what is the scandal over the freedom foundation cult about?
Tonight two different church services will approach the same subject: the role of the Freedom Foundation in this community. At Selma Community Church, pastored by the Rev. Ronald Smith, the Rev. Ezekial Pettway will deliver a sermon at 6:30 p.m. Smith, a foundation volunteer and regular on the radio program “Real Talk,” said he was going to attend another service, but decided instead to hold one at his church in support of the foundation. That meeting comes at the same time as one planned at 6 p.m. with Alan McConnell, an expert on cults, at Elkdale Baptist Church on Highland Avenue. McConnell said he would talk about what constitutes a group being able to call another group a cult and how the teachings of Freedom Foundation founder Mark Duke compare to that of Christianity. The Selma Times-Journal will stream the meeting at Elkdale Baptist Church live at www.selmatimesjournal.com. People who watch the live broadcast will be
In a new August 17, 2009 Maddow show segment [link to MSNBC page with viewable show segment], Rachel Maddow and Jeff Sharlet discuss, among many new revelations, the disturbing fact that the “Christian Embassy” scandal, propelled by a complaint to the Department of Defense from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, was investigated by a Pentagon Inspector General who is in fact a Family member. The Family, also known as “The Fellowship”, is a secretive fundamentalist Washington DC ministry which runs the National Prayer Breakfast and Bible study groups attended by numerous US Senators and Congress members, wields global influence, and celebrates the leadership lessons of Hitler, Lenin, and Mao. Over the course of the summer of 2009, Washington’s Family-run “C Street House” has become notorious as a string of sex scandals have engulfed national GOP political figures who live at or have lived at, or attended Bible study classes at, the secretive former convent turned church-cum chea
In a new August 17, 2009 Maddow show segment [link to MSNBC page with viewable show segment], Rachel Maddow and Jeff Sharlet discuss, among many new revelations, the disturbing fact that the “Christian Embassy” scandal, propelled by a complaint to the Department of Defense from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, was investigated by a Pentagon Inspector General who is in fact a Family member. The Family, also known as “The Fellowship”, is a secretive fundamentalist Washington DC ministry which runs the National Prayer Breakfast and Bible study groups attended by numerous US Senators and Congress members, wields global influence, and celebrates the leadership lessons of Hitler, Lenin, and Mao. Sources: alternet.
