Grave Soaking (Part 1) - The Anointing

Overview

The leaders of Bethel Church in Redding, California are known for cultivating a culture of spiritual experimentation and risk-taking. One such experiment involved leaders and students visiting the burial sites of old Pentecostal heroes to receive their mantles or soak up their anointing. Critics have dubbed this practice "grave-soaking" or "grave-sucking." What was the origin of this experiment? Is there Biblical support for it? Is it merely a fringe practice that "heresy hunters" have exaggerated?