BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY, is a book dedicated to a llittle known part of the Dominion movement.  Dominion theology, like Reconstruction theology advocate that Christians organize to take back the land for the Lord.  I listened to tapes from a Dominion preacher in Nebraska who warned his listeners that it is too late to argue with a secular America.  They need to get back to having and raising more children to come up with a spiritual army to take back the nation by strength in numbers.  Right to life followers are also deeply tied into the movement since some view any form of birth control as outside of God's will.

     Pastor's wife, Nancy, explains that the word "woman" is a combination of words "womb" and "man." pg 110.  If you think this means barefoot and pregnant you got it right.  Women were placed here primarily to manufacture new beings.  Nancy lists poverty situations where the woman could scarcely afford shoes but was still joyous in her ability to reproduce.  In contrast, an Old Testament story of a woman who spit in the face of her brother-in-law who would not help her conceive after the death of her husband, pg 92, Nancy writes, "Do we plan our own family, or do we let the Lord choose?"  pg 93.  Nancy believes that it is a divine mandate to leave it up to the Lord as to how many children one has.  A woman's job is not to choose how many, but to submit unto the husband and the Lord.  Since Christians of the last few decades have decided to limit the number of children they have, they have limited the power of God. pg 38.

     Mrs. Campbell writes of a friend in Australia who set the goal of ten children, then each producing her friend ten grandchildren.  The end result of the family planning was to leave 1,000 great grandchildren.  Nancy has not lived up to her standards since she admits inside the cover that she only had 6!  Since Onan committed a capitol offence and folks in these circles adhere to Old Testament laws, the potential criminal acts and punishments are mind boggling.  Women who read the author's works wrote to Nancy with suggestions that their bodies were created for this purpose, to have children.  One wrote, "I want to yield my womb as a living sacrifice to God." pg 213.  This woman did not want an unsatified womb.  For women who might be saying as Christians they do not want to run a dormitory filled with children, the author has a biblical answer.  Do we obey God or man, Nancy writes. pg 121.  Thus the refusal to have as many children as possible is a direct sin against God.  

     Now I am sure some of the readers here are believing I am making this stuff up.  Others would call up the problems of global warming or over population.  You have to realize that  these types are not fond of the idea that protecting nature is a priority.  Most of them do not believe that there are any problems in the world from human consumption.  Others would raise the issue of overpopulating the world if the multiplication of Christians took place at such a rate.  Mrs. Campbell has an answer for this.

     Mrs. Campbell believes that contrary to scare tactics used by the ungodly, there is plenty of earth left for population explosions.  pg 25.  Nancy's experts on world population state that the entire population of the world would fit in the state of Texas with each being alloted 2,000 square feet. pg 27.  A senario this Texan would not relish by the way.  The book advances the idea that limiting families to just two children will lead to the extermination of the ethnic group. pg 51.  A prospect that a mostly white readership does not find favorable.  The catalogue has a few black dolls to purchase, but it is obvious to whom this warehouse is appealing to.

     To critics who worry that the quality of life such couples might suffer, Nancy reminds them of a couple of situations she found.  One was a mother with seven children living in a two bedroom trailer.  The mother wrote that it was cozy melting snow to make soup and using an oil lamp in the evening.  Nancy's own dauther lived in a one-room cabin with no running water, no bathroom or inside kitchen.  She was pregnant at the time with her sixth child.  At night the children pulled out blankets to sleep on.  Grandmother surmized this was a wonderful life. pg 131. Which again, barefoot and pregnant is not stretching the model.  An added incentive is the prospect of Muslim families having 6.8 children world wide. pg 197.  Since the model Nancy sees is a "full quiver", the idea that having forces to fight against the enemy is another blessing that comes from higher birth rates.  Military options are not far off the front burner to these groups.
     Mrs. Campbell and these circles have a standard view of birth control.  It is tied into the extreme end of the right to life movement.  Abstaining from relations at peack periods of the month is not natural to Nancy.  One must be willing to conceive as much as possible.  pg. 112  To the author, "contraception, sterilization, and abortion, Each one is masterminded in hell!". pg. 154  Onan's  offense, reminds me of many of Nancy's friends who believe abortion providers as well as participants deserve the death penalty,... which is being stoned with smooth rocks.  Potential punishments for  those who refuse to concieve might be interesting.  If left up to the imagination of people like this who desire to get the reins of local government, a troubling prospect follows.  Taking over government, after all,is the goal they have though all this. One interesting story is about a pastor in Nashville who had a vasectomy.  The couple then became convinced this procedure was a sin.  They decided they did not surrender all of their living parts to the Lord and had the procedure reversed after spiritual awakening.  pg. 188  The writer believes some forms of birth control pills as well as the IUD are really an act of murder.  Which brings the number of nearly 250 million murders committed by users of these forms of birth control.  pg. 175  This makes the number of capital offenders come to alarming rates if males are included in the total.
     The sons of these offsprings are to be trained for war.  pg. 85  Nancy is speaking of spiritual war, we hope.  The open end to this prospect is frightening. To those who are having a hard time believing these circles actually exist let me remind you a man who was headed for president of the Southern Baptist Convention was advocating higher birth rates among the cultures that created our nation. He is head of the most prestigious seminary in the convention.  In the past year Reconstruction/Dominion types have rented conference centers from Georgia Southern Baptists and the national convention. I have run across some of these followers.  When I presented some of these stories in my church, I received reports that in central Texas this movement is spreading like a Texas wildfire.  It might be generated by the prospect of so many illegal immigrants entering the state.
     This movement is a growing part of the fringe of the religious right that few have taken notice of.  The facts about these types are much stranger than fiction, but will perhaps become a force for some churches and school districts to deal with.