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Bill Gothard is the front man for what many consider to be an extreme, right-winged, fundamentalist cult.? We may sometimes refer to those who follow him as ?Gothardites,? and we may refer to his teachings as ?Gothardism.?
Bill Gothard?s religious empire has a secular front that parades under the banner of ?character.? The International Association of Character Cities (IACC), and Character First! are both arms of the secular Gothard movement.
Both Gothardism and the character movements are based on ?49? character traits, which Gothard himself equates to the ?49 General Commands of Christ.?
Local politician Phil Heimlich has ties to the Gothardites.? He gave the keynote address at the 2005 IACC convention, and he was instrumental in establishing the Character Council of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.? Same with Secretary of State Ken Blackwell (currently a candidate for Ohio Governor).
Check out these articles for more background:
*Silja Talvi?s ?Cult of Character?
Articles at The Beacon
*Marcus Fiesel v. Bill Gothard
*Regional Apologetics Ministry Exposing Phil Heimlich
*The Beacon Journal Takes on Blackwell, Gothard
*WNKU Promotes Gothardism?
*The Grand Unification Theory
*Open Records Request
*Cincinnati Police: Enacting the Will of God?
*Questions for Phil Heimlich about Character Cities and Bill Gothard
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