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BILL BRIGHT/CAMPUS CRUSADE AND ROME

By David W. Cloud

The following is excerpted from Flirting With Rome: Evangelical Entanglement with Roman Catholicism, Volume 2, by David W. Cloud. The four-volume set of booklets contains 190 pages of careful documentation detailing the close relationship between Evangelicals and Roman Catholicism. Volume 1 traces Billy Graham's involvement with Romanism since the 1950s. Volume 2 deals with other key Evangelical leaders and organizations. Volume 3 deals with the Southern Baptist Convention. Volume 4 deals with the Charismatics. These volumes can be ordered from Way of Life Literature in the States (1701 Harns Road, Oak Harbor, Washington 98277). All four volumes are US$10.00. Any one volume is US$2.50. Add 15% postage and handling, minumum $3.00.

"As early as 1969, Bill Bright said, `We do not attack the Roman Church. We believe God is doing a mighty work in it and will no doubt use millions of Roman Catholics to help evangelize the world' (The Post & Times Star, Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1969). At Billy Graham's Amsterdam '86 conference, Bright said, `There was a day when Protestants and Roman Catholics would not have much to do with one another. But today the Spirit of God is doing such a great work in both the Roman Catholic and Protestant fellowships and communions that I feel very much at home wherever Jesus Christ is honored' (Foundation, Jul.-Aug. 1986).

"We would ask Mr. Bright how it is possible that Roman Catholics honor Jesus Christ when they deny the sufficiency of His atonement and of the Holy Scriptures, and when they ignore His commands about such things as adding human traditions to the Word of God and calling religious leaders `father.'

"Each year since at least 1980, Bill Bright has been a key organizer and sponsor of the `Washington for Jesus' celebrations, which have included Catholic priests, Seventh-day Adventists, those who deny the Trinity (the United Pentecostal Church), and other unscriptural ecumenists. The first `Washington for Jesus' convention in April 1980, featured modernist Robert Schuller; charismatics Jim Bakker, Demos Shakarian and Pat Robertson; as well as Catholic priests John Bertolucci, John Randall, and Michael Scanlon.

"Campus Crusade has had Roman Catholics on staff. In an interview with Wittenburg Door, June-July 1978, Richard Quebedeaux noted, `In Ireland, Campus Crusade is registered as a religious order ... And they work entirely within the Catholic church there with Catholics because there is nobody else to work with.'

"Bill Bright has been one of the leading organizers of ecumenical meetings such as Key '73 and has been involved in the decisions to invite Catholic participation in these conferences. Bright's `Here's Life America' crusade in 1976 had Catholic participation. In the Dec. 12, 1986, issue of Christianity Today, Bill Bright endorsed the film The Mission, which is about Catholic missionaries. Bright calls the movie `a triumphal film with a life-changing message which will enrich your life for years to come.' Bright participated in the publication of a series of books on evangelism co-sponsored by Tyndale House and the Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association. The first book in the series, What Christians Can Learn from One Another About Evangelizing Adults, included articles by Bill Bright, Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, and others."