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The '''Watchman Fellowship''' is, according to its website, an independent, [[non-denominational]] Christian research and [[apologetics]] ministry focusing on [[New religious movement|new religious movements]], [[Cult|cults]], the [[occult]] and the [[New Age]]. It was founded in 1979 and is based in [[Arlington, Texas]],<ref>[http://www.watchman.org/about-us/ About Us] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323184757/http://www.watchman.org/about-us/ |date=2012-03-23 )), Watchman Fellowship (self-published)</ref><ref name="StarTelegram">((cite news |title= Fort Worth Star-Telegram Real Estate Report |url= http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6446741_ITM |newspaper= [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] | date= December 26, 2000))((Dead link|date=March 2012))</ref> with offices in six states and one in [[Romania]].<ref name="StarTelegram"/><ref>[http://www.watchman.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.offices Watchman Fellowship's State Offices] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625165756/http://www.watchman.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.offices |date=2007-06-25 )) (self-published)</ref> It was founded in 1978 by David Henke.<ref name=":0">((Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Brent |date=18 October 2007 |title=Watchman Fellowship gives boost to SWBTS ((!)) Baptist Press |url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/watchman-fellowship-gives-boost-to-swbts/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=Baptist Press |language=en-US))</ref>

The mission of the Watchman Fellowship has three primary goals: to educate the community, to equip the church, and to evangelize the cults.<ref>[http://www.watchman.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.mission Mission Statement] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230801/http://www.watchman.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.mission |date=2007-09-27 )) ''Watchman Fellowship'' (self-published)</ref> The Fellowship encourages traditional Christians to gather accurate information about groups that deviate from "essential Christian doctrines."<ref name="StPeteTimes">((citation |title= Fundamental advice |first= Waveney Ann |last= Moore |newspaper= [[St. Petersburg Times]] |date= September 17, 2003 |url= http://www.sptimes.com/2003/09/17/Neighborhoodtimes/Fundamental_advice.shtml |access-date= March 13, 2008 |archive-date= January 19, 2005 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050119220001/http://www.sptimes.com/2003/09/17/Neighborhoodtimes/Fundamental_advice.shtml |url-status= live ))</ref> Its president is James Walker.<ref>((Cite web |last=Willoughby |first=Karen L. |date=2019-07-01 |title=Mormon pageant draws evangelical witnesses |url=https://www.baptiststandard.com/news/baptists/mormon-pageant-draws-evangelical-witnesses/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=Baptist Standard |language=en-US))</ref>

Rather than objecting to [[paranormal]] activity on [[skepticism|skeptical]] grounds, the Watchman Fellowship claims that [[Ghost|spirits]] may be real and malevolent.<ref name="Union Tribune">((citation |url= http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/communities/churches/20051027-9999-lz1c27mind.html |title= Mind over flatware: New Age congregation dabblesin spoon bending for fun and inspiration |first= Sandi |last= Dolbee |date= October 27, 2005 |newspaper= [[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |access-date= March 28, 2012 |archive-date= October 13, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121013221829/http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/communities/churches/20051027-9999-lz1c27mind.html |url-status= live ))</ref>

In 2007, it contributed 45,000 items from the organization's own collection to the [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]].<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[Christian countercult movement]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.watchman.org/ Official Website]
((Opposition to new religious movements))
[[Category:Christian countercult organizations]]
[[Category:Nondenominational Christian societies and communities]]
[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1979]]
[[Category:Evangelical Ministries to New Religions]]
[[Category:Christian apologetics]]

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