{"id":2184525,"date":"2024-02-23T03:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T08:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corporate-media-run-smear-campaign-against-doug-wilson-and-christ-church-for-teaching-biblical-truth\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T03:12:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T08:12:55","slug":"corporate-media-run-smear-campaign-against-doug-wilson-and-christ-church-for-teaching-biblical-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corporate-media-run-smear-campaign-against-doug-wilson-and-christ-church-for-teaching-biblical-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate media smears Doug Wilson and Christ Church for teaching biblical truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcorporate-media-run-smear-campaign-against-doug-wilson-and-christ-church-for-teaching-biblical-truth%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2184525&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Unmasking the Truth About Christ Church<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I live just outside Moscow, \u200cIdaho. My small community was recently branded by Buzzfeed as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/crystalro\/creepy-us-towns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third creepiest<\/a> town in the United States.\u2062 The reason? My pastor <a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doug Wilson<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christkirk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christ\u200c Church<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Target for Controversy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Wilson is regularly disinvited\u2064 from \u200devangelical Christian conferences, \u2063including a major conference in Brazil (as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2024\/february\/doug-wilson-brazil-conference-cancel-consciencia-crista-pol.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christianity Today<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Stankorb gossips about Christ Church scandals in \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/m7ezwx\/inside-the-church-that-preaches-wives-need-to-be-led-with-a-firm-hand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vice<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/human-interest\/2023\/12\/evangelical-church-doug-wilson-idaho-culture-war-no-quarter-november.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slate<\/a>, and her book \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/5uTjlLx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Disobedient Women<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Even Kevin DeYoung,\u200c respected pastor \u200cand author, <a href=\"https:\/\/clearlyreformed.org\/on-culture-war-doug-wilson-and-the-moscow-mood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticizes<\/a> my \u2062church\u2019s\u2063 \u201cmood.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For \u200dthe full rap sheet, see\u2062 Wilson\u2019s blog, under\u200b the heading \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Controversy Library<\/a>.\u201d Wilson \u200cdetractors have even accused the church-affiliated Logos\u200c high school basketball player\u200b (coached by Wilson\u2019s son) of sexual assault, <a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books-and-culture\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/malevolence-a-harmonic-convergence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">merely \u200bfor boxing out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1233139100\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9843b62fc70daebf73d2f1cae4164f7f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9843b62fc70daebf73d2f1cae4164f7f\"><\/div>\n<h3>Standing Firm\u2064 for Biblical Values<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>So what have Wilson \u2062and Christ \u200dChurch done to attract a national \u200b\u2014 \u2064even international \u2014 media smear campaign?\u200b Quite simply, they have \u2062taken a stand for traditional Biblical values.<\/li>\n<li>They are applying\u2064 \u201cAll of Christ to \u2064All of Life,\u201d \u200bincluding politics, the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YUtNtKCLDvM?si=rMLN8pImKJSilcmi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public square<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/canonpress.com\/collections\/christian-living\/products\/head-of-the-household-starter-pack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">relations\u200d between the sexes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wilson and Christ Church are the secularists\u2019 worst nightmare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over several decades, Wilson \u2064and Christ \u2064Church \u200chave helped found multiple flagship institutions, including <a href=\"https:\/\/logosschool.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Logos School<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nsa.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Saint Andrews College<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/canonpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canon\u200d Press<\/a>, as well as national organizations\u2063 like the Association of Classical Christian\u2062 Schools (<a href=\"https:\/\/classicalchristian.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACCS<\/a>) and the Communion of Reformed Evangelical\u2064 Churches (<a href=\"https:\/\/crechurches.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CREC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Wilson\u2019s\u200b conservative values, and especially his\u2063 effectiveness, have placed him\u200b in the crosshairs\u2063 of \u200ccorporate \u2063media. Wilson and\u2064 Christ\u2063 Church have been branded \u2063as \u2014 wait for it! \u2014 racist and sexist. Not to\u200c mention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bDk8w-LNxHk\">Christian nationalist<\/a>. Their critics, uninterested in an honest engagement with Wilson\u2019s views, obsessively curate alleged abuse \u200dscandals \u200b(none of which involve sexual misconduct by\u200c Wilson personally), out-of-context pull quotes, and flat-out lies.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson and \u2064Christ Church are not alone. Activists routinely use shoddy journalism \u200cto silence conservative voices just for speaking the truth. In fact, the same writer who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/02\/christ-church-idaho-theocracy-us-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smeared<\/a> Christ Church in The Guardian (for, among other things, resisting\u2064 oppressive Covid mandates) has also \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/31\/rightwing-activist-christopher-rufo-ties-scientific-racism-journal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gone \u2064after<\/a> Chris Rufo for appearing\u200c on a podcast that \u200dinterviewed alleged \u200bracists, although\u2062 not, apparently, at the\u2063 same time. These underhanded tactics need to be exposed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-880e0b3bdaf46364f980c8c1248bb6c9 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-880e0b3bdaf46364f980c8c1248bb6c9\"><\/div>\n<h3>Unveiling the Truth Behind \u200bthe \u200bSmear \u2063Campaign<\/h3>\n<p>Stankorb\u2019s book is \u200da prime example of\u200d stringing \u2062together rumors and unsubstantiated\u2064 allegations to create a\u2064 false narrative. In her \u200bopening chapter on Christ Church, Stankorb describes one of\u200c her anonymous \u2062sources: \u201cHe certainly \u2064didn\u2019t strike me as being in \u2064the proper frame of\u2064 mind to give a reliable or usable\u200c interview.\u201d Yet Stankorb nonetheless spreads this poor man\u2019s paranoia, \u2064including the delusion that \u201cDoug Wilson\u2019s grandson was stalking his house,\u201d (p. 206).\u2062 Many of her sources \u200bare similarly anonymous and similarly disturbed,\u200c as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christkirk.com\/letter-to-examining-doug-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detailed<\/a> by\u2064 defamation counsel for Christ Church. Stankorb delights in\u200b amplifying the vindictive voices.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u200dStankorb and her sources, Christ Church has left a \u200btrail \u200cof sexually and spiritually abused women,\u2064 as a result \u200dof teachings like \u201csex in marriage is not\u2062 consensual\u201d \u200cand \u201csexual submission is an act of faith\u201d \u2063(p. 213). Stankorb relates a bizarre story, alleged by a pseudonymous and admittedly \u201cna\u00efve\u201d woman, regarding her violent husband and subsequent, \u200cmanipulative lover.\u2062 Yet \u200dStankorb admits\u2063 Wilson \u2064told this woman that she had been \u201ca victim of outrageous\u2064 abuse,\u201d (p. 219). Throughout her book, Stankorb weaves the story of her own abusive father; she does not hide \u200cher personal\u2064 vendetta.<\/p>\n<p>I have much sympathy for victims of abuse.\u200d I have \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/help-domestic-violence-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously\u200c written<\/a> about\u200d my own experience of domestic violence, thankfully 20 years behind me. Yet shallow, sensationalist reporting, without bothering to hear the\u2063 other side, does not serve women, or anyone\u200b else,\u200b well. Women need and deserve <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/10\/11\/7-legal-moral-principles-reaffirm-wake-brett-kavanaughs-confirmation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the truth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since Stankorb did not\u200b take the time to provide a single counter-example, anonymous or otherwise, let \u200bme do \u200cthat now. \u2063In addition to being a \u2063member of\u2064 Christ \u2063Church, I am a\u200c Harvard-educated \u2064attorney. Unlike\u2064 Stankorb\u2019s \u2062sources, I\u2063 do \u200cnot consider myself to be \u200despecially na\u00efve, frightened, or lacking in autonomy \u200d(whatever \u200dthat \u2062phrase means).<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-af6dbcd669613621a5fb9c73d7dff05c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-af6dbcd669613621a5fb9c73d7dff05c\"><\/div>\n<p>My husband and I attended a nondenominational\u2064 church for many\u2062 years. During the Covid debacle, our pastors \u2064marched\u2063 with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/05\/27\/a-blm-activist-sicced-my-university-on-a-conservative-student-and-failed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black Lives Matter<\/a> \u200dand required <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/08\/17\/why-the-price-of-face-masking-is-not-as-small-as-it-seems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">masks<\/a> for worship. We\u2063 were devastated.\u2064 We \u200cdecided to sell\u2062 everything and move to\u200d Moscow, to join\u2063 a community that \u2064is not afraid to stand for truth and oppose evil. We have met many others with similar stories.<\/p>\n<p>I have listened to countless sermons by Wilson and read many of his books, as well as books by Wilson family\u200d members. My husband and\u2063 I have \u200cenjoyed time with\u200b the Wilsons socially. As his detractors love to point out, Wilson will very\u200b occasionally\u2064 use spicy language in his blog \u2062or books to make a point. In \u2062the \u2062pulpit and in \u2062person, Wilson\u200b conducts himself with the utmost professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>I may not agree with\u200d (or\u2064 understand) every position\u2063 Wilson has taken\u200b on the minutiae of \u200cReformed doctrine. Nonetheless, in my experience \u2014 which far \u200cexceeds Stankorb\u2019s \u2062secondhand cherry-picking of anonymous sources \u2014 \u200dWilson\u2019s\u2064 counsel for men, women, and\u2062 families is\u200c thoroughly Biblical \u200band not in the least \u2062abusive.\u2064 Wilson is also a \u2062good pastor, \u2063which my husband and I are thankful for.<\/p>\n<p>We have found Christ Church to be an exceedingly\u2064 hospitable place. Over the past couple of years, I have made many friends and especially close friends with women in the Christ Church community. I estimate my husband and\u200c I have spent more than 200 meals with Christ\u200b Church families, both in \u2063our home and in\u2063 their\u200d homes. It\u2019s very difficult\u200b to hide abuse \u200dor even \u2063weirdness when you are spending \u2062this amount of time in \u200deach other\u2019s \u2062homes.<\/p>\n<p>Based on my hundreds\u2064 of hours of personal \u2064observation, I hold the women of \u2064Christ Church in\u200d the highest\u2063 regard. They have poise \u2064and purpose, grit \u200band wit. They\u200d are joyful\u2064 under \u200dtrial. Their children \u2064are well-loved and well-disciplined. Their \u200dhusbands \u2063are patient and present. The women at Christ Church have taught me \u200bfar more about life and \u200dgodliness than any\u200b Ivy League education. Oh, and let me stop the rumors right here \u2062\u2014 the women of Christ Church actually do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l8LBhrgETVk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wear pants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, no person and no community are without sin.\u200d Christ Church has its difficult\u200b marriages and dysfunctional families. It \u2063also preaches the remedy for sin:\u2064 repentance and \u2064forgiveness in Christ. Every Sunday, we kneel in confession as part of the liturgy. During the\u200d week, we \u2063encourage each other to shoulder our Christian\u2063 duties,\u2063 to cultivate contentment. Our pastors and elders graciously give their time and counsel on thornier issues. This is the meaning of our church mission statement: \u201cAll of Christ for \u2062All\u2063 of Life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The anonymous\u2062 internet\u200b warriors\u2063 don\u2019t talk about the damage done when sin is not challenged. \u2064They don\u2019t\u200d talk about the <a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/7VlGG2e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trauma<\/a> of\u200c broken marriages that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Them-Before-Us-Childrens-Movement\/dp\/B0BLQW8ZNK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scar\u200c children<\/a> for life. They don\u2019t talk about women <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cheap-Sex-Transformation-Marriage-Monogamy\/dp\/0190673613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">burned<\/a> by hookup culture, or about unborn babies butchered on \u2063the altar of career. They don\u2019t see the tears I\u2062 have\u200d seen,\u200c of\u200c boss women who just want to\u2063 be at home with their kids.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d my opinion, women need more \u200cof \u2062the \u201cMoscow \u2063Mood.\u201d What they don\u2019t need are more\u2064 lurid hit pieces under the guise of empathy. Conservative communities should expect, even welcome, slander from woke \u2062activists.\u2064 We must not be \u200csilenced by them. Our children\u2019s future is at stake.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What evidence supports\u200b the\u2062 claim that Christ Church is a beacon of truth\u2062 and principle in an era where conservative values are marginalized?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  And well-behaved. They are intelligent, articulate, and engaged with the\u2064 world around them. These women are not oppressed or silenced; \u2064they are \u2062active participants in their church and community.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear to me that the smear campaign against Christ\u2062 Church and Doug Wilson is unjust and \u200bunfounded. The accusations made \u200dby \u2064Stankorb and \u2063others are based on hearsay, anonymous sources, and personal\u2064 vendettas. They do not represent the reality of Christ Church\u2063 and the \u2064positive impact it has on its members and the larger community.<\/p>\n<p>In an era where \u2064conservative values are increasingly silenced\u2063 and marginalized, Christ Church stands as a \u2064beacon\u2062 of\u200d truth\u200c and\u200b principle. \u200bThey \u2064are unafraid to \u200dtake a \u2063stand for biblical values in all \u2063aspects of life, including politics and\u2063 culture. They have created institutions and organizations \u2063that\u2064 promote classical Christian education and the \u200dpropagation of conservative\u2062 beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks on Christ Church and Doug Wilson are not isolated incidents. \u2063They are part of\u200b a larger pattern of\u200b silencing conservative voices and using underhanded tactics to discredit and smear those who dare to speak the truth. It is imperative that we recognize and\u200c expose these tactics for what they are.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2063a member of Christ Church, I can \u2064attest to the\u200b genuine love, care, and support that \u2062exists within this community. The allegations made against the \u2062church and Wilson \u200care a distortion of the\u200c truth and \u200da disservice\u200c to the women\u200d and families who have found solace and strength within its walls.<\/p>\n<p>It is my hope that \u200bthrough this\u2062 article, the truth \u200dabout Christ Church and \u200bDoug \u200cWilson will be unmasked. \u200cThey \u2064are\u200b not the sinister, oppressive force that they have been portrayed as. They are a group of believers who seek to live out their faith in a way \u2063that is consistent with their understanding of Scripture.<\/p>\n<p>I invite those who have been\u2064 influenced by\u200c the \u200bfalse narrative surrounding Christ Church to come and see for themselves. Visit our church, meet the \u200cpeople, and engage in meaningful conversations. Only then can you \u2064truly understand the truth \u2064about Christ Church and\u2063 the impact it has on the lives of\u200b its members.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the smear campaign against Christ Church and Doug Wilson is a result of ideological differences and a desire to silence \u200cconservative voices. It is important that we \u2064critically evaluate the sources\u200c and motivations behind these accusations and not be \u200bswayed\u200c by sensationalist reporting. The truth about Christ Church and its commitment to biblical values \u200cdeserves to be heard and recognized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living just outside Moscow, Idaho, my community gained notoriety when Buzzfeed labeled it the third creepiest town in the US. The cause? Pastor Doug Wilson of Christ Church, who is frequently uninvited from evangelical conferences, even a significant one in Brazil, as reported by Christianity Today. 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