Organizations that are Major Players with the Christian & Political Far Right...

[Pacifist Patriot]

I'm delivering a sermon on Sunday about the Christian Right: A Threat to Democracy. I'd like to distribute a list of organizations that are major players. I have the following organizations. Am I missing any other biggies?

Thanks!



Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/

The Rutherford Institute http://www.rutherford.org/

Christian Broadcasting Network http://www.cbn.com/

Operation Rescue http://www.operationrescue.org/

Focus on the Family http://www.family.org/

Eagle Forum http://www.eagleforum.org/

Concerned Women for America http://www.cwfa.org/main.asp

Christian Coalition of America http://www.cc.org/

The Moral Majority Coalition http://www.moralmajority.com/

Oregon Citizens’ Alliance

[Captain Hilts]

1. Family Research Council. They have a big building near MCI center in DC. nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. Thanks! I knew there was another "Family, blah, blah, blah" one.

But couldn't come up with the name.

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. ummm...TLN

At least I think that's what it's called. It's one of NUMEROUS 24/7 cable stations broadcasting The Word.

[shugh514]

3. American Family Association

http://www.afa.net/

[BOSSHOG]

5. Could you somehow share your sermon with us?

I think your title is right on the money. They believe we are the land of the bible and not the land of the free. Truly amazing how they take their freedom for granted while attempting to use the constitution as a weapon against those they hate and at the same time trying to destroy the constitution. And I so love it when they whine about how we are losing religious freedom in this country.

I DID NOT SPEND 24 YEARS IN UNIFORM SUPPORTING AND DEFENDING THE BIBLE.

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. Sure. It's actually a short homily. We're adapting a...

Welcoming Congregation workshop into the worship service format. I'll be talking about the Religious Right and my service leader will be doing a section on the Do's and Don'ts of speaking to the religious right when they start spewing their ignorant crap.

[Mabus]

7. evangelicalright.com (The Internet's Home For Sinners Destined To Be Left Behind) has others

I don't have time to post all the links but the site does have clickable links to each of the following:

The Vast
Rightwing Conspiracy
· Accuracy in Academia
· Alliance Defense Fund
· American Center for Law and Justice
· American Conservative Union
· American Enterprise Institute
· American Family Association
· American Legislative Exchange Council
· American Life League
· Americans for Tax Reform
· Arlington Group
· Bradley Foundation, Lynde and Harry
· Campaign for Working Families PAC
· Cato Institute
· Center for the Study of Popular Culture
· Chalcedon Foundation
· Christian Coalition of America
· Club for Growth
· Collegiate Network
· Concerned Women for America
· Council for National Policy
· Discovery Institute
· Eagle Forum
· Eagle Forum Collegians
· Faith and Action
· Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
· Family Research Council
· Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
· The Fellowship
· Focus on the Family
· FRCAction
· Free Congress Research and Education Foundation
· Heritage Foundation
· Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
· Independent Women's Forum
· Institute for Creation Research
· Institute for Justice
· Intercollegiate Studies Institute
· Leadership Institute
· Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research
· Madison Project
· The Medical Institute
· Moral Majority Coalition
· National Association of Scholars
· National Center for Policy Analysis
· National Right to Life Committee
· National Taxpayers Union
· Salem Communications
· State Policy Network
· Students for Academic Freedom
· Traditional Values Coalition
· Trinity Broadcasting
· Vision America
· Young America's Foundation

Fundamentalist
Colleges
· Regent University
· Ave Maria Law School
· Christ College
· Liberty University
· New Saint Andrews College
· Oral Roberts University
· Patrick Henry College

Scary
· Army of God
· God Hates Fags
· Missionaries to the Preborn
· Operation Save America
· StreetPreach.com

The Leaders
· George Bush
· The Senate
· The House
· James Dobson
· Ted Haggard
· Paul Weyrich
· Rick Warren
· Ralph Reed
· Tim LaHaye
· Roy Moore
· Gary Bauer
· Michael Gerson
· Pat Robertson
· Howard Ahmanson
· Jack Chick
· Franklin Graham
· Chuck Colson
· Jerry Falwell
· Paul Crouch
· Benny Hinn
· Richard Land
· T.D. Jakes
· Joyce Meyer
· Rupert Murdoch
· Jay Sekulow
· Dr. D. James Kennedy
· Creflo Dollar
· David Barton
· Tony Perkins
· John Hagee
· Rick Scarborough
· Donald Wildmon
· Rod Parsley

Media
· Christian Newswire
· Agape Press
· Christian Broadcasting Network
· Christian Examiner
· Coral Ridge Ministries
· Covenant News.com
· Fox News
· Insight Magazine
· Liberty Channel
· Presbyterian Layman
· Salem Communications
· Ten Commandments News
· Washington Times
· World magazine
· World Net Daily

Largest
Megachurches
· Joel Osteen/Lakewood
(30,000)
· T.D. Jakes/Potter's House
(28,000)
· Creflo Dollar/World Changers (25,000)
· Rick Warren/Saddleback
(22,000)
· Chuck Smith/Calvary Chapel
(22,000)
· Bill Hybels/Willow Creek
(22,000)

Unusual/Funny
· K&K Mime
· Jack T. Chick Museum
· How to Prayerwalk
· Biblezines
· Creation Museum
· Force Ministries
· Jesus Sports Statues
· Kirk Cameron
· Christian Wrestling Federation
· Christian Exodus
· RaptureReady.com

Satire/Humor/Weird News
· Church Marketing Sucks
· Lark News
· Landover Baptist
· Jesus of the Week
· Corporate Jesus
· Edicts of Nancy
· Adult Christianity
· Ayn Clouter
· Beaver County Militia
· Betty Bowers
· The Toilet Paper

http://www.evangelicalright.com/quick_facts/

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. Gold mine, thanks!

[underpants]

8. The Rolling Stone article "The Crusaders"

find it

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. Found it easily. Just printed it. Thanks!

[catmandu57]

11. promise keepers?

I don't know if they're a splinter of one of your listed groups, but, from what I've seen of them and their agenda they should be included.

[Neurotica]

12. The interesting thing about Council for National Policy is that

it combines the key Republican financiers, religious right operatives, and neocons. They meet (secretly) once a year to set policy.

They all discovered several decades ago that they could have mutually beneficial relationships and use each other to advance their own goals.

[Neurotica]

13. Another thing -- many of these groups are funded by the same

people -- the Mellon-Scaifes, the DeVos family, etc.

They have set up pyramid-type organizations and they flow their money down through these various groups, many with similar names and missions.

So many religious right groups are promoted to look like grassroots efforts, when the reality is that they are very much planned and funded by people with a bigger agenda.

[Pathwalker]

14. Independent Women's Forum?

The one founded by Barbara Olson? Scaife group.