What is more extremist about Promise Keepers than the Christian Coalition?
I’ll take the three organizations in order. In terms of theology, Falwell is a fundamentalist. Robertson is not only fundamentalist, but Charismatic, with various implications in terms of his political agenda from his religious orientation. Promise Keepers is nondenominational Charismatic. Both Falwell and Robertson come from a Southern Baptist background. The leadership of Promise Keepers, on the other hand, is out of Vineyard Christian Fellowship. Q: What is Vineyard Christian Fellowship? A: Vineyard is one of the most important structures of the new wave nondenominational right-wing churches. VCF now claims over 550 churches across the U.S. and around the world. Coach [Bill] McCartney, founder of Promise Keepers, and President of PK, Randy Phillips, plus board member James Ryle, are all members of Ryle’s Vineyard church in Colorado. Their call for “breaking down the walls,” while dressed in the cloak of ecumenical humanism, is in reality, a direct challenge to the mainline denominat
