Just so you know; Christian Education is compromised.
Forget those who tell you the subversion of Christian Higher Education is a myth, it is real and what a story it is; but most of all what a cast lies behind it all.
How did it get to this point you may well ask? Through a spider’s web of Foundations and Think Tanks, and the use of Progressive Federal and State initiatives as bait to flout Church State separation; all to corrupt religious teachings.
This compromise is not one sided though; it is a shocking tale of treachery and blatant human greed at the behest of those who have sold out the faith, or maybe were not in it to begin with.
So who are they? Basically your change agents dressed in religious garb, wearing religious hats. That is too kind, better to liken them to whores.
It also incorporates sordid tales of meetings behind closed doors and back room deals while the culprits ply the line nothing to see here. At least in public.
So let’s follow the money and see where it takes us. Most of all prepare to be shocked. You may never look at your pastor slash school principle, theologians, boards of all sorts or Church in the same way again.
Just to be clear we looking at this from an Evangelical angle in places like seminaries; although it is not limited to them.
The Catholic side of things is another story which won’t be dealt with in this space.
The government tax dollars that fund overreaching change in the Church goes by the name of faith based partnerships; an initiative started by ex US president George Bush. Yes it was interfaith, with faith being a very loose term, basically anyone who ran a charitable operation of sorts could qualify. Everyone had to sign on to receive funds. This scheme continued under Barrack Obama but he added a radical twist to it; and allocated more funds. And so it continues in the here and now.
If you are a conservative Christian parent be careful not to deliver your child into the hands of the compromised.
Many institutions are attempting to turn kids into the next generation of social justice warriors and “Democrats for Christ”. More pitfalls than ever exist in Christian higher education; so now more than ever it is best you learn how to identify and navigate them.
Christian education is the target. But it is not just Christian Higher Education that is the problem but even K-12 Christian schools. Home -school curriculum as well.
Radical change is being driven by a flood of funding and left leaning influence pouring into these institutions.
FIRST ON YOUR WATCH LIST — AVOID INSTITUTIONS WITH TIES TO THE GOSPEL COALITION AND THE OIKONOMIA NETWORK
DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE NOT SAFE
Be Careful of any and all schools associated with The Southern Baptist and Presbyterian Church in America where the TGC and Oikonomia have strong holds.
NUMBER ONE FOLLOW THE MONEY
Ask to see whose grants they are getting. If they are not open about whose funding they are willing to take then MOVE ON.
Look out for Kern Family Foundation.
Involvement with faculty with Kern Family Foundation (KFF) or it’s on campus overseer Oikonomia Network or with Acton Institute /Acton University training and grants are clear and present danger signs
ACTON INSTITUTE & UNIVERSITY IS KEY PLAYER IN TRAINING FACULTY AND CONNECTING TO FUNDING. ACTON ALSO PROVIDES CURRICULUM
Example of Acton event –
https://university.acton.org/faculty-2019
Much of Acton’s work is based on liberal Catholic social policy and aimed at “justice”.
Historic Institutions like Wheaton are very far down the road with these “partnerships”
See this example of just one Wheaton grant from KFF. Note its focus and on campus department
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Watch for Templeton Foundation — Bio-Logos or related “efforts to discard or wed sacred text across interfaith lines or to merge science and faith.
INTERFAITH DIALOG A SIGN OF RIGOR MORTIS
Watch for deadly Interfaith Dialog like the “Neighborly Faith” error recently hosted in November 2019 at Wheaton and backed by Moody Bible Institute.Christian and radical Muslim leaders are involved in this campus focus. The Wheaton event was hosted by the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton. The Graham family may not be aware of this fact. Ed Stetzer who is the Chair of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton is likely VERY aware and is a favorite of the TGC circles.
“Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist who specializes in conflicts tied to religious identity and sexual and gender identity. He assists people who are navigating the complex relationship between their sexual or gender identity and Christian faith. He is the Dr. Arthur P. and Mrs. Jean May Rech Chair in Psychology at Wheaton College, where he runs the Sexual and Gender Identity (SGI) Institute. “
REVOICE LGBT+ FLOURISHING IN THE CHURCH
Yarhouse influence helped develop and promote the radical Revoice movement from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBC) and Covenant Theological Seminary (PCA). The infiltration and tolerance of Revoice “LGBT+ Flourishing in historic (conservative) churches” movement stands to split both of these once conservative denominations.
Yarhouse also works with CRU and Intervarsity and MANY evangelical colleges and seminaries once considered to be Biblical and conservative
COUNCIL FOR CHRISTIAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
CCCU is a membership organization which once reflected a commitment to Christian Higher Education but today CCCU is one of the main leaders of the push for compromise to redefine Religious Liberty through the lens of both Islam and LGBTQ rights. CCCU Chairperson is a leader in the “Neighborly Faith” interfaith dialog mentioned above in this article at Wheaton and is a strong ally in the push for “Fairness for all”.
Fairness for All is a partnership of the & Campaign, The American Unity Fund and billionaire Paul Singer whose massive pro-LGBTQ funding political organization ended GOP/Republican opposition to gay marriage in 2012 election through funding candidate Mitt Romney and the GOP 2012 convention. Romney, a Mormon, has helped lead the LDS into full partnership with the push for Fairness for All coupled with the CCCU, & Campaign and the funding of Paul Singer.
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH AN INSTITUTION AFFILIATED WITH TGC’s MANY CHURCH PLANTING ORGANIZATIONS
Watch for the TGC related church planting organizations both denominational and non-denominational — like NAMB- Send Network -ACTS29–9MARKS — Association of Related Churches — and for speakers from those organizations. If you seminary student is involved in one of the schools partnering with these church planting organizations then he or she may be offered funding and employment to staff one of these corrupted church plants. Many are urban churches participating in “Community Development ” and “Faith Based Partnership ” grants co-mingling the vision of re- urbanization and church mission. These efforts actually further the compromise of doctrinal stability and are both justice and globalist driven
WATCH FOR CROSS POLLINATION WITH LIBERAL DENOMINATIONS LIKE LUTHERAN, PCUSA, EPISCOPAL OR ECUMENICAL AND IVY LEAGUE FAITH GROUPS
Example -Louisville Institute is FUNDED by Lilly Endowment grants. This is one the main methods of corruption at Covenant College (PCA) for example. Louisville Institute is led by/ tied to PCUSA but being welcomed into PCAs Covenant College in Georgia. This provides direct but unseen impact of liberal theology on a Biblical conservative, denominational institution.
About Louisville Institute
“In late 1990, Lilly Endowment Inc. (an Indianapolis-based private philanthropic foundation) launched the Louisville Institute, based at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (PCUSA). Created in 1937 by three members of the Lilly family through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly and Company, the Endowment supports the causes of religion, education, and community development. The Religion Division of Lilly Endowment works with people and institutions of promise to generate knowledge, communicate insights, nurture practices, and renew and sustain institutions that help to make accessible and effective the religious resources upon which a flourishing and humane society depends.”
LOUISVILLE INSTITUTE FUNDING IN CONSERVATIVE PCA’S COVENANT COLLEGE
https://www.covenant.edu/news/02.01.16
“Dr. Alicia Jackson, associate professor of history, was awarded a 2016 Louisville Project Grant for Researchers from The Louisville Institute. The institute provides grants to both scholar/pastors and scholar/educators and is interested in advancing American religious and theological scholarship. The Louisville Project Grant for Researchers supports research projects for researchers who are interested in work that will enrich believers and benefit the church
Example
https://louisville-institute.org/louisville-institute-story/about-louisville-institute/
WATCH THE CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENTS ON CAMPUS
Look at the “Cultural Engagement “department — look for grants speakers and events by that department. Speakers on Race- LGBTQ — Immigration — Political Civility — anti Nationalism or from any of The Gospel Coalition or Christianity Today circles or entities.
Example
https://www.samford.edu/news/2017/05/Beeson-Divinity-School-Receives-Third-Kern-Grant
“Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School received its third grant from the Kern Family Foundation for the extension of the school’s Faith and Work program …In the last four years, funds from these grants have brought in scholars and experts in the field of faith, work and economics to speak in chapel services, workshops and symposia. These guests have included Tim Keller, Os Guinness, Russell Moore, Wayne Grudem and Scott Rae
WATCH FOR SPEAKERS SPREADING THESE IDEOLOGIES
Watch for Ivy League liberals being invited in.
Watch for Tim Keller or others speaking at chapel or graduation /fundraisers.
FAITH AND WORK FOCUS INDICATES SOCIAL JUSTICE ECONOMICS
Watch out for the “Faith and Work” programs — they are generally liberal socialist economics and social justice driven progressive politics often with a variety dark money behind them.
Yale Faith and Work
https://faith.yale.edu/god-human-flourishing/god-human-flourishing
“The God and Human Flourishing Program is dedicated to cultivating and resourcing a new theological movement grounded in the conviction that Jesus Christ is the key to human flourishing.”
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Commonweal Project
https://news.sbts.edu/2014/09/09/work-to-the-glory-of-god-mohler-says-in-commonweal-project-lecture/
“Work to the glory of God, Mohler says in Commonweal Project lecture”
Tim Keller of the PCA is king of the Social Justice buzz phrases like “Human Flourishing ” ” Common Good” and making up a “Theology ” to mate with every progressive political ideology he is promoting at the time.
https://faithandwork.com/resources
https://timothykeller.com/blog/2014/3/7/how-faith-affects-our-work
https://oikonomianetwork.org/2014/05/more-highlights-7/
“Eight influential senior pastors from four states and Washington D.C., representing six theological traditions, gave intensive attention to the intersection of faith, work, and economics at a March pastors’ symposium hosted by Beeson Divinity School. The symposium was led by Greg Forster of The Kern Family Foundation and Dan Scott, pastor of Christ Church in Nashville….. Next year, we plan to welcome Tim Keller, who will lead a major conference on faith and work, exploring themes from his book “Every Good Endeavor.”
TIM KELLER SOURCES HIS IDEOLOGIES LIKE HUMAN FLOURISHING AND THRIVING FROM FRANKFURT SCHOOL INSPIRED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE IASC
A Community of Scholars
“Our mission to understand contemporary cultural change and its consequences is carried out in the rare context of a thriving community in which disciplines and generations intersect. Institute Fellows come together to pursue the highest level of scholarship on the most important questions facing the late-modern era. The Institute is led in this endeavour by the Institute Council.”
WATCH FOR LEFTIST POLITICAL IDEAS AND PARTNERS BEING WELCOMED ONTO CAMPUSES LIKE OBAMA FOUNDATION LED “& CAMPAIGN ” .
Example
Patrick Henry College has welcomed & Campaign Justin Giboney and Michael Wear
https://www.phc.edu/news/newsmaker-interview-series-2019
1. Justin Giboney: The “And Campaign” for Redemptive Justice
“Atlanta attorney and political strategist. Co-chair of Obama for America’s Gen-44-Atlanta Initiative
Patrick Henry College Newsmakers | Michael Wear
“Michael Wear is the founder of Public Square Strategies LLC, and a leading expert and strategist at the intersection of faith, politics and American public life. Michael was one of the youngest White House staffers in modern American history: he served in the White House faith-based initiative during President Obama’s first term, where he led evangelical outreach and helped manage trafficking efforts. Michael’s book, Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House gives an unvarnished account of faith inside the world’s most powerful office, and an unprecedented insight into the most controversial stories of the last eight years. He serves on the national board of Bethany Christian Services, the nation’s largest adoption agency, and holds an honorary position at the University of Birmingham’s Cadbury Center for the Public Understanding of Religion.”
CONCLUSION
Okay I warned you it was bad and we not even halfway through yet.
It looks like there will have to be a second part on this topic.
Until then …………..
