Nolan Crago, Mystery Man
By Pastor G. Reckart Copyright 2007 All Rights Reserved

In early April a report went out to the world that several orthodox Jewish congregations had been converted to Jesus Messieh and had embraced the Acts 2:38 message of Apostle Peter.  In addition, Mr. Nolan Crago reported that many hundreds of Jews had been Spirit filled with the evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gave the utterance.  Involved in this report was Russell Wolf, a UPCI pastor.  He reported he was a personal witness of the conversions.  According to Pastor Wolf, he sat in an airplane owned by Nolan Crago where some of the events of this alleged revival had been discussed.

The news of this alleged revival was spread to various UPCI websites including the Nebraska District website where this was reported by Pastor Wolf.  This was spoken about by Kenneth Haney, leader of the UPCI organization in one of his webcasts.  Pastors Anthony Mangun of Alexandria, Louisiana and David Bernard of Austin, Texas both made announcements of this alleged Jewish revival from their pulpits.  From coast to coast in the USA and around the world the UPCI spread the report of this Jewish revival.  God has turned to the Jews and the doors to the Gentile church will soon shut many dispensational pastors crooned from their pulpits.  Many were scared and ran to the altar least Jesus should rapidly come and they would miss the rapture and have to go through the dreaded seven years of the great tribulation.   Around the world UPCI churches were abuzz with much talking about this strange Jewish revival.

Doubters arose, and Pastor Reckart was one of the first to say this report was false.  As a Prophet and as a Pastor, Pastor Reckart said God was not turning to the Jews and shutting the doors to the Church.  This is contrary to the book of Acts Pastor Reckart said.   In the book of Acts the Church was opened up with Messianic Jews who were gathered in the upper room waiting for the promise of the Father, the baptism of the Holy Ghost.  On the day of Pentecost, these 120 Jewish men and women were all filled with the Holy Ghost.  The very word Pentecostal speaks of a Jewish infilling of the Holy Ghost, Pastor Reckart said.  How then is the Church all of a sudden Gentile and Jews receiving the Holy Ghost means God is turning to Jews apart from the Church and the Church is so Gentile, God will rapture it out so he can have a Jewish elect?  Pastor Reckart said the elect are all those in the Apostolic New Testament Church who are saved according to Acts 2:38 whether they be Jew or Gentile.  I believe this report will prove to be false Pastor Reckart prophesied.

Pastor Reckart has tried to trace Nolan Crago and has not been able to gather much information.  Pastor Russell Wolf has refused to verify any information on this alleged Jewish revival.  The Nebraska District of the UPCI has refused to investigate this report and speak openly about facts.  This is a great shame that the entire UPCI can fall to a scam and not one man among them has enough Holy Ghost to discern this report was false!  Let me retract that statement, all of the men except for one, Pastor Jimmy Toney!  Pastor Toney has done some investigation and has discovered that Nolan Crago is a deceiver and a liar, a fabricator and a distorter.  Pastor Toney had an interview with Crago and asked several questions:

1.) What are the names of the congregations that converted and where are they located?  Crago gave him the name of several Yeshuite congregations but none of them have checked out to exist.

2.) What about his jet?  He reported his family had bought several at a discount price and his was in a hanger at Kearny Airport and an attendant named Joe Longon could verify this.  Pastor Toney did attempt to locate Longon and there is no such person at the Kearny Airport and there is no jet being stored at any hanger located there.

3.) What about the many hundreds who were baptized in Jesus name, did Pastor Russell Wolf help?  Crago said all the baptisms were done by Yeshuite Elders and Pastor Wolf baptized none of them.  He reported 720 people were baptized in the Pacific Ocean over a 12.5 hour time period by the 21 Elders.  Pastor Toney calculated this to mean 21 Elders took 12.5 hours to baptize 34 each.  This smacks of deceitful reporting.

4.) Where did the 1100 receive the Holy Ghost at?  Crago reported this took place at Signal Hill, California.  Yet as yet no one there has been found who knows anything about this alleged great revival.

5.) Crago reported that many got up out of wheelchairs, 6 polio victims were healed and took off their braces, many spit or puked up cancers, and along with other tumors these were lying all over the place on the floor.  At this alleged revival 20 men where claimed to have been called and anointed into the ministry although they were not of the priestly family.

6.) where do you live Mr. Crago?, he was asked by Pastor Toney.  I live on the Pacific Coast, Highway 101, Oceanside, California he reported.  Exactly what is your address he was asked? Mr. Crago responded:  I live at 179 Pacific Coast Highway 101, Oceanside, California.  I search via Google Earth, by Mapquest, returned no such address existed.

7.)  How many have now been baptized in Jesus name Mr. Crago was asked?  He reported that over 6,000 Jews had been baptized in Jesus name.  But this could not be verified either.

Pastor Reckart has attempted to verify all this Jewish revival scam and everyone seems to want to shut up about it now.  The UPCI and the Nebraska District have refused to verify the reports.  An entire generation of Jesus Name Pentecostals have been scandalized.  Yes, many of us are laughing at the Nebraska District of the UPCI. Is there no man among them with enough Holy Ghost to declare this alleged revival is FALSE?

I am prepared to spend $10,000 to travel to any place in the USA to verify this alleged revival.  I want to meet the leaders of these so-called converted orthodox Jews.  I want to see if they still practice natural circumcision?  Do they still observe all the laws of Moses, dietary and sabbath keeping?  These are just a few of the things I wish to investigate.

When I return from the Philippines in June I will travel to Oceanside, California and to Signal Hill to check out first-hand the facts of this alleged Jewish revival.

As of now, there is no evidence God has turned to the Jews and the door to the Gentile Church is being shut.  I urge all pre-trib dispensationalist and all other prophecy pundents to STOP spreading lies.  Stop preaching and teaching things that are false and you do not have enough Holy Ghost to discern this is a scam.

I urge all novices who think they are somewhat, who have shouted about this scam to please shut their mouths.  Stop beating on your keyboards and posting your stupidity on message boards and praising this false revival.  What?  Have ye no more Holy Ghost to know this alleged revival is a lie?  How then can anything you believe, teach, or preach be TRUSTED!  Novices, go sit down and shut up and leave this to seasoned Men of God who know the times and who have the Holy Ghost and who can discern this kind of scam from the beginning.

To all who follow these winds or doctrine and lies:  STOP IT!  Stop being so easily deceived and led to shout and run the isles over scams.  Not only is your bodily exercise not of God, it does not bring glory to the Lord's Kingdom or Church.  It makes all of you look silly.

To those who did have discernment from the get-go that this was false, and who wrote against it: men or women, the Lord continue to lead you in these dangerous times.  You are the ones of our generation who can assist others on their exodus away from these religious organizational scams.

Come out from among them saith the Lord.

Pastor Reckart