The Great Ecclesiastical Conspiracy
The Great Ecclesiastical Conspiracy
by George Davis, Michael Clark, & Kirk Pearson
(Third Revised Edition)
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 – THE KING’S NEW BIBLE
CHAPTER 2 – TWISTED SCRIPTURES Deacons
A Lesson from our Past CHAPTER 3 – TWO MODELS OF LEADERSHIP Love’s Gentle Persuasion or Forced Orthodoxy
What is this thing called “The Church”? CHAPTER 4 – THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST A Shake-up in Judea CONCLUSION – “LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU”
*** Acknowledgments ***
We would like to acknowledge and thank the following people for their input, constructive criticism, editing and encouragement.
Jay Ferris, Douglas Weaver, Bud Heringer, Pepper Skeen, Kevin Paul, Lynn and Barb Troyer, Nathan Sanglap and Dorothy Clark.
Four authors, other than Tyndale, that have greatly influenced this book are listed below. We highly recommend them.
Dr. Norman Park,, It Shall Not Be So Among You
Frank Daniels, Non-Ecclesiastical New Testament
John M.Bland, Men Who Would Be Kings
Alister McGrath, In The Beginning
All scripture quotations are from the King James version unless otherwise specified.
Introduction
This book was written as an expose’ of an 1800 year old conspiracy. It is intended to define the conspiracy, leaving you to judge for yourself. Consider it a primer, covering only the basic elements of the subject. It is not intended to be exhaustive, since the total truth of this matter could not be told in such brevity. It is written with the utmost confidence that its readers will be its perfecters. It is the result of a million prayers, asking, “Why? Why Lord, is the Church before me so unlike the one I read about in the Bible? Why O God is there so much failure and defeat in what is supposed to be the representation of you in the earth?” This book may present more questions than answers, but questions are not to be feared. God is not like the haggard parent who resents the seemingly unending barrage of questions proceeding from the inquisitive child. God is eager and attentive to them all.
While not written for everyone, this book is dedicated to those analytical ones who have dared to ask the forbidden question, “What is wrong with the church?” It is dedicated to all those who are willing to pay the price to see Christ’s Ekklesia restored. The reformation is not over. In fact it is just begun, and this book is dedicated to all reformers everywhere. It is dedicated, as we are, to the restoration of all things. It is written to those who willingly suffer the loss of all things for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ. It is written in the deepest respect and honor for those of whom the world is not worthy, who laid down their very lives to expose this conspiracy. What qualifies us to write such a work? Nothing, except perhaps an indescribable burden, a passion that can only be characterized by the heart of a Father yearning to see His children set free from their oppressors, and a desire for the final deliverance of His family from the conspirators