By Shofarsound/Endtimeshofar
The scriptures, particularly Matthew 24, warn of pervasive
deception in the last days, where false prophets will rise and "deceive many." This prophetic caution is crucial for believers to discern truth
from falsehood, especially when examining those in positions of spiritual
authority. Just as 2 Peter 2:1-3 highlights how false teachers, "through
covetousness," exploit Christians with "feigned words," so too
does the fruit of a minister's life reveal the true nature of their spirit.
When manipulation, intimidation, domination, arrogance, and pride become
evident, or when the focus shifts from Christ to personal gain and material
things, a "false prophet" is revealed by "Biblical
standards". Such spiritual deception and potential exploitation find a
disturbing parallel in the recent allegations against Prophet Brian Carn.
The Contradiction of
Alleged Conduct and Prophetic Claims
Prophet Brian Carn, born September 11, 1989, in
Jacksonville, Florida, is widely recognized as an international prophetic
voice, author, and minister (About the Prophet - Brian Carn Ministries, 2025).
His ministry often emphasizes prophetic accuracy, humility, and passion, with
numerous testimonies of physical and mental healing, financial breakthroughs,
and supernatural provision attributed to his work (About the Prophet - Brian
Carn Ministries, 2025). He states he received salvation at the age of eight and
by twelve was conducting revivals, even undertaking an 88-day prayer and fast
(Brian Carn - Age, Family, Bio | Famous Birthdays, n.d.). During this period,
he notably attended a Benny Hinn crusade where Hinn prophesied a
"double" anointing and mantle upon him, a moment that "further
confirmed and catalyzed his fire for the Kingdom of God" (Momentum Sunday
- World Harvest Church, 2025). Despite these proclaimed spiritual foundations
and public endorsements from figures like Benny Hinn and Rod Parsley (KNCBTM,
2015), recent allegations cast a long shadow over the authenticity of his
"fruit."
The Bible clearly instructs that "Ye shall know them by
their fruits" (Matthew 7:16). When a minister's actions contradict their
proclaimed anointing and teachings, their true nature is revealed. Prophet
Brian Carn has faced serious accusations of sexual misconduct. In 2018, a former ministry worker, Pierre
Whitlow, posted a video alleging that Carn had an affair with his wife, Keisha,
who was presented as Carn's "victim" (Leonardo Blair, 2018). Keisha
Whitlow stated she was "manipulated in a very low time" by a man they
"trusted," who had even baptized her (Leonardo Blair, 2018). Such
behavior is a profound "violation of a man of God's duties".
“The Web of
Deception: Multiple Accusations and "Church Conditioning"
The allegations against Prophet Brian Carn have only grown.
In June 2025, Vashti Ennis, who claimed to be Carn's "longtime
girlfriend" for ten years, made a public Facebook post accusing him of
"cheating, deception, and spiritual, emotional, and psychological
manipulation" (Pallavi Kanungo, 2025). Ennis stated that Carn declared her
his wife while engaging in a "double lifestyle" and manipulating
"other women under the guise of ministry" (Pallavi Kanungo, 2025). She
believed she was his "wife-in-waiting" but became "stuck in a
toxic cycle of church culture cover-ups, sexual compromise, and psychological
warfare" (Gerald Jackson, 2025). Ennis explicitly blamed "church
conditioning" for keeping her "in bondage," alleging that members
are "taught not to question pastors" and to "ignore abuse in the
name of spiritual covering" (Gerald Jackson, 2025). This aligns with the
biblical warning in Hosea 4:6 that "the lack of knowledge destroys
people", and the danger when a pastor becomes an "accomplice to these
spiritual crimes" by giving a platform to those who deceive.
Further compounding these issues, a second woman, Mya Love,
came forward shortly after Ennis's accusations, detailing her own
"traumatic experience" with Carn in 2020 while attending his Kingdom
City Church (KCC) (Gerald Jackson, 2025). Mya Love explicitly stated, "YOU
DIDN'T PASTOR ME—YOU PREY ON ME" (Gerald Jackson, 2025). She claimed that
"multiple women have reached out to her with similar stories,"
accusing Carn of similar activities, lamenting that "women are still being
taken advantage of in the name of God" (Gerald Jackson, 2025). These
consistent allegations from multiple women, spanning years, strongly suggest a
"pattern of infidelity and manipulating other women" (Pallavi
Kanungo, 2025). Such "unrighteous fruit" undeniably points to a
failure to "guard the sheep against the wolves who are spiritually
devouring the members of the local Church".
The Implications of
Unaccountability and "Roaring Lions"
The absence of accountability within certain ministerial
circles allows false prophets to persist in their destructive patterns,
reminiscent of Ezekiel 22:25-28, where prophets "divining lies" are
akin to "roaring lions ravening the prey," devouring souls and taking
"treasure and precious things". While the recent allegations against
Carn focus on sexual misconduct, it is essential to remember that "false
prophets and false teachers exploit Christians to gain monetary benefits
through lies and deception". Indeed, Carn was also implicated in a lawsuit
with fellow "prophet" Kofi Danso in 2017, in which a business
aircraft leasing company alleged that the two preachers owed over $716,000 in
rent for a private jet they had leased in 2015 (Leonardo Blair, 2018). This
demonstrates a pattern of conduct that prioritizes material interests over
spiritual integrity, further emphasizing that "the love of money is the
root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:10).
The response from Brian Carn to the recent allegations by
Vashti Ennis and Mya Love has been a sermon where he stated he would "try
to pursue it, try to make amends, try to get things right, own it, take
responsibility, but don't wallow in it" (Pallavi Kanungo, 2025). He
also "reposted messages from supporters on social media" (Pallavi
Kanungo, 2025). However, for true spiritual health, "Believers should
know... that God allows us, through His Word, to test the spirits and test
everything because of the false prophets who are out to deceive people".
The "lack of spiritual discernment makes a person believe that the wolf in
sheep's clothing is an actual Man or Woman of God".
How Would
Early Christian Writings define Brian Carn as a False Prophet?
As we review Brian Carn's prophesies, money and material
gain are a primary focus in a Church service. His illicit adulterous relationship
with Pierre Whitlow's wife, Keisha Whitlow, and his practice of fornication
with illicit relationships with Vashti Ennis and Mya Love, among many other
women, with whom he has allegedly had relationships, it seems that Carn
spellbound these women to get them in bed with him. Let’s examine how some Early Church writings on identifying false prophets will assess Brian Carn’s behavior and character, and how they align not only biblically with the characteristics of a false prophet but also within Early Church writings. Let’s examine:
Carn Prophesies for Money:
•
"Hear now," said he, "concerning
the earthly and vain spirit, which has no power but is foolish. In the first
place, that man who seems to have a spirit exalts himself, and desires to have
a chief place, and straight-way he is impudent and shameless and talkative and
conversant in many luxuries and in many other deceits and receives money for
his prophesying, and if he receives not, he prophesies not. Now can a divine
Spirit receive money and prophesy It is not possible for a prophet of God to do
this, but the spirit of such prophets is earthly.
•
In the next place, it never approaches an assembly
of righteous men; but avoids them, and cleaves to the doubtful-minded and
empty, and prophesies to them in corners, and deceives them, speaking all
things in emptiness to gratify their desires; for they too are empty whom it
answers. For the empty vessel placed together with the empty is not broken, but
they agree one with the other.
•
But when he comes into an assembly full of
righteous men who have a Spirit of deity, and intercession is made from them,
that man is emptied, and the earthly spirit flees from him in fear, and that
man is struck dumb and is altogether broken in pieces, being unable to utter a
word. Thus also the empty prophets, whenever they come unto the spirits of
righteous men, are found just such as they came. I have given you the life of
both kinds of prophets. Therefore test, by his life and his works, the man who
says that he is moved by the Spirit." (Hermas (A.D. 150) Ante-Nicene
Fathers vol.2 pg.27.)
Whosoever, therefore,
comes and teaches you all these things that have been said before, receive him.
But if the teacher himself turns and teaches another doctrine to the
destruction of this, hear him not. But if he teaches so as to increase
righteousness and the knowledge of the Lord, receive him as the Lord. But
concerning the apostles and prophets, act according to the decree of the
Gospel. Let every apostle who comes to you be received as the Lord. But he
shall not remain more than one day; or two days, if there's a need. But if he
remains three days, he is a false prophet. And when the apostle goes away, let
him take nothing but bread until he lodges. If he asks for money, he is a false
prophet. And every prophet who speaks in the Spirit you shall neither try nor
judge; for every sin shall be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven. But
not every one who speaks in the Spirit is a prophet; but only if he holds the
ways of the Lord. Therefore from their ways shall the false prophet and the
prophet be known. And every prophet who orders a meal in the Spirit does not
eat it, unless he is indeed a false prophet. And every prophet who teaches the
truth, but does not do what he teaches, is a false prophet. And every prophet,
proved true, working unto the mystery of the Church in the world, yet not
teaching others to do what he himself does, shall not be judged among you, for
with God he has his judgment; for so did also the ancient prophets. But whoever
says in the Spirit, Give me money, or something else, you shall not listen to
him. But if he tells you to give for others' sake who are in need, let no one
judge him. Didache (A.D. 80-140) CH. 11
Carn’s sexually immoral relationships with women, and their
falling under his spell of seduction by sleeping with him, the story of Marcus Early Church False Prophet similar to Brian Carn:
3. It appears probable enough that this man(Marcus)
possesses a demon as his familiar spirit, by means of whom he seems able to
prophesy, and also enables as many as he counts worthy to be partakers of his
Charis themselves to prophesy. He devotes himself especially to women, and
those such as are well-bred, and elegantly attired, and of great wealth, whom
he frequently seeks to draw after him, by addressing them in such seductive
words as these: I am eager to make you a partaker of my Charis, since the
Father of all does continually behold your angel before His face. Now the place
of your angel is among us: it behooves us to become one. Receive first from me
and by me [the gift of] Charis. Adorn yourself as a bride who is expecting her
bridegroom, that you may be what I am, and I what you are. Establish the germ
of light in your nuptial chamber. Receive from me a spouse, and become
receptive of him, while you are received by him. Behold Charis has descended
upon you; open your mouth and prophesy. On the woman replying, I have never at
any time prophesied, nor do I know how to prophesy; then engaging, for the
second time, in certain invocations, so as to astound his deluded victim, he
says to her, Open your mouth, speak whatsoever occurs to you, and you shall
prophesy. She then, vainly puffed up and elated by these words, and greatly
excited in soul by the expectation that it is herself who is to prophesy, her
heart beating violently [from emotion], reaches the requisite pitch of
audacity, and idly as well as impudently utters some nonsense as it happens to
occur to her, such as might be expected from one heated by an empty spirit.
(Referring to this, one superior to me has observed, that the soul is both
audacious and impudent when heated with empty air.) Henceforth she reckons
herself a prophetess, and expresses her thanks to Marcus for having imparted to
her of his own Charis. She then makes the effort to reward him, not only by the
gift of her possessions (in which way he has collected a very large fortune),
but also by yielding up to him her person, desiring in every way to be united
to him, that she may become altogether one with him.
4. But already some of the most faithful women, possessed of
the fear of God, and not being deceived (whom, nevertheless, he did his best to
seduce like the rest by bidding them prophesy), abhorring and execrating him,
have withdrawn from such a vile company of revellers. This they have done, as
being well aware that the gift of prophecy is not conferred on men by Marcus,
the magician, but that only those to whom God sends His grace from above
possess the divinely-bestowed power of prophesying; and then they speak where
and when God pleases, and not when Marcus orders them to do so. For that which
commands is greater and of higher authority than that which is commanded,
inasmuch as the former rules, while the latter is in a state of subjection. If,
then, Marcus, or any one else, does command — as these are accustomed
continually at their feasts to
play at drawing lots, and [in accordance with the lot] to
command one another to prophesy, giving forth as oracles what is in harmony
with their own desires — it will follow that he who commands is greater and of
higher authority than the prophetic spirit, though he is but a man, which is
impossible. But such spirits as are commanded by these men, and speak when they
desire it, are earthly and weak, audacious and impudent, sent forth by Satan
for the seduction and perdition of those who do not hold fast that
well-compacted faith which they received at first through the Church.
5. Moreover, that this Marcus compounds philters and
love-potions, in order to insult the persons of some of these women, if not of
all, those of them who have returned to the Church of God— a thing which
frequently occurs — have acknowledged, confessing, too, that they have been
defiled by him, and that they were filled with a burning passion towards him. A
sad example of this occurred in the case of a certain Asiatic, one of our
deacons, who had received him (Marcus) into his house. His wife, a woman of remarkable
beauty, fell a victim both in mind and body to this magician, and, for a long
time, travelled about with him. At last, when, with no small difficulty, the
brethren had converted her, she spent her whole time in the exercise of public
confession, weeping over and lamenting the defilement which she had received
from this magician. Against Heresies (Book I, Chapter 13:3-5) by Irenaeus of
Lyons, 180 AD
Conclusion: A Call
for Discernment and Biblical Standards
The grave accusations against Prophet Brian Carn, ranging
from infidelity and manipulation to alleged sexual misconduct, serve as a stark
reminder for the Church to adhere to biblical standards of discernment. The
"fruit" manifested in his alleged personal conduct stands in direct
contradiction to the "prophetic accuracy, humility and passion"
proclaimed by his ministry (About the Prophet - Brian Carn Ministries, 2025).
The consistent pattern of "lies and false hope," "sexual
compromise," and "psychological warfare" described by his
accusers, particularly the concept of "church conditioning" that
silences victims (Gerald Jackson, 2025), underscores the urgent need for
believers to be "sober, be vigilant" (1 Peter 5:8).
In these challenging times, when "false Christs, and
false prophets... shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were
possible, they shall deceive the very elect" (Matthew 24:24), the
spiritual well-being of the flock depends on rigorous adherence to the
"Truth of The Word of God". The alleged actions of Prophet Brian Carn
demand that the Church "test the spirits" (1 John 4:1) and recognize
that true ministry is characterized by "the Fruit of the Spirit"
rather than by "manipulation, intimidation, domination, arrogance, and
pride". It is imperative to expose "darkness and lies" and
ensure that leaders are held accountable to the unadulterated Word of God, not
to "feigned words" or a self-serving agenda.
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(Hermas (A.D. 150) Ante-Nicene Fathers vol.2 pg.27.)
Didache (A.D. 80-140) CH. 11
Against Heresies (Book I, Chapter 13:3-5) by Irenaeus of
Lyons, 180 AD
