Empathy and the Religious "Enemy"

Items

• Apostolic United Brethren
  They do not allow black people to join the priesthood. One AUB member said of LDS when they changed their rules to allow men of all races to become priests, "I burst into tears... We were so sad... We believed the church had priesthood, and they just gave it away.”
• Straight Talk about Homosexuality
• INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE: THE GENOCIDE OF WHITE AMERICANS: Part III of "The Sin of Miscegenation"
• TIM AND SARAH GAYMAN DISCUSS GROWING UP IN THE ANTI-SEMITIC CHRISTIAN IDENTITY MOVEMENT
  SPLC Intelligence Report on Dan Gayman and interview with his son and daughter-in-law.
• Church of Israel Website: Archive, 2015
  Archived Church of Israel Website
• Tales of Hate and "Differance": A Narrative Analysis of Gayman's "The Book of Adam."
• Mystical Anti-Semitism and the Christian Identity Movement: A Narrative Criticism of Dan Gayman's The Two Seeds of Genesis 3:15
  A paper presented at an annual meeting of the National Communication Association.
• Moral crimes that are destroying America: homosexuality, promiscuity, miscegenation
• Compilation of Joplin Globe articles about Dan Gayman and the Church of Israel ministry.
  Compilation of Joplin Globe articles about Dan Gayman and the Church of Israel ministry.
• The evolution of the Church of Israel: Dangerous mutations
  This article extends the discussion of the importance of Dan Gayman and the Church of Israel in defining the evolution of Identity theology...
• Dan Gayman
  Anti-Defamation League profile of Dan Gayman, former high school principal and leader of the Missouri-based Church of Israel.
• Teens for Christ
• "Anti-Government Pastor Won’t Pay Taxes, Setting up Battle in Rural Oregon"
  Archived article detailing Paul Revere's 1996 property tax evasion case
• "Another conviction, another sentence in ‘Embassy of Heaven’ case"
  Article detailing Glenn Stoll's conviction of the 7 crimes he was indicted for in 2019.
• "Oregon City couple sentenced to probation in tax evasion case"
  Details how a couple aided by Embassy of Heaven's Glenn Stoll was charged for tax evasion
• "Washington State Man Accused of Marketing Fraudulent Tax Avoidance Schemes Disguised as Churches, Other Entities"
  Article from the Justice Department detailing the 2019 indictment of Glenn Stoll
• Embassy of Heaven
• "The New Independent Fundamental Baptist (New IFB) Movement"
  An article by Anti-Defamation League that details the New IFB movement, including its beliefs, tactics, and controversies
• "Anti-LGBT Conference Showcases Breadth of a Church Movement's Hate"
  Article by the Southern Poverty Law Center on a conference attended by many anti-LGBT church leaders
• "Fort Worth pastor who called Pulse massacre victims 'scum' apologizes for adultery, stands by sermon"
  Dallas Morning News article on former pastor Donnie Romero, who was ousted from his church after a scandal regarding his behavior
• "Texas pastor says gay people should be 'shot in the back of the head' in shocking sermon"
• "The Real Pilgrims Covenant Church"
  Blog post describing what the PCC is, and what it is not.
• "No, We Do Not Hate Catholics! Pilgrims Covenant Church and Romanism"
  A description of PCC beliefs regarding the Roman Catholic Church and its members.
• "Rape, Murder, and Homosexuality!"
  Description of PCC beliefs of "the homosexual life," which refers to media and personal cases of violence perpetrated by members of the LGBT community.
• "Correspondence from the 'Tolerant, Inclusive Gay and Lesbian Community'"
  "Over the years, Ralph Ovadal, WCU, and Pilgrims Covenant Church have received hundreds of threats in person, by phone, and through the mail. We have not kept a record of the phone threats, which seem to be the most violent of all by far. Threats received through the mail have sometimes included disgusting objects or material such as cat manure or a used condom. The following excerpts are just a few of the many threats received by PCC, WCU, or the Ovadal family. The worst threats have been turned over to police authorities and are not available for publication."