WIRE:  Watchman Institute of Religious Evangelism

Through our Institute of Religious Evangelism we offer ongoing education in cult apologetics. Although the WIRE is open to anyone interested in an in-depth understanding of the cults, we particularly seek to train lay people and church staff who desire to be a ministry resource in their own local church.

Equipping people to be a resource for your church by…

1. Leading ongoing cult education in Sunday School, Discipleship Training, Small Groups, etc..
2. Providing follow-up evangelism to those in cults, including friends and family members of those in your congregation.
3. Networking with other individuals and churches to develop a strategy for ongoing ministry to the cults.

Curriculum

WIRE I

• Mormonism (Joseph Smith; Book of Mormon; Mormon beliefs).
• Jehovah's Witnesses (Watchtower authority; false prophecies; beliefs).
• Other aberrant Christian-based groups (e.g., Adventism, Armstrongism).
• Defending the Christian View of the Bible (translation, sole authority).
• Defending the Christian View of God (nature of God; the Trinity).
• Defending the Christian Gospel (Christ's death, resurrection, grace, faith).

WIRE II

• Before the New Age Movement (Eastern religions, paganism, occultism).
• The New Age Movement (meaning and influence; biblical response).
• Fringes of the New Age Movement (e.g., Scientology, UFO cults, Wicca).
• Non-Christian new religions (e.g., Baha'i, Nation of Islam, Hare Krishna's).
• Christian-based news religions (e.g., the Moonies, The Family).
• Heretical forms of Pentecostalism (Oneness Pentecostalism; the Word-Faith Movement).

WIRE III

• Advanced studies of Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, the New Age Movement and the Word-Faith Movement.