Church of Tares:
A film that explains where the ideas of "Purpose Driven," "Seeker Sensitive," and
"Church Growth" being followed by many Southern Baptist Churches came from.
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Description of the Film:
Can
the Church borrow the marketing tools of the world and apply them to the
Church? What is the history of the Church Growth movement and its false
premises? Who is involved in the new evangelicalism and second reformation? Why
are these movements embracing contemplative mysticism? How does this movement
play into the New World Order? These questions and more are answered in Church
of Tares: Purpose Driven, Seeker-Sensitive, Church Growth & New World
Order.
Church of Tares chronicles the man-centered pragmatism of these evangelical
Christian movements in comparison to the Bible's instruction for building the
Church of Jesus Christ. As a sequel to The Real Roots of the Emergent Church,
Church of Tares documents the connections between the liberal Emergent Church
movement and the Church Growth movement. Both movements' leadership were
discipled by business management guru Peter Drucker, who was attracted to the
megachurch movement as a social phenomenon that could bring about his "new
society" and New World Order. Megacurch pastors Rick Warren and Bill
Hybels as well as Leadership Network founder Bob Buford all acknowledge Drucker
(who professed not to be a Christian) as their mentor and have built their
organizations upon his secular business management philosophies rather than the
foundation of Jesus Christ.
The fruit of these movements is great compromise of the Gospel and the Great
Commission. Rick Warren claims to be ushering in a new spiritual awakening and
second reformation with his P.E.A.C.E. Plan. But this reform appears to be a social
reformation rather than a spiritual one by joining together in ministry with
unbelievers to fight global giants. Such compromise has led to the affirming
response letter to the Common Word document which declares Muhammad to be a
prophet and the Bible and Qur'an to be of the "same Divine origin."
Written, edited, narrated and directed by Elliott Nesch. Original interviews
with:
Paul Smith, leader in the Calvary Chapel movement founded by his brother Chuck
Smith, who also wrote the foreword to Paul Smith's book New Evangelicalism: The
New World Order.
Phil Johnson, executive Director of Grace to You, a Christian tape and radio
ministry featuring the preaching ministry of John MacArthur. http://teampyro.blogspot.com
Chris Rosebrough, Captain of Pirate Christian Radio and Host of the Fighting
for the Faith radio program, holds a degree in Religious Studies and Biblical
Languages from Concordia University. http://www.fightingforthefaith.com
Joe Schimmel, Senior Pastor of Blessed Hope Chapel in Simi Valley, California,
head of Good Fight Ministries and producer of such films as The Submerging
Church and They Sold Their Souls for Rock and Roll. http://www.submergingchurch.com
& http://www.goodfight.org
Gary Gilley, Senior Pastor of Southern View Chapel in Springfield, Illinois,
and author of several books including This Little Church Went to the Market:
The Church in the Age of Entertainment.
Bob DeWaay, former Senior Pastor of Twin City Fellowship in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, author of Redefining Christianity: Understanding the Purpose Driven
Life Movement, The Emergent Church -- Undefining Christianity as well as over
90 articles on important theological issues through Critical Issues Commentary
(http://cicministry.org/).
Ray Yungen, speaker, research analyst and author of A Time of Departing and For
Many Shall Come in My Name.
James Sundquist, founder of Rock Salt Publishing and author of Who's Driving
the Purpose Driven Church? http://www.perfectpeaceplan.com
Eric Ludy, bestselling author of dozens of books on Christian thought and
living, the President of Ellerslie Mission Society, teaching pastor at the
Church at Ellerslie, the lead instructor in the Ellerslie Leadership Training.
Robert LeBus, Bible researcher, apologist and evangelist.
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