Stages of Subversion in the Church

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Stages of Subversion in the Church

This strategy of subversion through worldly influences has progressed through several overlapping stages, some of which are only now being completed in our current generation.

The first stage is *penetration* (or “worming in”). In this phase, our agents infiltrate Christian groups and organizations with the intent to influence and manipulate them over time.

The second stage is *demoralization* (or “softening up”). Here, we aim to undermine the Church’s spiritual and social fabric through means such as deviant teachings and public scandals. As this occurs, Christian morale declines, and believers gradually lose their instinctive ability to resist. For instance, it has been observed that leaders within the Christian right in America often find themselves in compromising situations, which exposes their hypocrisy and deepens discouragement. As Marx noted about a similar tactic, “the goal is to instill poison wherever possible.”