How has Ruckman lured hundreds of preachers living overseas into coming to hear him speak? By offering money–and lots of it. The documentation below about a conference in India that attracted approximately 1,450 pastors comes from p. 18 of the …
Ruckmanism overseas
Timeline of major events in the life of Peter S. Ruckman
Does Ruckman really know the path of the second advent?
In Ruckman's The Path of the Second Advent booklet he comes across as if he knows the exact route the Lord will take in the second phase of his coming. He is so confident that he referred to his route …
What Ruckman admits to
Is this plagiarism?
The images contain a sample page on the left from Alban Douglas' book first copyrighted in 1966 One Hundred Bible Lessons: God's Answers to Man's Questions. On the right of the two large images are a sample page from two …
Is Ruckman Arrogant?
Ruckman’s out-of-print rapture guessing booklet
Critique of Ruckmanism Ruckus, a new book in defense of Peter Ruckman
No blacks in Ruckman’s large church
During a visit to Peter Ruckman's church in 2007 it was no surprise that no blacks were to be found in the auditorium among the hundreds in attendance. A typical church running several hundred in the south will normally have at least …
Semi-Ruckmanism and its dangers
Semi-Ruckmanism defined
What is semi-Ruckmanism? Simply put, it consists of teaching some of the same "Ruckmanisms" while using different terminology than Ruckman and claiming all along to be against Ruckmanism. In other words, semi-Ruckmanite views refer to reaching some of the same controversial conclusions as …
Not applying his own teaching
Ruckman’s fascination with long lists of names
The deterioration of Ruckman’s language demonstrated in his changing treatment of John R. Rice
Ruckman’s 130+ books
Alexandrian Cult initiation rite according to Ruckman’s vivid imagination
Sword of the Lord promoting Ruckman in 1954
John R. Rice, then editor of The Sword of the Lord, had a falling out with Ruckman around 1972 after Ruckman published his controversial book The Christian's Handbook of Manuscript Evidence. If this is intriguing to you, you will be interested in …
KJV dying on the cross
Can you believe this? One of the latest books by Peter Ruckman features a painting on the front cover of the KJV dying on the cross instead of Christ.
Vintage ad of Ruckman meetings from 1958
There are several things of interest in this ad. It points out that he was scheduled to speak in an Assembly of God church as well as a Methodist church. It also makes the doubtful claim that Ruckman speaks three …
Ruckman-on-a-mug
Ruckman has been known to mock preachers whose pictures show up repeatedly in the same publication. Case in point: "… never published an issue without presenting you with a picture of himself a minimum of four times! … That is …