Laigle’s Forum

The Evangelical church has become corrupt, lacks cultural influence

MADISON, Wisconsin, September 22 /Christian Newswire/ — underGROUND, the first sports apologetics ministry, is a branch of 4 Winds. Concerned about the spiritual condition of the United States, underGROUND believes people need to get back to the basics of the Christian faith.

At the recent Olympics, 4 Winds provided Olympic testimonies of track and field athletes to the underground Chinese church, estimated to be 100 million people. 4 Winds operates a website that includes an underGROUND section.

underGROUND believes the United States evangelical church has become more corrupt over the years. The evangelical church could change the political climate in Washington D.C., but in order to do so, the church must first clean up the corruption in their backyard.

During the last twenty years, the evangelical church has been in moral decline. Corruption in the evangelical church includes the following:

First, Focus on the Family has endorsed The Truth Project, a project showing people how to develop a correct worldview. In this program, Ravi Zacharias and Os Guinness give talks on the importance of truth.

However, Ravi Zacharias will soon appear with others at Robert Schuller’s Rethink conference. Schuller has denied central doctrines for years by promoting religious pluralism. Os Guinness recently authored “An Evangelical Manifesto” which lacked a clear definition of what a Christian is. Also, the “Manifesto” did not clearly show people how to make clear moral decisions in the political arena.

Second, the promotion of Word-Faith teachers who teach heresy. The teachings of prosperity and health have their place. However, the evangelical church has fallen victim to major doctrinal errors in the Word-Faith Movement. Currently, there are six evangelists under investigation by the Senate because of their excessive lifestyles at the expense of hard-working Americans. While defrauding donors, these teachers are living a life of luxury.

Third, the evangelical church has endorsed contemplative prayer authors who deny essential doctrines. Brian McLaren is confused on the atonement, a central issue of Christianity. Richard Foster has aligned his beliefs to mystics who deny major doctrines. Currently, Christianity Today has a feature on Foster. Rick Warren endorses many mystics and includes New Age sympathizer Leornard Sweet in his church.

In order for the church to influence society, Christians must seek God’s face and turn from their wicked ways according to 2 Chronicles 7:14. His ‘face’ can be found in the Bible which gives clear directions on the central issues of the faith.

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http://www.4wca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=58

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