FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) — Christians can be deceived by "counterfeit Christianity," James Walker, president of Watchman Fellowship, said during a chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Watchman Fellowship, founded in 1978, is a nondenominational Christian research, apologetics and information ministry focusing on new religious movements, cults, the occult and the New Age movement. The ministry is based in Arlington, Texas. Walker's Oct. 25 chapel appearance officially marked the transfer of some 20,000 books and 50,000 other documentary items to ...

HCISD board member distributes material with Scientologist links in classrooms A coalition of Harlingen minister has taken a stance against an essay contest for schoolchildren based on a book written by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The Harlingen Ministerial Alliance, which is made up of representatives from about 12 churches in Harlingen, said it is opposed to the distribution of The Way to Happiness booklets as part of the essay contest. "If this group is permitted in classrooms, then ...

The Worldwide Institute of Scientology Enterprises has sued other critics in the past, but now they are taking on a religious group for the first time. "I just don't think they realize potentially what kind of Pandora's box they are opening here," says Craig Branch, southeast director of Watchman Fellowship (WF), one of the groups being sued. "One of the questions is whether Christian organizations have the right . . . to publicly speak out against groups that are in conflict ...