Summaries

SUMMARY OF PROMISE KEEPERS ARTICLES
Promise Keepers: Important Developments

Promise Keepers is reported to have altered its Statement of Belief to suit Catholics. Read the evidence for yourself! [This article was previously in the News section]

PK's Plan for the Church as revealed by Bill McCartney - By Al Dager

Extracted from the report on the Washington DC PK meeting. This portion looks at Bill McCartney's intentions for local churches. (Copyright 1998, Media Spotlight, PO Box 290, Redmond, WA 98073-0290)

PROMISE KEEPERS: Is What You See What You Get? - By Al Dager

The history, philosophy, teachings and practises of the PK movement, ably examined by this thorough theologian and researcher. (Copyright 1994, Media Spotlight, PO Box 290, Redmond, WA 98073-0290)

An Open Letter To Bill McCartney

Pastor Bill Randles, of Believers In Grace Fellowship Church, wrote this open letter to the Founder of the PK movement in August 1995. All the questions you wanted to ask but were afraid you already knew the answers!

PROMISE KEEPERS and the Rising Tide of Ecumenism

By Gil Rugh, Senior Pastor and for 25 years a preacher at Indian Hills Community Church in Lincoln, NE.

Chapter 1 - What is Promise Keepers?

Chapter 2 - Promise Keepers and Ecumenism

Chapter 3 - Promise Keepers and Godliness

Chapter 4 - Promise Keepers and the Vineyard Movement

PROMISE KEEPERS and the Men's Movement (Three Parts) By Lynn and Sarah Leslie

(1) Resurrecting Pagan Rites, Part One: The Men's Movement
Every man who attended the 1993 Promise Keepers convention in Boulder, Colorado, received a copy of The Masculine Journey: Understanding the Six Stages of Manhood by Robert Hicks. This article examines the pagan and phallic content of the book. (From the December 1995 issue of the Christian Conscience magazine.

(2) Resurrecting Pagan Rites, Part Two: The Sacred Prostitute
The revival of pagan myths and rites includes the reintroduction of the Sacred Prostitute concept for women. (From the January 1996 issue of Christian Conscience magazine.)

(3) Resurrecting Pagan Rites, Part Three: The New Gnostics
Is Promise Keepers, the rapidly growing national ecumenical men's movement, too closely associated with the revival of modern Gnosticism? (From the February 1996 issue of Christian Conscience magazine.)

(All articles Copyright 1995, publishers of The Christian Conscience, PO Box 17346, Des Moines, Iowa 50317)

PROMISE KEEPERS: Should Fundamentalists Get Involved? - Compiled by Miguel Betancourt II

Miguel Betancourt II is Assistant Pastor, Ferndale Baptist Church, N. Charleston, South Carolina

PROMISE KEEPERS: The Seven False Premises - By Jack Stephens

Any movement that leads men away from their need to accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ and draws men to any other means of reform, religion, or referendum is wrong, regardless of its size and strength. Brethren, we stand opposed to Promise Keepers. Where do you stand? By Pastor Jack Stephens, The Ohio Bible Fellowship Visitor, August 1995

PROMISE KEEPERS: A Militant Unity? By Ed Tarkowski and Sarah Leslie

Promise Keepers, a rapidly growing ecumenical men's movement, may be the best tool for those holding the Manifest Sons of God doctrines to market their beliefs to the rest of the American church. These beliefs, which are foundational to the Laughing Phenomenon associated with Rodney Howard-Browne, are now entering mainstream churches of all denominations via Promise Keepers.

What Do These Men Really Mean by Unity? - By Carl Widrig, Jr.

A review of the PK book The Awesome Power of Shared Beliefs by E. Glenn Wagner

Are You Really a Promise Keeper?

An open letter from Mitchell V. Casler: I attended the Boulder '93 PK Conference. I was a counselor at the conference in Denton, Texas and then attended the conference at Texas Stadium. I have been to several Leadership Seminars and rallies. I will not hesitate to say that I had a blast. But It finally became so obvious to me that there were some real contradictions to God's Word, that I just couldn't ignore it any longer.

Resolution on Promise Keepers - By the Baptist Foundation

Passed at the Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America Annual Conference in Seattle, 20-22 June 1995