Coral Ridge Ministries Media

Here we go again . . . Extreme Evangelical religious right fanatics are now commonly referred to by young Americans as the ‘Hate Churches’. Is there a good reason for this? Dateline Fort Lauderdale, Summer of 2007: Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle makes wild claims that gay men are (to paraphrase) having sex in public and threatening the ‘innocent’ streets of Fort Lauderdale and putting Broward County children at great risk, etc. (Lest we forget the hateful anti-gay Anita Bryant campaigns in...Read Full Story

PayPal has suspended the accounts of four anti-gay organizations in response to a campaign from gay activists. According to the group Allout.org, the websites of the Florida-based Truth in Action Ministries, formerly Coral Ridge Ministries, and Dove World Outreach Center are no longer accepting donations through the payment service. Coral Ridge Ministries was founded by the late D. James Kennedy, an opponent of gay rights. Last year, the Dove World Outreach Center vociferously opposed the...Read Full Story

Coral Ridge Ministries and Robert Knight are pushing a vile brand of religion on their congregants. I received a press release today from the ministry to promote a new documentary, Socialism: A Clear and Present Danger, airing nationwide Sunday May 16 and 23, that looks at the history of socialism. I was appalled, but not surprised to see this ministry, which was founded by the late Dr. D. James Kennedy, seeking to brainwash its congregants and others into believing we are headed towards...Read Full Story

Tullian Tchividjian knows all about filling big shoes. Not only is he the grandson of Billy Graham, but in 2009 Tchividjian (pronounced cha-vi-jin) stepped into another pair of Shaq-sized sneakers. He succeeded the late James Kennedy as pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Tchividjian's church plant, New City, merged with the larger Coral Ridge, but the honeymoon was short-lived. Seven months later a group of church members, headed by Kennedy's daughter...Read Full Story

KEITH "COUNTDOWN" OLBERMANN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGN COMMENT on his MSNBC programme last night, calling upon the McCain campaign to please disassociate themselves with l'affaire Ashley Todd (which, as we all know, has been nothing more than a farce from the get-go designed as desperation for a failing Presidential campaign): After all, time is of the essence. (But then again, how sure are we that the McCain/Palin campaign wasn't scripting the whole all the while, kabuki-stylee, even...Read Full Story