Watchman Fellowship
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Research, Apologetics & Countercult Ministry
Watchman Fellowship is an independent Christian research and apologetics ministry focusing on new religious movements, cults, the occult and the New Age.
Our mission since 1979, has been to fill a crucial need in the Church as a Christian counter-cult and watchdog ministry. We have three primary goals: to educate the community, to equip the church, and to evangelize the cults.
- Source: Mission Statement, Watchman Fellowship
As a counter-cult organization, Watchman Fellowship primarily deals with groups, movements and issues from a theological perspective — but also takes sociological cult-like behavior into account.
By contrast, anti-cult organizations tend to operate almost exclusively from a sociological perspective.
For a more detailed look at these distinctions, see
- Anticult, Countercult, and ‘Value-Free’ Perspectives
- Sociological vs. theological definitions of the term cult
Theological Perspective
Watchman Fellowship operates from an evangelical Christian point of view:
Watchman Fellowship endorses a biblically based, conservative, evangelical position, proclaiming that all must turn from sin to trust the death, burial, and resurrection of the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ, as the only remedy for sin and the sole foundation for true religion.
- Source: Statement of Faith
Based in Arlington, Texas, the ministry has several regional offices in the US, and one international office in Romania. [Locations]
Well-Respected
Watchman Fellowship is well-respected amongst Christian apologists, countercult experts and other Christian ministers, as well as by non-Christian cult experts and organizations.
Resources
Watchman Fellowship has 10,000 files and a research library of over 25,000 books and periodicals on religions, cults, new religious movements and related teachings.
The organization sells and produces a wide array of research and educational material, including the recently published Concise Guide to Today’s Religions and Spirituality
It also provides free information packs by mail on a wide range of topics.
Recommended
Considered by many to be the foremost Christian countercult and apologetics ministry, Watchman Fellowship is among the organizations, ministries and individual cult experts/counselors recommended by Apologetics Index. See also our Guidelines for Selecting a Cult Expert/Counselor.
Websites
Watchman Fellowship Official website
Watchman Fellowship of Alabama Extensive website
Watchman Fellowship Blog Operated by Preston Condra, Associate Director of Watchman Fellowship.
See Also
Watchman Fellowship Staff & Board Members
Watchman Fellowship quoted in the media
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