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CULTS CRITIQUE by B e tty R ruechert THE CFO s wrote us for information regarding the sys tem entitled “ The Camps Farthest Out.” She was in great distress be cause members o f her family had become involved with this group. The founder o f CFO was Glenn Clark, one-time athletic coach and professor o f Creative Religious Liv ing at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn, and now deceased. He established the first “ camp” at Lake Koronis, Paynesville, Minn. Such well-known people as Frank C. Lau- bach, Marcus Bach and Norman El liott have been associated with this movement which became popular through its “ Meals for Millions.” Its camps now number 40. Its name sig nifies “ going all the way” and un fortunately it does seem to have gone all the way into a “ Do it yourself” religion. In the July 26, 1941 issue o f The Sunday School Times the following appraisal o f this system appeared: “ . . . There is no evidence that Glenn Clark or his followers believe that man is a sinner and needs a Saviour; that forgiveness and acceptance with God come only through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ; that God is a just God, as well as a God of love, and that He must condemn and pun ish sin, and that this punishment has been borne for man by the Lord Jesus; that the Bible, which is the inspired Word of God, is the founda tion o f their movement, although ref erences are made to it. . . . We can only conclude that it is one o f the many subtle modern substitutes for the true Gospel, and therefore dan gerous, and to be opposed and shunned by the true Christian.” Rev. Roy Knuteson in a fine article in The Discerner* documents five de partures from evangelical truth in the writings o f Clark and other CFO writers: in regard to the person of Jesus Christ; the Word of God; “ the Fatherhood o f God and brotherhood o f man;” the new birth; prayer; and physical healing. Many terms such as “ divine spark in every man,” “ transcendent C h r i s t,” “ sinless, deathless, diseaseless order,” are reminiscent o f Unity, Christian Sci ence and other unscriptural systems o f the love — but no cross — variety. *Religion Analysis Service, Inc., 902 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis 8, Minn. THE KING'S BUSINESS R e c e n t l y a f r i e n d
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