by Wilson Ewin
© FOUNDATION MAGAZINE May-June 1994
Fundamental Evangelistic Association
Part 2
The National Association Of Evangelicals
The organization was founded in April 1942 as a rejection
of the stand taken by the men and successors of Chicago's historic
Prophetic Conference in 1886. It was a movement of neutrality
in the struggle against apostasy. Dr. Harold John Ockenga, pastor
of Park Street Church in Boston is known as the father of the
new attitude. He stated:
"The New Evangelicalism has changed its strategy from
one of separation to one of infiltration.... Instead of attack
upon error, the New Evangelicals proclaim the great historic
doctrines of Christianity.... The strategy...is the positive
proclamation of the truth in distinction from all errors without
delving in personalities which embrace the error...the evangelical
forces have been welded into an organizational front. First,
there is the National Association of Evangelicals which provides
articulation for the movement on the denominational level; second
there is World Evangelical Fellowship which binds together these
national associations of some twenty-six countries into a world
organization." 14
Author Francis A. Schaeffer wrote The Great Evangelical
Disaster a few months before he died in 1984. He remained
true to Ockenga's definition of New Evangelicals being neutral
and not "delving into personalities." Schaeffer
never wrote of the ongoing disaster taking place through evangelicals
embracing the servants of the papacy. His own son became an Orthodox
Catholic in 1990.
A report of the NAE's 50th Anniversary Convention was published.
It states: "When the NAE was formed 50 years ago, many of
its leaders, even though refusing to take a position of ecclesiastical
separation from liberal denominations and churches, did exercise
a warning to believers, even identifying some liberals by name
and pointing out their false teachings. Warnings were also given
concerning the dangers of Roman Catholicism. However, with the
passage of time, the NAE's policy of cooperation rather than
separation, first softened and eventually silenced the voices
of warning almost completely." 15
Evangelicals described in this booklet as working together
with Roman Catholics are, almost without exception, involved
with the NAE. Furthermore, those evangelicals who accept Roman
Catholics as true believers in Christ are virtually all within
the NAE. Therefore, the names and information showing the National
Association of Evangelicals' acceptance and coordination with
Roman Catholics are scattered throughout these pages.
The World Fellowship Of Evangelicals
A global canopy now groups the National Association of Evangelicals
together. Though moving more slowly towards an open acceptance
of Roman Catholicism, the majority of WEF members nevertheless
have already come to that position. A problem did arise, however,
at the 1980 Seventh General Assembly of the WEF held in Hertforshire,
England.
Two observers from the Roman Catholic Church were invited
to bring greetings to the WEF members. One was Monsignor Basil
Meeking of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity.
But among the delegates at the General Assembly there were those
from Spain, France and Italy. They recognized the significance
and implications of the WEF invitation to such a highly trained
Vatican ecumenist. As a result, they protested and the Evangelical
Alliance of Italy withdrew its membership while that of Spain
suspended participation in the WEF.
As a result, the world body selected a Task Force to study
relationships with the Roman Catholic Church. This group reported
to the Eighth General Assembly at Singapore in 1986. Their document
was entitled, "A Contemporary Evangelical Perspective
on Roman Catholicism. " However, the work was not accepted
as this report stated:
"At the recent General Assembly of the WEF, it was concluded
that the report [Task Force's] 'deals with only a limited range
of the issues of Roman Catholicism.' Moreover, 'the Theological
Commission did not have an opportunity to discuss the statement
before it was sent to the Assembly.' It was therefore decided
that the Theological Commission should continue this study of
contemporary Roman Catholicism. To this end it appointed a five
member 'continuation committee' to draft a supplementary report."
16
The stalling tactic proved to be effective, for the final
report was never made and no further members left the WEF in
disgust. Furthermore, the "silence treatment" has now
become the effective strategy to be followed whenever some aroused
WEF member expresses alarm as did "Little Red Riding
Hood" with the "Big Bad Wolf. "
Seemingly, The World Evangelical Fellowship has little to
fear. This was proven with the Billy Graham "Mission
Quebec" Crusade of June 1990. Pope Pius XII in the 1950s
had declared the Canadian Province to be "the most Catholic
country in the world. " With the memory of intense persecution
still fresh before their eyes, Canadian members of the WEF should
have screamed as the facts of Romanist-Mission Quebec intrigue
and subtle cooperation became known to them. Instead, a tragic
silence prevailed except for opposition against those few who
dared to warn.
The Lausanne Committee For World Evangelization
In his biography of evangelist Billy Graham, John Pollock
observed that "Graham 's mind was forever ranging for
fresh ways of proclaiming or consolidating the Gospel."
The Lausanne Committee was certainly one of the evangelist's
new ways, but it further destroyed the Gospel instead of consolidating
its message. This was because Graham places no importance upon
doctrine or Biblical truth. William Martin included the following
in his biography of Graham:
"Robert Ferm who spent a career putting the best possible
face on Graham's actions and words (stated) 'I have read the
major theologians and his is in an entirely different category.'
Carl Henry admitted that 'I keep my fingers crossed about the
books Billy writes.' Still another veteran colleague was more
blunt: 'Billy has never worked through his theology."' 17
The above explains why the formation and history of the Lausanne
Committee is a "coat of many colors." It was
formed at the ecumenical International Congress on World Evangelization
meeting at Lausanne Switzerland in 1974. Evangelist Billy Graham
used the occasion to form the Lausanne Committee. He still serves
as its Honorary Chairman. Its first task was to produce the Lausanne
Covenant, and Dr. John R. W. Stott, the worldwide ecumenist,
was chosen to be the chief author.
Dr. Leighten Ford, Graham's brother-in-law, served as Chairman
of the Board for seventeen years. In his address at Amsterdam
'86, he said: "Several weeks ago we had the privilege in
Calcutta of visiting Mother Teresa.... I asked her what we could
pray for her. I thought she might need money or staff. She said
'Pray that I may be humble like Mary and holy like Jesus. 'l
asked her what she would tell you, the evangelists at Amsterdam
'86 if she could speak here. She said, 'Tell them to be holy
and love one another. '"18
The White Flag Of Surrender
The same report quoted these words from Ford: "Preach
the Gospel, but don't be so negative as to refuse to endorse
or work with those who belong to a group that proclaims a different
Gospel. " Dr. Ford certainly led the Lausanne Committee
in that direction. The LCWE's International Director is Rev.
Tom Houston. He delivered a Plenary Statement at the 1989 Lausanne
II Congress in Manila. In it Houston stated:
"There are six saving acts of God in Jesus Christ. .
. The Incarnation. . . the Cross...the Atonement...the Resurrection...the
Ascension...Pentecost...the Second Coming of Christ...Now all
these churches (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelicals,
Orthodox, Pentecostals) believe in all these six saving acts...it
takes all of these to tell the whole gospel....God gives us each
a torch to carry, but it is one procession.... Let us be a force
for fusion and not send out sparks that ignite inflammatory division.
Let us make our unflinching goal to stay together...as reflected
in the Lausanne Covenant." 19
The Committee published booklets in 1980 on witnessing. Then
came the problem of the LCWE's unity with Roman Catholicism.
The need for a booklet or witnessing to its people was paramount
in the minds of some members. Finally one was printed and it
bears the title, "Christian Witness to Nominal Christians
Among Roman Catholics. " The ambiguity of the title
is an indication of the conflict that ensued among the 52 persons
responsible for the work. Some properly viewed the Roman Catholic
church as not being a Christian denomination, while "Others
of us view the Roman Catholic Church as a Christian denomination,
and believes in the possibility of a deep evangelical renewal."
20
The above underscores the abject bankruptcy of LCWE's brazen
claims and pleas concerning evangelism. Its use of the term "evangelism"
is fraudulent and a display of sheer deceit. The apostles of
Christ were sent to evangelize, and the object of this was conversion
as described in the New Testament writings. May the Lausanne
Committee on World Evangelization renounce and turn from the
nonconversion and treachery of ecumenism to serve the true God
in the light of His Word.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
The organization had a valid beginning. Receipts were needed
for gifts received during the Portland, Oregon Crusade in July
1950. A non-profit charter was drawn up and Article One stated
the purpose was "to spread the gospel by any and all
means." Little did the five original charter members
dream of how the Association would develop and what it would
eventually become.
Evangelist Graham acquired a strange interest and respect
for papal clerics as early as 1950. Details of this are given
in the book, The Assimilation of Evangelist Billy Graham into
the Roman Catholic Church. 21 During the 1950 Boston campaign,
he studied the writings of the Catholic television evangelist
Bishop Fulton Sheen. While there, a resourceful Cardinal Richard
Cushing shrewdly concluded there were possibilities of exploiting
Graham for the purpose of ecumenism. Time has proven the assessment
made by the Vatican prince to be most exact.
The Cardinal printed "Bravo Billy" on the
front page of his diocesan paper, and Graham stated, "He
and I became wonderful friends ." 22 A relationship
became firm, and Graham "made a point of stressing his
own 'tremendous admiration' for the Cardinal. "Graham called
him "the living ecumenist in America" and "lavished
further praise on Pope John XXIII." 23
The evangelist was obviously impressed by Cardinal Cushing's
presentation of ecumenism. He then praised Pope Paul VI and heralded
Vatican II as a major step in dissipating the clouds of resentment
and mistrust that had separated Catholics and Protestants. 24
The exact reason for Graham's statement and attitude toward s
ecumenism is difficult to determine.
The Doctrinal Vacuum
Certainly the evangelist was tragically weak in doctrine or
theology. As previously stated, Carl Henry once said, "I
keep my fingers crossed about books Billy writes, "
while another "veteran colleague" was more blunt
and said, "Billy has never worked through his theology."
25 A discerning Carl McIntire pointed out that "Graham's
lack of concern for pure doctrine was leading to a one-world
church, just as predicted in the book of Revelation." 26
Again, Graham had a "tender conscience" and
avoided "confrontation. " Why? Dr. John R. Rice
was finally obliged to accuse Graham of wanting "the
prestige, the financial backing, and worldly influence. "27
Former Baptist minister and Graham's old friend, Bill Moyers,
explained it to be "partly as the price of celebrity.
He's a popular and pleasant fellow who doesn't 'like offending
his host." 28 Cardinal Lekai, primate of Hungary, told
Graham this in the presence of U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Salgo:
"There are three people who are great manipulators of
crowds in the present world: President Reagan, a former actor;
Pope John Paul II, a former actor; and Billy Graham." He
then added, "To be perfectly honest, Dr. Graham and please
don't be offended, but I call you one of the greatest actors
on the human scene." 29
There is another possibility and this avenue calls for careful
thought. Is Billy a regenerated man? Biographer William Martin
wrote this of him: "the fundamental theme of his life
and ministry is reconciling men and women to God and to each
other. . . most of his time and energy were spent. . . in trying
to tear down barriers separating people who might, if given a
chance, be friends. " 30
Ecumenical Reconciliation
Such a theme of reconciliation can only be fulfilled through
the gospel of Christ and the Word of God. But Graham believes
and states that reconciliation is obtained through ecumenism
and the false gospel of the Roman Church. In October 1978, he
preached in Poland at Pozan's Catholic Church. There, "he
prayed that the Holy Spirit would unite the hearts of the Roman
Catholics and Protestants."
Then he preached before 6,500 at Katowice where "a
corps of approximately 300 priests and nuns [were] sitting together
in a high balcony." As he finished his sermon, Graham
"asked those who wished to recommit their lives to Christ
to raise their hands and all three hundred priests and nuns did
so. " 31
Graham led his Evangelistic Association across a major watershed
in 1957. The occasion was the New York Crusade, and the crisis
issue was a fatal move into the ecumenical camp. The evangelist
told a reporter, "The ecumenical movement has broadened
my viewpoint and I recognize now that God has his people in all
churches. " 32 His biographer, William Martin, concluded,
"As the committees took shape, it became clear that Graham
did indeed plan to hold an ecumenical crusade. " 33
From that time onward, Decision magazine, Radio Hour
of Decision, television crusades, World Wide Pictures, crusades
and all other features of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
became functional as valid units of global ecumenism. All programs,
publications and speakers had to adjust to the ecumenical code
of unity.
The Removal Of Conversion
No longer can the work of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
be called New Testament evangelism. Decades ago it removed itself
from any valid claim to Christian evangelism. Historian George
H. Williams states in his History of the Christian Church
that "Christianity is a strongly proselytizing religion."
The BGEA's official position is one of no proselytism or, in
the language of the early church, no converting.
Already on October 17, 1960, Newsweek magazine had
reported, "Dr. Graham made clear that he and his fellow
crusaders have no intention of doing any proselytizing. "The
die had been cast; the monstrous forgery of ecumenism was to
replace Christian evangelism. From that moment on, it would masquerade
under Christian dress and preach the counterfeit gospel of ecumenism.
This was painfully evident during the 1990 crusade in Quebec
and later in Roman Catholic South America.
A 1977 revelation of the BGEA's hidden World Evangelism and
Christian Education Fund of 22.9 million dollars "shocked
many Christians and Graham contributors across the United States.
" 34 Of infinitely greater shock will be God's own revelation
before His throne of judgment. This will show the consequences
resulting from evangelist Graham's conversion to ecumenism.
The Dallas, Texas fund involved this world's goods; the heavenly
account relates to the eternal souls of lost men and women. Multitudes
will have followed the perverted gospel of the deceitful BGEA's
artful ecumenism, but now the tragic moment had come to render
account before the truly righteous Judge. 35 He never calls "actors"
to serve Him, rather, He calls soldiers, as the apostle wrote:
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith." 36
The Christian Research Institute
In the November 22, 1993 issue of the magazine Christianity
Today, the claim is made that the Christian Research Institute
is "still the premier evangelical cult-research organization."
The founder, Dr. Walter Martin, wrote The Kingdom of the Cults.
He opened his book by stating:
"I have elected to stand on the ramparts of Biblical
Christianity as taught by the apostles, defended by the church
fathers, rediscovered by the reformers and embodied in what is
sometimes called reformed theology." 37
The above words ring of the Reformation spirit, of that period
when men and women of God perished by millions because they dared
to unmask and describe Romanism as Babylon, the woman drunk with
the blood of the saints, seated on many waters which "are
peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues." 38
Amazingly though, throughout the speaker's many years of teaching
and writing, never did Walter Martin print material or speak
specifically to expose Roman Catholicism as the foremost of all
the cults in America.
Not that Dr. Martin lacked opportunities to have spoken as
God's sentinel. For ten years as "The Bible Answer Man,
" he participated in the Long John Nebel Show - heard in
43 states, six days a week over the NBC radio network. His book
on the cults was first published in 1965 and soon became a best
seller with 24 printings. The author taught on the fields of
Biblical Theology and Comparative Religions at the Melodyland
School of Theology in Anaheim, California.
A Builder Of Neutrality And Tolerance
Besides an active pulpit ministry, Dr. Martin lectured in
hundreds of colleges, seminaries, universities and churches throughout
the United States and 18 countries of Europe and Asia. Yet on
no occasion was he ever known to have defended "Biblical
Christianity as taught by the apostles" or attempted
to rediscover Reformation theology as opposed to papal teaching.
Dr. Martin was charismatic and doubtless this factor gave birth
to his refusal to identify Roman Catholicism as a cult.
Because of his tremendous influence upon evangelicals around
the world, Dr. Martin and the Christian Research Institute (CRI)
which he founded, must bear major responsibility for today's
wall of neutrality, tolerance and silence that surrounds the
exposure of Romanism as a cult. Dr. Martin died in June 1989.
Then came 1993 and the CRI moved openly into the ecumenical
camp. This was stated in their book entitled The Cult of the
Virgin. Sponsored by the Christian Research Institute through
its editors Elliot Miller and Ken Samples, the book contains
an appendix by a Jesuit named Pacwa. Miller and Samples present
him as a "Bible-believing Catholic" with whom they
have "fellowship in Christ and cooperative efforts in
the common cause of Christ's kingdom" (p. 161). The
book states: "The underlying purpose of this book is
ultimately ecumenical rather than anti-ecumenical" (p.
161).
Dr. Martin was a close friend of Pacwa. The priest is a known
apologist and defender of his Church. He wrote for the CRI Journal
and spoke on Dr. Martin's "The Bible Answer Man"
program. Martin introduced him to CRI's contributing editor,
Ken Samples.
Was Martin a double agent and guilty of deception regarding
his views of Romanism? The claim he made in the opening statement
of his book on the cults is at variance with the testimony given
by Ken Samples. The contradiction is recorded on cassette. Editor
Samples stated this:
"The position that I hold on Catholicism...was greatly
influenced by Dr. Martin.. .[he] held the very same position,
in fact the statements that I wrote to represent our organization,
Dr. Martin read and agreed with . . . Dr. Martin agreed absolutely
with our position on Catholicism, because quite frankly he helped
shape my own view of Catholicism."
A lengthy article in four parts began to appear in the Winter
1993 issue of the CRI Journal. Entitled "What
Think Ye of Rome? - an Evangelical Appraisal o/ Contemporary
Catholicism," the Journal strongly opposes calling the
papal Church a cult. It states, "Catholicism affirms
most of what the cults deny and possesses an orthodox foundation
which all cult groups lack. "
The Falsification Of Historical Facts
A Vatican ecumenist could not have improved on the image of
Popery created by the CRI Journal. The Winter 1993 (Part
One) issue states, "From the fourth century to the present,
Roman Catholic thought has had a momentous influence.... The
Church has wielded great power over the centuries, often spreading
enlightenment and benevolence among humanity. "
The Part II section in the "Spring 1993" issue credits
Catholicism with "Almost a two-thousand-year history
(it has historical continuity with apostolic, first century Christianity),
and is the ecclesiastical tree from which Protestantism originally
splintered. "
The lengthy CRI Journal's presentation of Popery is a flow
of half truths, distortion, falsehood and deceit, all staged
with the obvious purpose of altering the accusing facts of history.
However, nothing can silence the great masters long dead but
whose voices still speak from the pages of their works. Among
them is Anthony Froude, Regius Professor of History in the University
of Oxford. He lectured his students on the Council of Trent over
a century ago. Before him came J. A. Wylie's 1825 The History
of Protestantism in three massive volumes.
Even the 16-Volume Catholic Encyclopedia accuses the Miller-Samples
article of fraudulent content. Some fourteen pages of space were
required to document how the term "pope" evolved. In
the first centuries, it applied only to any pastor of a local
church. Slowly this was restricted until the triple significance
emerged in 1074 A.D. and was applied to Gregory VII alone. A
meticulously detailed 20" x 36" colored chart showing
the historical year-by-year evolution of Romanism was prepared
by a Catholic priest and is available. 39
Certain of the books shown in this booklet's pictures are
still available. They serve to measure the depths of shame to
which the Christian Research Institute and its present editors
have fallen in the sight of our God of truth. The Vatican has
struggled by deceit, by armies and by anathema to establish and
maintain its Sceptre of the Papal Theocracy. The ecumenism of
the Vatican II Council was added in 1965. Sadly, this now involves
most of today's evangelicals-tragically not recognizing that
Roman Catholicism is indeed the world's deadliest cult.
The Pentecostal - Charismatic Flood
Senior editor J. I. Packer of Christianity Today published
his analysis of the Roman Catholic twenty-fifth anniversary of
their Pentecostal movement. He wrote in part:
"Roman Catholics would be the first to declare that of
all God's twentieth century surprises, none has startled them
more than the Charismatic renewal in their own church during
the past 25 years. Though it's estimated 50-plus million adherents
make up less than a tenth of world Catholicism, they are probably
more than a fifth of the Pentecostal-Charismatic constituency
worldwide, and these numbers are very remarkable. So is the spread
of such a movement as this in a Catholic context." 40
One year later, the Catholic Pentecostal publication New
Covenant contained an article entitled "Bridge Builders."
It summarized the Vatican position concerning the Pentecostal
charismatic movement within Catholicism and concluded with these
words:
"Perhaps the greatest force in all Christian churches
and ecclesiastical groups today is the charismatic Pentecostal-Evangelical
convergence. It almost seems that in February 1967 the Holy Spirit
said, 'I will raise up people who will live the teaching of Vatican
II about the vitality and power of the Holy Spirit.' And in the
ensuing 25 years, these charismatic Roman Catholics have grown
closer to charismatics in the mainline Protestant churches, to
Protestant Pentecostals and to Evangelicals." 4
The Tragedy Of Unity Based On Experience
All doubts and hesitation from those earlier days when the
Pentecostal charismatic spirit entered Roman Catholicism, have
now disappeared. All claiming the Pentecostal experience, irrespective
of creed or denomination, Roman Catholic or not, now accept each
other as united together by the same spirit. 42
The main thrust and work of the entire Pentecostal charismatic
movement can be summed up on one word - unity.
Probably the greatest of its apostles was Mr. Pentecost-David
du Plessis. He was one of 12,000 delegates gathered in London
for the eleventh triennial meeting of the World Pentecostal Conference
in September 1976. Mr. du Plessis was publicly recognized and
enthusiastically applauded . Why? Partly because of his years
of active cooperation with Cardinal Bea who headed the Vatican-appointed
Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity.
Recognition of his work for unity led Pope Paul Vl to grant
him a special pass at the 1964 Vatican Council as du Plessis
stated, "assigned me to a very good seat in cavernous St.
Peter's Basilica, just to the left of the papal throne. "A
special mass was celebrated and Mr. du Plessis said later, "I
felt myself melting and breaking, actually weeping openly as
the mass unfolded . .I was aware even at that moment that the
purging of my bitterness and suspicion had been complete. "
43
Time marches on and the 17th Pentecostal World Conference
is scheduled to meet at Jerusalem in September 1995. This time,
Roman Catholics will be there. And united there with these Vatican
faithful in spirit will be a flood of 50 million other Catholic
Pentecostals from around the world. They will swell the ranks
of some 200 million Pentecostal charismatics, most of whom are
already members of National Associations of Evangelicals around
the globe.
Prominent Personalities
A bewildering roster of names confronts the observer of leaders
involved in ecumenism. Comparable to those responsible for charting
the changing course of planes engaged in aerial combat during
World War II, today's task is infinitely more serious. It involves
the souls of men and women, Catholic or otherwise. By the same
token, our strife concerns the liberty, well being and progress
of nations, Catholic or otherwise.
Motivated by love for God's people and equally so, by love
for the Roman Catholic, the following names are reviewed briefly
as those mainly responsible for the tragedy and ongoing success
of ecumenism-the program of Vatican strategy for global conquest.
The listing is not complete and neither does it include any from
the countless Pentecostal charismatic celebrities, all of whom
participate in ecumenical unity.
Evangelist Luis Palau: Known as "the Billy Graham
of South America, " Palau broadcasts in 95 counties and
over nearly 500 stations. Billy Graham's influence on him began
in 1962. A Jamaican newspaper ad announced the 1993 Palau Crusade
there in these words: "The Roman Catholic Archdiocese
of Kingston gives wholehearted support in mobilizing its members
to participate in the National Crusade 1993. This venture is
seen by us as an important event in the spreading of the Gospel
in an ecumenical manner. " 44
The following report shows the actual extent of Palau's ecumenism:
"Palau's form of worship presents such a broad Christian
message that it appeals to Protestants and Catholics alike...
But unlike other evangelicals who have actively tried to lure..
. Catholics away from their churches, Palau aims to keep people
in their own Christian churches - regardless of denomination...
'on the core of Christianity, we are one,' Palau said in a recent
interview... Palau represents a growing trend among religious
groups. . . that do not want to alienate Catholics. . . (Palau)
carefully avoids the controversial differences between Catholics
and Protestants. . . Protestants of Palau's type have a message
that does not require abandoning church membership. . . Bible
studies are deliberately held at times that would not conflict
with Masses and controversial subjects like the Virgin Mary are
avoided. Instead there's an attempt to find a common ground in
the Bible. " 45
Dr. Chuck Colson: His Prison Fellowship Ministries
uses 50,000 volunteer workers with 21 directors and 64 state
officers. On August 28, 1993 he was awarded the John S. Templeton
Prize for Progress in Religion. This took place at the Chicago
meeting of the Parliament of the World's Religions, an ecumenical
event. In 1990, Mr. Colson wrote the Foreword to a book entitled
Evangelical Catholics - a Call for Christian Cooperation to
Penetrate the Darkness with the Light of the Gospel. The
book's Catholic author is attorney Keith A. Fournier, General
Counsel and Dean of Evangelism at the Catholic University of
Steubenville in Ohio. Speaking of Dean Fournier and "Father"
Mike Scanlan's "ministry of evangelistic outreach,
" Colson describes the changes Pentecostalism brought to
the Catholic Steubenville University in these words:
"They can be attributed to a great movement of the Holy
Spirit among people completely committed to Christian living
within the Catholic Church . . . The Church has often been plagued
by wars within her walls. . . But at root, those who are called
of God, whether Catholic or Protestant, are part of the same
Body... Keith Fournier stands in the breach-truly orthodox in
his adherence to Catholic doctrine and fully evangelical in his
relationship to Christ and His creation. . . I pray that his
book will be read by Catholics and Protestants alike, that it
will be a bridge across many of the historic divisions in the
church...."
Dr. John R.W. Stott: The Rector Emeritus of All Souls
Anglican Church is England's best-known Neo-evangelical. He has
had a profound influence on America's evangelical students through
repeat engagements as speaker at Urbana, InterVarsity's triennial
missionary conference. The Lausanne Covenant was drafted in 1974
and Stott was chairman of the group. His popularity was described
in these words:
"One reason why he has been admired and honored in the
Church of England is that he has remained loyal to it. His public
disagreement with Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones at a meeting of the
Evangelical Alliance in 1966 was a turning point. Lloyd-Jones,
often regarded as the greatest preacher of his age, urged Evangelicals
to come out of their denominations and together form their own
new association, if not an actual church; and Stott, who was
in the chair, resolutely opposed him." 46
John Stott's intention of eventual union with the Vatican
system is expressed as follows:
"Leading evangelical John Stott, an advisor of the World
Council of Churches told the Nottingham NEAC Conference that
'the visible unity of all professing Christians should be our
goal . . . and evangelicals should join others in the Church
of England in working towards full communion with the Roman Catholic
Church."' 47
Dr. Jack Van Impe: Widely known as "the walking
Bible," the head of Jack Van Impe Ministries
claims he has been honored with doctoral degrees from twelve
leading seminaries and Bible colleges across America. His telecasts
reach 160 nations and blanket entire continents through 825 international
radio and television stations. His influence could affect a claimed
"potential of 56 million viewers." 48 Until
1984, Van Impe stood with those who opposed the enemy. But then
he published his book, Heart Disease in Christ 's Body,
and with it declared that he had moved to the position of ecumenical
neutrality and compromise and away from the true soldiers of
Biblical truth.
Then came Van Impe's video, "Startling Revelations:
Pope John Paul II." Released in the fall of 1993, video
ads then appeared in several major magazines. "Dr. Van
Impe who formerly warned that the Roman Catholic church is a
false, apostate church has now made a complete about-face by
accepting the pope and so-called traditional Roman Catholicism
as being part of the body of Christ. . . He not only claims that
Pope John Paul 11 is a genuine Christian but also considers the
Pope to be a true prophet and defender of the faith. "
49
In addition, among the alleged "common points of agreement
between orthodox Catholics and evangelical Protestants,"
claimed by the Van Impes to exist, there stands the extremely
damaging and utterly false statement that Christ's "atonement
death on the cross" 50 is held mutually by both.
The Imminent Finale
Indeed, many of today's evangelicals are embracing Romanism-the
world's deadliest cult. The depth of this tragedy becomes evident
through an understanding of the hour to which humanity has now
come. Divine intervention is taking place in the affairs of mankind
and God's watchmen are warning of this fact. Perhaps the most
outstanding feature of God's activity is the ongoing fulfillment
of His promise to Israel. He said:
"Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among
the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every
side, and bring them into their own land. And I will make them
one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel... and they
shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into
two kingdoms any more at all." 51
At this very moment in history, the stage is dramatically
being set in the Middle East for the completion off further words
by Christ to His prophet Zechariah. He added, "For I will
gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle. . . Then shall
the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations." 52
Their total annihilation will then follow.
Shortly before this extermination takes place, however, another
purge will have already occurred. This concerns those evangelicals
involved in the treachery of Vatican ecumenism as well as the
Church of Rome and its members. It has been described by the
Apostle John in his Revelation from Christ Jesus as God's judgment
upon a woman, a whore who is the symbol "of that great city
which reigneth over the kings of the earth. " 53
What Is That City?
This city that reigns is represented as "the great
whore that sitteth upon many waters. "John was told
these waters represent "peoples, and multitudes, and
nations, and tongues. " 54
The Scriptures depict the city as "arrayed in purple
and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones
and pearls, having a golden cup full of abomination. "
It bears a name written: "MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. "
55
What is that great city characterized by a woman arrayed in
purple and scarlet? The answer rings clearly in the Word of God
and was understood by most believers throughout the past nine
centuries.
God's servants gathered in 1886 at the Chicago Prophetic Conference
were unanimous in stating that great city to be Papal Rome. Likewise,
virtually all believers living in those appalling centuries of
Vatican supremacy and the decline of Vatican power, were harmonious
in holding that same conviction.
In further confirmation of the city's identity to be Rome,
the angel told John, "I will shew unto you. . . [and]
I will tell thee. " He then revealed it to be "drunken
with the blood of the saints and with the martyrs of Jesus,
"55 and whose traffic was, "slaves (bodies) and
souls of men."
Drunken With The Blood Of The Saints
Imperial Rome under the emperors caused the martyrdom of many
thousands. Then began the development of Papal Rome. It emerged
as the Holy See or Roman Catholicism following the break with
Greek Orthodoxy in 1054. Then followed a period of persecution
unequaled in the history of nations. The Roman Catholic Church
caused the death of untold millions and the awful details are
contained in The Book of Martyrs.
The author, John Foxe, was born in 1517 in Boston, in England's
Lincolnshire. He graduated from Oxford and became a student of
church history. Eleven years were spent in the book's preparation.
Queen Elizabeth referred to him affectionately as "Our Father
Foxe." His book was placed in every cathedral church in
England, and John Bunyan kept a copy during his writing of Pilgrim
's Progress and the years of his imprisonment. This historic
classic should be in all church libraries today and read by all
believers.
The Lord God Who Judgeth Her
John was shown a woman (city) seated upon a beast with seven
heads and ten horns. He was told the ten horns "are ten
kings" who would rule with unity at the end of time,
and "shall hate the whore [city], and shall make her
desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh, and bum her with
fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will...."
56
The carrying out of God's judgment upon the Vatican or Papal
Rome is imminent. The current political atmosphere and background
of that impending event fill many volumes already in print. Today's
global press and media hold no respect or love for the papacy.
Amazingly, and as documented throughout this booklet, today's
evangelicals are blissfully embracing that which God hates and
has promised to destroy. In love for them as well as love for
Roman Catholics, wherever they may be found, the booklet closes
with these solemn words of warning as written by the Apostle
John:
"And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out
of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and
that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached
unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.... Therefore
shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine:
and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the
Lord God who judgeth her." 57
But to those, both past and present, who have refused to embrace
Romanism, that deadly cult, and remained faithful to the Saviour,
this message comes from the God of heaven and earth:
"Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles
and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her." 58
Appendix
As quoted earlier, "we wrestle not against flesh and
blood " This truth must constantly be kept in mind as
the brutality and violence of this world continue to escalate.
Our struggle therefore is against the evil spirit who created
Roman Catholicism. It is not a conflict with the individual member
of that politico-religious system.
The Saviour said, "Father forgive them; for they know
not what they do" (Luke 23:34). Likewise, no malice
or bitterness against Roman Catholics should be found in the
heart of God's true believer. On the contrary, we should be filled
and motivated by the same love shown towards us by our merciful
God. It is written: "But God commendeth his love toward
us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us"
(Romans 5:8).
Your writer was enabled to complete 40 years of ministry to
Roman Catholics because of this love. When he came to Quebec
in 1953 with his wife and three daughters, the Province was indeed,
in the words of Pope Pius XII at that time, "the most
Catholic country in the world." As such, all those seeking
to bring God's Word to French Canada, were subject to various
forms of persecution. Yet perseverance in gospel work was maintained
for it was fueled by love for the Roman Catholic.
Nevertheless, 1953 was a difficult and somewhat dangerous
period for missionaries to minister among the Catholic population.
Wilson has been jailed, stoned, man handled and threatened with
death. Through God's blessing, hundreds of Catholics were saved
and several churches built, one of those being in the New England
States.
Born in London, Ontario in 1923, Wilson Ewin was raised on
his parent's farm in the same area. They were members of a small
community Baptist Church, and here, Wilson received Christ as
Saviour at age 13. He served as a pilot instructor in World War
II and met Trudy, his future wife from Switzerland, under circumstances
that can only be explained as coming from the Hand of God. Before
and after the war he was strangely stopped in attempts to begin
university studies in engineering, medicine and embassy careers
successively. Then a call from God came in 1950 and Wilson and
Trudy studied at London Bible Institute, London, Ontario.
Besides his evangelism and pastoral work, Wilson wrote many
articles and books on the topic of Romanism. The story of those
years has been written and a 40-minute video produced. The listing
of these and other books and material relating to the topic of
Roman Catholicism is available at this book's address.
Perhaps it came from his wartime interest in enemy deception
and infiltration but Wilson became intrigued by the decades of
Vatican manipulation of evangelist Billy Graham. This led to
his 1992 booklet, "The Assimilation of Evangelist Billy
Graham into the Roman Catholic Church. "
Graham's involvement in deception has now led him into the
web of Communism. His march 1995 Global Mission will include
all regions of the former Union of Socialist Republics. These
are now called the "Commonwealth of Independent States.
" In preparation for the global effort, the Graham Evangelistic
Association conducted a leadership training Seminar in Moscow,
Russia on December 9-11, 1993.
Tragically, such activity is ecumenical. Its purpose is to
achieve religious unity on a global dimension regardless of creed
or doctrine. As such, it opposes the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ and is the deadly enemy of Biblical evangelism. May God
strengthen His people to fight the good fight, finish the course
and keep the faith.
Endnotes
Eternal Vigilance - The Price Of Freedom
1. Their Finest Hour, by Winston Churchill, p. 171.
2. Ibid. p. 118.
3. Triumph and Tragedy, by Winston Churchill, p. 479.
4. Gospel of Matthew, 28:18-19, 20.
5. Acts, 4:31.
6. Ibid., 5:41.
7. Epistle of Jude, 3-4.
8. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. Xll, p. 270.
9. Lectures on the Council of Trent, by Anthony Froude,
p. 335.
10. History of the Christian Church, by Lars P. Qualben,
p. 389.
The 1886 Gathering In Chicago
1. Revelation 6:10.
2. A History of Fundamentalism in America by George Dollar,
pp. 43,47.
3. Ibid., p. 45.
4. Prophetic Studies by A.J. Gordon, p. 67.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid., p. 71.
7. Prophetic Essays, p. 169.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid. pp. 173-174.
10. A History of Fundamentalism in America, p. 67.
11. Revelation 17:4.
12. Ibid., verse 18.
13. Ibid., 18:4.
14. The Gospel of St. Matthew 18:7.
15. Ezekiel 33:6.
16. A History of Fundamentalism in America, pp. 52-53.
Roman Catholicism-The Unrecognized Cult
1. The Kingdom of the Cults, by Walter Martin, p. 11.
2. Ibid., p. 13.
3. The Chaos of Cults, by J.K. Baalen, p. 11.
4. A History of the Christian Church, by Lars P. Qualben,
12th Printing, p. 236.
5. The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, p.
270.
6. The Documents of Vatican II, p. 715.
7. The Canons and Decrees of' the Council of Trent, p.
270.
8. Ibid. pp. 145-146.
9. Epistle to the Ephesians 2:8-9.
10. My Catholic Faith, p. 87.
11. The Baltimore Catechism, p. 60.
12. Encyclical "Reconciliation and Penance,"
p. 107.
13. Out of the Labyrinth, by L.H. Lehmann, pp. 9-10.
Glancing At The Enemy's Armory
1. Epistle to the Ephesians 6:11-12.
2. Epistle to the Romans, 16:17.
3. Second Epistle to Timothy, 2:3.
4. The Documents of Vatican II, p. 716.
5. Ibid., p. 715.
6. Ibid., pp. 347, 355.
7. Augustine of Hippo, Translated by Mary T. Clark, a
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Manhattanville College, p. 463.
8. The Documents of Vatican II, p. 623.
9. New Evangelization 2000, Summer 1993, p. 14.
10. A.D. 2000 Together, Summer 1990, p. 22.
11. A Prophet with Honor, by William Martin, p. 223.
12. Ibid., p. 222.
13. Billy Graham - The Authorized Biography, by John Pollock,
p. 172.
14. The New Neutralism, by William E. Ashbrook, pp. 4-5.
15. Foundation Magazine, March/April 1992, p. 9.
16. The Christian Beacon, March 12, 1987.
17. A Prophet with Honor - The Billy Graham Story, by
William Martin, p.574.
18. Foundation Magazine, July/August 1986.
19. World Evangelization, Nov/Dec 1989, January 1990.
20. Lausanne Occasional Papers - Christian Witness to Nominal
Christians Among Roman Catholics, p. 11.
21. The Assimilation of Evangelist Billy Graham into the Roman
Catholic Church, (obtainable from this booklet's address).
22. Bookstore Journal, November 1991.
23. A Prophet with Honor - The Billy Graham Story, by
William Martin, pp. 309-310.
24. Ibid., p. 310.
25. Ibid., p. 574.
26. Ibid., p. 540.
27. Ibid., p. 222.
28. Ibid., p. 518.
29. Ibid., p. 526.
30. Ibid., p. 400.
31. Ibid., p. 490.
32. Ibid., p. 220.
33. Ibid., p. 222.
34. Chicago Tribune, June 27, 1977.
35. Gospel of John, 5:26-29.
36. Second Epistle to Timothy, 4:7.
37. The Kingdom of the Cults, by Walter Martin, p. 11.
38. Revelation, 17:15.
39. The Problem of Christian Unity, an exhaustive chart.
40. Christianity Today, June 22, 1992.
41. New Covenant, May 1993.
42. For additional information relating to ecumenical unity through
Pentecostal Charismatic Encyclopedia itself, please contact this
booklet's address.
43. A Man Called Mr. Pentecost, pp. 215-216.
44. Calvary Contender, March 15, 1993.
45. The Arizona Republic, October 31, 1992.
46. Evangelical Essentials, Intervarsity Press 1988, A
dialogue between David Edwards, a British liberal and John Stott.
47. All Roads Lead to Rome? The Ecumenical Movement, by
Michael de Semlyen, pp. 30, 31.
48. Jack Van Impe Ministries International, January 7,
1994 Report.
49. Foundation Magazine - Startling Statements of Dr. Jack
Van Impe, by M.H. Reynolds, pp. 4-5.
50. Startling Revelations: Pope John Paul II, a video
by Dr. Jack Van Impe.
51. The Prophet Ezekiel, 37:21-22.
52. Ibid., 14:2-3.
53. Revelation, 17:18.
54. Ibid., V. 15.
55. Ibid., Vs. 4-5.
56. Ibid., Vs . 16-17
57. Revelation, 18:4-5, 8. 58. Ibid., V. 20.