Evangelical leaders meet to HASTEN END OF THE WORLD

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

By Louis Sahagun

Los Angeles Times

For thousands of years, prophets have predicted the end of the world. Today, various religious groups, using the latest technology, are trying to hasten it.

Their end game is to speed the promised arrival of a messiah.

For some Christians, this means laying the groundwork for Armageddon.

With that goal in mind, mega-church pastors recently met in Inglewood, Calif., to polish strategies for using global communications and aircraft to transport missionaries to fulfill the Great Commission — to make every person on Earth aware of Jesus' message.

Doing so, they believe, will bring about the end, perhaps within two decades....

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