Film Critical of IRD Released

Received this note from Fred Clarkson...definitely worth checking out.

Announcement of a new film by Rev. Steven D. Martin: Renewal or Ruin? The Institute on Religion and Democracy's Attack on the United Methodist Church .

There is a link to the trailer for the film in his announcement post on Talk to Action. http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/3/16/123149/092

He writes:

"For a long time I've noticed the destructive work of the IRD, and have long been aware that they were much despised and even feared by UM church leadership. But it seemed far off; I believed it was someone else's problem. I first recognized the divisive work of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) taking root in the United Methodist churches in my part of the country, a mostly rural area couched between the Appalachian and Cumberland mountain ranges of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, at my Annual Conference session last June at Lake Junaluska, NC. When I wrote about my experience here at Talk to Action, ("A Sinister New Wind ") IRD staff attempted to intimidate me. That was when I decided it was my problem, and it was time to take action."

Peace,

Frederick Clarkson