I am not particularly interested in the author. His books explore the "margins of faith in America". He could be a credible reporter. I am predisposed against such work because there is already WAY too much Christian bashing; nonetheless, as a seeker of truth, I don't fault the basis of doing such research.
What I find interesting is that these secret societies like freemasons so often are the subject of paranoid rantings, to the point of laughability, yet it is also true that such societies can have influence. To the extent that this group The Family are about free markets and family values, I happen to agree with their goals.
In short, they have done me no harm. They seem somewhat unsavory on the margins. If the George Soros version of this were to be exposed and ridiculed, it would not make me unhappy.
I feel that SEIU and Acorn are such societies, but they are hiding in plain sight. On the outside they seem to be what they say they are, but once you get past the candy coating you find a vast, political, corrupt, progressive machine. The libs boast thousands of these groups. The conservatives may have one. So why are they trying to concentrate on the one, and not the thousands? I guess the same theory applies to media, Fox is the lone wolf here, they beat to a different drummer, so they must be destroyed!