Clear Truth Churches

“Every week in America, pastors stand behind the pulpit and tell their congregation what God requires of them. Some of those pastors are very sincere when they do so, and have been preaching the same message with the same theology, Sunday after Sunday, year after year, for decades. But when it comes to Israel, some have given us a reason to believe that their newfound beliefs are more the product of a foreign influence campaign than sincere conviction. This is the story of one conference, multiple speakers, and the sophisticated influence operation that brought them all together. Over the weekend, a gathering called the Clear Truth Conference convened at Redemption Church in Monclova, Ohio. The host was Steve Whitlow, lead pastor and founder of Clear Truth Media. The speakers were Doug Wilson, Mark Driscoll, Frank Turek, Rob McCoy, and Bob McEwen. The branding was, in theory, Christian. The framing was discernment. The program looked, from the outside, like your typical evangelical conference, with a lineup designed to signal theological seriousness. Mark Driscoll glowingly tweeted adulations to himself afterward, rubbing it in to his detractors that he’s still being platformed (after many years of not being). Douglas Wilson stood out as though it were a game of “one of these things doesn’t belong,” with a confessional theology that at one time would have felt misplaced, but over the last year, is probably starting to feel at home among those who don’t share one in five of his major theological convictions. But the conference was not the typical evangelical get-together aiming to brand itself as theologically serious. The Clear Truth Conference was an Israeli influence operation masquerading as a Christian conference. The men gathered on stage have only two things in common: an undying commitment to talk their followers into supporting Israel, and ministries that are uncomfortably close to Israeli government funding.” *To read the full article, use the link to our website in bio.

“Every week in America, pastors stand behind the pulpit and tell their congregation what God requires of them. Some of those pastors are very sincere when they do so, and have been preaching the same message with the same theology, Sunday after Sunday, year after year, for decades. But when it comes to Israel, some have given us a reason to believe that their newfound beliefs are more the product of a foreign influence campaign than sincere conviction. This is the story of one conference, multiple speakers, and the sophisticated influence operation that brought them all together. Over the weekend, a gathering called the Clear Truth Conference convened at Redemption Church in Monclova, Ohio. The host was Steve Whitlow, lead pastor and founder of Clear Truth Media. The speakers were Doug Wilson, Mark Driscoll, Frank Turek, Rob McCoy, and Bob McEwen. The branding was, in theory, Christian. The framing was discernment. The program looked, from the outside, like your typical evangelical conference, with a lineup designed to signal theological seriousness. Mark Driscoll glowingly tweeted adulations to himself afterward, rubbing it in to his detractors that he’s still being platformed (after many years of not being). Douglas Wilson stood out as though it were a game of “one of these things doesn’t belong,” with a confessional theology that at one time would have felt misplaced, but over the last year, is probably starting to feel at home among those who don’t share one in five of his major theological convictions. But the conference was not the typical evangelical get-together aiming to brand itself as theologically serious. The Clear Truth Conference was an Israeli influence operation masquerading as a Christian conference. The men gathered on stage have only two things in common: an undying commitment to talk their followers into supporting Israel, and ministries that are uncomfortably close to Israeli government funding.” *To read the full article, use the link to our website in bio.