“The Marketing of a Marital Crisis”
Statement concerning Christian Scharnagl and Bianca Scharnagl,
Frankfurt, Germany

The sermons, messages, courses, conferences, and websites of Rhema Christian Center convey as an unimitable original the unadulterated truth and clarity of the word of God. All contents of CCR are protected by copyright; any unauthorized reproduction or distribution in whole or in part is prohibited. To protect our rights and intellectual property, we do not tolerate plagiarism of any kind and take firm action against any form of theft.
Due to the success of the entire contents of CCR, we find ourselves confronted with drastic falsifications by Christian Scharnagl and Bianca Scharnagl, Frankfurt, and therefore issue the following statement:

• Christian and Bianca Scharnagl apply unscrupulous, unethical, and illegitimate means  to usurp the contents of Rhema Christian Center. With methods of imposture they deliberately and mendaciously obscure the actual authorship.
• They are not authorized by Rhema Christian Center to share the contents of our messages, courses of Rhema Academy, or any other part of our contents. We strictly reject their psychological methods of manipulation, forms of demonology, and fortune-telling.
• Their manner of preaching is shameful and harmful to the entire Christian work and the body of Christ in Germany, since they abuse and degrade the name of Jesus as well as individuals and churches for the sake of their own profit. 
• We strongly reject their demagogic methods as well as their demeanor, which we consider to be unethical and dishonorable, as it is deliberately deceptive.

We therefore state that: 

a) The speech of Christian or Bianca Scharnagl contains interpretation, structure, and elaboration of our sermons or materials that they have simply stolen. They claim to be the authors and use them for self-serving interests while not providing any reference. We have at no time authorized the reproduction of our sermons and materials.

b) When Bianca or Christian Scharnagl communicate content of our sermons and materials, they mix it with statements that are unsupportable from a theological and biblical perspective. Warped practices, demon cult, and fortune-telling as well as the blasphemy of the person of the Holy Spirit reveal a conduct which noticeably serves to satisfy their own interest and to gain power and control over individuals.

c) Their speech is characterized by degradation and disparagement of other individuals and churches in Germany and contains elements of suggestive influencing, which are contrary to the moral responsibility of a true servant of the Word of God. Their speech does not serve to edify the body of Christ. Instead, with the aid of henchmen, they foster rebellion and destruction of church life in Germany.

d) Through their actions, they abuse the name of God, the word of God, the Holy Spirit, and the church as pillar and ground of the truth. Christian and Bianca Scharnagl disparage other individuals, churches, and authorities, which renders them unsuitable, intolerable, and harmful for any spiritual ministry.

e) Christian and Bianca Scharnagl’s suggestively ambiguous and ideologically biased language is used for agitation, self-aggrandizement, and intentional control of other people’s will. It is reminiscent of propaganda during the era of National Socialism.

f) They market and misuse the disastrous background of their family split as a “marital crisis”. We therefore present the true history of these events.

Rhema Christian Center
Christoph Schwarz, Volker Scharnagl and Ruth Scharnagl