The "Emergent Church" and the War Against Radical Islam

An interesting column was published in Townhall today about the "emergent church" movement and its unwitting role as an ally to the radical element of Islam that would see us all dead.

I first heard of this movement a few months ago and had to Google it to learn what it was all about. It's not a church at all, but an effort to tear traditional Christianity apart from the inside out. They can infiltrate the church with their belief in non-belief (no such thing as absolute truth...it's unknowable). We see what happens to churches who don't have anything to believe in--they fade away. If the modern Christian church isn't unwavering in its doctrine, we will still be the key voice for freedom throughout the world and a strong proponent of any effort that prevents the spread of radical Islam. If, however, we become wishy washy and don't know what we believe or why we believe it, we'll join the rest of the world in accepting anybody's version of truth and will face the consequences of a passionate Islam spreading in a world full of ambivalent and permissive Christians, agnostics and atheists.

Pelosi and Dems Moving to Restrict Church Speech

Their new chairs haven't yet grown accustomed to the rear ends of the Democratic leadership yet, and already Pelosi and company are moving to restrict church speech.

They are proposing legislation which would categorize churches as grassroots lobbying organizations. An excerpt from Jay Sekulow's column on this subject:

Under the House version of the Bill, a church or organization would be considered a “grassroots lobbying firm” subject to this law if the group attempted to influence the general public to voluntarily contact federal officials in order to express their own views on a federal issue. Furthermore, many large churches and ministries utilize mass media to communicate their message. Under this House Bill by Nancy Pelosi, these communications, as long as they are directed to at least one person who is not a member of the church, would fall under this new Bill. Finally, if the church spends an aggregate of only $50,000 or more for such efforts in a quarterly period, they are now required to register as lobbyists. Many ministries spend $50,000 or more a month for air time.

This attempt to slip in this onerous requirement on churches and other organizations must be stopped. The rationale behind Speaker Pelosi and others’ desire to silence churches is obvious. Pastors addressing the moral issues of the day have been able to mobilize tens of thousands of individuals to speak out on various issues. But under this proposed legislation, if a church or denomination spent $50,000 of its own resources on air time to encourage people to support the confirmation of federal judicial nominees or to lend its support to a federal marriage amendment, then that church or denomination would be classified as a grassroots lobbying firm.

Contact your representative and demand that they stand up against this measure!