You should look into a guy called Abraham Vereide. He is almost single handedly responsible for the development of Evangelical Christianism.
He’s the guy who rebranded Fundamentalism as Evangelicalism (via his proxy Billy Graham). He’s also the guy who introduced the multilevel marketing of planting as a business model for Jesus. Soteriological Amway. That’s why the podcasts you’re listening to are so filled with “growth words”. It’s a dodge around talking openly about money.
He’s a really interesting guy. He came to D.C. with FDR, and he stayed in the Oval Office until his death in 1969. The adoption of the National Motto and putting it on the money was his doing. He represented Truman during the drafting of the UN Charter at Dumbarton Oaks and pushed David Ben-Gurion to suggest Israel as the name for the new country (it was going to be Judah. The name Israel was a huge surprise for everyone, even the proto-Israelis). He also founded the National Prayer Breakfast that made religion the gatekeeper of American politics.
It’s near impossible to overstate the scale of Vereide’s influence on the United States. Regardless of how one feels about him, he can’t be overlooked in any thorough examination of Evangelical Christianism.
You should look into a guy called Abraham Vereide. He is almost single handedly responsible for the development of Evangelical Christianism.
He’s the guy who rebranded Fundamentalism as Evangelicalism (via his proxy Billy Graham). He’s also the guy who introduced the multilevel marketing of planting as a business model for Jesus. Soteriological Amway. That’s why the podcasts you’re listening to are so filled with “growth words”. It’s a dodge around talking openly about money.
He’s a really interesting guy. He came to D.C. with FDR, and he stayed in the Oval Office until his death in 1969. The adoption of the National Motto and putting it on the money was his doing. He represented Truman during the drafting of the UN Charter at Dumbarton Oaks and pushed David Ben-Gurion to suggest Israel as the name for the new country (it was going to be Judah. The name Israel was a huge surprise for everyone, even the proto-Israelis). He also founded the National Prayer Breakfast that made religion the gatekeeper of American politics.
It’s near impossible to overstate the scale of Vereide’s influence on the United States. Regardless of how one feels about him, he can’t be overlooked in any thorough examination of Evangelical Christianism.