Oak Initiative Confirms Resignation of Co-Founder and Vice President Samuel Rodriguez
Rachel Tabachnick printable version print page     Bookmark and Share
Wed Sep 21, 2011 at 12:19:35 AM EST
The Oak Initiative confirms that Samuel Rodriguez is leaving the board. Following is a copy of the e-mail I received from the organization stating that Rodriguez is resigning because of his increased responsibilities editing a new Spanish version of Charisma Magazine.  However, it appears an article at Talk2action.org may have been a catalyst, and that Rodriguez's departure may be damage control.  According to journalist Greg Metzger, Rodriguez chose to leave after Metzger confronted him with the extremist agenda of the Oak Initiative that I described in a September 4 article as conflicting with Rodriguez's public persona. Was Rodriguez an innocent and unwitting bystander at the Oak Initiative?
Following is the e-mail from the Oak Initiative and additional information about Rodriguez's role with the organization.

Dear  Rachel Tabachnick,
 
 Thanks for your inquiry. Sam Rodriguez did recently resign from the board of The Oak Initiative citing as the reason being that his increased responsibilities with editing a new Spanish version of Charisma Magazine would prohibit him having time to give a meaningful contribution to The Oak. We have a deep appreciation for Sam Rodriguez and will miss his contribution to The Oak, but congratulate him for this new endeavor. 
 
This change should be reflected on our website soon. Thanks again for the inquiry.
 
Rick Joyner
 
Greg Metzger states in his recent article that he read some of the statements about Islam from the Oak Initiative website to Rodriguez.  Metzger continues,

"While he pleaded ignorance with regards to the details of the Oak Initiative's agenda and website (he claimed he had barely been involved), he assured me that by the end of the day he would resign from the Board and make clear his regret. Five hours later I received an email with his letter to the Executive Board of NHCLC responding to Tabachnik's article and detailing the steps he was taking to denounce extremism, steps that include his resignation from the board of the Oak Initiative. It was, as a mutual friend of mine and Samuel's put it, the most that could be hoped for."

Metzger pointed to Rodriguez's comments for Christianity Today on the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

" Every extreme, whether ideological, spiritual, or political, carries potentially catastrophic destruction."
These comments were more in line with Rodriguez's public persona and his numerous articles published by the Washington Post.  In a July 2007 article on the need for an Islamic "Reformation," Rodriguez states,
At the end of day, Reformation stems from pluralism. Pluralism gives birth to tolerance, tolerance breeds respect and respect invites collaboration.

Rodriguez is president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, on the executive committee of the National Association of Evangelicals and, according to Metzger, on the board of Christianity Today.  He has been promoted in major publications across the nation and described as "a new kind of Pentecostal" dedicated to social justice.

Rodriguez's Role with The Oak Initiative

Even a cursory glance at the media of The Oak Initiative contradicts Rodriguez's claims to Metzger that he was "barely involved." Rodriguez is described as one of the founders in the 2009 media.

"The Summit, held August 20-22, 2009 at MorningStar Ministries in Fort Mill, SC, was a powerful time lead by John Kilpatrick, Lance Wallnau, Samuel Rodriguez, Gordon Pennington, Rick Joyner and others. This Summit was the beginning of The Oak Initiative, a grass roots organization started by Samuel Rodriguez, Rick Joyner and other key Christian leaders."

Rodriguez served as vice president of the organization from its inception and is featured in the videos explaining and promoting the organization. Links to some of these videos follow the article.

As described in a previous article titled Samuel Rodriguez and the Oak Initiative: Marketing Christian Supremacism as Social Justice, the Oak Initiative is a a religio-political organization on a crusade to save America from a Marxist/Leftist/Homosexual/Islamic enemy.

The Oak Initiative website markets videos of past conferences including speeches on the Seven Mountains Mandate by NAR apostle and board member Lance Wallnau.  The MP3 is described as follows,

Continuing the 7 Mountain Mandate Series, Dr. Lance Wallnau gives key insights on "Unveiling the Glory", "Apostolic Invasion", "Sphere Mastery" and other timely messages useful in the Kingdom process of taking over the world.

On the same page of the Oak Initiative catalog is the  2010 Oak Initiative conference media, which included board members Cindy Jacobs, Rick Joyner, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) William "Jerry" Boykin and Samuel Rodriguez.

In addition to speaking at Oak Initiative conferences, Rodriguez represented the organization's board on conference calls to affiliates, such as Transformation Michigan. The Oak Initiative, Transformation Michigan and the "prayer warrior" networks under the apostolic authority of John Benefiel and Cindy Jacobs (also a board member of The Oak Initiative), are working together to prepare for The Call Detroit, a spiritual warfare assault on what they claim is the demon of Islam.  Preparation has included ceremonies outside masonic lodges and mosques across the state of Michigan as a prelude to the "spiritual warfare" of The Call Detroit on 11/11/11.

The website of Transformation Michigan states,

"Transformation Michigan is in partnership with The  Oak Initiative.  We have established groups in Michigan who, with one united purpose, are taking the Seven Mountains in Michigan. Join us in this warfare."

In a 2010 conference call led by Transformation Michigan's Rick Warzywak, Samuel Rodriguez is introduced to those on the call as an Oak Initiative board member. The call closes with Rodriguez saying that he and Rick Joyner are honored to have Warzywak as part of the Oak team.  In the call, Rodriguez explains that evangelicals should support immigration reform because Hispanic immigrants are Christian and their "prophetic purpose" is to "become a firewall against the aforementioned spirits and assaults on our biblical worldview."  According to Rodriguez, one of these assaults is Islam. Rodriguez also states that a "Tea Party movement with Christ" could push back against the spirit of Baal, and then states government has taken over the "auto industry, the banking industry, the health industry and soon the energy industry."

This is not the only example of Rodriguez's promotion of immigration reform as a way to counter Islam.  In a conference call with Charisma Magazine,  Rodriguez states,

"The immigration debate is not political.  It's about the future of American Christianity. Period."

In the call, Rodriguez rails against xenophobia and nativism directed against Hispanics and compares the immigration policy of some Republicans to fascism in Nazi Germany. But his explanation for why evangelicals should support immigration reform is the same as in the Transformation Michigan call.  Rodriguez explains that Hispanic immigration can help insure that America will still be a Christian nation at the end of the 21st century.

Another example of the contradictions in the messages Rodriguez gives to different audiences is in the area of healthcare reform.  In a CNN interview Rodriguez describes Hispanic voters as split in their partisan political support because they have a "very strong faith ethos" but support "justice in education and healthcare reform."  The NHCLC over which Rodriguez presides, lobbied against "anti-immigrant sentiment in the healthcare reform debate."  The chairman of the NHCLC, Gilbert Velez, was quoted in the Christian Post in September, 2009.

"Health Care reform is a matter of Social Justice driven by a moral imperative that is undeniable. The fact that millions of Americans lack health care coverage is unacceptable."

Simultaneously, Rodriguez was helping Rick Joyner to found the Oak Initiative, which produced virulent anti-healthcare reform media including claims that President Obama is leading the country into Marxism and that there is a secret provision in the healthcare bill for a force of like the Nazi brownshirts. Rodriguez was was also one of the religious leaders joining the Family Research Council in the anti-healthcare reform Prayercast on December 16, 2009 with Lou Engle, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Sen. Jim DeMint, Jim Garlow, and Harry Jackson.

A conference video for the Oak Initiative features Rodriguez, stating,

"Today there is an overreach of government, where government seems to take the place of God, replacing God in many homes and communities as the source of provision and dependency, when what has made America great is that exceptionalism. It's God over man and man over government.  That's why the Oak Initiative exists.

...Will you join us?  I encourage you to participate in one of our state chapters throughout our nation.  The Oak Initiative today may very well emerge as the firewall of righteousness and justice.  May God bless you and God bless the Oak Initiative."

While Rodriguez speaks, Oak Initiative board members Cindy Jacobs and Bob Weiner sit behind him on a raised platform.  Along with Rodriguez, they have both been part of the International Coalition of Apostles (ICA), originally convened by C. Peter Wagner.  Cindy Jacobs is the apostolic authority over the United States Reformation Prayer Network and Weiner is the author of Take Dominion Now and founder of Maranatha Campus Ministries, disbanded in 1989 after accusations of abusive and authoritarian practices.

Greg Metzger began his Patheos article with a "public statement" from Rodriguez.

"I repudiate all vestiges of Islamophobia or any other platform that engages in fear-mongering . . . We must stay vigilant in order to protect the sanctity of compassionate and grace-filled outreach. My commitment stands without compromise. I will continue to advocate and engage a generation committed to sanctification and service, covenant and community, truth with love.
~ Public statement from Rev. Samuel Rodriguez on September 9, 2011"

However, I can find no other indication that Rodriguez has publicly announced that he is leaving the Oak Initiative or that he is willing to disavow the organization's supremacist ideology and war against religious pluralism.

Following are links to some of the Oak Initiative media and videos featuring Rodriguez.

http://www.morningstartv.com/oak-initiative/what-oak-initiative
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY0tM9VLRKU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAk6WYnswik
http://www.theoakinitiative.org/content/february-2010-summit-mp3- set-player
http://www.theoakinitiative.org/content/august-2010-convention-20 10-dvd-set
http://www.theoakinitiative.org/content/august-2009-summit-mp3-se t-player
http://www.morningstartv.com/oak-initiative

 




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wondering about Rodriguez's contradictions.  The National Tequila Party is described as a counter to the Tea Party and is protesting Rodriguez tomorrow, September 21, in Arizona.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-hispanic-republicans/2011/09/20/ tucson-protest-against-rev-samuel-rodriguez-for-supporting-anti-i mmigrant-sen-marco-rubio-for-veep/

by Rachel Tabachnick on Wed Sep 21, 2011 at 01:02:32 AM EST

(from the linked story)

"The publicist of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) and on behalf of Reverend Samuel Rodriguez suggested I pray with her to accept Christ into my heart and in the same breath she threatened me with 125 lawyers if we protest against the Immigration Summit to be held tomorrow in Tucson, AZ."

"125 lawyers"? That's a rather heavy-handed SLAPP threat aimed, it would seem, against a fellow Hispanic-American citizen exercising her constitutional rights.

by Bruce Wilson on Wed Sep 21, 2011 at 04:20:39 AM EST
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...There's a national tequila party? I need to get out more. Excellent work on this story, what I find interesting is the interplay between Rodriguez and the Oak Initiative and other groups. I wonder what convinced him that Dominionism would give him the greatest influence in politics.

by Hirador on Wed Sep 21, 2011 at 03:40:39 PM EST
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I would like to thank Rachel for this very challenging and thorough article that does raise questions about Rodriguez's denials to me of significant involvement with the Oak Initiative. I will be linking to and quoting from this piece in my own continued work. I think Samuel took a significant step in resigning from Oak Initiative, but I also think this article highlights the need for him to clarify and in some instances repudiate things he has said and been a part of. Thank you for your leadership on this.

by gregmetzger on Wed Sep 21, 2011 at 10:01:31 AM EST

I have posted this blog on the basis of what Rachel has written. http://debatingobama.blogspot.com/2011/09/tabachnik-challenges-ro driguez.html

by gregmetzger on Wed Sep 21, 2011 at 01:33:07 PM EST

The Oak Initiative has now removed Rodriguez's name from their leadership list.

http://www.theoakinitiative.org/content/board-members

by Rachel Tabachnick on Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 08:35:57 AM EST


This post and others have prompted another blog post by me on Rodriguez/broader discussions. http://debatingobama.blogspot.com/2011/09/rodriguez-fallout-and-m y-hopes-for.html

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Cognitive Dissonance & Dominionism Denial
There is new research on why people are averse to hearing or learning about the views of ideological opponents. Based on evaluation of five......
By Frederick Clarkson (374 comments)
Will the Air Force Do Anything To Rein In Its Dynamic Duo of Gay-Bashing, Misogynistic Bloggers?
"I always get nervous when I see female pastors/chaplains. Here is why everyone should as well: "First, women are not called to be pastors,......
By Chris Rodda (195 comments)
The Legacy of Big Oil
The media is ablaze with the upcoming publication of David Grann's book, Killers of the Flower Moon. The shocking non fiction account of the......
By wilkyjr (110 comments)
Gimme That Old Time Dominionism Denial
Over the years, I have written a great deal here and in other venues about the explicitly theocratic movement called dominionism -- which has......
By Frederick Clarkson (101 comments)
History Advisor to Members of Congress Completely Twists Jefferson's Words to Support Muslim Ban
Pseudo-historian David Barton, best known for his misquoting of our country's founders to promote the notion that America was founded as a Christian nation,......
By Chris Rodda (113 comments)
"Christian Fighter Pilot" Calls First Lesbian Air Force Academy Commandant a Liar
In a new post on his "Christian Fighter Pilot" blog titled "BGen Kristin Goodwin and the USAFA Honor Code," Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan......
By Chris Rodda (144 comments)
Catholic Right Leader Unapologetic about Call for 'Death to Liberal Professors' -- UPDATED
Today, Donald Trump appointed C-FAM Executive Vice President Lisa Correnti to the US Delegation To UN Commission On Status Of Women. (C-FAM is a......
By Frederick Clarkson (126 comments)
Controlling Information
     Yesterday I listened to Russ Limbaugh.  Rush advised listeners it would be best that they not listen to CNN,MSNBC, ABC, CBS and......
By wilkyjr (118 comments)
Is Bannon Fifth-Columning the Pope?
In December 2016 I wrote about how White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who likes to flash his Catholic credentials when it comes to......
By Frank Cocozzelli (250 comments)
Ross Douthat's Hackery on the Seemingly Incongruous Alliance of Bannon & Burke
Conservative Catholic writer Ross Douthat has dissembled again. This time, in a February 15, 2017 New York Times op-ed titled The Trump Era's Catholic......
By Frank Cocozzelli (64 comments)
`So-Called Patriots' Attack The Rule Of Law
Every so often, right-wing commentator Pat Buchanan lurches out of the far-right fever swamp where he has resided for the past 50 years to......
By Rob Boston (161 comments)
Bad Faith from Focus on the Family
Here is one from the archives, Feb 12, 2011, that serves as a reminder of how deeply disingenuous people can be. Appeals to seek......
By Frederick Clarkson (176 comments)
The Legacy of George Wallace
"One need not accept any of those views to agree that they had appealed to real concerns of real people, not to mindless, unreasoning......
By wilkyjr (70 comments)
Betsy DeVos's Mudsill View of Public Education
My Talk to Action colleague Rachel Tabachnick has been doing yeoman's work in explaining Betsy DeVos's long-term strategy for decimating universal public education. If......
By Frank Cocozzelli (80 comments)
Prince and DeVos Families at Intersection of Radical Free Market Privatizers and Religious Right
This post from 2011 surfaces important information about President-Elect Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. -- FC Erik Prince, Brother of Betsy......
By Rachel Tabachnick (218 comments)

Respect for Others? or Political Correctness?
The term "political correctness" as used by Conservatives and Republicans has often puzzled me: what exactly do they mean by it? After reading Chip Berlin's piece here-- http://www.talk2action.org/story/2016/7/21/04356/9417 I thought about what he explained......
MTOLincoln (253 comments)
Fear
What I'm feeling now is fear.  I swear that it seems my nightmares are coming true with this new "president".  I'm also frustrated because so many people are not connecting all the dots! I've......
ArchaeoBob (107 comments)
"America - love it or LEAVE!"
I've been hearing that and similar sentiments fairly frequently in the last few days - far FAR more often than ever before.  Hearing about "consequences for burning the flag (actions) from Trump is chilling!......
ArchaeoBob (211 comments)
"Faked!" Meme
Keep your eyes and ears open for a possible move to try to discredit the people openly opposing Trump and the bigots, especially people who have experienced terrorism from the "Right"  (Christian Terrorism is......
ArchaeoBob (165 comments)
More aggressive proselytizing
My wife told me today of an experience she had this last week, where she was proselytized by a McDonald's employee while in the store. ......
ArchaeoBob (163 comments)
See if you recognize names on this list
This comes from the local newspaper, which was conservative before and took a hard right turn after it was sold. Hint: Sarah Palin's name is on it!  (It's also connected to Trump.) ......
ArchaeoBob (169 comments)
Unions: A Labor Day Discussion
This is a revision of an article which I posted on my personal board and also on Dailykos. I had an interesting discussion on a discussion board concerning Unions. I tried to piece it......
Xulon (156 comments)
Extremely obnoxious protesters at WitchsFest NYC: connected to NAR?
In July of this year, some extremely loud, obnoxious Christian-identified protesters showed up at WitchsFest, an annual Pagan street fair here in NYC.  Here's an account of the protest by Pagan writer Heather Greene......
Diane Vera (130 comments)
Capitalism and the Attack on the Imago Dei
I joined this site today, having been linked here by Crooksandliars' Blog Roundup. I thought I'd put up something I put up previously on my Wordpress blog and also at the DailyKos. As will......
Xulon (329 comments)
History of attitudes towards poverty and the churches.
Jesus is said to have stated that "The Poor will always be with you" and some Christians have used that to refuse to try to help the poor, because "they will always be with......
ArchaeoBob (148 comments)
Alternate economy medical treatment
Dogemperor wrote several times about the alternate economy structure that dominionists have built.  Well, it's actually made the news.  Pretty good article, although it doesn't get into how bad people could be (have been)......
ArchaeoBob (90 comments)
Evidence violence is more common than believed
Think I've been making things up about experiencing Christian Terrorism or exaggerating, or that it was an isolated incident?  I suggest you read this article (linked below in body), which is about our great......
ArchaeoBob (214 comments)

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