By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
Here are some more media links, as Marci McDonald continues to promote her book The Armageddon Factor.
Her interview a couple of weeks ago on the Drew Marshall show is at last online in streaming form. It’s the second item down for his May 22 show.
She was on TV Ontario’s The Agenda program last night. No streaming video yet.
The left-leaning Vancouver free paper The Georgia Straight, following up on their story on the book, has a video segment online in which she talks about B.C.’s Trinity Western University:
Calgary’s equivalent of the Straight, Fast Forward Weekly, also has a video clip about her visit to Calgary a few days ago.
From the Straight article on McDonald, a note about Faytene Kryskow:
quoting….
“She pointed out that in recent years, a charismatic former Simon Fraser University student named Faytene Kryskow has become a significant member of the Christian right in Canada.
McDonald said that Kryskow has been invited to VIP receptions with the prime minister after budget and throne speeches. Kryskow has also read letters of support from the prime minister at rallies in the nation’s capital during her rise to becoming the public face of the anti-abortion movement.
“Here’s this dynamo who seems to have sprung up fully formed from B.C., but actually she is backed by some powerful American revivalists who are seen as quite militant and quite radical,†McDonald said. “And she has gotten incredible access.—
Faytene can’t keep expecting that the media won’t notice her at all. All the more reason to “straighen up and fly right”, if she ever feels inclined to do so…
With Faytene Kryskow and Christian Right in Canada/backed up by
American Revivalists rubbing shoulders with as many whos whos
as she can is a matter of time when she’s questioned about her
ties with New Apostolic Reformation and how it conflicts with the
Christian Right both in Canada and in the United States.
If Faytene Kryskow thinks she can get some access out of you
she’s very very nice
If she thinks she cannot get any access out of you she’s very very awfull.
The way she goes around doing this plus hiding her ties with the
New Apostolic Reformation means she has a lot of explaining to do.
But she does not want to explain
There might come the time when she can no longer refuse to
explain and she’ll have to
I don’t think that time is too far away
Marci McDonald is a wealth of information.
All I knew about the Trinity Western Ottawa office(Laurentian Leadership Centre) was that a former Evangelical Fellowship of Canada employee was heading it.
Nice gig if you can get it.
These clips are handy for people who won’t buy the book or take time to read it, thanks Rick.
The Centre gets ticked off when they are likened to Patrick Henry College.
Given some of the labeling McDonald heard from the students, it’s not an unrealistic comparison, some of interns she listened to sounded like Blogging Tories.
Critics call the centre an ‘elite finishing school for evangelicals.’
-of the 51 MP’s who employed these students, 42 were Conservative
I’m getting a clearer understanding of why so many evangelicals think you have to vote Conservative to be a Christian.
McDonald draws out the diversity in evangelicalism in writing about the students.
Reply #3 Bene Diction
I agree with you that Marci McDonald is a wealth of information.
I think Faytene Kryskow agrees with this one too is probably why she’s not too crazy about Marci
Faytene Kryskow Taking back Marci McDonald’s bought CDs and returning her money against her will is unethical and poor customer service too.
That was a desperate last resort but it not seem to stop Marci McDonald from obtaining the information she was seeking.
I agree with you that even though I haven’t read the book these clips are handy.
I’m at around #70 on the hold list for ‘Armageddon Factor’ at around 7 branches of the Vancouver Public Library
I just read the Georgia Straight Article, and for someone who is a wealth of information, I really question the quality of what she has to say. Here are my comments about the Straight article:
As someone who has been a part of Watchmen for the Nations, I actually laughed out loud when I read the some of McDonald’s comments of the organization. I felt like I was reading an English copy of Pravda in the 1970′s.
“McDonald reports in her book that [Stockwell] Day is one of the “most prominent members†of a conservative Kelowna-based Christian group called Watchmen for the Nations. ”
- Stcokwell Day is not a “member” of Watchmen for the Nations. He has been to at least two of their gatherings over the years, and to my knowledge never spoke at any meeting. They did pray for him once in Kelowna (that was the only thing he was present for).
“David Demian, believes the end times are coming soon, and that Canada must become a “truly Christian nation to fulfill its biblical prophesyâ€. That is a very strong belief,†McDonald said. “It’s why I called the book The Armageddon Factor.â€
- David Damien has never said that Canada must become a truly Christian nation. Ever. Now McDonald is right in her report that they say that God has a destiny for Canada, they do say this. But nowhere do they say that Canada must become a “Truly Christian Nation” in order for it to be fulfilled. This destiny, by the way, involves Canada becoming a refuge for the nations, which seems strangely similar to the Canada we have today.
“Watchmen for the Nations is one of a few groups that McDonald describes as “dispensationalistâ€, “Christian Zionistâ€, and “Christian reconstructionistâ€.”
- Has she really investigated this group or has she only read the articles on the vivelecanada.ca website (which seem to jump around chronologically like she does)? They are not Dispensationalist, and do not see the end times through that lens. They are most certainly not Reconstructionist (that line made me spit my coffee). And they tend towards being Zionist, to be true, but do not condone everything the Israeli government does. As a born and raised Egyptian, David Demian lost no love on Israel in his youth.
Another frequent criticism of the group is their affinity for all things Republican, which is again laughable. They do not look to the US for guidance, and I remember clearly Demian’s criticism of Bush’s invasion of Iraq.
But McDonald seems to think Watchmen is some kind of right wing political think tank and that its focus is to change the political landscape in Canada. In fact, the group is primarily interested in prayer and that’s it. Their belief system does not require them to establish a Christian government for God’s destiny to be fulfilled in Canada.
She clearly has not done her homework.
Reply # 5 Mike S
Michael Demian Watchmen for the Nations was at The Cry Lumbermens’ Arch.
There was a joint Venue at Abbotsford Christian Assembly with The Cry & Worship Invasion moderated by Ed Rubuliak originally from Glad Tidings Church on Fraser & 18th, Vancouver, BC
http://acachurch.com/
ACA staff has a Roy Rubuliak also from Glad Tidings, I presume they are brothers. Another staff is an Elder Apostle
Worship Invasion was supposedly there too.
Wes & Stacy Campbell were there too.
Stacy Campbell, Canadian Prophetic Council
Wes, Stacy Campbell, Faytene Kryskow have had some involvement with the Salvation Army War College in Vancouver
Cedar Grove Baptist Church was there is one of the Venue spots for Worship Invasion
There seemed to be quite a New Apostolic Reformation presence there too.
How does Watchmen for the Nations play into the picture with the New Apostolic Reformation?
I am not sure what your point is, John. What do you mean by New Apostolic Reformation?
I confess that I have not read Wagner’s book, but I would probably be familiar with what is in it. I don’t know what you mean as you seem to use the term to describe some kind of organized group.
Anyway, Watchmen for the Nations does not readily throw around titles like Apostle or Prophet, nor does it normally highlight ministries or organizations. To do so would be contrary to the MO, which is to lay down individual agendas to seek the Lord together.
They are not into organizing and mobilizing people to engage in political activities. They do not encourage voting a certain way (I myself have only voted Conservative once in my life). They do not push a specific political agenda like anti-evolutionism (I am not anti-evolution by the way).
And in no way are they attempting to make Canada a Christian nation by putting Christians in charge of the country. God can accomplish his purposes in Canada through any government, and any party. What is required is for the church to obedient.
They come from every denomination, and every part of the country. The only outward signs of affiliation I have seen are native traditional dress, a few clerical collars, a couple of Salvation Army uniforms and about 15 or so dressed in traditional Amish clothing. And a dance group from Montreal wearing colonial Quebecois costumes for one of their dances. I don’t think that the nuns I met there were wearing any kind of official clothing.
I have seen and met guests from several countries such as the UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Taiwan, Israel, Egypt and South Africa. I have never seen any American guests or delegates join them.
They represent a fairly wide cross-section of people.
So whatever you think the NAR is or is trying to do, it isn’t filtering into Watchmen in any meaningful way.
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And the main problem is that Marci McDonald devotes a great deal of space to them, and is attributing to them things they have little or nothing to do with. It is clear from her notes at the end of the book that she has not done much investigation into them.
She states that David Demian is selected to be on a government committee to build a monument to the victims of the St Louis as if that was so kind of proof he had special connections and influence. But it proves nothing. It is only right that he be on the committee. If it weren’t for Demian, there would be no monument, since he was the one that got it all started. He was the one who flew to Florida to meet with survivors to convince them to come to Canada. As an Egyptian national, he is putting his life in danger doing such things.
Re Reply # 7 Mike S
David Demain Watchmen for the Nations was at The Cry Lumbermens Arch Stanley Park
Faytene Kryskow is New Apostolic Reformation but does not admit it.
There would be others who would do the same thing as her.
There are also persons who are not New Apostolic Reformation and are not aware such a movement exists
The NAR likes to be discreet,mixes and mingles
Quite a few persons there from many different churches were there.
Some are NAR and some aren’t
Protocols of the Elders of the New Apostolic Reformation?