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January 25 2008
Mr. Mark Prasuhn
President
Mr. David Garby
Director, Sales & Paid Programming
The Christian Channel
Liberty Market Building
171 East Liberty St., Suite 230
Toronto, ON M6K 3P6
Dr. Brian C. Stiller
President, Tyndale University College & Seminary
25 Ballyconnor Court
Toronto, ON M2M 4B3
Re: The Christian Channel Promotes Anti-Trinitarian “Armstrongism”
Dear Gentlemen:
I am contacting you concerning a serious problem with the
programming on The Christian Channel Network. Specifically, The
Christian Channel is airing the antiTrinitarian and hence anti-Christian
doctrines of four Herbert W. Armstrong splinter groups whose
doctrines are recognized by Christian scholars as unorthodox.
The Christian Channel describes its “Mission Statement”
as being to “offer Canadians the best Christian content
from around the world.” And in its “Statement of Faith”
is included, “There is one God, eternally existent in three
persons. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.”
Those are both very fine! And it’s “Channel Facts,”
where these statements are made insists that “all programming
is subject to the Statement of Faith, which, again, is great
in theory! So why have four anti-Trinitarian programs on its
program line up? Sadly, the Christian Channel is not living up
to its own standards, particularly, with respect to the requirement
that its broadcasters MUST subscribe to the doctrine of the Blessed
Trinity.
The four offenders are: Armor of God (Church of God International),
Beyond Today
(United Church of God), Tomorrow’s World (Living Church
of God), and Key of David
(Philadelphia Church of God).
Any Christ honoring Christian should be concerned and offended
at these organizations’ attacks on the Blessed Trinity,
as well as other orthodox doctrines. Example: “The Trinity
is false doctrine. It’s a damnable lie. It’s Pagan.
It doesn’t exist. It is heretical. It blinds people. It’s
Satan’s greatest deception. Satan has the whole world believing
in a Trinity. The Trinity is contrary to scripture.” The
United Church of God even uses many
of the same out of context quotes that the Jehovah’s Witnesses
use in their
BLASPHEMOUS booklet published in 1989. “Should You Believe
in the Trinity?”
(Ambassador Bible Center, Handouts/Study Material, Quotes about
the Trinity, pages 1-
2, 2002, 2003).
Also, The United Church of God was not allowed to air its program
on Radio Pulpit because they would not sign a statement agreeing
to the Blessed Trinity. (United News, Vol. 6, No. 4, July 2000).
What a fine example for Christian television and Radio to follow.
You can read some of the anti-Trinitarian articles by the United
Church of God, the Church of God International and the Living
Church of God on the following website under “Anti-Trinitarian
Articles” http://www.zoomnet. net
Many Christian television/radio stations are realizing that
these organizations are not orthodox. The Armor of God and Tomorrow’s
World have been cancelled from INSP Networks. World Harvest Television
also canceled the Armor of God. The United Church of God’s
program Prophecy Today has been cancelled from two Christian
radio stations in Louisiana.
My concern is that by airing programs of organizations, when
examined more closely are actually unorthodox, people are deceived.
This deception is enhanced when programs to promote their ministry
are placed among well-known evangelical ministers and ministries.
In closing, having these anti-Trinitarian programs on the Christian
Channel is equivalent to giving acceptance to a program by the
Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Gentlemen, something must be done guickly.
My prayer is that you will investigate what I have written and
documented, and stay true to your “Statement of Faith.”
I hope to hear soon that you have removed these programs before
many others are misled.
Very respectfully in Christ,
James Kieférdorf’
P.O.BOX 18132
Dallas, TX 75218
To prove Kieferdorf's point go the following websites:
http://www.zoomnet/~bbratt/trinity.html
http://www.christianchannel.ca/Welcome/channel_facts.htm
http://www.cgi.org Fall 2007 newsletter The International News
http://www.cgitoronto.org/cgi/literature.htm
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