Kirk Cameron Sounds the Alarm on Kathryn Krick: ‘Some People’s Faith Has Been Shipwrecked’

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Actor, author, television and podcast host Kirk Cameron also has some major questions and issues with the practices and beliefs espoused by “apostle” Kathryn Krick. When examining Krick's ministry for biblical validity, he applied a five-point Scripture test.

Cameron, along with his son, James Cameron, held a discussion on Krick, leader of Five-Fold Church (5F) in Los Angeles on the Sept. 9 episode of “The Kirk Cameron Show,” and how Christian leaders recently expressed concern earlier this year after videos circulated of people shaking and falling over while meeting her at book signings,” despite having more 2 million followers on social media Church Leaders reported.

Krick's church, on its website, states that all are called to be "vessels of Him" and how "God has called us to partner with Him to restore all that was lost in the Acts church: the anointing, the fivefold ministry, apostles, prophets, purity and humility in the church, and God's principles and ways in His new win, such as using unlikely 'weak' and 'foolish' vessels according to His choosing, not man's (1 Cor. 1:27)."

Despite the massive popularity and following Krick has amassed on social media, Kirk and his son are skeptical, to say the least.

“Some people’s faith has been shipwrecked because of this kind of teaching,” Kirk told his son when he was asked regarding his thoughts on the videos.

Meanwhile, James contended that Krick’s videos are filled with “chaos” and “disorder” after referencing 1 Corinthians 14:33.

“I think that a lot of what’s happening in these videos are acts," James said. "I think a lot of people are willfully participating in them because they are wanting it to be true, but they’re playing a part."

James added that he believes she has used her acting background to garner fame and fortune through her questionable practices. 

“And I think Krick has utilized her acting skills and…became a celebrity to a congregation and she started posting videos and getting fame and getting money and getting all of the things that she wanted out of the acting career. But now she’s using God and claiming to have spiritual powers, and I think that’s one of the most dangerous combinations ever.”

Kirk also noted how Krick “showing these live deliverances of demonically possessed people, allegedly, while there’s the opportunity there for people to donate money and to sow a seed of money to her ministry…So she’s essentially monetizing these exorcisms on TikTok," according to JubileeCast.

The first, biggest and the most important question of Kirk's test in determining the validity of Krick's ministry “Is this consistent with what we read in the Bible?”

“Krick’s videos don’t depict “the attitude of the apostles in Jesus in the Scriptures when demons are cast out and people fall down to the ground to worship them.” He mentioned that when the apostles did so, they always did so in a manner that gave all the glory to God, not to themselves. 

Cameron added that she comes up short not only in the first test but also in the second. Regarding the second question, Kirk asked who ultimately receives glory from her actions. “Who becomes bigger with this ministry: Christ or the personality claiming special power, revelation, anointing or authority?”

Kirk also said Krick fails at the third part of the test, which is the gospel test, which asks the questions, “[Are] repentance, faith, holiness, obedience and the finished work of Christ central or are people chasing experiences and manifestations?”

Additionally, Kirk noted that Jesus “tells us to examine fruit [and] what does the ministry produce over time. In response, James Cameron “tells us to examine fruit [and] what does the ministry produce over time.” James pointed out that Krick is producing experience, chaos and “a hyper-spiritualized sense of euphoria…not actually growing the kingdom of God.”

Kirk concluded the assessment with the Berean Test. He recommended asking the following question: “Are followers encouraged to examine everything against Scripture…or is questioning the leader treated as questioning God?”

When leaders become “the mouthpiece for God on the earth,” he said, “that’s when you have cult leaders. This is where we get into some dangerous territory with some denominations of Christianity.”

Cameron also stressed the importance of discernment because “sometimes people get lost in the love and the tolerance of Christianity and they think, ‘I’m not supposed to judge. I can’t judge.’”

Even though we’re not “the judge of the universe” and aren’t “deciding [Krick’s] eternal fate,” Kirk said, God does tell us to “judge rightly, not hypocritically.”

“We need to “point out the speck in your brother or your sister’s eye…[and] discern good from evil,” Kirk said after we first remove the log from our eye.

As Crosswalk Headlines previously reported, other Christian leaders and figures have called out Krick on her practices, including Costi Hinn, teaching pastor at Shepherd’s House Bible Church in Chandler, Ariz., and the founder and president of the online ministry For the Gospel.

“The gospel is free. Deliverance is free. And that’s my main concern with Kathryn Krick,” said Hinn, whose uncle is Word of faith teacher, Benny Hinn, told Allie Beth Stuckey on her “Relatable” podcast earlier this month. “People want to talk about spiritual gifts and get all into the other debates. No problem. I love my Pentecostal friends. She is a false teacher.”

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Milton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributing writer for CrosswalkHeadlines and the host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast devoted to sound doctrine and biblical truth. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.