Venezuela to Expel New Tribes Mission
After additional Robertson comments, President Chavez accuses "imperialist" mission agency of working for CIA.
by Deann Alford in Austin, Texas | posted 10/14/2005 12:00AM
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While Venezuelan evangelicals "shrug Pat Robertson off as goofy," Olson said, the nation's evangelicals are coming under popular disfavor because of Robertson's remarks.
"That certainly isn't a wise thing to say," Olson said. "It certainly smears the evangelical world for all it's worth."
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Related Elsewhere:
Christianity Today's Weblog covered Robertson's comments and their fallout.
The New Tribes Mission website may have more updates over the weekend. Google News will track newspaper reports, but readers who understand Spanish will find Google News's Argentina site more informative.
Christianity Today's earlier coverage of New Tribes Mission includes articles on Martin and Gracia Burnham and the Panama hostages. Christianity Today sister publication Today's Christian recently published missionary daughter Joanna Harris's account of a mission compound invasion in Colombia.
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