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Subject: [itmr_bulletin] PLEASE READ: THE JUNGLE OF CHRIST
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:57:16 +0800
From: Fareena Alam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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This is a must read.
It was sent to me by the writer himself recently. All the evidence David
Kostinchuk has used here are directly taken from the websites and
publications of the evangelists he is writing about.
He is a moderate Christian himself and what he is doing is voicing
objections against something Hindus and Muslims have been trying to
fight
for a long long time. Many moderate Christians support the work he is
doing
but because this material is so controversial, he has lawyers backing
him
in case someone sues.
I will not disclose David's e-mail address but if you wish to contact
him,
please do so thru me.
regards,
Fareena
http://here.at/ITMR
THE JUNGLE OF CHRIST
This article is titled "The Jungle of Christ" because there is a
labyrinth
of Christian television evangelists (Evangelist: a person who brings the
gospel to pagan people or nonbelievers) engaged in a massive worldwide
well
planned, organized onslaught against Hindus and Muslims in an effort to
convert them to Christianity. The purpose of this paper is to alert non-
Christians about the people involved in this assault on their religions,
as
well as their plans and methods. At the present time the research I have
been doing has yielded more information on India because the people
involved feel more secure in their progress to convert Hindus. The
information of their assault on the Muslim religion is somewhat more
secretive and guarded; however, Muslims should not feel complacent as
the
plans, methods and objectives of their assault on Islam are slowly
surfacing.
The following a list of the organizations engaged in wholesale
evangelism (
The preaching of the gospel ) as well as the organizations that comprise
their support systems. This list only includes organizations referred to
in
this paper.
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN): Many people believe this network to
be
the world's largest Christian network. It consists of 536 broadcasting
stations around the world that are owned or affiliated with CBN.
(http://www.tbn.org/whois.htm) This network was started in 1973 and is
presently headed by Paul and Jay Crouch. It is interesting to note that
one
of its original directors was Jim Bakker who spent five years in prison
for
fleecing his flock of $158,000,000. At the present time this
organization
grosses $100,000,000 a year. ( The Orange County Register June 1 1999)
Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN): The Christian Broadcasting Network
was founded in 1960 by Pat Robertson. CBN is considered to be one of the
largest Christian broadcasting television ministries and presently airs
programs in the U.S. and 90 foreign countries. Their mission is to
convert
5,000,000 people to Christianity by the year 2000. (
http://www.cbn.org/about)
Life Outreach International ( LOI): James Robiison is the founder. Even
though this organization has relief organizations they use these to
support evangelistic endeavors. They state that they see 1,000,000
people
convert to Christianity in a year. (
http://www.lifetoday.org/pages106ffltr.htm)
Trinity Television (TTY): This organization was started by Willard and
Betty Thiessen and is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. They are
presently engaged in the U.S., Canada, India and plan to expand to
convert
Muslims. (TTY Newsletter; Nov. 1998)
Church Of The Rock International (COTRI): This group is led by Dr.
Lawrence Kennedy. The purpose of this group is to combine ministers,
pastors, evangelists and missionaries of different denominations into a
coordinated group to convert people to Christianity. (COTRINewsletter;
Oct.-Dec.1999)
700 Club: This is a daily Christian television program that is sponsored
by
the Christian Broadcasting Network. This show features Pat Robertson.
They
plan to reach an audience of over 1,000,000 daily. The 700 Club is used
to
raise money for CBN international operations. 700 club USA portrays
Muslim
and Hindu religions as being inferior and they are considered to be in
spiritual error. (http://www.flex.com/~jai/articles/robertsn.html)
AD 2000: This group is focused on increasing an intensified effort on
world evangelism by the year 2000. (AD 2000 And Beyond Overview; June
30,
1999)
Sat 7: This organization was started in 1995 to promote Christian
satellite
television service in North Africa and The Middle East, Iran and Iraq.
(http://www.sat7.org/associate.htm).
Galileon International Films and Television Services (GIFTS): this group
provides visual media in different languages for organizations and
people
engaged in the evangelism of Hindus and Muslims.
( http://www.freeyellow.com/members/gifts/index.html )
Open Doors International: (ODI) This group have bible distribution
campaigns to distribute bibles to non-Christian countries. ( ODI; Nov.
5,
1998)
The onslaught against Hindu and Muslim religions has a wide range of
countries targeted by evangelist groups. Some countries such as
Indonesia,
Singapore and India are considered to have governments that are lax in
their tolerance of activities of evangelists. Countries such as India
are
considered prime targets because of the high percentage of Muslims and
Hindus and lower levels of education among the poor.
The term 10/40 Window is used to describe the area which has the
majority
of non -Christian religions. This area stretches from Africa to Japan.
Peter, Wagner the head of the AD2000 &Beyond Movement considers this
area
the final target for world evangelism. He considers this area as Satan's
last stronghold. ( CBN News; Oct. 1, 1999) However the Turkic people are
considered essential as a gateway to the Muslim world and is more
important
than the 10/40 Window. This area has been given the term " The 35/45
Turkie Window." This area is formed by the 35 and 45 degree latitudes
and
extends from Skopje, Macedonia to Urumchi, China. ( AD 2000 + Beyond
Movement Overview; Aug. 18, 1999)
Christian Broadcasting Network targets consist of India which contains
80%
Hindus and 14% Muslims and Indonesia which is 87% Muslim. Countries in
Africa include Kenya, Uganda, Burkina and Benin. CBN has 28 countries
serviced by their ministries to convert Muslims. Among those are Cyprus,
Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Egypt. (
http://.worldreach.org/muslim.html)
Trinity Broadcasting Network has ministries in Africa and The Middle
East
This year they have added new stations in Indonesia, India, Ski Lanka,
Kenya and Zambia.. (TBN Newsletter; Nov. 1998 )
There are; however, smaller evangelistic organizations such as The
Church
Of The Rock International which targets Asia, Africa and The Middle
East.
(http://www.northchurch.org/international.htm); Trinity Television
which
targets India, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyragyzstan. (TTY Newsletter;
Nov. 1998)
Evangelists use the terms; "spread the teachings of Jesus," " spread the
gospel," etc.; however, other people could say that this is brainwashing
and conditioning people to convert to Christianity. They use relief
organizations, mass media, television, distribution of tapes, bibles,
movies tracks, etc. to start their conversion to Christianity. These are
just tools to use in their efforts to convert people.
Life Outreach International sponsors feeding programs and other relief
to
people during disasters such as drought, typhoons, earthquakes, etc.
However they say that their main mission is not relief but they are
committed to evangelism. They say that they have reached 4,000,000
children
and they hope that some will become preachers or evangelists in addition
to
being saved. (http://www.lifetoday.org/pages106fftr.htm)
Christian Broadcasting Network distributes food ,clothing and money
however
they claim that they are winning ten times as many converts as they
would
if they were operating as only an evangelistic organization. In
Indonesia
they offer a feeding program, counseling center and a medical outreach
program. ( http://www.cbnworldreach.org/indonesia.html ) Church of The
Rock
maintains hospitals, orphanages, bible schools and crises centers to
spread
the Gospel of Jesus. ( COTR Oct. DEC. 1999) AD 2000 operations in the
Middle East contain self-help projects, childcare centers, youth camps
and
bible centers. (ref)
Christian Broadcasting Network includes Muslim Ministries. Muslims are
reached through satellite television service. Some of the programs are
"Hayatoun Afddal" the Arabic version of "One Cubed" which targets Muslim
teenagers.( http://www.cbnworldreach.org/muslim.html. They plan to
introduce an animation program called "He Is Risen". This program
portrays
the hope and life that comes from knowing and accepting Jesus Christ.(
http://www.cbnworldreach.org/indonesia.html ) In addition they plan to
introduce a program called "Inside Solutions" a thirty minute show which
will be shown on a weekly basis. In The Far East they broadcast " Super
book" which is an animated series of bible studies. This appeals to
children. They also plan to open an indigenous production studio. In
Africa
they have gospel programming in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. They also
broadcast news, sports and family entertainment in Israel, Jordan,
Lebanon,
Syria, Egypt and Cyprus.
Sat-7 provides Christian satellite television service to people in North
Africa, The Middle East,Iran and Turkey.They plan to reach 200,000,000
people. They plan to have daily broadcasts for two hours a week in
Arabic
by the year 2000-2001. In 2002-2003 they plan to have a daily broadcast
of
three hours or more in addition a weekly broadcast in Arabic. In 2003+
they
plan to have a 24 hour a day service via satellite. They have large
expectations of conversion because of the unhindered ability of
Christian
evangelists to broadcast. ( Sat-7; Feb. 23,1998 )
Trinity Broadcasting Network has expanded to 784 foreign stations. New
additions on cable television include: Delhi, Calcutta, Zambia and
Lesotho.
In africa they have: Bophuthatswana, Kenya, Namibia, Swaziland, Transkei
and Uganda. (http://tbn.org/newsltrs/9911/991105.htm ) Information on
programs in The Far East is somewhat limited.
Another method of conditioning people is to introduce movies, tapes etc.
to
your target group. The 700 Club distributes video and literature. Life
Outreach International produces programs, videos and audio cassettes in
almost any foreign language. In India 1,000 videos of "The Life Of
Jesus"
were circulated where the gospel is not openly welcomed. In addition
5,000
copies were distributed throughout Arab nations in The Middle East.
Bibles
were also made available. (http://www.lifetoday.org/pages/india/htm)
AD 2000 Organization India Reach is sending out direct mail to people.
If
they respond they are given personal visits within six weeks. Their goal
is
to reach 5,000,000 people by the year 2000.
( http://www.ad2000.org/uter53.htm)
Galilean International Films & Television Services has a cassette
discipleship program. These tapes are used to convert people who are non
literate. Neo-literate people are given 4 cassettes and a cassette
player
so they can work in different villages.
((http://www.freeyellow.com/members/giftsna/index.html)
Trinity Television is raising money to translate "Sonshiny Day' so they
can
distribute this tape to stations beaming into the former parts of The
Union of Soviet Russia. Muslims are sent Christian literature if they
write
to the television stations. (TTY Nov. 1998) It is interesting to note
that
Trinity Television states that Muslims want morals and ethics put back
in
their government.
Miracles are another avenue to use in order to convince non-Christians
to
convert to Christianity. This can also be used to draw other Christians
into the evangelical ministry. Unfortunately, people can be deceived and
confused by these claims. This can be a draw to encourage poor people
who
do not have medical or dental care. However this can also be used toward
the higher class in the sense that the evangelist is recognized by God
as a
superior being. Benny Hinn, a popular healing evangelis, claimed that "
He
is a Godman." " I'm a sample of Jesus." " I'm a super human being."
( Praise The Lord, TBN, Dec. 6, 1990 )
According to Neil Richardson - UK + Philip Powell - NZ Benny Hinn
submitted
3 testimonies with doctor records as testimonies to the Christian
Research
Institute. Dr. Preston Simpson MD
( CRI's medical consultant ) stated that the documents were confusing
and
very poor.
Direct quote from The Christian Witness Magazine.
" Case 1: Colon Cancer: A careful examination of the medical records
supplied by Hinn reveals that the malignant tumor had been surgically
removed ( along with the appendix and eight lymph nodes), rather than
miraculously healed.
Case 2: Lupus and related disorders: This is a particularly interesting
case in that lupus is well known to go in remission spontaneously for
years
at a time. This naturally makes miraculous healing difficult to verify.
What can be verified are the effects of lupus - in this case damage to
the
sacroiliac joint - which was definitely not healed.
Case 3: Spinal tumor and various cancers: This case really has
problems.
To begin with, the tapes of the CAT scan of the spine were erased
before
the bones could be evaluated. Next, the records reveal that the spinal
tumor began shrinking some three months prior to Hinn's Miracle
Invasion
Rally. And finally, the tumor was still present- not healed- months
after
the alleged "healing."
(http://www.christian-witness.org/unmasked.....benny_hinn.html
One 85 year old woman died after coming forward for a healing touch by
Hinn
after one of the zealots fell on top of her breaking her hip. The
woman's
family has a $5,000,000 lawsuit against Hinn.
(http://www.christian.witness.org/unmasked.....benny_hinn.html
Hinn also appears on the Miracle Network-Tbn schedule for Asia/India.
(http://tbn.org/indiasaturdayschedule.htm )
Teeth being filled with gold is another example of how television
evangelists claim to be recognized and rewarded by God. This article
appeared in The National Post titled.
'TV EVANGELISTS FORCED TO RECANT CLAIMS OF GOD's DIVINE DENTISTRY"
Willard Thiessen, who hosts a religious program on television was wrong
in
saying that God had implanted a gold tooth in his mouth, when in fact
they
had been implanted by a dentist.
Dick Dewert a religious television broadcaster stated to his CJIL-TV
audience in March that God
had implanted a gold tooth in his mouth. In fact Dr. Jack Sherman, Mr.
Dewert's dentist stated that he had put it in about ten years earlier.
(http://www.nationalpost.com?story.asp?f=990512/258127.html)
Lindor Reynolds wrote that Willard Thiessen made a confession that God
didn't give him a gold tooth, his brother Elmer did it. This was after
Thiessen claimed that it was a miracle that his tooth had been filled
and
credited God with filling it. He also stated to Lindor that his wife
Betty
had two of her teeth filled while they were at a meeting. (Winnipeg Free
Press May 12, 1999)
Sigmond Freud ( considered to be the father of western psychiatry )
would
probably say that people who considered God to be their personal
dentistwere suffering from " delusions of grander)
One of the biggest moneymakers for television evangeliststs is claiming
to
have great success in converting Muslims and Hindus to Christianity.
They
often cite testimonials of people who have been converted to encourage
their flock to continue donating to their coffers. Testimonials are
common,
they cannot be disapproved and are very vague. Sat-7 citing their
success
used: "Eighteen year old boy from Syria." "Woman from Morocco."
"Grandmother of regular viewing children" and "Man from Morocco." (
Sat-7
News Update-september 1999 )
These organizations often cite the success of their programs. Audry
Meisner
from (TTY) made an appeal for funds from their members to translate
"Sonshiny Day" for people in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan. Don Wallace, a
businessman from B.C. Canada , who supplies tapes, etc. told Audry that
"Sonshiny Day" was a big success in the Far East. (Trinity Television
Newsletter, Nov. 1999)
At the other end of the continuum "Open Doors International" tend to
bias
their reports on anti Christian incidents. This can lead to hate and
intolerance against non Christians. A few of the incidents they use are:
Chad: More harassment against evangelist believers, Indonesia: 25
Christians killed, Saudi Arabia: deported the last 2 Filipino christians
and Sudan: the regime began procedures to confiscate church property,
etc.
( http://www.gospelcom.net/od/country.htm )
The television evangelist does not care about the disastrous results
that
conversion can have on family interaction. Often conversion can turn;
parents against children, children against parents. sibling against
siblings, husbands against wives and wives against husbands. This can
also
happen to Christians when members of their families get caught up in the
evangelist abyss.
Evangelists use terms to brainwash and condition converts such as: Lay
down
your own agendas, ideas and control. " " Deal aggressively with the
enemy."
"Act in obedience to anything the Lord asks you to do." "Wait in silent
expectancy of what the Lord tells you to do." ""We're in a real war." "
We're dealing with a real enemy." "Confess anything He reveals to you."
"
Our families, our relations, our testimonies are his main attack," and "
Remove all hindrances and obstacles in your quest for Jesus." All of
these
can be used by unscrupulous evangelists to put a person under the
evangelist's control and up families.
" CASE HISTORY OF A WOMAN WHO CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY "
1997: Usha Chamanlal converted to Christianity.
1998, Jan. Usha made contact with Willard Thiessen of "Trinity
Television'
" Its a New Day"
1998, Sept. Usha started working for "Trinity television"
1998, Nov. Usha stated that Betty Thiessen told her that if she made it
harder on her husband he might become closer to God.
1998, Nov. Pastor Bob ( Willards son-in-law and Usha's counselor )
stated
she should remove all
hindrances and obstacles in her quest for Christ.
1998, Nov. Usha deserts her husband and abandons her eight year old son
to
live with Brent
Anderson ( a cameraman at Trinity Television ) "to save
souls for Christ "
( Letters and journals 1998, Nov.) The results of converting to
Christianity can be disastrous to converts and their families. It is
interesting to note that these people want ethics and morals put into
Muslim governments.
The evangelist can find that breaking up families can be economically
advantageous. Young people can contribute future earnings to the
ministry.
Young women and wives can be used sexually by the ministry. An economic
advantage is also gained by wives who leave their husbands, especially
in
North America. If a woman is articulate she can be persuaded to go on
the
speakers circuit to make money for the ministry. ( Abuse by her husband
is
a good topic in North America. ) In North America there are professional
speakers who go from church to church or ministry raising money for the
people who sponsor them. If a woman has talents in the martial arts she
can
be persuaded to make teaching tapes for the ministry to distribute to
create extra income. In North America the property is divided upon
divorce.
The woman can be persuaded to give the proceeds from the property
settlement to the ministry. In Manitoba, Canada the assets: car, home,
business, pension funds, etc. are divided 50/50 upon divorce. If the
woman
can be persuaded by the ministry to donate this money to the ministry
this
can be very lucrative. Widows alienated from their children can be asked
to
leave money to the ministry in their will when they die. (Trinity
Television Newsletter Nov. 1998) In North America a will is a legal
document which describes who you want your money and assets to be given
to
when you die.
In this paper I have only touched the surface of conversion to
Christianity. If anyone wants to receive further information from me my
email address is : [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have links I would
appreciate them. If you are want more of this information please contact
me. If you have any comments on this article they would be appreciated.
David Kostinchuk
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