John Mac Arthur's Father's Involvement
at the Highest Level of the World Ecumenical Movement
The image below are some of the friends and associates
of John MacArthur for a reference
to come back to as you read the article below.
As you notice below the grave site of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
their real names are at the bottom.
The 33 inside the triangle shows he was a 33rd degree Mason.
This man "Roy Rogers" was someone who John "Jack" MacArthur called a Christian.
Why was this part of Rogers life not told by Jack?
Does John MacArthur know and keeping it "hush hush?"
Below is the proof in the pudding from the images you just looked at above!
Articles have been written on the subject of John Mac Arthur's “new evangelical ecumenism.”
1.
And I have been told by one GCC pastor that John MacArthur believes the
biblical “doctrine of separation” to be “too negative” with the
implication that he won’t obey it. John MacArthur disobeys God’s Word
regarding separation for the purpose of relationship building
(ecumenism). At GCC, the “doctrine of separation” has been replaced by
the “dialectical process.”
The
goal of the ecumenical movement is to create a one-world religion for
the worship of Lucifer. Ecumenists (bridge-builders) in the leadership
of the various denominations direct the churches to set aside their
differences, find common ground, and unify. John MacArthur preaches
against ecumenism, however, his family and ministry are firmly rooted in
the ecumenical movement.
In
“The Voice of Calvary Legacy,” John MacArthur paid tribute to his
father, Dr. John “Jack” MacArthur. “He served on the Extension Staff of
Moody Bible Institute and later became the director of Charles E. Fuller
Evangelistic Foundation.” 2. In 1968, the Fuller Evangelistic Foundation changed its name to the Fuller Evangelistic Association.
According
to Charles Fuller’s son, Daniel Fuller, the Fuller Evangelistic
Foundation was established in 1942 and started Fuller Theological
Seminary in 1947. (Give the Winds a Mighty Voice)
Fuller Seminary has played a strategic role in the global ecumenical
movement and has launched numerous apostate organizations and movements
such as the Vineyard (John Wimber), Renovare (Richard Foster), AD2000
United Prayer Track (C Peter Wagner), Coalition on Revival (Jay
Grimstead), the US Center for World Mission (Ralph Winter) and others.
The article, “Filling the Blanks with Fuller,” describes Fuller Seminary
as “an ecumenical ‘think tank’ seminary” which “has fostered, nurtured,
and promoted the apostasy globally…” The global ecumenical movement is
“a political movement of the highest order and must not be confused with
anything even remotely resembling Christianity.” (“Filling the Blanks with Fuller”)
Out
of Fuller Theological Seminary came the US Center for World Mission
(Ralph Winter) and their “Perspectives Course” which was “a prototype
course of ecumenical study…and aberrant theology,” The US Center for
World Mission “is an ‘umbrella’ organization for nearly every major
missions organization in the world.” Under their umbrella is the Billy
Graham Evangelical Association (Greg Laurie is a board member). (“Filling the Blanks with Fuller”)
Billy Graham was on the Board of Trustees at Fuller Seminary and Rick
Warren received his Doctorate in Ministry from Fuller Seminary.
John
Mac Arthur’s father was the Director of Fuller Evangelistic Foundation.
Charles Fuller, the founder of the Fuller Evangelistic Foundation, also
co-founded Fuller Theological Seminary and the National Association of
Evangelicals (NAE). Charles Fuller co-founded the NAE with J Edwin Orr
and Harold Ockenga, the first President of the NAE (1942-44), and the
first President of Fuller Seminary in 1947.
In
1951, the NAE revived the World Evangelical Fellowship (WEF) from the
“dying embers” of the former World Evangelical Alliance (Evangelical
Alliance of 1846) which became the NAE’s international umbrella. As
previously stated, the Evangelical Alliance, now called the World
Evangelical Alliance (WEA), was formed in 1846 in a conference held at
Freemason’s Hall, United Grand Lodge of England, the mother of all
Masonic lodges. 3.
The
WEA is the shadow government to the Lausanne Movement which is the
umbrella over the global ecumenical movement. John Stott, whom John
MacArthur likes to quote, “is the framer of the Lausanne Covenant” and
“oversaw the formation of the WEF and formulated its purposes. Also
former chaplain to the Queen of England and a leader in the Anglican
Church, John Stott was not above participating in ‘a Christian-Druid
dialogue and reconciliation meeting for the new Millennium’. 4 The Druids are the present-day Freemasons. “Albert Churchward...writes about the Masons as ‘our present Druids.’”
In
essence, Lausanne and the ecumenical movement are a Masonic enterprise.
Alice Bailey wrote, “Very definitely may the assurance be given here
that, prior to the coming of the Christ, adjustments will be made so
that at the head of all great organizations will be found either a
Master, or an initiate who has taken the third initiation. At the head
of certain of the great occult groups, of the Freemasons of the world,
and of the various great divisions of the church, and resident in many
of the great nations will be found initiates or Masters.” 5.
In
“The Voice of Calvary Legacy,” John MacArthur stated that his father,
in addition to being the Director of the Fuller Evangelistic Foundation,
“served on the Extension Staff of Moody Bible Institute.” In 1941, The
Moody Bible Institute played a key role in the formation of the NAE.
According to Rick Meisel, John MacArthur has served on the Board of
Trustees of the Moody Bible Institute. 6.
In
“The Voice of Calvary Legacy,” John MacArthur also stated that his
father “helped establish the Hollywood Christian group, an outreach to
people in the film and television industries. Jack MacArthur counted Roy
Rogers and Dale Evans, who came to Christ under his preaching, as close
personal friends.” Since Henrietta Mears is credited with founding The
Hollywood Christian Group, one can assume that John Mac Arthur’s father,
Jack MacArthur, “who helped establish the Hollywood Christian Group,”
was her friend and co-worker.
Henrietta Mears’
ecumenical influence was widespread. She was a close friend and
coworker of Charles Fuller who promoted her on his radio broadcasts.
Fuller, Ockenga, and Orr all taught at the Forest Home Christian
Conference Center which she founded to “train the next generation of
world leaders.” With Fuller, Ockenga, and Orr, Henrietta Mears
established the campus ecumenical movement. For eleven years Mears
groomed Bill Bright for leadership and Campus Crusade for Christ was
founded in her living room. 7.
(Bill Bright was a member of the Council for National Policy Board of
Governors in 1982.) According to Christianity Today, Henrietta Mears is
the “grandmother of modern evangelicalism.” (“Antipas: CIA Connections”)
According
to Grace Community Church elder, Phil Johnson, “In the 1940’s, Dr. Jack
[MacArthur] served as an Extension speaker for the Moody Bible
Institute. Later, while pastoring in Southern California, he and Edwin
Orr founded an outreach ministry to people in the film and television
industry.” 8.
That outreach ministry would be The Hollywood Christian Group. Phil
Johnson’s statement is a tacit endorsement of J. Edwin Orr and provides
more evidence that John Mac Arthur’s father, Jack MacArthur, was in
Mears’ inner circle.
In
his tribute to his father, John MacArthur didn’t mention “J. Edwin Orr”
or “Henrietta Mears” as co-founding the “Hollywood Christian Group” with
his father, which is odd considering that Orr and Mears were prominent
figures and closely associated with Charles Fuller. Why didn’t he
mention them? Had John MacArthur mentioned J. Edwin Orr and Henrietta
Mears along with the Hollywood Christian Group, his readers would likely
connect Jack MacArthur with the Mears’ group which pioneered the
ecumenical movement in the U.S. and globally.
According to “Filling the Blanks with Fuller,”
“In a nutshell, here is the lineage of the monstrous apostasy we are
researching… Five people (during the 30’s) paved the way to change the
orthodox and historic biblical ‘worldview’ of evangelical Christianity
to a…recontructionist agenda. They are: J. Edwin Orr, Armin Gesswein,
C.E. Fuller, Henrietta Mears, Harold Ockenga. These five (who were
friends and co-workers) laid the groundwork for the ‘world changers,’
‘expendables for Christ,’ or ‘workers’ they prepared to follow them.” It
seems that John MacArthur is one of these “world changers.”
What
is known about Jack Mac Arthur’s co-founder of the Hollywood Christian
Group? “J. Edwin Orr — Oxford seminarian, traveled as a historian and
theologian to major cities and universities globally to prepare the way
for ecumenism on college campuses. The ecumenical groups on campus who
were pre-conditioned by Orr to look for a ‘great end-time harvest’, and
sweeping ‘revival’ movement, or ‘awakening’ prepared the way for Bill
Bright's ecumenical ministry. The success of Campus Crusade for Christ
was a direct result of the groundwork laid by Orr. Orr’s vouching for
Billy Grahams ‘new understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit’, which
he conveyed in letters to key workers paved the way for his success in
ministry as well.” (“Filling the Blanks with Fuller”)
J.
Edwin Orr spoke at Mears’ Christian conference center. “It was his rule
that he would only speak where there was an ecumenical representative—a
diversity of youth from all denominations.” 9. J. Edwin Orr was an original Board Member of Campus Crusade for Christ in 1951. (Wikipedia: J Edwin Orr)
From 1966-1981, J Edwin Orr was a professor at Fuller Seminary’s School
of World Mission. Moreover, “He [Orr] was an advisor of Billy Graham's
from the start of that evangelist's career, a friend of Abraham Vereide
and helped shape the prayer breakfast movement that grew out of
Vereide's International Christian Leadership…” (Billy Graham Archives)
George
Marsden’s book, Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New
Evangelicalism, offers further evidence that the global ecumenical
movement is a Masonic enterprise: “In April [1951, Harold] Ockenga had
attended a highly publicized ‘Communion breakfast’ sponsored by a number
of Protestant Churches in Boston. At the head table with Ockenga was a
Unitarian pastor and a representative of the Masonic Knights Temple.”
Marsden goes on to say that Ockenga did not participate in the actual
communion service — he only sat at the “head table” with the Unitarian
and Freemason! 10.
Billy
Graham, who with Fuller, Ockenga, and Orr, taught at Mears’ Christian
conference center, said that she had a great impact on his ministry. 11.
Graham, considered an “accepted evangelist” by Mears, was among those
trained and “anointed” at her conference center. It’s important to note
that many witnesses have testified that Billy Graham is a 33rd degree
Mason. 12.
John
MacArthur stated that Roy Rogers and Dale Evans “came to Christ” under
his father’s preaching and that Jack MacArthur counted them his “close
personal friends.” Roy Rogers, born Leonard Slye, was a 33rd degree
Mason and his wife, Dale Evans, on the TBN A-list, was, according to
Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, State of New York, a member of
the Eastern Star, a Masonic organization for women. 13. Lucifer is the
god of Masonry.
Roy
Rogers was a life-long highly decorated Mason according to the account
of W. Bob Turner, Ph.D., a 32nd degree Mason, who referred to Roy Rogers
as “Illustrious Brother Roy Rogers”: “Brother Roy was raised a Master
Mason in 1946 in Hollywood Lodge No. 355, F. & A.M., Hollywood,
California. He became a member of Long Beach Valley of Scottish Rite in
1950 and AI Malaikah Shrine Temple, Los Angeles, also in 1950. He
received the K.C.C.H. of the Scottish Rite in 1975 and was coroneted a
33 in 1979. He also became a member of the York Rite, Harbor Council No.
45, Royal and Select Masters, and San Pedro Commandery No. 60, Knights
Templar of California. Created a DeMolay at sight by Frank S. Land, the
founder of the Order of DeMolay, Roy received the DeMolay Legion of
Honor. He also received the California Grand Lodge's Golden Veterans
Award for 50 years of continuous membership in Masonry.” 14.
Roy
Rogers and Dale Evans appeared many times with Billy Graham at his
Crusades, where Graham was willing to give his “Illustrious Brother”
Rogers a platform for his “Christian” testimony.
Jack
MacArthur had a close friendship with Freemasons Roy Rogers and Dale
Evans. His son, John MacArthur, has a close relationship with the
Masonic controlled Southern Baptist Convention
and its leaders. (As stated, two former Presidents of the Southern
Baptist Convention also spoke at Greg Laurie’s conference with John
MacArthur. Click here
to see a list of more Masons who've held leadership positions in the
Southern Baptist Convention.) And John MacArthur endorses and
fellowships with the Charismatic, Greg Laurie, a Board Member of the
Billy Graham Evangelical Association (BGEA). There are other Masons
holding high positions within the Billy Graham organization:
“In
Billy Graham and His Friends (which came out November 2001) I mention
(and fully document) a number of Masons who have close ties to Billy
Graham. Several of Graham's staff have been Masons such as William M.
Watson who was the director of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Corporation
(BGEA), David M. McConnell, also a director of the BGEA, and Arthur Lee
Malory who was the co-chairman of the Billy Graham Crusade Advisory
Committee for the St. Louis Crusade in 1973.” 15.
The
Board of Counsel&Capital, which advises John Mac Arthur’s
international ministry, TMAI, had one member of the BGEA (Fred Smith)
and another (Jack Modesett Jr.), who was Chairman of the Board of
Christianity Today, founded by Billy Graham. Fred Smith was also a
director of Christianity Today. It’s also noteworthy that John MacArthur
had Franklin Graham endorse his Study Bible. 16.
(Examples
of John MacArthur fellowshipping with false Christians are too numerous
to mention. A forward to his book, “The Gospel According to Jesus,” was
written by J.I. Packer, Senior Editor of Christianity Today, and a
signer of the Evangelical and Catholics Together Documents I and
co-author of ECT II. The other forward was written by James Montgomery
Boice, who was chairman of the International Council on Biblical
Inerrancy from the time of its founding by Jay Grimstead (COR).
Considering
the Masonic origins of the global evangelical network “revived” by
Henrietta Mears, Charles Fuller, J Edwin Orr, Harold Ockenga and Armin
Gesswein, is there any evidence of Masonic involvement at Fuller
Seminary today? Situated on the eastern border of Fuller Seminary is a
large Masonic Temple called the “Scottish Rite Cathedral” which towers over the campus. The entrance to the Scottish Rite Cathedral is flanked by two Sphinxes each having an Egyptian ankh on its chest.
This
Scottish Rite Cathedral was built in 1924, before Fuller Seminary was
established. Its address, 150 N Madison Ave in Pasadena, CA., is across
the street from the Fuller Seminary Graduate School of Psychology and
just down the street from the Fuller Student Center and the Horner
Center for Life Long Learning located at 250 N Madison Ave. Mapquest shows the location of the Scottish Rite Cathedral in relation to the Fuller Campus (zoom in for a better perspective).
Are
Freemasons employed by Fuller Seminary? A Visiting Professor at Fuller
Theological Seminary is a 33rd degree Prince Hall Mason. Dr. J. Alfred
Smith teaches a course on African American Spirituality in the School of
Theology. The course description can been seen here. Dr. J. Alfred Smith is the Senior Pastor of Allen Temple Baptist Church.
According to his church’s website, “He [Dr. J. Alfred Smith] has been
elevated to the 33rd Degree of Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons.”
According to Wikipedia, Prince Hall Masonry “obtained a Warrant for Charter from the Grand Lodge of England
in 1784.” Today, “Prince Hall Lodges are recognized by the Grand Lodge
of England (UGLE) as well as the great majority of state Grand Lodges
and international Grand Lodges.”
In
addition to being a Visiting Professor at Fuller Seminary, J. Alfred
Smith is a member of the Executive Board of the National Council of
Churches (NCC). He earned a Doctor of Ministry from Golden Gate Baptist
Theological Seminary—a graduate theological school of the Southern
Baptist Convention (UN-NGO), and he has addressed both the Baptist World
Alliance (UN-NGO) and the United Nations. His work has been featured in
Christianity Today (Billy Graham), and in May 2007, he was appointed a
Board Member to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors by
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. J. Alfred Smith has earned over 125
awards including at least one from the US Congress. According to a
tribute given to J. Alfred Smith in the Congressional Record of November
9, 1995, “He has been elevated to the 33rd Degree of Prince Hall Free
and Accepted Masons.”
Rev.
Jeremiah Wright, Jr., President Barack Obama’s former pastor, wrote the
Forward to one of J. Alfred Smith’s books, and Smith edited one of Rev.
Wright’s books. (Corinthian Baptist Church) Six of J. Alfred Smith’s
books and sermons are now being sold in the Fuller Seminary bookstore.
J.
Alfred Smith has been described as an “illustrious senior pastor” and a
“bridge-builder.” And it appears that this high ranking Mason also
leads a transformational ministry. According to the Allen Temple Baptist Church
website, “During the dynamic, visionary leadership of Doctor J. Alfred
Smith, Senior, Allen Temple has grown to a membership of 5,500 and has
developed a large array of holistic community ministries focused [sic]
on redeeming and transforming the whole person and the whole community.”
This ministry description sounds exactly like the agenda of many
ministries associated with John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church. Is
it believable that J. Alfred Smith, 33rd degree Mason, is transforming
communities for Jesus Christ? Or is he, like other church growth
leaders, transforming communities for Satan?
J. Alfred Smith is a Prince Hall Mason. Located only 4 blocks (.64 mile) from Fuller Seminary is the Pasadena Masonic Temple located at 200 S. Euclid Ave. The Pasadena Masonic Temple houses several lodges. (Mapquest)
One of these is the Prince Hall Lodge. A list of “Constituent Lodges Of
The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F & AM State of
California, Inc.,” states that the Prince Hall lodge in Pasadena, Hiram
#12, is located at 200 S. Euclid Ave., Pasadena, CA. This is the address
of the Pasadena Masonic Temple. Listed under “Tenants” of this temple
is “Hiram Lodge #12 F.&A.M.”
When
Dr. J. Alfred Smith, 33rd Degree of Prince Hall Free and Accepted
Masonry, teaches at Fuller Seminary, he doesn’t have far to walk to a
Prince Hall lodge.
At least one Freemason in the Scottish Rite Cathedral bordering Fuller Seminary poses as Christian. According to the Pasadena Scottish Rite Bulletin,
“James F Halladay, 33 degree, has been appointed and elected Almoner
for the Valley of Pasadena. Jim's background as a Pastor of the Baptist
Church in Glendale well qualifies him for his new post.” Notice that,
like J. Alfred Smith, this Freemason is also a Baptist.
ENDNOTES1. http://www.wayoflife.org/files/3e4bcd36c2d50f2201fbffb85f5803d8-73.html;http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/general.htm2. http://www.voiceofcalvaryradio.com/legacy3.htm3. http://watch.pair.com/toc-ea.html4. “Alarm Over Church Talks With Druids,” Jonathan Petre, Sunday, May 21, 2000; Issue 1822, Electronic Telegraph5. Bailey, Alice. Initiation, Human and Solar, Lucis Publishing Co. 1922, pp. 61-2.6. http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/general.htm7. http://www.geocities.com/hebrews928/dagrwcm1.html8. http://phillipjohnson.blogspot.com/2005/06/in-memoriam-dr-jack-macarthur-19142005.html9. http://www.geocities.com/hebrews928/dagrwcm1.html10. George Marsden’s book, Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism, p. 135.11. http://www.geocities.com/hebrews928/dagrwcm1.html;
Ethel May Baldwin & David V. Benson, Earl 0. Roe, ed., Dream Big:
The Henrietta Mears Story, Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1990. p.304,305.12. http://educate-yourself.org/mc/illumformula5Bchap.shtml13. http://www.nyoes.org/famous.php14. http://www.durham.net/~cedar/royrogers.html
15. “Masons Pay Tribute to Billy Graham,” Dr. Cathy Burns, http://www.jesus-is-lord.co.za/Lifeline/masons_billy_graham.htm
Links below are the ones that work.
END NOTES
2. http://www.voiceofcalvaryradio.com/legacy3.htm
3. http://watch.pair.com/toc-ea.html
4. “Alarm Over Church Talks With Druids,” Jonathan Petre, Sunday, May 21, 2000; Issue 1822, Electronic Telegraph
5. Bailey, Alice. Initiation, Human and Solar, Lucis Publishing Co. 1922, pp. 61-2.
8. http://phillipjohnson.blogspot.com/2005/06/in-memoriam-dr-jack-macarthur-19142005.html
10. George Marsden’s book, Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism, p. 135.
12. http://educate-yourself.org/mc/illumformula5Bchap.shtml
14. http://www.durham.net/~cedar/royrogers.html
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