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My Personal Credentials Rev. Gerald Tahlequah Wadsworth 1. Claiming to be American Indian shamans , talking about tarot cards and Wiccan/pagan things, or talking about crystals and New Age things. A cow is not a horse: none of these things are traditionally Native American. [Shamanism is a Russian mystic tradition], [Wicca is a religion based in pre-Christian European traditions], [Tarot readings are an Indo-European divination method], and the [New Age is a syncretic belief system invented, as its name suggests, in the modern era]. None of them have anything to do with authentic Indian traditions, and anyone who thinks they do is likely to be wrong about anything else he claims about Native American religions as well. Wiccans and New Agers don't have any more knowledge about actual American Indian beliefs than you do. 2. Identifying only as 'Native American' or 'American Indian' (an authentic person would list their actual tribal affiliation). Be a little wary, too, of people trying to speak with authority who identify as "mixed-blood" or "of Indian descent" or having a "Cherokee ancestor." There are certainly some mixed-blood people who were raised in their tribe's culture, but many more were not. A person who has rediscovered his Indian heritage as an adult is a seeker, not a teacher. He is not qualified to speak authoritatively about Native American religion or culture, for he wasn't raised that way and doesn't have any more knowledge about it than anyone else learning about it second-hand--including you, if you are a seeker. If you're trying to learn about American Indian religion because you want to become a part of it, though, you not only face that problem, but another, much deeper one as well: American Indian spirituality is not evangelistic. It is private and entirely cultural. You cannot convert to 'Native American' any more than you can convert to being black. (In fact, many Indians--myself included--are Christians in addition to our traditional tribal beliefs, just like many black people are Christian in addition to being black.) Fortunate as I am, to have converted truly ; totaly to Christianity at age eight. If you are truly searching for spiritual reality, might I recomend the Truth Of The Gospel of Jesus The Christ. The pure defanition of religion is as follows: " Religion is mereley Man's Search For God " The only way to 'join' a Native American spiritual tradition is to become a member of the cultural group, and it's impossible to do that over the Internet. No one who truly believed in American Indian spirituality would ever offer to tutor total strangers in religious matters online, much less charge anyone money for such a thing. So, by definition, the people who make these offers are those who either don't really believe in Native American spirituality, or don't know very much about it. Is that really who you want to be listening to?  The Lord God hath given me the tounge of the learned. That I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth my ear to hear as the learned. ISAIAH 50:4 My Education, Experience, and Credentials ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ High School Graduate - 1973 Wauwatosa East High School Wauwatosa Wisconsin Technical College: Police Science M.A.T.C. West Allice, Wisconsin College: Pastoral Studies Behavrioral Science Music North Central Bible College Mnpls. Minnisota Gratuate Work: Philosophy University Wisconsin Milwaukee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Experience: Associate Pastor, Girard Assemblies of God Phenix City , Alabama Childrens Pastor, Assemblies of God; St. Louis Park Minnisota Prison Chaplin, Waupaun State Prison Through -Full Gospel Bussiness Mens Association Waupaun , Wisconsin Co - Creator ; Police Chaplins Program Oshkosh , Wisconsin Senior Pastor Pine River Free Methodist Church Pine River , Wisconsin Lay Pastor, Belvidere Babtist Church Baltimore , Maryland Missions to The Amish Communities Wisconsin - Iowa Missionary / Evangelist Minnisota, Georgia, Alabama, South Dakota Tennesee, Oklahoma Missionary to The Lakota People at Wounded Knee Senior Pastor and founder of the Gathering Church and Twin City Food Bank Ministry in Association with Union Gospel Mission Minneapolis , Saint Paul ; Minnisota Marriage Counselor Family therapyst Drug and Alcohol Dependency Therapist Divorce and Restoration Therapist Officer Of The Court Teen Challenge / Midwest Challenge; Lead In Advisor Senior Pastor and Director "The Lords Barn" 24 Hour Ministry Center ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Credentials: Church of God of Prophecy Southern Babtist - Free Methodist - Word of Faith {a.f.c.m.} Full Gospel Holliness Church of America Additional Information Availible Upon Request ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mentors That Have Influenced My Life On a Personal Level ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pastor Henery Schmidt Rev. Edmund Boileau Earl Cribb Bernard Johnson Rev.Nathaniel Olsen Rev. Arnie Jacobson Rv. Fred Bachman Rev. Clay Evans Dr. Frank Downing Dr. Don Argue Rev. Gary Lewis Rev. Dick Eastman "Recently in August of 2004, Don Stewart requested a Private visit with me in Montgomery Alabama. Within our Private meeting, We discussed much about Ministry. Later that evening, Don Stewart Imparted his Annointing; as well as The Annointing he received from A.A. Allen - Upon me. This was a great blessing to say the very least. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"For All Of Us That Were Real Jesus People"
 
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