Documenting the 'Shadow War' on Mainstream Faith
The Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer was also recently featured on a groundbreaking Air America /. State of Belief radio show*, the result of a collaborative effort between Talk To Action and Interfaith Alliance head C. Welton Gaddy's new "State of Belief" show, which featured a discussion between Gaddy and two other prominent leaders in the fight against far-right engineered church takeovers, Dr. Andrew Weaver - also a Methodist Minister, and Dr. Bruce Prescott - also a Baptist minister : the show was very likely unprecedented in that the subject matter had never before been openly discussed in a detailed way in on such a public forum as radio or television broadcast with wide distribution. Here is an archived podcast of the show "Welcome To The Matrix" : In John Dorhauer's latest installment he discusses one document that is central to the attacks on UCC churces. "The Matrix", however, is not merely found in attacks on UCC churches. Analogues of "The matrix" seem to be used in attacks on the entire range of Protestant denominations under attack : The United Methodist, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Congregationalist, and UCC churches and also in attacks on Baptist churches not yet affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
Perhaps one of the most often used devices circulated amongst our churches under attack is a document we refer to as "The Matrix." Here is a brochure for a group attacking the UCC which goes by the name of "Faithful and Welcoming" : what are these "Faithful and Welcoming Groups ? - John Dorhauer explains
Other Denominations : For evidence of attacks on other Protestant denominations, here are two recent examples : he |