LEADERSHIP

Charles E. Carlson is President of Strait Gate Ministries.  Mr. Carlson was also a co-founder of WHTT, an educational organization.

We Hold These Truths was started in April of 1996, and is now an auxiliary of Strait Gate Ministries.   Advisors wear a symbolic pin seen on our website, and still serve as volunteers and donors.  The gold Liberty Bell pin is their only compensation.  Thirteen of the anticipated 56 Advisors’ chairs have been filled, the number of men who signed the Declaration of Independence when the phrase "We Hold These Truths" was first proclaimed. 

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TAX DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION

Contributions made to Strait Gate Ministries (SGM) are tax-deductible under the Internal Revenue Code.   We are grateful to all those who help make our work possible

OUR EXAMPLE

The strait gate refers to the quest for the spiritual “narrow path” to righteousness described in Matthew 7:13, and dramatized in John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” in 1676.

Bunyan, an impoverished Tinker, and street preacher, wrote a symbolic narrative about sacrifice and faithfulness to God.  He was 47, in jail in Bedford, England, and had left a wife and a raft of hungry children to fend for themselves.  His crime was refusal to stop preaching what Jesus Christ taught that was in conflict with the Church of England.   During the reign of Charles II, religious persecution in England resulted in imprisonment of Bunyan, William Penn, and others.  Repression forged the new world from the conflict of the old. Pilgrim’s Progress offers a message of encouragement not only to followers of Christ, but also to any pilgrim seeking the will of God in his life.

OUR PROGRESS

Project Strait Gate began regular, active public vigils (mission to the churched) outside worship services and religious conventions in November 2002.  We are reminded that Christ’s mission began in the synagogues preaching to the congregations in the presence of the Pharisees, the religious leaders of his day.  Over twenty-five vigils were carried out in 2003, plus several more in January 2004.

Project Strait Gate Auxiliary units were formed in Los Angeles and Northern Virginia, in January 2004.

Strait Gate Ecclesia was formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2003, and completed its first year of New Testament Bible study and prayer.  Regular weekly meetings are open.

Educational: Pharisee Watch original articles, and Right Point Review, a weekly news summary, without charge to Internet subscribers.  Pharisee Watch has been reprinted in publications worldwide, and translated into Arabic, Spanish and French.   Arabic and Spanish pages are expected to be added to our website in 2004. 

E-Ecclesia Internet Fellowship is expected to commence in 2004, and will permit worldwide participation in Strait Gate Ecclesia.  Donations are being accepted to fund this project.

Speakers for universities, schools, mosques, and churches are provided wherever our message of Peace is welcomed. If you would like to discuss a speaker for your group click here

MISSION STATEMENT

Strait Gate Ministries is a corporation sole registered in the State of Utah.  Its Articles of Incorporation state that the object of the corporation is:

To observe, teach, preach and to otherwise accept all written precepts and commandments that Jesus Christ accepted, as contained in the New Testament, and to actively teach discernments and positive rejection of all that which Jesus denounced and rejected, also as contained in his recorded words.

YES: I WANT TO HELP WITH THE STRAIT GATE MISSION

See our Project Strait Gate site for the ultimate volunteer.  Our communication systems require constant improvement, and volunteer technicians and computer operators, writers, and proofreaders are needed.   If you are willing, please tell us about yourself regardless of your skills, and include a phone number where we can contact you.