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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: Blackwell, Morton: Files Folder Title: William Murray Faith Foundation Box: 37 To see more digitized collections visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGION November 30, 1983 Dear Bill, Faith Whittlesey has given me your letter suggesting that there be a fully staffed chapel at the Republican Convention in Dallas next summer. This proposal is most interesting, and it is clear that you have given careful thought to the necessary arrangements. As you may know, the Republican Convention is a political activity which is organized by the national Republican Party and not by the White House. I recommend that you work with Mr. Frank Fahrenkopf, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, on this project. His address is: 310 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003. I expect to be in Dallas for the convention next year; I hope the chapel will be there, too. Cordially, Morton C. Blackwell Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison Mr. William J. Murray William J. Murray Faith Ministries P.O. Box 28725 Dallas, Texas 75228 CC: Mr. Frank Fahrenkopf MCB: mmk file William J. Murray P.O. Box 28725 Dallas, Texas 75228 October 7, 1983 Mr. Morton Blackwell The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. Blackwell: I NEED YOUR HELP. By November 1st I must complete my TV special GOD X-RATED. This will be the most important TV special to air this fall on major stations throughout the United States. This TV special will show how God has been X-RATED not only from our schools but from dozens of other public institutions as well. This title was chosen to get the attention of the non-Christian. The aim of this program is to show the general population of this nation what atheism and humanism is doing to our nation and what we can do to stop it. So far only seven minutes of the special have been completed. It costs just at $1,335.00 per minute to put this special TV program together. The TV stations will only accept the highest quality production. Only personel familiar with commercial production and the finest commercial equipment can be used. To finish this special Mr. Blackwell I need your help. I need to raise $30,667.00 to finish this special plus an additional $20,000.00 to start buying time on major stations throughout the nation. You know I am not one to ask for funds. I do not send out weekly fund raising letters for a variety of projects. THIS IS IMPORTANT THIS LORD PLACED IT ON MY HEART TO PUT THE TRUTH ON TV OF HOW AND WHY PRAYER WAS REMOVED FROM OUR SCHOOLS. Page 2-God X-Rated NO NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WOULD AIR THIS MATERIAL. CBS REFUSED TO CONSIDER THIS SUBJECT FOR "SIXTY MINUTES". TED KOPPEL WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT IT ON "NIGHTLINE". THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE TRUTH ON TV IS TO BUY THE TIME AND TELL IT LIKE IT WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE. Will you help me bring this important broadcast to the homes of America? If you want to help me alert America please send your contribution for this effort today. Don't think about what you would send, ask God what you should send today for this great effort to tell the truth about what is happening in America today. To be frank, I need many like yourself to respond with gifts of $1,000.00 or more. If you cannot give that much, if God lays it on your heart to send just $25.00, please do it today. Without you, this much needed TV special will never be. Please read the letter I have just received today from our producer Paul Cole. As you can see the work cannot continue without your help. Please use the stamped envelope I have enclosed to send your gift today. Thank you for your prayers and your help. In the service of the King of kings, William anyth J Murray Faith Ministries WJM/ de Mr. William J. Murray Murray Faith Ministries Dear Bill, I've just finished the first seven minutes of your Prime Time National Special and I'm excited! It's dynamite! It will blow the weak foundation out from under all those that have tried to take God out of our schools, our government and our nation. The secrets you've revealed in our nation and our faith in God are sensational. When people see what happened in your life, it will reveal to them a threat so subtle, yet so sinister, that many experts feel we have only a few years left as a free nation unless America changes! Bill, I believe this Prime Time Special will be a major new thrust in bringing America back to God. We will either turn now, or we will suffer the results of turning our back on God. Bill, we've finished seven minutes, but we can do no more. It will take approximately $35,000.00 to finish this national special. If we spend less, the quality will suffer, some stations then would not air it. I know if you present this to your friends, they will understand the urgency of getting this message out. Our crews in Washington, D.C., New England, and the south are waiting now for the go-ahead to finish shooting. Please let me know as soon as possible we could miss some very strong undercover, confidential interviews. In peace, Coa PLC Media P.O. Box 1342 Bedford, Texas 76021 fice Bless you ! Friday Dear Mr Blackwell: I was with Bill Murray and Bro Todd when we delivered the 1,000,000 prayer petitions. The inclosed could develope a great human interest story that would realy give President Reagan a plus if the correct person could know of it. THANKS ! Bless you and yours, Way Real Wayne Neal Missionary to Capital Hill, D.C. A Servant of Jesus Christ 2714 Phipps St Alexandria, Va. 22306 phone 971 0555 The Evening News HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1983 Evening NewsPhote TEA FOR TWO Dat Van Tran and Mary Kim are served tea by their daughter, Bich Lien, during a slightly personal lunch break in their Imperial Palace restaurant in New Cumberland. Imperial Palace an ode to hard work They all help," said Mrs. Tran. "Everybody By CAL TURNER knows what they have to do. They have their Staff Writer jobs." Whether you opt for the Moo Goo Gai Pan or This brush with success is not uncommon go yum over the Long Island duckling will be with the Trans. In Saigon they owned a 1,000- pretty much beside the point by the time the seat movie theater showing films international evening is tucked away. in flavor, with Charles Bronson and Robert It's Dat Van Tran who'll stick out. And his Mitchum two of the big favorites. They also wife Mary, too. Try to get funny and call them a operated a 75-table restaurant, two small hotels peach of a pair, and that's about as flip as you and a villa. should go. They got out, said Mrs. Tran, with nothing. When Tran slips into his socks and ties his But success and the imperial red decor of the shoes in the morning he certainly has to be a Palace will never hide completely hide a deep Ilving testament to hard work. vein of sadness. Six years ago the Trans were in business at "There are many people dear to our hearts their Imperial Palace restaurant at Fifth and who are still there," said Mrs. Tran. "There are Bridge Streets in New Cumberland. It seated 20. kinfolks, friends and just our country itself. Today it seats 150. "We work 16 hours, six days a week," said Saigon was a very beautiful city. We were Mrs. Tran, when asked to uncover the essential crushed. ingredient. "We are closed on Monday, DUE we "But now there is America." use that day to get ready for Tuesday." On the wall behind the Palace's cash register Mrs. Tran, an attractive toy-sized woman, is a letter thanking the Trans for their letter did most of the talking during a post-lunch inter- thanking the writer for his part in their rescue view. Any superlatives she rendered could've and new life. It is dated 1978 and was written by been put together as an ode to America. former President Gerald R. Ford. As for Tran, a squat man with some quick- Nearby is a large glass-enclosed key to the silver silence about his features and purposeful borough of New Cumberland and a letter from a gait, there was no way to prod or softsoap him man in back of the presentation, then-Mayor into delineating the virtues of capitalism, just as Leonard W. Sorenson. The letter is a slap on the he backed off from touting his braised tips of back for the industry, aims and hard work of the lamb. Trans. It was in April 1975 when Tran forever turned thumbs down on communism. He and Yet, the most eye-catching feature has to be Mary and their nine children took to the boats as the hand-woven and flower-patterned silk Saigon fell. In a way that feat was almost an out- screens just inside the door. They're beguiling, of-the-blue miracle. Few families got away as almost lulling, but Tran knows as only his 50 intact as that. hard-won years can tell him, that they sing of Today they're still intact. All of the children the past. work full or part-time in the Palace, with Bich Putting aside a cup of tea, he hears work Lien, 27, serving as hostess. Four have been or calling. There is shrimp and veal to order, and are in college - Penn State, Temple, Dayton U. somebody's at the back door with bean sprouts. - while the others are whetting skills of their own choosing. September 28, 1983 Dear President Reagan: We want to tell you how much we appreciate your great speach to the World at the U.N. Monday. We are with you 100%. Your words express your understanding and wisdom of the lies and danger of world comunist power, we just trusi all America will back you UP and that the free world can stay free and strong. We had worked hard and vero blessed at being at the top in our native country of Viet Naum, When our country rell we fled for our lives and lost all, but thanks to the wisdon of President Gerald Ford and his 20 Lons TO were able to come to America to freedom and a new life. Inclosed you will find 2 copy of the letter President Gerald Ford wrote to us in 1973, we are thankful and proud of this good letter. Thanks C. gain for your words and strong leadership. We join OUR prayers with millions that God will lead and bless you and America in this great time in History. Bless you? yours, and America, the free World. Sincerely Mary and Dat Tran and family Dahranhan Mary The then P.S. Come be our guests, we will feed you good and tell you our story first hand, cur food is second to none, let us show you. A SPECIAL THANKSGIVING GREETING from THE TRAN FAMILY Written Nov. 1977 THANKSGIVING is a very special time in America. From the first Pilgram fathers to the last person from another country arriving in America for a new life and in quest of freedom has been a great time of hope and blessing as well as a great time of sorrow. When people leave another country to come to America they leave behind the way of life and traditions their ancestors have known. They leave behind family, friends and all material possessions. We, of the Tran Family, are among the thousands of new Americans who have arrived from Viet Naum, thanks to Gerald Ford and the leaders of America who gave us this opportunity to flee our country and its 4,000 year old tradition. We lost everything but our lives. In Viet Naum we owned a new 1,000 seat movie theatre, a 75 table restaurant two hotels with 88 rooms and baths, and our Villa. We lost all our possessions but most dear to our hearts, many wonderful kinfolk, friends and our Country. We had almost 100 employees working for us in our businesses. When we came to Indiantown Gap Refugee Camp we found new friends in America who came to be our sponsers in our new land, "AMERICA". Our hearts were comple- tely crushed over our great suffering and losses; but, as we found new hope, new love and new friends, we took new courage. This is our third Thanksgiving in America. Our hearts are very sad daily for our native country which is now a slave of communism. We find America very new and strange and it is hard to learn to understand and make a new life. This Than- ksgiving we have many things to give thanks for. First, we give thanks to be alive and free in America and that our lovely fam- ily of eleven are all here together. We give thanks to President Gerald Ford and the American people who made the Refugee Camps possible, who gave us a chance to make a new home and a new life, and especially for being our friends and sponsors in our time of need. Now we have a small Restaurant in our new country; the "IMPERIAL PALACE" at 5th and Bridge Streets in New Cumberland. The whole family works very hard seven days a week preparing food for the hungry. We do our best and our growing number of friends and customers are testimony that our fellow Americans like and enjoy our food. Our list of giving thanks is very long - these are a few: We give THANKS TO BE ALIVE, in America, and FREE. We give thanks our family is still together. We give thanks for our sponsors and others who helped us get a start. We give thanks for each and every new friend in America. WE GIVE THANKS! We pray for America, for our native country and for peace in the whole World! mary and Dahwan han MARY and DAT TRAN and FAMILY Chinese-American-French Cuisine RESTAURANT IMPERIAL PALACE GERALD R. FORD March 24, 1978 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Tran: Thank you for your gracious letter of thanks and for the article from the paper telling of the growing success of your business. I am so pleased to hear that The Imperial Palace is ready to expand. You are living and creating a new life as so many Americans before from so many other lands have done. It is people, such as you, who have the courage and determination to make a new life for themselves who have given America her great strength. We are grateful for the strength you are New Cumberland, PA 17070 contributing to our country. (717) 774-7545 5th and Bridge Street With warmest best wishes for continued success, Sincerely, Jerry Ford Mr. and Mrs. Dat Tran Imperial Palace Restaurant 5th and Bridge Street New Cumberland, Pennsylvania 17070 NEWS RELEASE -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A project to present each member of Congress with a copy of My Life Without God, a testimony of Bill Murray, has been initiated by Wayne Neal, missionary to Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Rev. Neal will deliver these books in person with a personal cover letter. Rev. Neal started to minister in this area of outreach in 1974 when he worked as coordinator with Sam Houston Johnson, LBJ's broth- er. Rev. Neal and Mr. Johnson initiated what was known as "Patriot- ism -- Pray for those in Authority" rallies in many areas of America with unusual results and top media coverage. In 1975 Parade maga- zine carried the news: "LBJ's Brother Finds New Life." Also, in 1977, Newsweek magazine carried the same message. In historic 1976 two rallies "For Jesus" were held in washington, D.C. In 1980 Rev. Neal worked for four months as coordinator for Bill Murray when he reversed his atheistic role and attempted to "correct the crime done in his name," such as the removal of prayer and the Bible from public schools in America. Bill was fourteen when his mother used his name in the lawsuits to remove prayer from American public schools. This new project will be a major effort to inform each member of Congress with the full story behind the removal of prayer from public schools and Bill's efforts, involving the key points he makes to clear the facts involved with the total life-style and left-wing activities pursued by Bill and his mother. Bill finally awakened and became a believer in Jesus Christ and his true teachings. of the principals which have made America a nation under God, which it has been from its inception. In every era of American history it has been the world's greatest nation of freedom. Rev. Neal will be attempting to demonstrate the relationship of removing prayer and the Bible from public schools and, from that date, the ever-increasing public school problems. Number one is uver the fostering of a national climate of falling standards of morality resulting in more than one million abortions per year. This has be- come an expected way of life. Mass murder with the consent of mothers is a growing national tragedy which, in ten years, has ended some 10,000,000 American lives. The total lives lost in all wars in all of American history is approximately 1,205,000. About ten times more lives have been extinguished with the consent of mothers than have been killed in all the wars in American history. Wayne Neal, a servant of Jesus Christ Missionary to Capitol Mill, D.C. 2714 Phipps St. Alexandria, Va. 22306 Phone (Area Code 703) 971-0555 WILL YOU AGREE WITH ME IN PRAYER? ARE YOU CONCERNED ENOUGH TO HELP IN FINANCE? The total cost of this project is $20,000. Bless you, thank you 1 Napeheal Wayne Neal William J. Murray MFF Faith Foundation, Inc. What Atheism Is By One Who Has Gone From Atheism To Christianity BY BILL MURRAY The son of atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Bill Murray was himself an outspoken crusader for atheism. But today he is one of America's leading spokesmen for Christianity. The message that follows was given at Sweetwater Church of the Valley in November of 1980. What Atheism Is the individual is the most important thing, then he will have to have his own way in order to be happy. And to do that he has to dominate other BY ONE WHO HAS GONE FROM people. ATHEISM TO CHRISTIANITY If you are the one with the strength and will to dominate, then there will be resentment and hatred from those you dominate. If you try to dominate and fail, then you will be the one with resentment and hatred. Either way you go, there is resentment and hatred inside that kind of a family. That's the kind of situation I was raised in, and that's the kind of situation many children are being raised in today. There are three basic tenets to atheism/ humanism: 1. There is no God. MY LIFE 2. There is no hereafter. 3. There are no absolutes. And as terrible as the first two are, perhaps the third one - there are no absolutes - is the most dangerous of all. In the Bible we have Bill Murray on national radio absolutes, the Lord makes it quite plain: "Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt It's often difficult for people to understand not covet." The atheistic/humanistic dogma where I'm coming from because they don't says, "Thou shalt not kill unless Thou shalt really know what atheism is. It is difficult for not steal unless Thou shalt not covet unless people who have been raised in Christian " And this is what our children are being homes and exposed to positive Bible truths to taught in the public schools. comprehend the negativism of atheism. For example, in one textbook by Dr. Sidney Many people think that an atheist is just Simon, the author of Values Classification and someone that does not believe in God, but it's Values Education textbooks, the child is told to more than that. That's like saying a Christian is put himself in the following situation: someone that believes in God. But being a First, he is to pretend he is a god. He is in a Christian is a lot more than just believing in lifeboat which will only support five people, but God; it is knowing Jesus Christ as your there are ten on board. The child must decide personal savior, knowing that you have eternal which five people are to live. Actually, the child life, and that you have come out of the darkness is being told to pick five people to die. The into the light. Christianity is a way of life. And child, however, will only have to pick four other so is atheism. people to stay in the boat, because being raised First, no matter what you call atheism, it's still in a humanist school with humanist ideas, he atheism. You can call it humanism - and a lot knows at least one person who is going to stay of our children are being taught humanism in on the boat - himself. public schools today. Inevitably the group from which he must In humanism or atheism the individual is all- choose includes a minister, a pregnant woman, important. The family, the home and mankind and an old man. The old man probably has are all secondary, and the Church, Christ, and enough wisdom to save all ten people, but he God are not important at all. The family goes overboard. The minister goes overboard. influenced by the atheist/humanist philosophy The pregnant woman goes overboard because will be a family with real problems, because if she has two mouths to feed. Nothing fits the -2- -3- humanist/atheist philosophy except the young, the strong, the virile, and those who can force their ideas down the throats of others. That's the only way it works. In my opinion, one of the most dangerous men in America today is Dr. Paul Kurtz, pres- ident of the American Humanist Association. I have a filmed interview with him during which he is asked whether killing is right or wrong. He replied that it depended upon the situation. If I asked, "What, for example?" he would reply, "Abortion - it's a woman's right to be able to dispose of something inside of her body. And euthanasia (mercy killing) - you are being kind to someone that is unconscious, Bill Murray on secular T.V. in a coma, or too old to know what he is doing, has been removed from them. The history texts by putting them to sleep." He also says that in call it the Nazi Party.) How could anyone be any given situation, the person doing the killing against a political party with such a nice has to consider all the aspects of what he is sounding name - it's for the nation, the doing. But in all that he said, however, he never workers, and the people ? By the same brought up one person's opinion - the one token, how could anyone be against the who would be killed. American Humanist Association? But let us I've wondered what Dr. Kurtz would think if consider the parallels between the two groups. he were lying in a hospital, desperately ill, and I The American Humanist Association is in walked in and looked down at him and said, favor of abortion and euthanasia (mercy "Remember what you said?" Fortunately, he killing). Was it not the policy of the National wouldn't have to worry, because I wouldn't do Socialist Workers People's Party in Germany to anything. I don't believe in it. There in lies the take the elderly out and allow them to die? Was difference between Christianity and atheism/ it not their policy to allow people of certain humanism. races and ethnic backgrounds to abort their In Christianity, we will defend our lives, our children and have sterilization forced upon families, and our property, but we will not go them? Does that sound familiar? Christians in out and purposely, as a matter of philosophy, the United States are not promoting these destroy other human lives. things, but many American humanists and Atheism/humanism as well as communism, atheists are. denies the supernatural, denies divine revela- Our children are being taught in the public tion, and promotes a one-world government. schools that it's okay to do these things. And if They all say that a new man has to be created to you are not aware that they are being taught provide the super-race. We saw what Hitler, these concepts, it's because at one point in Dr. Satlin, and Mao Tse-tung did to create the Simon's textbook the children are explicitly super-race. In order to create the super-race told not to tell their parents what is being you have to get rid of the old order. You do that discussed in school. with guns, gas chambers, or whatever else you Recently a pilot sex education program of can. the Values Classification/Values Education Those who remember World War II may also was put forth by the Department of Health, remember a political party in Germany and the Education and Welfare. In this program, United States called the National Socialist twelve-year-old girls were going to be taken to Workers People's Party. (You won't read this abortion clinics to practice filling out forms so name in our history books, though, because it they would be able to use them later. Seven and -4- -5- eight year-old children were going to be taken There was a fish, and all of a sudden it gave into each other's restrooms, and boys and girls birth to a lizard that had legs and breathed air. were going to be encouraged to have homo- And there was a monkey, and it gave birth to sexual encounters so they would be able to something without fur that was called a human make a reasonable choice when they grew up. being - and even though the monkey thought This pilot program was just barely stopped in it was ugly, she said, "Well, it's mine. I'll keep California, and the individuals who put the text it." And that's why we are here today. This, of and program together have sworn to rewrite it course, explains why there are no fossils to make it acceptable. I'm not sure how they showing the transition and development of a will do that, but the plans are to introduce it in species. 1981 as a pilot and by 1982 have it in federally This will be taught next semester in our funded schools all across the United States. public schools as the fact - not the theory - No wonder parents complain about their of how evolution works. children's behavior. The children are being And speaking of evolution, one of the tenets taught: 1) if it feels good, do it, and 2) the only of humanism/atheism is that the strongest thing you have to worry about is getting always survive. Theoretically that should mean caught. You don't have to worry about anybody that we don't have to send our strong young "up there" - that's something old-fashioned men to fight anymore. But unfortunately it isn't and doesn't matter any more the strongest that survive. In the history of Twenty years ago, when my family was mankind, it has always been the strongest, the instrumental in taking the Bible out of public bravest, and the most intelligent that perished schools, a rape in a classroom was an unusual while defending the liberties, freedoms, and thing. Now it happens every day in every city. integrity of the weak. The strongest don't even It's happening to the same people who are survive on a chicken farm. The strongest teaching our children that it only matters if you roosters kill each other - and guess who gets get caught. the chickens? In order to convince me that atheism or Something New in Evolution humanism will work, someone will have to prove to me that man is basically good and has Let me tell you about the newest develop- never sinned, and that the one-world ment in evolution (Darwinism). This theory, as philosophy preached by the humanists and it was taught in our schools, has been thrown atheists works. out the window and will no longer be taught. Don't cheer yet - they have something new to The American Humanist Association replace it. Continues to Win Victories In Darwinism, you remember, we were taught about slow evolution where the fish The American Humanist Association went to slowly grew legs and crawled up on the land, the Supreme Court in 1963 and 1967 in order to then later stopped having eggs and gave birth have itself classified as a religion and is now to little mammals. But no one was ever able to officially a religion for tax purposes. It is find any skeletal remains or missing links treated by the Internal Revenue Service as a between the species. No skulls were found that church, with the same privileges as any church. were supposed to precede man, and no However, when it comes to teaching their transition bones were found between small dogma in the schools, they say, "We are a horses and big horses. It was a nice imaginary secular organization and therefore our dogma thing, but it didn't work - so now we have a can be taught in the schools." new theory. Our children can be exposed to their dogma, Are you ready for this. It's called "The but they cannot be exposed to Christianity Benevolent Monster Theory". I'm serious. It How far has this gone? Recently, in Maryland goes like this: the Supreme Court ruled that the Gideons -6- -7- asked me to come to Austin, Texas, and help her with her organization. My stepfather was dying, and she said, "Bill, my organization is dying. My magazine hasn't been printed in years, my newsletter hasn't been printed in months. I can't afford to pay a secretary, and our organization is in a little two-room frame house." So I went to Austin, Texas, taking along a printing plant and half a dozen people who owed me favors. We built the American Atheist Center in a period of eighteen months. We moved it from a two-room office into a 20,000 Bill Murray at the White House with President Regan's advisor, square foot office building. Morton Blackwell In the almost two years that I was there, I was could not place Bibles in the libraries of the almost destroyed. I found out what it was like to Maryland public schools. Just how far has the be stepped on. Up until then, I had been doing humanist influence gone in our country? the stepping, but now I was with professional The San Francisco City Council recently steppers. I was with people who lived, ordered the police chief that henceforth thirty breathed, and practiced the philosophy of percent of all new recruits for the San atheism and humanism. I couldn't handle it. I Francisco Police Department had to be was devastated by the activity in that organi- homosexual. This is part of the "lifestyle" idea. zation. The resentment and hatred was People say, "It's only a lifestyle. Homosexuals unbelievable. are no different from anyone else. They are But there was one incident that broke me. I happy-go-lucky people. That's why they call owed a favor to a little hospital in Georgetown, them 'gay'." Texas. They needed some new equipment, If they are so gay, why do they have the and I said, "You know Mom, you could really highest suicide rate of any group in this nation? make a name for yourself and the atheists by These people are ill. They are suffering from a doing something constructive for that hospital. spiritual, mental, and physical illness. They We could use some of the excess capital that need to be helped and ministered to, not put in we've made in the last two years and buy the X- positions of authority. ray machine they need. It's only about $70,000. You could put a plaque on it that says, 'Donated Why I Turned From Atheism by Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American Athe- I had been away from my family and from ists'." atheism for about eleven years. I wasn't a I was almost laughed out of the place. They Christian; I wasn't anything. I was just minding said to me, "You're silly. We've got more my own business, climbing the corporate important things to do with that money. We ladders and stepping on people like any other need to sue to get the words 'In God We Trust' good American. I was buying better homes, taken off the currency. We need to sue to stop bigger cars, nicer suits, trying to intimidate my astronauts from saying prayers in outer employees and my friends. I wasn't doing the space." Christian thing, but I was doing the American It suddenly dawned on me what atheism thing, as the humanists see it. really is. It's pure negativism. My mother and My mother came to me in 1975 - and let me her associates weren't interested in the x-ray say here that I have no animosity towards my machine for the hospital or the people who mother. I love her and I pray for her, but I would be helped by it - but if that hospital had cannot forsake Jesus Christ for her - and she a religious name on the front of it, they would -8- -9- have been more than happy to file a suit to get states for elections, the bill never got to the the name changed. floor of the House. With that I packed up and left. I left my After the election, a most interesting thing printing plant, my $85,000. house that was was observed: of the more than eighty under construction, and I went to Tucson, individuals who refused to sign Bill Crane's Arizona and opened a little book store. discharge petition in order to call a vote on it, I sat and stared at it for six months and let it only eight are returning to the House of go bankrupt because I didn't know where to go Representatives. Many of these men had or what to do. received letter after letter from the people in I had been raised with one philosophy and their home states calling for a return of this that philosophy didn't work. How would you nation to the principles of the Bible, but they like to be raised as a Christian and find out that didn't listen. So this time the people sent them Christianity didn't work? I was raised as an letters they could understand - those letters atheist and found out that atheism didn't work. simply said, "Come home." I looked everywhere to find the name and Today we are involved in a great crusade. We nature of God. I now knew He must exist. I are in a desperate fight with the forces of looked into all the world's religions and read humanism and atheism. Our organization, The hundreds of books. But there was only one Faith Foundation, has been raised up to join in book where I found the truth. The Bible. And in this battle against these forces of darkness. the Bible I came to know the truth, and came to One of the most important aspects of the know the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Faith Foundation's literature and the messages savior. which I am able to share throughout this country is that they can be readily understood A New Direction by the secular people who need to find a faith in God. I am able to get the point across to the I would have been more than happy just to atheists and the humanists because I was keep quiet about it for a while, but, as you raised as an atheist. I know the pain, but I also know, you really can't do that, and word got out know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. about the change in my life. It wasn't too long before I received a telephone call from the office of Congressman Bill Crane of Illinois. They had heard a rumor about me, and Congressman Crane wanted to know if I would come to Washington D.C. and give my opinion as-to whether prayer should be reinstated in public schools. William J. Murray is the born again So I went to Washington and testified in Christian son of atheist leader, Madalyn behalf of Senate Bill 450 and helped Con- Murray O'Hair - He is president and founder gressman Crane lobby for that bill. The bill was written by Senator Jesse Helms, and he was of the Faith Foundation, an evangelistic successful in getting it passed in the Senate, organization whose outreach is primarily to but it got stuck in the House with only thirty atheists and agnostics. signatures. Then Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ and Jerry Falwell of "The Old Time Gospel Hour," along with myself and others, obtained 187 more signatures for the bill within twenty-four hours, but we were still about forty signatures short. As the House session closed and the representatives returned to their home -10- -11- Reorder From William J. Murray Faith Foundation, Inc. P. O. Box 28725 MFF Dallas, TX 75228 4 for $1.00 Values Clarification and the Christian BY BILL MURRAY Values Clarification and the Christian encouraging and even exhorting the student to During the mid 1960's several social naricissistic self-gratification." scientists developed a teaching method called Returning to Mr. Baer's paper he concludes Values Clarification. They claimed it to be the that Values Clarification "By affirming the way to teach values to school age children complete relativity of all values, in effect without taking any one moral position. The equate values with personal tastes and basis of this philosophy of teaching was the preferences." The systems gravest area is in belief that no absolute values existed or as its the reaction of the student. He writes: proponants put it, values were "personal "If parents object to their children using things." Thus, such educators as Dr. Sidney pot or engaging in pre-marital sex, the Simon and Merrill Harmin told us that theory behind Values Clarification makes instructing a student that stealing or murder is it appropriate for the child to respond, 'but wrong was incorrect. They also told US that that's just your value judgement. Don't teaching such values as honesty or loyalty was force it on me'." equally incorrect. Their theory contended that the teacher should do no more than help the To force the teachers in our schools to student "clarify" his own values. The course of reinforce their belief system its proponants, Values Clarification came to be widely used. such as Dr. Simon, belittle teachers who Richard A. Baer, in his article for the Wall attempt to teach traditional values. These Street Journal, titled "Parents, Schools and proponants must do this as their doctrine is Values Clarification", pointed out that Values basically anti-religious, anti-family, and anti- Clarification use in public school sex- society. This philosophy teaches that the education classes and by local Planned individual is the final source of judgement on Parenthood groups was particularly note- any issue, that values are determined "out of worthy, for whether intended or not, adoles- personal choices." The ultimate purpose then cents were in effect given the message that of Values Clarification is to teach the individual parents, the school or society had no right to that self-fulfillment should be his ultimate goal. tell them what standards should guide sexual Being in the service of God, country or one's behavior." Mr. Baer who is an associate fellow man is secondary or non-existant to this professor at New York State College continued philosophy of life. that, "Whether premarital sex was right or According to Mr. Baer there is also the legal wrong, for instance, adolescents would question of separation of church and state. discover for themselves as they were helped to Values Clarification fosters a religion which clarify their personal values." teaches that each man is the center of his At first only parents objected to these Universe. (A traditional American Indian courses. Many, who were Christians, were belief.) Thus the religious beliefs of Hindus, publicly criticized by educators and school Christians, Jews, etc., are being violated by the officials as "old-fashioned" or "anti progres- forced instruction of this "alternate" religion. sive education." Now, however, many "pro- Many of the educators that scoffed at gressive" educators are questioning the value fundamentalist Jewish and Christian criticism of Values Clarification themselves. Men such of Values Clarification are now speaking out as St. John's College president Edwin J. against it. Why? Lawyers in felony cases Delattre and Cornell professor Kenneth Strike against juveniles in the U.S. courts have begun have virtually agreed with the nation's parents using Values Clarification as a defense. Their and with religious fundamentalists. clients, they claim, were taught by the state that Mr. Delattre points out that Values Clarifi- no such thing as 'right' or 'wrong,' existed. cation does not take a neutral position on Since the state instructed them that nothing ethical questions as its proponants say. In fact was 'wrong' how could that same state now he says it "emphatically indoctrinates by prosecute the individual for doing 'wrong.' We must return moral instruction to our schools. Absolute right and absolute wrong does exist. Those values learned and taught by the fathers of this country are available today. Those same values that have always been available in the Word of God. William J. Murray is the born again Christian son of atheist leader, Madalyn Murray O'Hair - He is president and founder of the Faith Foundation, an evangelistic organization whose outreach is primarily to atheists and agnostics. Reorder From William J. Murray Faith Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 28725 MFF Dallas, TX 75228 10 for $1.00 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON August 23, 1983 Mr. William J. Murray President William J. Murray Faith Ministries P.O. Box 28725 Dallas Texas 75228 Dear Mr. Murray: Thank you for your letter of July 20. I have not checked all the facts in J. A. Parker's letter. You should know, however, that I have known him for many years and find him to be truthful and careful. Cordially, Moth Morton C. Blackwell Special Assistant to the President William J. Murray Faith Ministries Mailing Address 1500 East Gate Dr., Suite 114 MFF P.O. Box 28725 Garland, Texas Dallas, Texas 75228 214/270-2471 Dear 75041 Bill not have act El July 20, 1983 Mr. Morton Blackwell Assistant to the President The White House Jag Por you Washinton, D.C. 20500 Dear Morton: letter, that viry 1 Vury Please find enclosed a copy of a letter from J.A. Parker, the Lincoln Institue in Washington, D.C. hrow and Morton, can you tell me if this information is him $ even partially accurate. If it is we will decimate years it to the thousands of individuals on our mailing list. I have been unable to substantiate many of the comments made in this letter. Thank you for the copies which your office sent to me in regard to the new proposed prayer ammendment. and be cortail In the service of covelusly the King of kings, Wilhas William J. Murray President WJM;rlw dictated enclosure THE LINCOLN INSTITUTE FOR RESE. RCH AND EDUCATION J.A. Parker, President Dear Friend, Will you fill out the enclosed poll telling me whether you favor or oppose the ultra-liberals' plan to admit Washington, D.C. as the 51st state? You see, District of Columbia voters have approved a proposed state constitu- tion and now all it takes is a simple majority vote by both houses of Congress to make "New Columbia" the 51st state. This D.C. constitution has every hare-brained liberal scheme of the 1960's and then some. In fact, the communist Party USA has taken credit for writing the constitution. An article in the Communist Party's newspaper, DAILY WORLD, states, "It's fair to say that the Constitution for the State of New Columbia bears the imprint of Mau- rice Jackson, the chairman of the Communist Party of the District of Columbia and Virginia." Imagine, the nation's capitol having a constitution framed by the Communists. That's why I'm taking this poll. To prove to Congress that the American people are opposed to making Washing- ton, D.C. the 51st state. I hope to expand my poll to 500,000 concerned Americans around the country. And I will release the results of my poll to key members of Congress and the national news media. Remember, the liberals need only a majority vote in Congress to admit "New Co- lumbia" as the 51st state. So, please, fill out your poll and send it to me immediately. Thank you. Now let me tell you why I'm opposed to making the District of Columbia the 51st state. First of all, the founders of this great nation set eside the District of Co- lumbia to be the nation's capitol the seat of government. They didn't want it to be a state or a part of any other state. Secondly, the proposed constitution for this "new state" is unfit for our na- tion's capitol. One provision of the-constitution gives the people. the "right" to engage in sodomy, adultery, and other previously restricted perverted acts. The constitution would also force employers to hire homosexuals, even if it is against their own religious beliefs to do SO. Article I, Section 4 of the constitution gives women the absolute right to have an abortion at any time during their pregnancy. Another provision gives public employees (like policemen and firemen) the right to strike. Another liberal scheme of the 1960's the guaranteed annual income found its way into this constitution. This provision alone would bankrupt the new state. 2 And there are numerous provisions which would namper police in their efforts to fight crime. In short, the ultra-liberals want to turn the District of Columbia into a grand experiment- our expense. Remember, 'the Communist Party USA is taking credit for framing this constitu- tion. That's why I'm so strongly opposed to this plan. And that's why the Lincoln Institute is sponsoring this national opinion poll-- to prove that the American people are opposed to this hare-braired scheme. Fecause if you and I don't speak up, Congress could vote to admit the District of Columbia as the 51st state. Now let me tell you a little bit about the Lincoln Institute. As a black American who strongly supports President Reagan, I was appalled that self-uppointed black leaders like Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, and the NAACP claimed to speak for all black Americans when attacking President Reagan. Because I know that there are thousands of black conservatives in Amerca who strongly support President Reagan. That's why I formed the Lincoln Institute- to fight the influence of the radi- cal blacks who say President Reagan is destroying America. President Reagan has thanked me personally for the work that the Lincoln In- stitute has done on his behalf. And he appointed me to his transition team when he was elected in 1980. My goal is to make the Lincoln Institute, an organization of black conserva- tives, the core of black leadership for America. And that goal is being achieved faster than I ever dreamed possible. Our pub- lication, the Lincoln Review, has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the most important journal of black thought in America. Yes, I'm proud to say that there is a new voice for black America. The Lincoln Institute. And the Lincoln Institute is needed more than ever before. The Lincoln Institute is the one organization that can stand up to the ultra- liberals' plan to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. You see, because Washington, D.C. is 70% black, the ultra-liberals claim that anyone opposed to their scheme is a racist. But the Lincoln Institute can dispute that claim. In addition to my poll, I intend to provide Congress with research and studies to convince them to vote against making the District of Columbia a state. My initial 60 day budget for this project is 321 497. And I must raise this amount in the next 15 days. Will you please send the Lincoln Institute a generous tax-deductible contri- bution of $1,000, $500, $250, or $100 for this important project? Or if you can afford $50, $25, or even $15, please send that today. I must raise $21,497 in the next 15 days or cancel my plans to inform Congress and the American people about the ultra-liberal provisions of this proposed consti- tution. And I must inform them of the Communist Party's involvement in this plan. So please, send your most generous, tax-deductible contribution today. Sincerely, J.A. Parker President Lincoln Institute 1735 DeSales Street NW Washington, D.C. 20070 HANSI MINISTRIES, INC. National Prayer List for 1983 P.O. Box 552, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 ear "Abba" in Heaven, through Your Son Jesus Christ we are your Read Romans 8:15. 16 and Galatians 4:6, 7 ren and can come to You to ask boldly and without fear 1. Father, we ask for a thankful heart that we might worship You in the right () Come, let us sing for 10y to the Lord: let us come before spirit Help us not to take our free country for granted, nor that We still have 115 presence with thanksgiving let us shout joyfully to Him food. clothing and shelter and a church to attend. As we give You the praise with psalms. For the Lord IS a great God, and a great King and honor and glory for our blessings, we pray for those who live in bondage above all gods. Psalm 95:1-3 Read also Psalm 26 and want and ask You to lift their burden. Give them and us a new spiritual revival and may the Gospel of Jesus Christ be proclaimed around the entire world 2. We thank You, merciful, loving Creator God, that You have given us a / of as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and great harvest again and that our storehouses are full. You made up low prices do not return there without watering the earth, and making it for our farmers by doubling their yield. May we with our farmers remember to bear and sprout, and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to thank You and not to gripe SO much, as is our national habit. Forgive us for our the eater; so shall My word be which goes forth from My thoughtlessness and do not keep it against us. Please, Lord, hold the weather mouth; it shall not return to Me empty, without accomplishing and our future economy in Your strong hands and protect the dollar from what / desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which Satanic money schemes Provide us all with enough income that we can keep / sent it." Isaiah 55:10, 11. Read also Ecclesiastes 11:1. on paying for much of Your mission work around the globe. Remind us all to be more faithful to give to Your cause that America may be blessed again. 3 Dear Lord, we pray for our President and his family and for all of our "I urge that entreaties and petitions and thanksgivings be government leaders on various levels. Protect them from Satanic attacks in made in behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in spirit, soul and body. May Your Spirit guide them, provide Heavenly wisdom authority, in order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in and make them willing to be made willing to obey You, if it is popular or not. all godliness and dignity. Therefore, I want the men in every Protect our nation from leaders who have the wrong motives and if their place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and attitude cannot be changed by Your Spirit, please remove them from influence dissension." I Timothy 2:1, 2, 8. Read also Titus 3:1-8; and power. In their places bring Godly people who humbly seek Your Romans 13:1-7. guidance in everything 4. God of our Fathers, deliver our nation and the American people from evil. "Truly / say to you, whatever you shall bind on earth shall We bind the power of Satan and the paralyzing spirit of fear which is now have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth spreading, and we do SO in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Lord, reveal shall have been loosened in heaven. Again / say to you, that if publicly the true intent of people who try to undermine our freedom, be it in two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it the media, the unions, in politics, education or any other place where public shall be done for them Inv My Father who is in heaven." opinion is shaped or forced. Protect us from paralyzing strikes, exagerated Matthew 18:18, 19. Read also Proverbs 29; Matthew media scares, national blackmail and other hellish tactics aimed to destroy our 6:25-34. ability and willingness to think free. Give us the courage to choose freedom over promises of security. You, oh Lord, are the only true security on this earth' 5. Lord, save our children! Protect the American family life from destruction "Put on the full armor of God that you may be able to stand and lead us parents back to our Christian duties and principles. Break the firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not Satanic attacks and unmask the demonic powers which sneak into our daily against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against the powers, living in hidden occult forms. Please, give us supernatural wisdom to know against the world-forces of this darkness, against the spiritual how to deal with our young people in relation to their rock music, games, sex forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.' Ephesians 6:11, revolution, peer pressures and the hundred other things which cause division 12. Read also Deuteronomy 18:9-13; Isaiah 49:25. in our home and church. Lord, teach us to hate sin but to love sinners. 6. God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, bless our nation as we bless and pray "And / will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, for Israel and the peace of Jerusalem. Give our leaders spiritual insight and and make you name great; and 50 you shall be a blessing: and / special wisdom as they deal with foreign affairs and especially when it comes will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you / to the Middle East. Keep God-fearing men in the Israeli government, too, and will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be deliver both America and Israel from war, terrorism, enemy infiltration and blessed." Genesis 12:2, 3. Read also Psalm 122; 137:5, 6. blackmail in any form. We also ask for the rest of the free world. May dictatorships be broken and not spread to more places. May Your Gospel be victorious instead. 7. Lord, prepare us all for Your coming kingdom. May America be used to "For those who honor Me / will honor. and those who the very end of the ages to spread the good news of Your love and soon despise Me will be lightly esteemed." I Samuel 2:30; Read coming. Bless every organization and individual who has dedicated his service also II Chronicles 7:14 to that end. Strengthen and help Hansi and her staff. May they and everyone who serves You with an honest heart find a new vision and greater courage to press Protect Your church body from people who come in to confuse, steal, argue and destroy. Draw us together, dear Jesus, and may we all be united in Christ our Lord. Amen. (To reproduce prayer list, cut here) William J. Murray Faith Ministries Mailing Address 1500 East Gate Dr., Suite 114 MFF P.O. Box 28725 Garland, Texas 75041 Dallas, Texas 75228 May 25, 1983 Dear Friend In Christ: I never dreamed I would be writing a letter such as this to you on my 37th birthday. Just a few days ago I was contemplating my very first vacation in four years. Now I have learned a vacation is impossible. In fact Satan has dealt a blow to me which is severe. My ministry began at age 33, the same age at which the ministry of our Lord ended on Earth. Since that time I have seen thousands saved as was I from lives of sin and shame. In fact, since January of this year over 4,000 have been saved in the rallies and services of this ministry. BUT, IT SEEMS THIS TIME IN MY LIFE MAY HAVE ENDED. My only thought after I was saved was to serve HIM. The Lord became my beacon. My life for these past years has been only to follow Him and to do HIS will. My voice has not yet been silenced. I have been able to tell the truth of how prayer, morality and God himself have been removed from our schools. I have shown the devastation done to a family which has atheism as its founda- tion rather than Christ. I have suffered much abuse and criticism for making public the truth of the connection between the effort in the 1960's and 1970's to destroy this nation and the removal of God from government. All of the royalties from my book, MY LIFE WITHOUT GOD were assigned to the ministry so that I could continue His work. BUT, THE ROYALTIES FROM THE BOOK ARE GONE. All of my secular earnings for the past several years have been given to this ministry. So much do I believe in the importance of the Great Commission that I have taken nothing for myself. I live alone in a small rented apartment in Garland, Texas. My 1979 Chevrolet is not yet paid for. I have borrowed a great deal of money to continue to do this work. YESTERDAY THE BANK GAVE ME THE BAD NEWS. I CANNOT BORROW ANY MORE MONEY TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF THIS MINISTRY. I HAVE NO MORE PERSONAL ASSETS TO BORROW AGAINST. Page 2 My banker said, "Bill, I will lend you any amount to return to secular business, but I cannot go one more dime for your ministry. The books are clear Bill, you have lost $2,000.00 per week for the last year. The people are not supporting you. You are going broke.' That was my birthday present. I have done what I can. The doors of the ministry can be kept open until June 15th. On that date I will be forced to close the doors of the ministry forever. In April when the atheists held their big convention in San Francisco I was there with a crusade team to reach out to them with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We spent over $25,000.00 that week. Large ads were run in the local papers inviting the atheists to Christ. Over 40,000 tracts were passed out in that city. Twenty four hour telephone counseling was made available. I appeared on many radio and TV shows to counter the ravings against Christ by the atheists. NEXT YEAR WHEN THE ATHEISTS HOLD THEIR CONVENTION WHO WILL BE THERE? Only a true miracle can save this ministry. I NEED $100,000.00 BY JUNE 15TH. YES, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. Yes, that much is needed. That is why I say we need a miracle. Our printer has agreed to print 1,000 of these letters and envelopes on credit. The stamps have been contributed. With only 1,000 letters we must somehow raise $100,000.00. Each person receiving this letter would have to send $100.00 to save this ministry. That would take a true miracle. If you can send that $100.00 do it now. If you cannot, please send what you can. Then do one more thing. Make at least 10 photocopies of this letter and send them to your brothers and sisters in Christ. IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND MOVE QUICKLY THIS MINISTRY CAN SPRING BACK TO LIFE. IT CAN ONCE AGAIN BE THE GREATEST VOICE AGAINST THE FORCES OF ATHEISM IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD. My testimony on the grace we are given through Jesus has been broadcast by the Voice of America in the Russian language to the Soviet people. I know that the Soviet Communists will make fun of this letter and ridicule me. They will broadcast on their radio stations that my God is too weak to help me. They will tell their people to disregard my message as coming from a fool. I do not care if I am called a fool for the sake of Christ. I would rather be HIS fool than the leader of any nation on this earth. Page 3 When I preached in the heart of the homosexual district of San Francisco that is what the hecklers called me. "Fool", they cried out, "Satan is King." But with tears in my eyes, my God blastphemed, I preached on. Some forced their way past those hecklers to kneel with me to say the sinners prayer. Through it all MY GOD REIGNS. I will trust my God that He is true. Help me today in some way. Send what you can today. Photocopy this letter and send it to others. Most important of all, pray. Pray over your envelope before you mail it to me. Ask God that your gift along with those of others will make up the $100,000.00 that is needed to save this ministry. God richly bless you for your prayers and help, William William J. Murray WJM/ P.S. Every lit will help - lb all you can send is just a few dollars cash - Please do it today. Don 'T let this m in stay peristr B. William J. Murray P.O. Box 28725 Dallas, Texas 75228 February 25, 1983 Mr. Morton Blackwell The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. Blackwell: Just this morning I was thinking of all those who have supported the William J. Murray Faith Foundation during 1983. Those of you who have contributed in some way are special to me, and not just financially. I am also thinking of those who have prayed for the Foundation and those who have volunteered their services. Without each and everyone of you we would not be able to continue our work for HIM who is greater than we. This year OUTREACH 83 really has a very special meaning to me. My mother is now 64 years old and in very poor health. Even so she continues to proclaim Satan. This may be the last year she will be able to attend her own atheist convention. So, Mr. Blackwell, this may be the last year I will be able to reach out to her with the saving gospel of Jesus Christ. It is my prayer this will be the year that she is SAVED. The First Baptist Church of San Francisco will be the Foundation's host during our stay in San Francisco. Ads will be placed in the local papers inviting all the atheists at their convention (including my mother and brother) to come to know Christ as Savior. Our budget has been set and I know in my heart the FATHER will supply our every need. My uncle has asked that I take him to San Francisco to see his sister one last time. He is now 67 and not able to travel much do to physical problems. I told him he would have to trust in God for his need. I continue to pray his need will be met. Again, Mr. Blackwell, thank you for your support of this ministry. It is through folks like you that God's will continues to be done on Earth. My prayer is that God will continue to richly bless each of you. With love in Christ, Bill William J. Murray WJM/ 22 FAITH BULLETIN Faith Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 28725 Dallas, Texas 75228 For-the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Psalms 1:6 MARCH, 1983 OUTREACH '83 Bill Murray on National TV discussing Outreach '83. Our work continues in preparation for OUTREACH '83 in San Francisco, California. This ministry of chal- lenging atheismism is vitally important in today's society where Satan is more blatantly active than ever before. Not only does the Faith Foundation reach out to the atheist with Christ Jesus and His wonderful saving GRACE, but we counter their blasphemies in the newspapers and on television. Some of the atheist speakers to be featured at this year's atheist convention in San Francisco are listed as follows: Atheist Dr. John Somerville will call for the disarmament of this nation, in order to place it on its knees before the Soviet Union. Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair will introduce her new book Jesus Christ - Super Fraud. Atheist Derek Humphry will call for universal euthanasia. This amounts to the "so called" Mercy Killings of sick or elderly human beings. The Gay Atheist will use the atheist's convention to encourage continued distribution of atheist HOMOSEXUAL literature in our high schools all across the nation. I know that this information is alarming and almost unfathomable to many of you, but all of these LIES and many more will be proclaimed at this year's atheist convention. Our LORD JESUS CHRIST will be continually cursed at the "cash bar" meetings which will be open daily during the entire convention. It is so very IMPORTANT that the Faith Foundation, Inc. take a team of crusaders to San Francisco this year, otherwise the atheist will have complete control of the news media during all of Easter 1983. I must be there to appear on local news and information programs (Radio and TV) to counter the activities of the atheists within the media. John Mays (Uncle Irv) with Bill Murray in Faith C. K. Mason in Foundation office. Faith Founda- He is brother of tion office In atheist leader Garland, Texas. Madalyn O'Hair. She is now Direc- tor of Ministries. VOLUNTEERS John I. Mays, the brother of atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair, was in the Faith Foundation offices the week of February 14th. He NEW STAFF MEMBER helped with mailings, as we readied the ministry C. Kay Mason has joined the staff of the William for OUTREACH '83 in San Francisco. Volunteers J. Murray Faith Foundation, Inc. on a full time are always needed for this type of ministry work. basis. Kay, who is a member of Orchard Hills Those who would volunteer for duties during the Baptist in Garland, Texas, will hold the title of Easter crusade to be held this year should contact "Director of Ministries." us at our offices in Garland, Texas, at once. Bill Murray's "Speaking Schedule" DATE TIME LOCATION March 6th - Sunday 10:30 a.m. Christian Center - Shreveport, LA 6:30 p.m. March 8th - Tuesday Civic Center - New Braunfels, TX March 9th - Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Castle Hills Baptist Church - San Antonio, TX March 13th - Sunday 6:30 p.m. Church Of The Rock - Odessa, TX March 14th - Monday 7:30 p.m. Church Of The Rock - Odessa, TX March 15th - Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Ventura Baptist Temple - Ventura, CA March 16th - Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Los Gatos Christian Church - Los Gatos, CA March 17th - Thursday 7:00 p.m. New Covenant Fellowship - Livermore, CA March 18th - Friday 7:30 p.m. Oak Park Assembly of God - Pleasant Hill, CA March 20th - Sunday 10:30 a.m. Faith Chapel Assembly of God - Pleasanton, CA March 20th - Sunday 5:30 p.m. Los Gatos Christian Center - Los Gatos, CA March 26th - Saturday 7:00 p.m. Park Avenue Baptist Church - Nashville, TN March 27th - Sunday 10:45 a.m. Park Avenue Baptist Church - Nashville, TN I have just recently completed two new tracks that are soon to be available. The titles of these two tracks are; WHAT ATHEISM IS and VALUES CLARIFICATION AND THE CHRISTIAN. The tract, What Atheism Is, normally is offered at four tracks per one dollar and Values Clarification and the Christian, is normally offered at ten tracks per one dollar. We will be happy to send you these informative tracks should you write to us and request that one or both of these new tracks be mailed to you. Bill 7:7 MFF William J. Murray Faith Foundation, Inc. Arkansas Democrat SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1983 B P.O. Box 28725 MFF Dallas, TX 75228 U.S. is still best alternative to communism, Cleaver says BY WES ZEIGLER sidered religion a "tool of op- Skousen said few Americans Democrat Staff Writer America is still the world's pression," to a born-again Chris- would go through the experi- best alternative to communist tian took place in his life. ences that Cleaver and Murray oppression, Eldridge Cleaver, an Murray said his presentation had. Too many people take this would be similar to Cleaver's, country for granted, but it is still Arkansas native, former Black Panther leader and Marxist- except that he was raised in a the hope of the free world for turned-Christian, said Friday. Marxist, communist home in Bal- half the countries of the world, timore. he said. We need to "sit down Cleaver said America's do- In 1960 his family attempted and look at some of the things mestic problems could be solved to defect to the Soviet Union. that have made us great." if approached spiritually, as They were refused, he said, be- He said a "boom and bust well as economically and politi- cause the Soviets thought his cycle" - five years of boom and cally. mother was just another "kook" three years of bust - had been Cleaver, William Murray, son This indirectly led to the June built into the economy. He fa- of atheist Madalyn Murray 17, 1963, ban on religion in the vors balancing the budget, re- O'Hair, and W. Cleon Skousen, public schools, Murray said, be- turning to gold and silver as the president of the Freeman Insti- cause it was after the family had monetary base and doing away tute, held a press conference at returned from Paris - where with the Federal Reserve Sys- the Little Rock Airport before they had gone to meet the Sovi- tem, which he said manipulates going to Searcy to participate in ets halfway - and he was en- the "boom and bust" cycle for the fifth annual Christian rolled in public school that his special interests. Awareness Seminar at Harding mother found out about school Cleaver said his living in com- University today. prayer and the pledge of allegi- munist countries had made him Cleaver said he would detail ence. aware of plans to destroy this his experiences of growing up in Murray is now a Christian and country. "I think the last thing America, becoming disillu- we need in America is violent founder of the William J. Murray sioned and turning to commu- Faith Foundation Inc. of Dallas, revolution," he said. nism and spending eight years in where he is working to bring He said there were still racial exile in communist countries be- prayer and bible reading back to problems and faults in the econ- fore returning to the United the public schools. omy. To be adequately resolved, States and facing charges he said, the problems must be stemming from a deadly shoo- Skousen, of Salt Lake City, is addressed spiritually, economi- tout with Oakland, Calif., police. founder of the Freemen Insti- cally and politically. tute, whose purpose is to return In the process, he said, a spir- to constitutional principles es- Cleaver will be running for itual change of going from a tablished by the founding fa- mayor of Oakland, Calif., in Arkansas Democrat/Gary Fountain "snotty-nosed atheist" who con- thers. April, he said. Cleaver (left), Murray and Skousen talk Friday file 22 William J. Murray Faith Foundation, Inc. Mailing Address 1500 East Gate Dr., Suite 114 MFF P.O. Box 28725 Garland, Texas 75041 Dallas, Texas 75228 214/270-2471 April 14, 1983 Mr. Morton Blackwell The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. Blackwell: I really want to show my appreciation for the help which you have given this ministry so far this year. Last month my 5 year old daughter, Jade, saw a very beautiful lapel pin in a catalog and ask me to get it for her. The pin had the U.S. flag and a Christian flag together. I was unable to locate one in any shops. Finally I located a wholesale house which had them available. When I went to get it I thought of all those who had given sacrificially to help with my work to reach the lost with the Gospel. I know those who give of themselves to this ministry are not ashamed to be Christians and Americans. I knew each one of those sacrificial givers would appreciate this lapel pin. I did not want to use any ministry funds for these and sought the advise of the Lord as to what to do. The answer came the next day. One individual provided the funds to send each family who supports this ministry one of the pins. He said he knew he would be blessed by being able to furnish to others a means of expressing their witness for Christ. I have enclosed the lapel pin with this letter. It is my prayer it will give you as much pleasure as it gave the giver of it. The April Faith Bulletin has been mailed to you. It contains the details of the great success of OUTREACH 83. Thousands were reached with the Gospel because of our crusade in San Francisco. Each day ever greater opportunities come forth for this ministry. We have been blessed with the number of people we have been able to reach. Just last month my message was broadcast in Russian by the Voice of America to the lost in the Soviet Union. Praise God. Thank you for your support. It is with support such as this that we are able to continue to reach out with the saving Gospel message. In the service of the King of Kings, Bill William J. Murray WJM/ BRAND NEW TAPE!! Son of Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair - Speaks Out WHATISSECULARHUMANISM? William J. Murray, the son of America's leading atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, took a "Saul on the road to Damascus" turn to Jesus Christ in 1980. Now he issues a warning to America and the world about humanism and atheism. Bill was raised being taught atheism and secular humanism and lived that life before he accepted Christ at age 33. In this tape Bill exposes the Humanist Manifesto (Atheist's Bible) item by item and page by page. He gives pointed examples of the lifestyle they profess and explains why the only true answers for the Humanist/Atheist is to turn to Christ. A must to use as a witness to non-believers. CUT AND MAIL FIRST TIME AVAILABLE - SPRING 1983 Send me the cassette tape "What is Secular Humanism?" for just $5.00 each Special Offer plus 55c postage and handling. My check or money order for $5.55 is enclosed. Name Address City State Zip CLIP AND MAIL TO: William J. Murray Faith Foundation WILLIAM J. MURRAY MFF P.O. Box 28725, Dallas, Texas 75228 WATCH&PRAY R April The 1983 around the Don't worry about any- National Prayer Church Property thing; instead, pray about May 5th has been pro- and Bars everything. claimed by President Rea- The U.S. Supreme Court Philippians 4:6 gan as a national day of declared unconstitutional prayer for our nation. The a Massachusetts law that Nationals on the Job week preceding May 5th gave churches and schools Nigerian missionaries will be a time of prayer, re- the power to veto the issu- will soon be living among pentance, and humility ing of liquor licenses two more previously un- before God. Among the within 500 feet of their reached groups in this sponsors are Dr. Bill Bright property. Chief Justice West African nation- of Campus Crusade for Warren Burger wrote the 30,000 Bokos, who live in Christ and Dr. Pat 8-1 opinion and claimed western Nigeria, and Robertson, host of the that the law violated the 4,000 Komas, who live in 700 Club. constitutionally required eastern Nigeria. The re- House Churches separation of church and sponse came after Niger- ian missionaries visited in China state. The ruling does not the areas and led 50 TransWorld Radio has automatically overturn similar laws in 27 other people to the Lord. The commenced broadcasting states. chief of the Komas asked a training and teaching for Christians to "live program for leaders of the Unofficial Chinese among us and teach us the rapidly growing house Church Closed way to really follow church movement in Chinese authorities have Jesus." The Bokos ex- mainland China. closed Canton's last and pressed similar concern Hindu Converts largest church operating over the absence of help Operation Mobilisation outside the auspices of for Christian growth and India reports that 40,000 the government when further evangelism. persons have reconverted members refused to regis- to the Hindu religion dur- ter as a government- New Religious Survey ing the last 19 years. Of approved church. They Latest reports indicate the new entrants into the say the Three-Self Move- that religious preference in Hindu fold, 90 percent are ment sanctioned by the the U.S. stands at 59 per- Christians. government as the Protes- cent Protestant, 28 percent tant churches' overseer Roman Catholic, 2 percent Pornographer of would control its religious Jewish, and 11 percent un- the Month activities and that it has committed. 41 percent go The National Federation instituted unbiblical re- to church regularly, one for Decency recently strictions. out of three watches a began making a "Pornog- weekly religious program rapher of the Month" Bibles for Foreign on TV, and one out of six award to companies ad- Students reads the Bible daily. 37 vertising in pornographic Interested in giving or percent view the Bible as magazines such as lending a foreign student the literal Word of God Playboy and Penthouse. an easy-to-read Living (down from 65 percent in More than 25 major ad- New Testament in his or 1963). 42 percent view it as vertisers have told the her own language? Re- divinely inspired but not Federation they will dis- quest a free catalog from to be taken literally (up continue advertising in Living Bibles Interna- from 18 percent in 1963). such magazines. tional, Wheaton, IL 60187. A Victory for Thailand Evangelism Records Christian Schools Buddhism is the official re- Climb A Michigan judge reaf- ligion of Thailand, but the Dr. John Wesley White, an firmed the First Amend- people are free to choose associate evangelist with ment guarantee of separa- the religion they want. Billy Graham, and known tion of church and state The Far Eastern Broadcast- across Canada for his by exempting private ing Crusade has good cov- weekly TV programs dur- Christian schools from erage of the whole country ing the last ten years, state supervision of their through local stations. reports a record in curriculum and teachers. There are listeners' rallies evangelism was set in Judge Ray Hotchkiss ruled and a video cassette minis- 1982. While a drift away against the state board of try in their own languages from the conventional education, stating that for refugees. Recently denominational churches imposing its secular stan- FEBC received an award in the western world is dards of education on reli- from Thailand's Depart- generally reported, over- gious schooling interfered ment of Education because flowing attendances and with the schools' right to their programs are "con- an unprecendented freely exercise their reli- tributing to the cause of number of decisions for gion. national peace and stabil- Christ have been regis- ity." tered in Dr. White's Brazil and Missions crusades across North The Unevangelized Fields Missionary Cleared America. Mission has signed a con- Veteran missionary Jennie Adams in Peru has been tract with the Brazilian The Church National Indian Founda- cleared of all charges of in Russia tion to conduct education drug trafficking and re- The Slavic Gospel Associ- and health work among leased after spending 20 ation reports that the several tribal groups in days in jail. Hitchhikers number of churches the Brazil's rainforest interior. picked up by Miss Adams Soviet government per- The contract insures a were carrying 4 kilos of mits to function legally is refined cocaine for deliv- continuing witness to the restricted to 8,000 Or Kayapo, Canela, and ery to a police officer in thodox churches and Guajajara Indians. Trujillo. All were impris- 5,000 Protestant churches oned, and Peruvian press for a population of 266 Church Vandalized had a field day calling million people. A 500-member Korean Miss Adams' missionary church in Elmhurst, 11- ministry a coverup for Chinese Seminary drug trafficking. It was Grows linois, near Chicago, has been vandalized and its clearly established that Nanjing Union Theologi- Miss Adams was inno- building burned. $250,000 cal Seminary, China's only cent. worth of damage was Protestant seminary, done. The group had reopened in 1981 with an bought a school building Note to our readers: enrollment of 52 students despite some neighbor- Now available at news- from 22 provinces. The hood protest and had stands and supermarkets seminary also serves turned it into a church. nationwide. Pick up your 32,000 lay workers by a The development of Ko- copy of THE CHRISTIAN correspondence course. rean churches, almost all READER magazine, a di- Correction: The February strongly evangelical, is an gest of the best in Chris- 1983 issue of TCAW re- example of remarkable tian reading-by the pub- ported an Indonesian church growth. About 80 lishers of The Church community of 156 mil- such congregations exist Around the World. lion. This should have in the Chicago area alone. read 15 million. THE CHURCH AROUND THE WORLD (USPA 866-560) Volume 13, Number 4, is published monthly by Tyndale House Publishers, 336 Gundersen Drive, Wheaton, Illinois 60189. Printed in the U.S.A. Second-class postage paid at Wheaton, Illinois 60189. Subscription $2.75 per month per hundred copies. Outside U.S.: $3.25 per month, payable in U.S. dollars or equivalent. Kenneth Thylor, publisher, Dwight Hooten, Executive Editor, Jean Hooten, Editor Address changes/subscription requests: Send to The Church Around the World, Subscription Services, P.O. Box 1911, Marion, Ohio 43305. 22 William J. Murray Faith Foundation, Inc. Mailing Address 1500 East Gate Dr., Suite 114 MFF P.O. Box 28725 Garland, Texas 75041 Dallas, Texas 75228 214/270-2471 Dear Pastor: I am one of the two sons of atheist leader MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR. Unlike my brother Jon, who is still an atheist, I am a Born Again Believer and Jesus Christ is "LORD" of my life. Every year my brother Jon and the nation's other atheist leaders, hold a national convention during EASTER week. Each year I take a crusade to the city in which the atheists hold their annual convention. I place large advertisements in local newspapers (see enclosed) and set up counseling centers. Last year's crusade saw 3 of the 120 atheists that were in attendance at the atheist's convention, SAVED!!! This year I am praying for an even greater miracle. I am asking God to work wonders through this crusade and am praying that numerous atheists would have their eyes opened to the GLORY and TRUTH of Jesus Christ, the King of kings. I would like to extend an invitation to your church to participate as well. Will you please lead your congregation in prayer for this ministry and for this year's crusade? I pray for God to lead you with regard to helping finance this year's crusade. If all of the churches will just give according to the leading of the Holy Spirit, I know that the Lord will allow us to meet our budget for this year's crusade. We need a minimum of $12,000.00 and are praying for God's Family to help us in exceeding this budget, as we would like to be able to place a larger quantity of advertisements in local newspapers to counteract Saten and his attempts to blind men to the knowledge of the truth of the saving grace of Jesus Christ, our LORD and risen Savior. The anchor church for this year's crusade will be the First Baptist Church, San Francisco, California, of which Dr. Higgs is the Senior Pastor. My home church is Gateway Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. Please do not hesitate to contact me at anytime should you have any questions regarding this crusade and/or this ministry. To God be all the glory, WILLIAM J. MURRAY mT7:7 FAITH FOUNDATION, INC. William J. Murray President WJM/ckm Enclosures A Message to All ATHEISTS FROM WILLIAM J. MURRAY SON OF ATHEIST MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR My message to each one of you attending the American atheist's convention in Washington, D.C. is that God is alive and well, and He loves you and wants to give you eternal life. I've walked in your shoes, and I can tell you that you are on a dead end road, leading to sadness, emptiness, and an unfulfilled life. I found Jesus Christ to be very much alive today and able to fill my life with love, joy and peace. Contact me and I will reach out to you in the same love Christ has reached out to me. You may call anytime between 9 a.m. Saturday, April 10 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 11. The phone number is (301) 984- 1454. Or, you may write me. I will personally answer your letter and send you some free literature that will be of help. Remember, "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever (that means you) believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) FAITH FOUNDATION, INC. P.O. BOX 28725 DALLAS, TEXAS 75228 Mr. Murray will be conducting a Prayer Service at Lafayette Park (directly across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House) Easter Sunday morning April 11 at 8:30 a.m. Christian people from all over America will be joining him for this time of prayer for the conversion of the atheists of America and specifically his mother, Madalyn Murray O'Hair. You are invited! MFF FAITH BULLETIN Faith Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 28725 Dallas, Texas 75228 If we say that we have no sin, we decieve ourselves, and the truth is not in us. I John 1:8 JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1983 Atheist Convention The nation's leading atheists are to meet during EASTER of this year. Their annual convention is held at this time each year, as a final Blasphemy to our Lord and Saviour. This year their annual convention will be held in San Francisco, CA. I will be in San Francisco during this year's atheist convention to offer the Gospel to those lost and angry souls. Please pray for our organization and the many volunteers from the surrounding San Francisco area who will be working diligently to counteract this evil organigation's annual convention, by making the Lord's GLORIOUS Salvation Plan ready and available to those who are so desperately in need of JESUS CHRIST our Bill Murray at the White House with President Reagan's Advisor, LORD!! Morton Blackwell. Last year the atheist annual convention was held in Washington, D.C. One of the many ways that we counteracted their organization, during last year's convention, was by placing large ads in local daily newspapers. These ads primary objective was to explain the Lord's Plan of Salvation to the numerous atheists who would be exposed to the newspapers' contents. We are going to repeat this procedure in San Franciso this year. Phone lines will also be set up and trained counselors will be available to answer the calls of the atheists YES, they will call. We received dozens of calls last year in Washington, D.C. from AAA's (Angry, Argumentative, Atheist) and three of these AAA's came to know our precious Lord Jesus Christ. Praise God!!! This year the FAITH FOUNDATION Organization will not sponsor any banquets, as we did previously while in Washington, D.C. They are just too costly and remove us from our "GOAL" of reaching those who are not saved. A total budget of only $12,000 has been set for this our Lord's endeavor. This figure represents only 30% of the budget that will be used to fund the atheist convention. I cannot thank my readers enough for their continued prayer and faithful support throughout this past year. We are excited to say that the FAITH FOUNDATION is going forward and trusting GOD to meet its needs, for this is a caring and sharing ministry, and we have found it to be true that we cannot outgive GOD who so richly blesses us every day of our lives. Bill Murray's "Speaking Schedule" DATE TIME LOCATION January 27 7:00 p.m. Naples High School - Naples, FL February 6 11:00 a.m. Northside Baptist Church - Hobbs, NM 7:00 p.m. Belevue Baptist Church - Hobbs, NM February 13 10:30 a.m. First Assembly of God - Indiana, PA 7:00 p.m. Central Assembly of God - Houston, PA February 20 10:15 a.m. First Assembly of God - N. Little Rock, AR 7:00 p.m. Sylvan Hills Baptist - N. Little Rock, AR February 27 10:00 a.m. Moncton Wesleyan Church - Moncton, NB 6:00 p.m. Moncton Wesleyan Church - CANADA I have just recently completed two new tracks that are soon to be available. The titles of these two tracks are; WHAT ATHEISM IS and VALUES CLARIFICATION AND THE CHRISTIAN. The tract, What Atheism Is, normally is offered at four tracks per one dollar and Values Clarification and the Christian, is normally offered at ten tracks per one dollar. We will be happy to send you these informative tracks should you write to us and request that one or both of these new tracks be mailed to you. Bill Warrs MT 7:7 MFF