Tag Archives: Child Evangelism Fellowship

What the Religious Freedom Crowd Really Wants — An Interview with Author Katherine Stewart

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Valerie Tarico

Christian nationalism invents a mythical history where America’s founders were all essentially Bible-thumpers intent on establishing a so-called Christian nation. Investigative journalist Katherine Stewart didn’t think about fundamentalist Christianity much until Evangelicals targeted her daughter’s public elementary school as their … Continue reading →

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Child Evangelism Fellowship Targets Portland Children for Summer Salvation. Locals Fights Back

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Valerie Tarico

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In past summers, Child Evangelism Fellowship has targeted children in Boston, Denver, Chicago, Little Rock, Salt Lake City, and the Twin Cities for conversion to their brand of biblical fundamentalism. This summer they chose Portland, Oregon. It may have been … Continue reading →

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Don’t Want Pro-Genocide Bible Lessons in Your Public School? Fight Back! Here’s How.

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Valerie Tarico
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It is 1970, a June afternoon in Phoenix, about 105 degrees.  My mother pulls into a dusty parking lot where cars and church vans are dropping off little kids with scruffy suitcases and sleeping bags. At $20 a subsidized head, … Continue reading →

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Why Good Christians do Bad Things to Win Converts

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Valerie Tarico
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At Alternet: How the Fundamentalist Mind Compels Conservative Christians to Force Their Beliefs on You Evangelicals wear their religion on T-shirts and around their necks and on car bumpers and eye-blacks. They hand out tracts on college campuses and stage … Continue reading →

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