but God has angels on this earth not visible to the naked eye, but present just the same, around and near those who far the Lord … the angels encamp around them that fear Him.

So there is a special blessing –a grand reward of power with God and the presence of holy angels around about a godly woman that does NOT cut her hair.

Here is a promise that I wish every woman listening in today would remember. First of all Christ needs you! … the womanhood of any generation that knew God have always been the leaders in prayer and power with God … So women, here is a promise to every godly woman, that you will have power with God because of the presence of angels, providing you use your hair for a covering and not cut it or bob it off.  (pg. 12)

Coincidentally, or not, a student under S.G. Norris and ABI graduate (1967), evangelist Lee Stoneking, echoes many of these same sentiments adding   in a recent sermon, on Sunday, June 29th, seems to further spiritualize this feminization of the Church to new heights with his claim that women hold the keys to revival with their compliance to the uncut hair doctrine. He also affirms that his interpretation of 1 Corinthian 11:10 is a “glorious” revelation by which a woman owes the authority, or power, to her head through, or because of, the angels and a “higher court”. This power (exousia) that comes through her not cutting her hair leads to a “freedom for the whole Church community.”

Stoneking tells the Memphis congregation that if a woman doesn’t comply to this one commandment we will never have the revival we seek without them … or have freedom in the Spirit without her compliance. He suggests, when women don’t cut their hair there is a depth of power, authority that will “sweep over the entire Church”. He candidly admits males cannot participate in causing this. Sadly, he believes that this potential sweeping revival “all has do with your hair (speaking to women).

The evangelist even goes as far as affirming Freudian psychology that maintains a boy gets his male identity from his mother. He believes that her rebellion will be transferred to him if she cuts her hair. This boy will subsequently sire a generation that is more rebellious than hers all because of her disobedience of this one act related to divine order, according to the preacher.

The most disturbing aspect of this preaching segment is an anecdote used to substantiate this “power”. He tells of a preacher who is unable to find a solution to various problems in the local church until his wife, a week later, offers a solution. He implies this word of knowledge is linked to her uncut hair, not the Spirit. Elder Stoneking tells listeners, “Women walk in a realm the that is absolutely miraculous” because of their uncut hair. One has to wonder if this sign of submission, taught by some, has become a sign of authority rule and superior anointing?

Stoneking, later, in his sermon asks what would happen if Christian women took a cue from witches and New Agers (who associate hair with “cosmic” power and spells). He proposes them taking off their hair pins, letting their hair down and shaking it the wind – asking, “What would we happen if our women did this?” Again seemingly implying that the follicles of women’s hair are linked to being a key to unprecedented revival.

The following is an excerpt of 1996 transcription of a Stoneking message that echoes the 2008 recycling of this doctrine:

Then the Bible goes on to say, “For this cause, ought the women to have power on head because of the angels.” That is a fascinating and intriguing study. “For this cause, ought…” “Ought” in the Greek means to “owe or be indebted”. “For this cause, ought the women to have power.” The word “power” means, “authority, ability, authority, rule”. “…on her head because of the angels.” The word “because” is translated to mean, “through, by or with”. So, if you put it together, what I Cor II:10 is saying, “For this cause ought the women to have power on her head because of the angels.” Therefore, the women is indebted or owes her authority on her head with the angels.

Power. The original meaning is the “ability to perform and act, the right, the authority”. Now, get this, “and the permission conferred upon her by a higher court”.

“For this cause, the women is owing or indebted to the inward power, which is conferred upon her by a higher court with and by the angels.”

The word, “power” comes from the Greek word, I think, “esousa”. It means “as a divinely given authority act” Esousa implies, “freedom for the whole community”.

I have always known in the Spirit, that in our churches and in our homes, where our women did not cut their hair that there was some kind of angelic power and protection that was there continuously, but I didn’t know until this year, until I went to the Greek and dug it out. I didn’t know how really accurate I was. I’ve always felt it in the Spirit, but now I can prove it Biblically, Biblically, that in churches where our women do not cut their hair. It’s not the long and short of it, ladies. It is “uncut”. Don’t tell me you have long hair and then keep trimming the ends so that it doesn’t get any longer than where it is now. That’s not the issue. The issue is not long or short. The issue is “uncut” because in some cultures women’s hair, it does not grow long. So, it’s not long or short. That’s not the issue. The issue is “uncut”.

I have known and now can prove it, spiritually from the Bible, that in our churches, in our homes, where our women, our ladies do not cut their hair there is a kind of angelic protection that flows out from them for the whole Christian community.

Powerful! Powerful!

If a women wants to be free, say, “free”, she lets her hair grow. If she wants to be bound, she does not let her hair grow, but if she allows her hair to grow long, uncut, in compliance with God’s relationship to man, then the church community has a freedom in the Spirit which does not exist without her compliance. I’ve watched this year. I know some men that are powerful in the Spirit. Powerfully used by God. But, I’ve watched a couple of them, even this year, they came up against a problem and they could not find an answer to. They couldn’t come to any kind of an answer, but the wife, who is in the background, usually, they had never cut their hair. One day he walked in just twisting his hands, one of them in particular, and she came to him and she said, “This is the answer here.” And she mapped out an answer that was so perfect, he staggered at the wisdom in it. Do you know why she got a hold of that and he didn’t? Because ladies, among us, who do not cut their hair are entangled with angels and the wisdom and power of angels that men are not connected to and they cannot be connected to it.

Only eternity will reveal how many times in our homes and in our churches, where our women have not cut their hair, only eternity will reveal how many times an angel of the Lord has stepped out and pulled a child back from oncoming traffic. How many times your husband, on the way to work, suddenly and angel stepped between him and an oncoming car. Only eternity will reveal that.

If these extrabiblical musings don’t emasculate men in the Church, further, I don’t know what does. If you have short hair and feel powerless after reading these things … don’t buy it.  What is proposed is an example of hermeneutical gymnastics.

Most importantly, one cannot marginalize, also, the inherent dangerous flirtations with replacing the power, anointing and authority of the Holy Spirit, idolatry, and angel worship these teachings can lead to.

In a popular Apostolic e-zine, geared towards young ladies, called Today’s Christian Girl, Harvey writes:

Have any of your friends ever asked you, “Why don’t you cut your hair?” What was your response? Did you say, “Well it’s my religion” or “My parents won’t let me” or “I can’t, just because . . . . . .”? Actually there is a far great reason than religion, your parent’s wishes, or some vague explanation. We don’t cut our hair because God’s Word commands the woman to have long hair. (See 1Corinthains 11) Our obedience then brings a wonderful promise of protection. Like the armor of God, our uncut hair provides a covering of safety for us and our families.

Furthermore, according to I Corinthians 11:10, we have power on our head because of the angels. That literally means there are big, strong angels watching over you all the time. I like to call them “Angelic Bodyguards.” A ‘bodyguard’ is a person who is responsible for the physical safety of someone. All important people such as presidents, kings or queens have many bodyguards who carry guns and watch over them. Just think, you are so important to God that He has appointed special angelic agents to watch over you 24/7.

The length of your hair is not important because God made every person different. He decides how long your hair grows and what matters to Him is that you never cut the hair created especially for you. Never put a scissors to your hair because the Bible says your long hair is a glory to you. This means your uncut hair is a visible sign of God’s glory resting on your head. Perhaps that is why your friends ask about your hair. Your light is continually shining for Jesus when they see your uncut hair. Please, don’t ever put out that glorious light. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!

http://www.todayschristiangirl.com/Girl%20Talk/Holiness/Shining_Glory.htm

Anonymous on Sep 23 2008 @ 4:10pm (anonymous from CPE-72-131-99-108.wi.res.rr.com)
Hair
Ok, so I understand that the scripture in Corinthians says women aren’t supposed to cut their hair… God won’t strike me down from heaven if I do, right? So why is it so important? I hate my long hair! It is hard to take care of and never looks nice anyway. I spend lots of money on different products to make it nice and none of them work! My hair actually breaks off a lot because of putting it up all the time, too.

Besides, Paul was the one who came up with the law not Jesus… So why do we follow it?

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The response by a poster named, Leah:

Leah on Oct 01 2008 @ 10:55am (anonymous from CPE-65-29-156-46.wi.res.rr.com)
woman’s hair

In reply to your question about your hair…Yes, Paul physically wrote it, but, 2 Timothy 3:16 says,”All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. This means that God inspired EVERY word. About the hair… No, God will not strike you down because you cut your hair. However, God’s word says that our hair is a symbol of power, because of the angels. It is also a glory for a woman to have long hair and is given as a covering when she prays. (1 Corinthians 11:10-15) Just think about it…God honors the fact that we have been obedient and have let our hair grow, and gives us power, because of the angels, when we pray. I believe that this gives us power over the enemies of the darkness of this world (angels) (For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12) So, when you get on your knees,or however you pray, you are given a power over satan and his dominions. How awesome is that? Just by being obedient and letting your hair grow. God also says that His thoughts are not our thoughts, neither are His ways our ways. (Isaiah 55:8) We cannot understand why God does the things that He does, but there is significant value in being obedient to His word. If you continue to let your hair grow (uncut, split ends and all) God’s word says that you will have POWER when you pray. I know that for me, this is reason enough.

A Woman’s Position, Power and Glory – Sermon Notes (PDF)
The study ends with this assertion:

Paul also says a woman should have this symbol of authority on her head ‘because of the angels’ (v10). When Satan first deceived the woman to sin, he appealed to her pride and human desire for self-glorification (Gen.3:5-7). She stepped out from under the covering and protection of God’s law and suffered spiritual defeat and later, physical death. Since it worked the first time, Satan and his evil angels continue to use the same tactic on women – an appeal to their pride. When enemy spirits observe a woman who has a symbol of authority on her head, they are forced to consider that this is not likely to be a woman consumed with pride. Thus her hair becomes her glory and protection – the sign of her submission to God, the word of God and her male ‘head’. She is covered.
Good angels, working on God’s behalf, also see the woman with the symbol of authority on her head and deem her to be submitted to her ‘head’. In light of this, they should help, protect and minister to her.

The following is written by an Apostolic young lady by the named of Taffy on March 16th.
Source: http://queengypsykay.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

Spiritual laws

When Lee Stoneking talked about the power in women’s hair. I understood, because just as he claims, even witches knows how powerful hair can be.

We don’t dismiss their beliefs because how else can they get their sorcery to work?

Sadly, God has already said that too, in His bible. But, people give more credence to the work of witches than they do to the word of God.

They have borrowed their concepts from what God himself has put power in.

If you obtain a lock of a person’s hair, you can send evil spirits their way, this is the common belief.

Voodoo witch doctors do it.

I have always known that there is power in certain things in this world.

Certain acts DO have spiritual significance.

Words put together in a certain way have power.

Names have power- that is why royalty usually keep their birth names secret.

Blood has power.

So, in this sense, baptizing someone, in the name of Jesus has significance. Because his name has power.

The name Jesus can send out a ripple so fierce it can literally turn things around in a split second.

Say it, pray it, several times a day. Jesus, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and sit back and watch the significance of His name unfold.

Does anyone else see the danger of this doctrine?

The following article is written by Jay Jones. He is the pastor of The Pentecostals of Kentwood. This revival church in the city of Kentwood, Michigan is filled with passionate men and women of all ages who love God with all their being, and have a deeply genuine love for other people.

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Among those who believe and teach the truth of 1 Corinthians 11 in regards to women maintaining uncut hair, there are some who believe in error about the “power” that is linked to the doctrinal practice.

There should be a baseline of understanding set when approaching this discussion. First and foremost, there is no doctrine of a woman’s hair containing, eliciting, exuding, projecting, etc. any type of miraculous power in this entire chapter.

The word translated “power” (exousia) in this chapter is more accurately translated “a symbol of authority”. It is not to be confused with indwelling, or residing “power” (dynamis) such as is given through the Holy Ghost in Acts 1:8.

In 1 Corinthians 11 the woman’s hair is to be “a symbol of authority on her head”, or a symbol that she is under authority.

Many people have a false perception of this passage of scripture simply because the word in English has been translated as “power”, and they make the error of assuming some type of miraculous power resides in the woman’s hair. This is not true, and is not being taught in this set of verses at all.

From the outset of the chapter, it is clear that Paul is laying out the case for, and the structure of, God’s divine order of authority and submission. When this order of submission is broken, there is a price to pay. Such it was with the angles of God who “left their first estate” (Jude 1:6). This clarifies the reason that a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head “because of the angels”. This phrase does not allude to angels keeping watch over those women who have long, uncut hair, and somehow releasing “power” to them for their obedience or covering which they can then use to perform miracles. Again, the word power here does not allude to miraculous or divine emanation or exertion of power. It is referring to the simple act of portraying that the woman is under her God-ordained “head”… her symbol of authority.

To read the rest of this article click here
http://www.preachingpoints.com/2008/11/on-womens-uncut-hair-and-powerauthority/