SUMMARY:
EDITORIAL NOTE: CWM knows that George Wood, General Secretary of A/G-USA is pro Rick Warren and his Purpose Driven ideas as he has told us so.
Now the strong arm tactics of Thomas Trask and the A/G hierarchy as demonstrated in the Big Brother article by Ray Barnett raises the question – “If they came for other local Assemblies how long before they come for yours?” (see AOG Reversion Clause, a Licence to Steal ).
The above thought provoking contemplation was written by the author as he refl ected on what’s happening in the Purpose Driven movement including A/G in the light of Rev. Martin Niemoeller’s Poem Then They Came for ME written in conjunction with Martin Niemoeller’s internment by the Gestapo from 1938 to 1945
Compiled and Adapted by JAMES SUNDQUIST © 2005 Rock Salt Publishing. Used by Permission
FIRST they came for “resisters” and “pillars” of Brunswick Reformed Church, Brunswick, Ohio because they opposed Purpose Driven Life and Church, but I didn’t speak up because I was not a member of Reformed Church of America (RCA) denomination. *1
Then they came after an elderly lady in the faith who had been with the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas since 1956 by shouting her down with spiritual euthanasia and aggressive mean-spirited behaviour, and the intimidation of seven attorneys, because she opposed them turning their landmark Criswell Center into a Purpose Driven entertainment centre. But I did not speak up because I was not a widow. *2
Then they held a trial for two families at Valley Baptist Church in Lakeland, Minnesota, but I didn’t speak up because I was not a member of the General Baptist Convention.*3
Then they came after 165 members of Gardendale Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, Texas and ran them out of the church, but I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Southern Baptist. *4
Then a brother did fi nally speak up and tried to warn Eugene Christian Fellowship because they had gone Purpose Driven, but they threatened legal action and told him to stop spamming them. But I did not speak up for fear of being accused of spamming or being sued by a church. *5
Then a news reporter for a large Christian radio network sounded the alarm on His Holy Hill of this clear and present danger. They ran the story, but received more gnashing of teeth from callers than they had ever had, so they censored this story from their Agape Press print media news service. *6
Then still another brother on another Christian radio ministry broadcast testimonies of Christians thrown out of their churches across the country, but the network threatened to remove his show from the air, if another broadcast was ever made that said anything bad about Rick Warren.
But I did not speak up because I had friends and family who were either employed by an organization that promoted Purpose Driven Church, or were in a Purpose Driven Church, and I did not want to lose those relationships. *7
Then they came after a large group of members at New Hope Church in Bend, Oregon. But I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a member of The Evangelical Church denomination or the National Association of Evangelicals. *8
Then they came after a carpenter and his wife at Calvary Community Church in Phoenix, Arizona with the police and a sheriff and escorted him out of the church and off the grounds for trying to expose the deeds of darkness and the teachings of Rick Warren, telling him that if he returned, he would be arrested.
But I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a member of the Calvary Chapel denomination. *9
Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me, because every church in the nation had become
Purpose Driven and part of his Global PEACE Plan.
Footnotes:
*1 Pastor Dave Hawk, Brunswick Reformed Church, Brunswick, Ohio website: < http://www.b-r-c.org>. Incidents occurred with Susan Anderson April-June 2001. Testimony reconfi rmed by email from Susan Anderson March 11, 2005.
*2 Confi rmed by the testimony of Betty Erwin on Southwest Radio Church; archived broadcast, March 1, 2005 < http://www.swrc.com/broadcasts/2005/march.htm>. Also confi rmed by Betty Erwin via telephone interview (March 2005) and letters written by Betty, dated November 7, 2004, November 11, 2004, November 24, 2004 and January 6 2005, to Mr & Mrs Brunson and another former pastor at Dallas First Baptist Church.
*3 Pastor Rev. Timothy S Magnuson,Valley Baptist Church in Lakeland, Minnesota. Phone 651-436-5278. Verifi ed by letters from church and the families of Keith Thompson and Charles Thompson. Centred around October 22, 2002.
*4 Pastor Micah Davison, Gardendale Baptist Church, S Staples St., Corpus Christi, TX 78411-4646 Phone: 361- 991-0285. Website: < http://www.gardendale.org/>. 165 members ousted on July 21, 2004: Source: < http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=18997>, and Corpus Christi Times: Margaret Neu Information Services Editor, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, P.O. Box 9136, Corpus Christi, TX 78469 neum@caller.com Phone 361-886-4312. Testimonies of ousted members Piedad Ymbert, B.J. Moore, Grady Jackson, available on September 2004 archived realaudio fi les on Southwest Radio Church at swrc.com, archived, September 2004 at: < http://www.swrc.com/broadcasts/2003/september. htm>, and letters, Rick Hudson emails and telephone interviews, September/October 2004. Sundquist, James. Who’s Driving the Purpose Driven Church? Bible Belt Publishing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 2004. pp193-194. Website: < http://www.swrc.com> and < http://www. abrahamic-faith.com/False-Teachers.html>.
*5 Pastor Gary Clark, Eugene Christian Fellowship, 89780 N. Game Farm Rd.,Eugene, OR 97408 Phone 541-344- 3380. Website: < http://www.ecf.org/Content/ContentCT. asp?P=22>. Confi rmed in letters from and correspondence with Eugene Christian Fellowship leaders: Tim Reich, Executive Pastor Jonathan Hatmaker, Discovery 301 Class (SHAPE), Mark Harpham, November 11-19, 2004.
*6 American Family Radio News, 107 Parkgate Dr. Tupelo, MS 38801. Phone 662-844-8888 Radio news segment ran February 15, 2005. < http://www.afr.net>.
*7 Source: Regarding Watchman on the Wall radio show....Prophetic Observer, February and March Issues, Southwest Radio Church. \PO Box 100, Bethany, OK 73008 WATS Line: 800-652-1144, Local Phone: 405-789- 1222, Fax: 405-787-2589, Email: info@swrc.com
*8 Sr. Pastor Randy Myers, New Hope Church, 20080 Pinebrook Blvd., Bend, Oregon 97702. Phone 541-389- 3436. Website: < http://www.newhopeonline.net>. Correspondence with Pastors Josh Conn (February 3–23, 2005 and William Vermillion, The Evangelical Church denomination, an NAE affi liate: February 26–March 12, 2005.
*9 Pastor Mark Martin, Calvary Community Church, 12612 N. Black Canyon Hwy.,Phoenix, Arizona 85029. Phone: 602-973-4768. Toll Free: 888-970-3030. Email Address: calvary@calvaryphx.com. Website: < http://www. netministries.org/see/churches.exe/ch19442>. Testimony of Bear Frankson based on events since July 2004. Taped interview: February 18, 2005.
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