Monday, April 03, 2006
Dr. Carl McIntire
During this time I discovered a local Christian
Radio Station (KARI out of Blaine, Washington)
that had a full schedule of Radio preachers that
ministered the Word on the airwaves.
One was Dr. Carl McIntire whose Twentieth
Century Reformation Hour was a great listen.
Dr. McIntire (with his sidekick Amen Charlie)
started off his program with a short five to
8 minute Bible devotional and the rest of the
broadcast was dedicated to exposing the
communist influence in religious bodies such
as the World Council of Churches and the
National Council of Churches. McIntire always
backed up his charges with supporting documentation.
He used the documentation as an incentive to
get people to write in and send donations to
support the radio program. He eventually got on
over 600 Radio stations and was a gadfly to
the liberal church officials for many years. He
conducted numerous large rallies and led
protest marches on Washington DC.
In his own way he maintained that our Christian
faith should influence the way we think (and act)
about our society and culture. Of course, his
opponents tried painting McIntire as an extremist.
I felt then and even now that he was correct in
most of his positions (even Christianity Today
extended Dr. McIntire a post humous apology
of sorts www.ctlibrary.com/8573). His telling
the truth got him into trouble. He was a feisty,
gutsy guy who was an excellent orator and a
delight to listen to. Probably in the early to
mid 1960s Carl McIntire made a trip to
northwest Washington to visit with his
local supporters.
My brother Elvin and I when to his meeting at
one of the local Bellingham hotels. I found it
somewhat odd that a local church did not host
him, but apparently he preferred a non-religious
venue. I kept up with McIntire through the
mid-1960s but when I started college my focus shifted.
(Having recently moved to Arizona I met a man
who worked for McIntire in his younger days in
the early 1960s. He thought highly of McIntire’s
preaching and teaching but he felt the radio preacher
lacked important administrative skills. There is a
web site dedicated to Dr. McIntire (www.carlmcintire.org/).
Radio Station (KARI out of Blaine, Washington)
that had a full schedule of Radio preachers that
ministered the Word on the airwaves.
One was Dr. Carl McIntire whose Twentieth
Century Reformation Hour was a great listen.
Dr. McIntire (with his sidekick Amen Charlie)
started off his program with a short five to
8 minute Bible devotional and the rest of the
broadcast was dedicated to exposing the
communist influence in religious bodies such
as the World Council of Churches and the
National Council of Churches. McIntire always
backed up his charges with supporting documentation.
He used the documentation as an incentive to
get people to write in and send donations to
support the radio program. He eventually got on
over 600 Radio stations and was a gadfly to
the liberal church officials for many years. He
conducted numerous large rallies and led
protest marches on Washington DC.
In his own way he maintained that our Christian
faith should influence the way we think (and act)
about our society and culture. Of course, his
opponents tried painting McIntire as an extremist.
I felt then and even now that he was correct in
most of his positions (even Christianity Today
extended Dr. McIntire a post humous apology
of sorts www.ctlibrary.com/8573). His telling
the truth got him into trouble. He was a feisty,
gutsy guy who was an excellent orator and a
delight to listen to. Probably in the early to
mid 1960s Carl McIntire made a trip to
northwest Washington to visit with his
local supporters.
My brother Elvin and I when to his meeting at
one of the local Bellingham hotels. I found it
somewhat odd that a local church did not host
him, but apparently he preferred a non-religious
venue. I kept up with McIntire through the
mid-1960s but when I started college my focus shifted.
(Having recently moved to Arizona I met a man
who worked for McIntire in his younger days in
the early 1960s. He thought highly of McIntire’s
preaching and teaching but he felt the radio preacher
lacked important administrative skills. There is a
web site dedicated to Dr. McIntire (www.carlmcintire.org/).
# posted by Dino Don @ 9:23 AM 
