Rockefeller and the New World Religion
Globalism as the faith of the New World Order

Old-thinker news | Nov. 20, 2007

By Daniel Taylor

"Internationalism must first be a religion before it can be a reality and a system." -- Samuel Zane Batten, The New World Order, 1919

The Rockefeller family, while they are by no means the only major players in world affairs, have contributed large amounts of resources to the creation of a world government. Their efforts have gone into nearly every area of significance. From politics, media, education, to economics, the Rockefellers are a force to be reckoned with. [1] One vitally important and often overlooked method of influence that the Rockefellers have enjoyed is in the realm of the church and religion.

It comes as little surprise, given their long term goal of world government, that the Rockefeller family would approve of and support a societal outlook favorable to globalism. The use of and manipulation of religion is one method that, in Rockefeller's eyes, looked to be a promising means of accomplishing this goal. While some methods have been changed over time, and names of organizations have been altered, the overarching agenda of Rockefeller has remained the same. As their own documents show, multiple attempts have been made by the Rockefellers to infiltrate and urge the Christian churches to get behind programs for world governance. A discernable pattern emerges, with the ability to look back at history, that escalating world crises have served as convenient launching points for incrementally larger pieces of the world government agenda. If this pattern continues - and there is little doubt that it will - we will inevitably see greater pieces locked into place after future crises.

The Interchurch World Movement (1919 - 1920)

In the aftermath of the bloody conflict of World War I, the League of Nations was presented as a solution to the horrendous problems that the world had witnessed. During the same time period that the League of Nations was formed, John D. Rockefeller Jr. launched the Interchurch World Movement (IWM) in 1919. [2] The Interchurch World Movement was the first attempt by Rockefeller to consolidate the churches into a corporate like structure which would exercise control over their activities. The "stability of government", and the promotion of "harmonious relations" between people in an industrial society that the Rockefeller family was already dominating was a driving force behind the IWM.

Charles E. Harvey, professor of history at California State University, wrote a history of the Interchurch World Movement in a 1982 paper titled "John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and the Interchurch World Movement of 1919-1920: A Different Angle on the Ecumenical Movement". Harvey traces the roots of the "social gospel" and the resulting battle between fundamental Christians and liberalism back to Rockefeller's Interchurch World Movement. Upon investigating the IWM, Harvey found that the historical information that most historians and researchers were using had been directly prepared by the lawyer of John D. Rockefeller Jr., a man named Raymond B. Fosdick. The doctored information, writes Harvey, was "...compiled precisely to conceal the real role Rockefeller played in the organization."

Harvey documents the request on part of John D. Rockefeller Jr. to his father for million dollars to consolidate the churches,

"He wired his father a request for 50 to 100 million dollars to create a foundation that would use the IWM to administratively consolidate the denominations along the lines of big business. The foundation would bind ministers of participating churches in a common pension fund and unite the denominations' foreign and domestic activities."

Rockefeller Jr. wrote in a letter regarding the IWM, that the organization could potentially have a larger influence than the League of Nations,

"I do not think we can overestimate the importance of this Movement. As I see it, it is capable of having a much more far-reaching influence than the League of Nations in bringing about peace, contentment, goodwill and prosperity among the people of the earth."

Harvey presents another letter written by Rockefeller in which he describes the IWM as a smart business investment. Rockefeller writes,

"I know of no better insurance for a businessman for the safety of his investments, the prosperity of the country and the future stability of our government than this movement affords..."

The Interchurch World Movement lasted for a very short time, but it succeeded in planting the seeds of an ideological conflict that has lasted to the present day. By no means did the Rockefellers give up their quest. The centralized structure of churches that the IWM first developed would be put to use in the future as the agendas of the IWM carried on under other organizations with Rockefeller financial support.

World patriotism

As the Interchurch World Movement was gaining momentum, Samuel Zane Batten wrote a book titled "The New World Order", published in 1919 by the American Baptist Publication Society. In this book, Batten paints a picture of a world entering a new phase in which a "new order" is rising out of the turmoil of World War. [3] Batten proposed that a "world federation" be created which would be supported by an "international mind" and justified by a faith of "world patriotism."

"World patriotism must be a faith....There is no more justice for the claim of absolute sovereignty on the part of a nation than on the part of an individual....The only alternative is World Federation...with a world parliament, an international court, and an international police force....Men must have an international mind before there can be a world federation. They must see and affirm that above the nation is humanity. Internationalism must first be a religion before it can be a reality and a system."

The work of Batten is significant in that the ideas he proposed would be pursued aggressively by Rockefeller and other like minded organizations in the years after the publication of The New World Order. 

The Federal Council of Churches

Just as the Interchurch World Movement was presented to the churches as a solution to problems facing the globe after the first world war, the Federal Council of Churches (FCC) presented its own solution in the early 1940's for a program "for a just and durable peace" upon the end of World War II. Not surprisingly, the Federal Council of Churches - which is now merged with the National Council of Churches - received significant funding from John D. Rockefeller Jr. [4] Using a similar corporate structure of churches that the Interchurch World Movement first pioneered, the program developed several agendas for churches to adopt, with world government named as the ultimate goal. As reported by Time in 1942,

"These are the high spots of organized U.S. Protestantism's super-protestant new program for a just and durable peace after World War II:

>Ultimately, "a world government of delegated powers."

>Complete abandonment of U.S. isolationism.

>Strong immediate limitations on national sovereignty.

>International control of all armies & navies.

> "A universal system of money ... so planned as to prevent inflation and deflation."

> Worldwide freedom of immigration.

> Progressive elimination of all tariff and quota restrictions on world trade.

> "Autonomy for all subject and colonial peoples" (with much better treatment for Negroes in the U.S.).

> "No punitive reparations, no humiliating decrees of war guilt, no arbitrary dismemberment of nations."

> A "democratically controlled" international bank "to make development capital available in all parts of the world without the predatory and imperialistic aftermath so characteristic of large-scale private and governmental loans."

This program was adopted last week by 375 appointed representatives of 30-odd denominations called together at Ohio Wesleyan University by the Federal Council of Churches. Every local Protestant church in the country will now be urged to get behind the program. "As Christian citizens," its sponsors affirmed, "we must seek to translate our beliefs into practical realities and to create a public opinion which will insure that the United States shall play its full and essential part in the creation of a moral way of international living.'" [emphasis added]

The Federal Council of Churches program, as Time reports, was strikingly similar to Samuel Zane Batten's New World Order. The ultimate goal was,

"...a duly constituted world government of delegated powers: an international legislative body, an international court with adequate jurisdiction, international-administrative bodies with necessary powers, and adequate international police forces and provision for enforcing its worldwide economic authority." [5]

The World Council of Churches (1948 - present day)

The United Nations - which stands upon land that was donated by John D. Rockefeller Jr. - would replace the failed League of Nations in 1945 after World War II. The World Council of Churches continues to function to this day as an organization intimately aligned with the U.N. As with all previous attempts to centralize the churches, Rockefeller played a pivotal role with the WCC. Chateau de Bossey, located in Switzerland, functions as the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute. The institute was bought with money given to the WCC by John D. Rockefeller Jr. [6]

During the 1961 third assembly of the World Council of Churches in New Delhi India, the agenda of world government and a new international order was once again revealed. Interdependence, surrender of national sovereignty, and regional institutions were all themes of the third assembly. Representatives from churches around the world were present, one of whom was Rev. H. N. Riber (U.S.A). Riber, as reported by the third assembly summary,

"...desired paragraphs 61 and 62 [of the third assembly report] to be strengthened because Christians should be ahead of public opinion in requiring the nations to surrender sovereignty in preparation for world government." [7]

Paragraphs 61 and 62 of the World Council of Churches third assembly report carry a familiar theme,

"61. But it must be said to new nations as to older ones that the evolution of an international order will require of all a measure of surrender of autonomy and sovereignty for the sake of the world community."

"62. Peace is dependent not only on goodwill and reconciliation, but in the first place upon the emerging of effective international institutions under the rule of law. Therefore, churches in their desire for peace must recognize the importance of the responsible use and development of international institutions, both in the United Nations and in regional affairs. The aim must be to establish a just system of world order..." [8]

Today, the World Council of Churches holds over 300 member churches worldwide. [9] Some members in North America include: Episcopal Church in the USA; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; Presbyterian Church (USA); and United Methodist Church. As noted previously, the WCC has maintained its close relationship with the United Nations since its founding in 1948. As the World Council of Churches website states,

"...it [the WCC] seeks to demonstrate the ecumenical movement's long-standing commitment to the UN and the ideals embodied in the UN Charter and to give voice to the ethical, moral and spiritual values which must undergird international relations." [10]

UN head reaffirms ‘strong’ collaboration with World Council of Churches

Social Thought Of The World Council Of Churches

"A Rockefeller-endowed survey, chaired by Harvard's distinguished philosopher, Professor W. E. Hocking, concluded that Christianity is merely the highest of the High Religions, a stage in the universal quest for 'righteousness', a precious component of the religion of the future that will represent the 'New Testament of every existing Faith' and serve as the soul of a coming common world culture."

"In the economic order the mind of the World Council is not yet formed as it is, for example, on international relations. It recognizes a Christian duty to support the United Nations..."

The New Age movement, which saw a surge in popularity during the 1980's and early 90's, has always been global in nature. (similarities between new age beliefs and Rockefeller endowed survey above)

"At the recent General Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Porto Allegre, Brazil, under the theme 'God, in your Grace, Transform the World,' its main concerns were 'economic justice, overcoming violence, Christian identity, interreligious dialogue, Latin America, nuclear disarmament, United Nations reform, terrorism and counter-terrorism, water... poverty and debt, HIV and AIDS, instability in Africa, and climate change.' It looks as if the work begun in the 1940s by John Foster Dulles, the legal advisor of the Rockefellers, has been crowned with success. The concerns of the World Council of Churches (WCC) now seem very close to those of the United Nations Organisation (UN)."

Members of the WCC

How will the churches be persuaded to get behind world government?

- "Leveling" of Christianity with other world religions, strip Christianity of "mythology".

 - "Universal"

WCC website:

"In addition, International Affairs, Peace & Human Security staff, through its UN offices, coordinate the UN-related work of many other WCC teams (Justice, Peace and Creation, Education and Ecumenical Formation, Mission and Evangelism, Regional Relations) to facilitate their work in a wide variety of areas, and to ensure coherence in the WCC's representations to UN bodies. As it does so, it seeks to demonstrate the ecumenical movement's long-standing commitment to the UN and the ideals embodied in the UN Charter and to give voice to the ethical, moral and spiritual values which must undergird international relations."

[1] Allen, Gary. The Rockefeller File. Seal Beach, California: '76 Press, 1976

[2] Harvey, Charles E. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and the Interchurch World Movement of 1919-1920: A Different Angle on the Ecumenical Movement. Church History, Vol. 51, No 2. (Jun., 1982), pp. 198-209.

[3] Batten, Samuel Zane. The New World Order. American Baptist Publication Society, 1919

[4] lbid 2.

[5] "American Malvern." Time. March 16, 1942

[6] Duff, Edward S.J. The Social Thought of the World Council of Churches. New York, N.Y.: Association Press, 1956

[7] The New Delhi Report, The Third Assembly of the World Council of Churches. New York, N.Y.: Association Press, 1961

[8] lbid 7.

[9] World Council of Churches, November 23, 2007. <http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=3587>

[10] World Council of Churches, November 25, 2007. <http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/international/wcc-un-e.html>

1 John 2:15 "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." (KJV)

Rethinking Robert Schuller

1. Council on foreign relations - Role of Religion in U.S. Foreign Policy Focus of New Council Initiative (http://www.cfr.org/publication/9771/role_of_religion_in_us_foreign_policy_focus_of_new_council_initiative.html)

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2. Laurence Rockefeller - funds Barbara Marx Hubbard, and other new age authors like Matthew Fox, author of "The Coming Cosmic Christ."

Book promotes globalist ideology:

"The coming together of the historical Jesus and the Cosmic Christ will make Christianity whole at last...Christianity has been out of touch with its "core", its center...Perhaps a new "ecumenical council" will be forthcoming in our lifetime. This one would be deeply ecumenical and would call forth the wisdom of all the world’s religions...What is needed if there is to be a twenty-first century for Mother Earth and her children is a spiritual vision that prays, celebrates, and lives out the reality of the Cosmic Christ who lives and breathes in Jesus and in all God’s children, in all the prophets of religion everywhere, in all creatures of the universe." (Matthew Fox, Coming of the Cosmic Christ, Harper and Row, 1980, p. 7.)

One recipient of Laurence Rockefeller money: The Foundation for conscious evolution:

http://www.evolve.org/pub/doc/footer_about_fce.html

"The Foundation for Conscious Evolution (FCE) has for its first ten years served the research, writing, and speaking opportunities of its co-founder, Barbara Marx Hubbard, supported by major financial gifts from Laurance S. Rockefeller, Louis Marx, and other private donors, as well as the general public."

Another recipient: the Lindisfarne association

"Through the efforts of Nancy Wilson Ross, author of Three Ways of Asian Wisdom and a former student of the Bauhaus in Germany, Thompson's writings and lectures were brought to the attention of Laurance S. Rockefeller and Sydney and Jean Lanier, and they assisted in the establishment of a facility on Long Island in 1973."

http://www.pacweb.com/lindisfarne/history.html

TIME MAGAZINE rockefeller

Of all the controversial subjects that divide Christendom, one of the most divisive is church unity. Two months ago, John D. Rockefeller Jr. made a well-intentioned plea for church unity (TIME, Feb. 12).

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3. World Order Models Project (1970's, headed by Saul H. Mendlovitz, CFR member, financed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Rockefeller Foundation)

Richard Falk, a CFR member who contributed to the project, wrote in "A Study of Future Worlds," that,

"Symbolic world leaders such as the Secretary General of the United Nations or the Pope might espouse [the WOMP agenda]...as a program for the future... These kinds of external developments, together with much more vital citizen efforts within the United States, would initiate a world order dialectic within American politics that would begin to break down decades adherence to [the Westphalian system] and its infrastructure of values, perceptions, and institutions."

The goals of the World Order Models Project, as described by Mendlovitz:

"There was... general agreement that we should go beyond the nation-state system...to use a much broader range of potential actors, including world institutions, transnational actors, international organization, functional activities, regional arrangements, the nation-state, subnational movements, local communities, and individuals."

"a 'global tax scheme to establish and maintain a basic needs regime for global society,' a 'complete and general disarmament with alternative security system in place.'"

Examples of new world order promotion on part of the pope:

Pope John Paul II calls for a new world order:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/01/pope.ny.ap/

"there needs to be a new respect for international law and the creation of a "new international order" based on the goals of the United Nations."

Pope Benedict calls for 'New World Order'

http://au.news.yahoo.com/051225/2/p/xcry.html

"VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in his first Christmas address, on Sunday urged humanity to unite against terrorism, poverty and environmental blight and called for a "new world order" to correct economic imbalances."

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5. Hastings Hall Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,801396,00.html?promoid=googlep

"When Union Theological Seminary, a non-denominational graduate school of Christian theology, was originally built on its current site in 1910 (on land given to the school by the Rockefeller family)"

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6. How the Enemies of God Use the Church to Destroy Christianity (concerns of World Council of Churches mirrors those of the United Nations)

"At the recent General Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Porto Allegre, Brazil, under the theme "God, in your Grace, Transform the World," its main concerns were "economic justice, overcoming violence, Christian identity, interreligious dialogue, Latin America, nuclear disarmament, United Nations reform, terrorism and counter-terrorism, water... poverty and debt, HIV and AIDS, instability in Africa, and climate change." 15) It looks as if the work begun in the 1940s by John Foster Dulles, the legal advisor of the Rockefellers, has been crowned with success. The concerns of the World Council of Churches (WCC) now seem very close to those of the United Nations Organisation (UN)."

http://www.frontline.org.za/articles/destroy_christianity.htm

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7. Steven C. Rockefeller - head of Earth Charter Commission

Steven Rockefeller Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_C._Rockefeller,_Jr.

U.N. advised on religious understanding

http://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-242426-672891

Why Should We Care About the Earth Charter?

http://www.sovereignty.net/p/sd/wssd/cathie-1.html

The Earth Charter and the Ark of the Gaia Covenant

http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/NewAge/Earth_Charter_Ark.htm

8. Cathedral Not-so-Divine (link)

"The historic Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City has long been a center of New Age and radical-left "enlightenment" and high-brow Establishment "culture." It is home to the Lindisfarne Institute, which features such distinguished faculty members as Luciferian guru David Spangler. It is also the regular venue for programs of the Gaia Institute."

"Who funds this stuff? The Cathedral's donor list is interesting, to say the least. Listed among its five largest donors ($250,000 and above) are "The Hon. and Mrs. Michael Huffington," they of the "conservative, family values" fame, who failed to win Dianne Feinstein's U.S. Senate seat, despite spending a personal fortune of more than $20 million. Other big donors: Colgate-Palmolive Co.; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Hearst Corporation; Federal Emergency Management Agency; CBS, Inc.; The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.; J.P. Morgan & Co.; The New York Times Co.; Prudential Insurance Co.; Texaco, Inc.; American Express Company; Chase Manhattan Bank; Mr. and Mrs Christopher Forbes; Philip Morris Companies; Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation; Mr. Donald J. Trump; Mr. and Mrs. Felix Rohatyn; Mr. Robert de Rothschild; Mr. David Rockefeller Jr.; Mrs. Mary C. Rockefeller; Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Rockefeller; Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Spellman Rockefeller; Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Rockefeller; Rockefeller Center Properties, Inc.; The Rockefeller Group, Inc."

 

 

 

 

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