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Originally Posted by Midtowner
In examining the religion/organization, I see nothing suggesting that it is 'not Christian'. That it doesn't agree in Biblical inerrancy and has an interpretation of scripture not shared by many other evangelicals is immaterial really to that conclusion. I had always thought that the Holiday Inn had become the HQ for the Character Counts! program.
Interesting stuff. I had no idea.
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The "Character First" (
www.characterfirst.com) and "Character Council of Central Oklahoma" (
www.characterok.org) appear to be pieces within the larger organization, Institute in Basic Life Principles which I'm pretty sure is the same thing as "Institute OF Basic Life Principles, Inc."
Tax Assessor records show the property as follows:
Business Name: Character Training Institute
Owner: Institute of Basic Life Principles Inc
Mailing Address: 707 W Ogden Ave
City, St. & Zip: Hinsdale, IL 60521-3069
That is the same address shown for the Oklahoma element for "IBLP offices and training centers" at
http://www.iblp.org/iblp/contact/
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Oklahoma City Training Center
520 W. Main St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73102 405-526-0001
info@okc.iblp.org
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I didn't mean to imply that the organizations are/are not Christian. I'm just reporting on what I found. Apparently the parent organization and Mr. Gothard's teachings are even more conservative in several ways that what we commonly think of when the term "Christian Conservatives" is used ... albiet in some pretty unique ways, if the quoted sources in the 1st post are accurate.