Military Ministry says it has six "strategic" objectives:
- Pillar 1 - Evangelize and disciple enlisted U.S. military members throughout their military careers.
- Pillar 2 - Build Christian military leaders and influence our nation for Christ as a result.
- Pillar 3 - Stop the unraveling of the military family and provide Christ-centered solutions for those suffering from the destructive effects of combat trauma, and especially PTSD.
- Pillar 4 - Arm troops in harm’s way with spiritual resources. Provide Bibles and devotional materials to chaplains and directly to troops.
- Pillar 5 - Wage Christian outreach, discipleship and training on the Internet to military members across the world.
- Pillar 6 - Change continents for Christ. Train, equip and support indigenous military leaders as they build Christian ministries in their own nations.
But despite the high-profile nature of Weinstein’s complaints, he has been unsuccessful in his attempts to get Congress to enact reforms or, at the very least, hold hearings on the issue.
“After nearly five bloody years in the thick of this fight to the death, to stop the U.S. military from using its might to force fundamentalist Christianity on its service men and women, we at MRFF have learned one thing about most politicians; they’re about as useful as a baseball bat in a football game,” Weinstein said. “They view the very real national security threat of our armed forces having morphed into the “Christian Taliban” as a radioactive tar-baby that will only cause them to lose campaign contributions and votes if they even remotely engage. The tragic price of this near universal congressional abandonment and indifference is consequentially measured in the precious splattered blood of our American military personnel.
“Indeed, who will be left to tell the stories of those U.S. Soldiers who have been maimed and killed by a Wahhabi-fuelled Islamic enemy immeasurably emboldened, off the Jihad Richter Scale, by a U.S. military that has carefully crafted its battle image as 21st Century Crusaders for Christ? Who will stand up to fight?”
Still, someone at the Pentagon must have read Kratz’s legal brief.
Two weeks ago, the Freedom From Religion Foundation received an e-mail from the non-commissioned officer.
“There is no more mandatory prayer," the officer wrote. It was replaced with "This day in history" and "a moment of reflective silence."
