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Links Here are some interesting links. I do not necessarily agree with everything on a particular web site, or especially as they link to other pages. There are many web sites available on this topic, and these are just a few that I find helpful.
Reachout Trust This is a page on Masonic symbolism: Very complete website on the occult nature of Freemasonry. Jubilee Resources, based in Australia, offers books, DVD's, articles,
training seminar internationally. They publish
and distribute a wide range of Christian books and other resources
on a range of topics, including spiritual deceptions. These topics
include Freemasonry and other secret societies. Search
on articles and you will find some on Freemasonry. Books
have to be ordered from New Zealand. They have an article on denominational positions, particularly
in the United Kingdom. They also have other articles dealing with Freemasonry. Ex-Masons for Jesus is an organization
of Christian men and women who were once members of a Masonic Lodge
or one of the affiliated Masonic organizations such as Eastern
Star, DeMolay, Job's Daughters or Rainbow Girls. Ephesians 5:11 “Have
nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather
expose them.” Some have experienced ritual abuse in Freemasonry. This is a web
site on healing from that, also a page on how to protect your children
from ritual abuse. Saints Alive is a ministry primarily to Masons and Mormons,
but also deals with other issues. Ed Decker has books, tapes,
tracts and has been in this ministry for many years. Ed’s
years of research on the subject of Freemasonry have led him
to become one of the leading Christian experts on the subject.
His books, booklets, and other materials on the subject are widely
distributed. His taped teaching to the church on this subject,
Freemasonry and The Christian Church, is a compelling instruction
to the whole body of Christ. Freedom Ministries International (from England) is
a Christian ministry bringing release from the effects of our forebears'
and/or personal involvement in Freemasonry, Buffaloes, Mormonism,
the Orange Order and many other Lodges and Orders. They
tell that the results of their curse reversal seminars
are electrifying with many healings and miracles. Interesting web site with biographies of famous Masons This is supposedly a humorous look at the celestial lodge
(where masons believe they go when they die) and who is
there. In it you will find listed famous freemasons.
Gary Kah's ministry "Hope for the World" One of his purposes
is to expose those activities and organizations which are working
to undermine American freedoms, are threatening traditional Christian
values, or are advancing an occult New Age/One World agenda. There are many theories about how Freemasonry is related to the
new world order. These are considered conspiracy theories. This
web site has a variety of articles. John Daniel has published an extensive three volume set on the
war between English and French Freemasonry. He examines 1500 years
of "Political, financial, and spiritual intrigue between two
conspiratorial powers." A Masonic site listing prominent Christian Masons who defend Freemasonry
Includes several influential leaders, including Norman Vincent Peale
Anglicans
This web site has a number of denominational positions, but many
are not
recent.
http://watch.pair.com/sbc.html Under facts about us, you can find the official position, which apparently has
not changed since 1993 Other resources on Freemasonry can be found by doing a
search at their official web site Saints Alive has best explanation of 1993 position
I asked a Methodist friend to investigate. She located this information. Greetings from InfoServ, the United Methodist information service! Your message reached our offices at United Methodist Communications in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Hello and thank you for writing. The United Methodist Church has no official statement or position regarding freemasonry. InfoServ is provided by the World Service Fund through United Methodist Communications.
Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Constitutional Musings: Note 7 From time to time the Office of the General Assembly is asked if the Assembly has stated a position on secret societies: whether they are cults or heretical; whether a person is permitted to be minister or an elder while being a member of a secret society. There is no reference to General Assembly actions relating to Secret Societies or to the Masons in more than seventy years. It took some digging to find but the most recent action is from the United Presbyterian Church in North America, Article XXXV of The Confessional Statement, adopted in 1925: Of Church Fellowship
Following is a very complete web site on Roman Catholicism and Freemasonry. Apparently from 1974-1981 there was some confusion, for various reasons (mentioned on the site). Catholics who joined during these years are not excommunicated, but are not allowed to take communion, as I understand it. . A more liberal position is taken regarding Eastern Star and Masonic groups (Jobs Daughters, DeMolay, etc.) as they do not swear Masonic oaths. The web site also mentions that Catholicism is not alone in its opposition to Freemasonry and names other denominations. "Like opposition to abortion, opposition to Freemasonry is often seen as solely a Roman Catholic position. But the Catholic Church is hardly the only Christian body to recognize the essential difference between the Masonic and Christian religions. In fact most Christians around the world belong to churches which forbid or discourage Masonic affiliation. The Inter-Orthodox commission which met on Mount Athos (1933) and represented all the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches characterized Freemasonry as a 'false and antiChristian system.' This remains the position of Orthodoxy. Other groups hostile to lodge membership include many branches of Lutheranism, the Christian Reformed Church, most Pentecostals, the Church of the Nazarene, the Seventh-day Adventists, the Holiness churches, the Quakers, the United Brethren in Christ, the Mennonites, the Free Methodists, the Church of the Brethren, the Assemblies of God, the Wesleyans, the Regular Baptists, the Salvation Army and significant minorities in such mainline churches as the Episcopal." http://showcase.netins.net/web/clearlight/mason.html This is a good site, explaining historical positions, with links
to many other topics of interest.
This link includes this list of Christian denominations which have recorded publicly their opposition to Freemasonry:
What are America's true roots? American Masonic history. Good
site from Bible Discernment Ministries. British Freemasonry's plan for America Texas Freemasonry from the Texas Handbook online, lists some books Dr. Paul Rich and Lic. Guillermo De Los Reyes, authors of this article, are Professors of International Relations and History at the University of the Americas, Puebla, Mexico. Dr. Rich is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (London) and the Hoover Institution (Stanford University), and a member of the Scottish and York Masonic Rites. They are authors of two forthcoming books, one on Freemasonry in Mexico and the other a guide for historians on interpreting Latin American Masonic lodge records. The above is based on ongoing research for the Research Lodge of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Texas. Freemasonry and education and political freedom in Mexico |
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