Wonder if this is the same branch of presbyterian that the Presbyterian Missionaries in Kenya (1961 )were part of! Too close to be coincidence?
If thats so blackmail of the family to keep them quiet may be next. What was it that Hastings was working on. Had he discovered something when doing the B B story. Time to re read that story Connect dots
re. Bowe Bergdahl: America’s Last Prisoner of War
Rolling Stone
by Michael Hastings
Jun 7, 2012
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/13/journalist-michael-hastings-was-investigating-cia-director-john-brennan-before-he-was-killed-in-fiery-car-crash/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/02/bowe-bergdahl-pow-john-brennan-bracelet-wristband.html
Journalist Michael Hastings Was Investigating CIA Director John Brennan Before He Was Killed in Fiery Car Crash
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/02/bowe-bergdahl-pow-john-brennan-bracelet-wristband.html
John Brennan Wears Bracelet for POW Bowe Bergdahl at Confirmation Hearing
Sorry, you lost me about the blackmail and Kenya.
The Insider Movement has only just become a controversy in these conservative denominations recently (Orthodox Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Church of America). Thirty years ago when my husband and I were missionaries in India and Nepal, this type of missiology was just starting to influence the charismatic mission group with which we were then associated. However, similar ideas can be found in Hudson Taylor’s Inland China Mission (late 19th century) and further back, the Jesuits in the counter-reformation.
However, just to say, Mr. Bergdhal’s behavior (learning Arabic and Pashto) makes me wonder if he thinks that Bowe has converted to Islam. Is it his attempt to be able to speak to his son in a very dramatic reflection of Christian love towards him? I don’t know. Just trying to put what I know of the family together with what I know of missiology. The danger when you get so absorbed into another culture like this is that you can take up more than just what you need to evangelize - you start to view the world from their perspective losing your own self in the process. The famous Burmese missionary of the late 19th century Adriam Judson had to have translators when he returned the US because he forgot his English!