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Walter Ralston Martin (September 10, 1928 – June 26, 1989) was an American Baptist Christian minister and author who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a parachurch ministry specializing as a clearing-house of information in both general Christian apologetics and in countercult apologetics.
Martin examines a large number of new religious movements; included are major groups such as Christian Science, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Armstrongism, Theosophy, the BaháΚΌí Faith, Unitarian Universalism, and Scientology, as well as minor groups such as Swedenborgianism and Rosicrucianism, plus various New Age and groups based on Eastern religions.
Historically, one of the most important protagonists of the movement was Walter Martin (1928–1989), whose numerous books include the 1955 The Rise of the Cults: An Introductory Guide to the Non-Christian Cults and the 1965 The Kingdom of the Cults: An Analysis of Major Cult Systems in the Present Christian Era, which continues to be influential.
The Christian Research Institute (CRI) is an evangelical Christian apologetics ministry. [1] [2] It was established in October 1960 in the state of New Jersey by Walter Martin (1928–1989). [3] In 1974, Martin relocated the ministry to San Juan Capistrano, California. [4] The ministry's office was relocated in the 1990s near Rancho Santa ...
In the middle of the 20th century, evangelical Walter Martin and the Christian Research Institute concluded that the Seventh-day Adventist church is a legitimate Christian body with some heterodox doctrines and stated, "They are sound on the great New Testament doctrines including grace and redemption through the vicarious offering of Jesus ...
Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1965; revised in several editions published by Bethany House in 1967, 1977, 1985, 1997 and 2003). J. Gordon Melton, "The counter-cult monitoring movement in historical perspective", in Challenging Religion: Essays in Honour of Eileen Barker , edited by James A. Beckford & James T ...
The official church paper, the Adventist Review, published articles [46] outlining the effects of spiritualism coming into the Christian Church through the teachings of Spiritual Formation. [47] Howard wrote The Omega Rebellion in which he warned of the dangers associated with the “ emerging church ” movement.
The anti-cult movement, abbreviated ACM and also known as the countercult movement, [1] consists of various governmental and non-governmental organizations and individuals that seek to raise awareness of religious groups that they consider to be "cults", uncover coercive practices used to attract and retain members, and help those who have become involved with harmful cult practices.