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Zondervan Publishing’s 2007 National Pastors Convention<\/span><\/strong><\/a> will take place on February 5th through 10th. If you and your church plan to send your pastor, youth pastor or other church leaders, you might want to think twice about that. As we have shown through our documentation and research <\/span><\/strong><\/a>, the National Pastor’s Convention is a place where pastors will be introduced to contemplative spirituality and the emerging church. And they won’t be told the truth about these belief systems. On the contrary, they will be told that they need new “ancient wisdom” practices like contemplative prayer, lectio divina, labyrinths<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and more to have a really deep and meaningful relationship with God.<\/p>\n

In addition to the contemplative practices they will be introduced to, they will sit under the teachings of many who promote a “new kind of Christianity” that is based more on eastern-style religions than on biblical Christianity. Some of those teachers include: Ruth Haley Barton (The Transforming Center), Brian McLaren, Doug Pagitt, Robert Webber (Ancient-Future Worship) and Gary Thomas (Sacred Pathways<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Pre-event activities include a National Pastors Retreat<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Critical Concerns Courses<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, which will include teachings by labyrinth-promoter Dan Kimball, yoga-promoter Doug Pagitt and an array of other contemplative\/emerging leaders.<\/p>\n

Not only will pastors attending get a heavy dose of Eastern mystical practices, they will be encouraged to become enlightened Christians, ones who are not bound by the limitations of doctrine. So before spending the money to send your pastor to this event, please do some research, weigh what you find against Scripture and take this to the Lord in prayer. This event could be harmful to your church’s spiritual welfare.<\/p>\n

For detailed research and information on the convention speakers, please see our Research Project website.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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