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'''The''' '''New Message from God''' ('''<strike>abbreviated as '''TNFMG'''</strike>'''or '''The New Message''') is a [[new religious movement]]<ref name=":3">Why Are Some People Attracted to New Religions? - The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2017/08/</ref><!--Draft uses {{Cite web|last=Samuel|first=Sigal|title=Why Are Some People Attracted to New Religions? - The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2017/08/sankofa-urantia-new-message-from-god/537855/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.theatlantic.com|language=en}}</ref>--> originating from [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]] CO, USA<strike>. It is</strike> based on the writings of <strike>the movement's leader,</strike> [[Marshall Vian Summers]], who claims<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Austin|first=Jon|date=2017-12-09|title='GOD'S MESSENGER' Rocky Mountains 'recluse' claims to be prophet - with new announcement|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/890008/God-messenger-prophet-The-New-Message-From-God-Marshall-Vian-Summers-Reed-Summers|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> to be the recipient of a divine communication for the human race '''warning of imminent environmental, political and economic upheaval while opportunistic extraterrestrials would take advantage of the situation; the solution the New Message proposes, a spiritual practice.<ref>Guru Rating - Marshall Vian Summers|url=https://gururating.org/marshall-vian-summers/ </ref>'''<!--cited on Draft copy as <ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2017-02-07|title=Guru Rating - Marshall Vian Summers|url=https://gururating.org/marshall-vian-summers/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Guru Rating|language=en-US}}</ref>-->
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In 1981, [[Marshall Vian Summers]], formerly a musician and a teacher for blind children, was "called into the desert" by "a voice" that commanded him to record a series of messages from angelic beings which told him that he was destined to convey God's message to the world<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2017-11-26|title=Is He God's New Messenger?|url=https://www.ozy.com/news-and-politics/is-he-gods-new-messenger/81637/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=OZY}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Citation|title=Iain Lee Chats to Reed Summers about The New Message From God|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqBdq2WMHM|language=en|access-date=2021-07-15}}</ref>. Summers and his family would later move from California to New York and eventually settle in Colorado, where he published his first book, ''Steps to Knowledge'', in 1989, the first in a series of texts purportedly channelled through Summers from an angelic source<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maxwell|first=Laura|date=2017-06-08|title=Another UFO Religious Cult Exposed: Background of Marshall Vian Summers by Norio Hayakawa.|url=https://ourspiritualquest.com/2017/06/08/another-ufo-religious-cult-exposed-background-of-marshall-vian-summers-by-norio-hayakawa/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Our Spiritual Quest|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Citation|title=Marshall Vian Summers 2012 interview on Life in the Universe|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wr55pIZyIk|language=en|access-date=2021-07-15}}</ref>. Summers would go on to trademark his brand of "Inner Guidance Training" the following year and, in 1992, founded The Society for the Greater Community Way of Knowledge, a religious non-profit organization dedicated to publishing and promoting Summers' teachings<ref name=":2" />. The organization would later rename itself as The Society for the New Message from God, and its books as installments of one larger series, ''The New Message from God''. Summers himself (later joined by his son, Reed Summers) would proceed to hold several radio interviews throughout the United States and the United Kingdom over the following decades, preaching a message of human and religious unity in the face of global instability and alien contact<ref>{{Cite web|title=The New Message from God - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/TheNewMessagefromGodforHumanity/about|access-date=2021-07-15|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" />. By 2012 The New Message had developed a worldwide following, with members throughout [[North America]], [[Asia]] and [[Europe]]. Promoting itself as "a new world religion"<ref>{{Cite web|last=God|first=The Society for the New Message from|title=Colorado Hosts Annual "Encampment" of New World Religion|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/colorado-hosts-annual-encampment-of-new-world-religion-168454186.html|access-date=2021-07-19|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref>, the organization began hosting annual meetings in Colorado to host students of its teachings. Presently, The New Message from God boasts a wide social media presence<ref>{{Cite web|title=The New Message from God - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/TheNewMessagefromGodforHumanity/about|access-date=2021-07-15|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=https://twitter.com/godsnewmessage|url=https://twitter.com/godsnewmessage|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>, including online crowdfunding campaigns for its books, making it a case study in religious expression and influence in the 21st century<ref>{{Cite web|last=Koren|first=Marina|date=2017-08-17|title=Is the Solar Eclipse a Message From God?|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/solar-eclipse-as-religious-experience/536823/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=The Atlantic|language=en}}</ref>.
 
  
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'''The New Message from God''' is a [[new religious movement]]<ref name="Sigal">{{Cite web|last=Samuel|first=Sigal|title=Why Are Some People Attracted to New Religions? - The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2017/08/sankofa-urantia-new-message-from-god/537855/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.theatlantic.com|language=en}}</ref> originating from [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]] CO, USA.<ref name="Westword"/> It is based on the writings of the movement's leader, [[Marshall Vian Summers]], who claims to be the recipient of a divine communication for the human race regarding [[extraterrestrial life]], [[climate change]] and social upheaval.<ref name="guru">[https://gururating.org/marshall-vian-summers/ Guru Rating - Marshall Vian Summers]</ref>
  
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'''<strike>The New Message bears similarities with the [[Baháʼí Faith]] in its concepts of [[Universalism|religious universalism]] and progressive revelation, with the [[Indian religions|Dharmic religions]] and [[Gnosticism]] in its teachings on reincarnation and the centrality of spiritual knowledge in the human experience, and with Mormonism and modern UFO religions in its views on the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life Its neo-Gnostic elements and status as a modern-day "revealed text" have generated comparisons to [[A Course in Miracles]]<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2017-02-07|title=Guru Rating - Marshall Vian Summers|url=https://gururating.org/marshall-vian-summers/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Guru Rating|language=en-US}}</ref>.</strike>'''
 
  
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[[Marshall Vian Summers]], the founder of The New Message from God, was a teacher for blind children<ref>"Real Aliens," August 20, 2015. [https://realaliens.org/project-camelot-interview-exposes-grey-aliens-agenda/ Project Camelot Interview Exposes Grey Aliens Agenda]</ref> until 1982 when, he says, he was "called into the desert" by "a voice" that commanded him to record a series of messages from purportedly angelic beings who told him that he was destined to convey God's message to the world<ref>Nugent, Addison. November 25, 2017. [https://www.ozy.com/news-and-politics/is-he-gods-new-messenger/81637/ Is He God's New Messenger?] ozy.com.</ref><ref name="Iain Lee">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqBdq2WMHM Iain Lee Chats to Reed Summers about The New Message From God]</ref>.  The following year, Summers trademarked his professed discipline of "inner guidance training."</b><ref>[https://trademark.trademarkia.com/the-inner-guidance-training-74120240.html THE INNER GUIDANCE TRAINING ] Trademark by Summers, Marshall, citing earliest use March 1, 1983.</ref> <ref>New Message from God website. [https://www.newmessage.org/gods-messenger/interview-with-the-messenger "Interview with God's Messenger"]</ref>
  
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The New Message characterizes [[God]] as the creator and source of all physical and non-physical existence<ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.newmessage.org|title=The One God book - Only one God|url=https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/one-god|access-date=2021-07-19|website=The New Message from God|language=en-US}}</ref>, a being that is simultaneously omnipresent within its own creation and transcendent of it. God in The New Message is described in explicitly impersonal terms, and is never referred to using personal pronouns such as "he", "she" or even "it". The divine is instead defined in an impersonal or relational sense as "the experience of total relationship"<ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.newmessage.org|title=What is God?|url=https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-god|access-date=2021-07-14|website=The New Message from God|language=en-US}}</ref> or as "the sum of all relationships"<ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.newmessage.org|title=Your Most Primary Relationship|url=https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/relationships-higher-purpose/your-most-primary-relationship|access-date=2021-07-14|website=The New Message from God|language=en-US}}</ref>.
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Summers later settled with his wife, Patricia, and their child, Reed, in Colorado, where in 1990 the pair began publishing a series of books, leading with ''Steps to Knowledge''.<ref>Hayakawa, Norio. June 8, 1017. [https://ourspiritualquest.com/2017/06/08/another-ufo-religious-cult-exposed-background-of-marshall-vian-summers-by-norio-hayakawa/ Another UFO Religious Cult Exposed: Background of Marshall Vian Summers] </ref><ref name="Pete Price">Pete Price, Nov 25, 2012. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wr55pIZyIk Marshall Vian Summers 2012 interview on Life in the Universe]</ref>. In 1992 Summers founded The Society for the Greater Community Way of Knowledge, later operating as The Society for the New Message from God<ref name="society">[https://www.newmessage.org/worldwide-community/society About The Society]. newmessage.org.</ref>, a religious non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, publishing and promoting the teachings<ref name="Pete Price"/> and the books into which they are compiled for sale through a small publishing house offering only titles by Marshall Vian Summers.<ref name="nkl">[https://newknowledgelibrary.org/ New Knowledge Library]</ref> Summers himself and later his son sought their audience through radio interviews<ref>[https://youtu.be/JMa21GsoZpI Alfred Lambremont Webre Interview with Reed Summers--The Truth about UFOs and Alien Disclosure] (2017)</ref> and conference presentations<ref>Marshall Vian Summers. "The Alien Agenda and the Ethics of Contact" at the 37th Annual MUFON International Symposium, July 2006, Denver, CO</ref> over the following decades, calling for unity in the face of global instability and alien contact.<ref name="mystery">Mystery of Ascension, September 22, 2018 [https://mysteryofascension.com/tag/parliament-of-the-worlds-religions/ "I Hope For Religions To Love One Another"]</ref>
  
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By 2012 The New Message had developed a worldwide following, with members throughout [[North America]], [[Asia]] and [[Europe]], and was promoting itself as "a new world religion."<ref>{{Cite web|last=God|first=The Society for the New Message from|title=Colorado Hosts Annual "Encampment" of New World Religion|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/colorado-hosts-annual-encampment-of-new-world-religion-168454186.html|access-date=2021-07-19|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref> The organization began hosting annual meetings in Colorado to host students of its teachings. Presently, The New Message from God boasts substantial followings on social media, with greater than 200,000 followers on Facebook from more than 100 countries.<ref name="express.uk">Austin, Jon. 2017-12-09. [https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/890008/God-messenger-prophet-The-New-Message-From-God-Marshall-Vian-Summers-Reed-Summers 'GOD'S MESSENGER' Rocky Mountains 'recluse' claims to be prophet - with new announcement]</ref> and hosts online events and a website dedicated to communication among followers.<ref name="wwc">https://www.community.newmessage.org/</ref>
  
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The New Message teaches that all intelligent beings in the universe have a fundamental spiritual nature called Knowledge, which is also described as a "greater intelligence" distinct from the human intellect<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marshall Vian Summers - The Skeptic's Dictionary|url=http://skepdic.com/summers.html|access-date=2021-07-14|website=skepdic.com}}</ref>. Every individual is said to have been sent into the world to contribute a specific and unique service to others, with destined relationships with specific people enabling the fulfillment of this [[Intention|purpose]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Log into Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freligionshopping%2Fposts%2F1147883202012534|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Facebook|language=en}}</ref>. The ability to recognize one's unique service and destined relationships is contained said to be contained within Knowledge in the individual, who may receive guidance from Knowledge in states of inner stillness or awareness<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-20|title=Rachel's Alien Abduction Video|url=https://alienresistance.group/rachels-alien-abduction/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Alien Resistance Group|language=en-US}}</ref>.
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The Society for the New Message from God is a [[501(c) organization|501(c) religious non-profit organization]] established in 1993 to promote The New Message from God<ref name="society"/>. The Society, consisting of 10 members and several "core assistants", is led by [[Marshall Vian Summers]], his wife and his son, who serve as teachers and spokespersons on behalf of the New Message.<ref name="society"/>
  
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In New Message theology, [[Marshall Vian Summers]] is preceded by [[Muhammad]], [[Jesus]] and the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] in a line of messengers tasked with receiving divine revelation via an "angelic presence" which communicates with humanity on behalf of [[God]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ep. #245: Reed Summers {{!}} Don Allison – Into The Parabnormal w/ Jeremy Scott|url=http://parabnormalradio.com/2018/03/24/ep-245-reed-summers-don-allison/|access-date=2021-07-15|language=en-US}}</ref>. As "God's Messenger for this time", Summers claims that he is currently the sole recipient of direct communication from the divine<ref name=":0" />.
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The Society's own publishing arm, the New Knowledge Library, supplies print and digital copies<ref name="nkl"/> of the content found on ''The New Message from God'' website, including translations into some of the 36 languages in which the New Message can be found.<ref>"International" newmessage.org</ref>
  
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Dedicated followers identify as belonging to the Worldwide Community of the New Message and have platforms for meeting online<ref name="wwc"/>.
  
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The New Message asserts that all of the world's religious traditions have a single divine origin, but have been changed or corrupted in such a way their original intent has become obscured or hidden<ref>{{Citation|title=David Pakman interviews Reed Summers — The New God Experience|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woaTbenv2Lk|language=en|access-date=2021-07-15}}</ref>. It does not state that other religions are not valid, but does claim to represent a manifestation of "pure religion", or an essential spiritual experience that is the core of all religions<ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.newmessage.org|title=The Pure Religion - A Mystery Inside the Human Heart|url=https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/pure-religion/the-pure-religion|access-date=2021-07-15|website=The New Message from God|language=en-US}}</ref>. Proponents of The New Message from God insist that it is not affiliated with any specific religion and represents a distinct tradition<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Michael|date=2011-02-04|title=Marshall Vian Summers's latest message from God coming Sunday from Boulder (VIDEO)|url=https://www.westword.com/news/marshall-vian-summerss-latest-message-from-god-coming-sunday-from-boulder-video-5821148|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Westword}}</ref>.
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"The New Message from God" refers variously to the [[Sociological classifications of religious movements|religious movement]] based on the teachings of Marshall Vian Summers, the content of those teachings, or the compilation of spoken audio recordings transcribed into one, multi-volume, single-author work, now estimated at over 9000 pages in length.<ref name="express.uk"/><ref name="guru"/>
  
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A core belief of The New Message from God is the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth<ref>{{Cite web|title=Life in the Universe, with Marshall Vian Summers|url=https://www.blogtalkradio.com/god-discussion/2012/10/31/life-in-the-universe-with-marshall-vian-summers|access-date=2021-07-15|website=BlogTalkRadio}}</ref>. Adherents believe that humanity is destined to interact with extraterrestrial races, and that this interaction has already been initiated by races that are currently visiting Earth. Rather than presenting such interaction as salvific for humanity, The New Message compares first contact by extraterrestrial races with the [[European colonization of the Americas]]<ref>{{Citation|title=UFO Garage Podcast - UFO CON 2020 - Justin Interview - Is Alien Contact a Bad Idea?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBWpwZY3FGY|language=en|access-date=2021-07-15}}</ref>, and warns that humanity faces potential subjugation as a result of activities such as alien abduction. The series of texts titled ''[[The Allies of Humanity]]'', purportedly communicated to Marshall Vian Summers by benevolent extraterrestrials, describes an effort by other, malevolent extraterrestrials "to take advantage of humanity and gain access to the resources of Earth" and plans to hoax the [[Second Coming|Second Coming of Christ]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manipulation of Religious Traditions and Beliefs: False Second Coming|url=https://www.alliesofhumanity.org/the-briefings/book-one/false-second-coming/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=The Allies of Humanity|language=en-US}}</ref>.
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The practices of ''The New Message'' are contained in the central text, ''Steps to Knowledge'', which prescribes a daily routine of [[meditation]] and [[contemplation]]<ref name="Sigal"/> with a focus on reconnecting the individual with their spiritual "Knowledge."
  
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The New Message states that humanity will experience a series of cataclysmic events as a result of [[Climate change|anthropogenic climate change]], referred to as "The Great Waves of Change"<ref name=":6" />. These include imminent food and water crises, extreme global warming, [[sea level rise]] of "over a hundred feet" (about 30 meters) within the next 150 years, the flooding of coastal cities and a resulting mass displacement of people<ref>{{Citation|title=The "Great Waves of Change" Prophecy {{!}} Interview with Marshall Vian Summers {{!}} PART 1|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t08vtVF-ZXk|language=en|access-date=2021-07-15}}</ref>.
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The New Message characterizes [[God]] as the creator and source of all physical and non-physical existence<ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.newmessage.org|title=The One God book - Only one God|url=https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/one-god|access-date=2021-07-19|website=The New Message from God|language=en-US}}</ref> and as "the experience of total relationship."<ref> [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/greater-community-spirituality Greater Community Spirituality]</ref>
  
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"Knowledge" as capitalized in the New Message is a state of certainty found by cultivating inner stillness<ref>[https://alienresistance.group/rachels-alien-abduction/ Rachel's Alien Abduction]</ref> as taught in the central manual of disciplines of the New Message, ''Steps to Knowledge''.<ref>"Voice of God." Dec 8, 2019 [http://www.voice-of-god.org/the-end-of-enlightenment/ The End of Enlightenment] http://www.voice-of-god.org/ Retrieved 7/25/21.</ref>
  
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Proponents of The New Message from God insist that it is not affiliated with any specific religion and represents a distinct tradition<ref name="Westword">Michael Roberts for ''Westword'', Feb 4, 2011. [https://www.westword.com/news/marshall-vian-summerss-latest-message-from-god-coming-sunday-from-boulder-video-5821148 Marshall Vian Summers's latest message from God coming Sunday from Boulder]</ref> despite claims that a succession among prophets in the line including Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad now includes this prophet of the New Message.<ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/god-spoken-again/how-to-hear-from-god How to Hear from God] on the New Message website.</ref>
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"The New Message from God" refers to both the [[Sociological classifications of religious movements|religious movement]] itself and the texts on which it is based, which in turn are transcribed from a series of spoken audio recordings. Marshall Vian Summers is the sole author of these audio recordings and texts, which he and his followers view as divinely inspired scriptures. Estimated at over 9000 pages in length and continuing to grow<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />, Summers' collected writings are longer than the combined length of the [[Bible]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=Staff|title=How Many Pages Are in the Bible?|url=https://www.reference.com/world-view/many-pages-bible-11cb86032459d8bd|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.reference.com|language=en}}</ref> and the [[Quran]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Many Pages is the Qur’an and What Can You Do with It?|url=https://quranacademy.io/blog/how-many-pages-is-the-quran/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Quran Academy}}</ref>. A number of texts have been translated in 36 languages, with upwards of 2000 followers in 104 countries<ref name=":4" />.
 
  
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The practices of ''The New Message'' are contained in the central text, ''Steps to Knowledge'', which prescribes a daily routine of [[meditation]] and [[contemplation]]<ref name=":3" /> with a focus on reconnecting the individual with their spiritual "Knowledge". Adherents of the religion are encouraged to follow the practices outlined in ''Steps to Knowledge'' in order to lead the practitioner to "a revelation about [their] life and destiny"<ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.newmessage.org|title=What is Steps to Knowledge?|url=https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-steps-to-knowledge|access-date=2021-07-16|website=The New Message from God|language=en-US}}</ref>.
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The New Message from God proposes that humanity is destined to interact with extraterrestrial races, and that this interaction has already been initiated by races that are currently visiting Earth.<ref>Sheri Lawson interview with Marshall Vian Summers, on Oct 30, 2012 [https://www.blogtalkradio.com/god-discussion/2012/10/31/life-in-the-universe-with-marshall-vian-summers Dimensions]</ref> In the New Message, first contact with extraterrestrial races bears comparison to the [[European colonization of the Americas]],<ref>{{Citation|title=UFO Garage Podcast - UFO CON 2020 - Justin Interview - Is Alien Contact a Bad Idea?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBWpwZY3FGY|language=en|access-date=2021-07-15}}</ref> except for the dire consequences of an overstressed environment now intensifying our vulnerability,<ref> "NMFG." Oct 14 2020. [http://life-meaning.org/meaning-of-the-stages-of-life-3/ Meaning of the Stages of Life: THE FIFTH HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE]</ref> which the New Message predicts will result in [[sea level rise]] of "over a hundred feet" (about 30 meters) within the next 150 years, the flooding of coastal cities and a resulting mass displacement of people.<ref>The New Message Wiki, s.v. "[https://www.wiki.newmessage.org/en/The_New_Message_Prophecy The New Message Prophecy]"</ref>
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The Society for the New Message from God is a [[501(c) organization|501(c) religious non-profit organization]] established in 1992 to promote The New Message from God. The Society, consisting of 10 members and several "core assistants", is led by [[Marshall Vian Summers]], his wife, Patricia Summers, and his son, Reed Summers, who serve as teachers and spokespersons on behalf of the senior Mr. Summers<ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.newmessage.org|title=The Society|url=https://www.newmessage.org/worldwide-community/society|access-date=2021-07-16|website=The New Message from God|language=en-US}}</ref>. Although the Society has released Summers' texts free of charge on its website<ref name=":5" />, the Society's own publishing arm, the "New Knowledge Library", also publishes and sells ''The New Message from God'' in book form<ref>{{Cite web|title=The New Message from God Worldwide Community Store|url=https://newknowledgelibrary.org/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=newknowledgelibrary.org}}</ref>
 
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The New Message from God has more than 230,000 followers on Facebook from 102 countries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Austin|first=Jon|date=2017-12-09|title='GOD'S MESSENGER' Rocky Mountains 'recluse' claims to be prophet - with new announcement|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/890008/God-messenger-prophet-The-New-Message-From-God-Marshall-Vian-Summers-Reed-Summers|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>  A number of texts have been translated in 36 languages<strike>, with upwards of 2000 followers in 104 countries<ref name=":4" />.</strike>
 
  
 
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1. the express.UK citation has one good line pertinent to NMFG as distinct from MVS. It states the # of FB followers. So I lifted that sentence and rearranged the words and moved the citation lower in the feed. I feel strongly we can stand by this source though it's not the most reputable. It was being used to support the rando abbreviation TNMFG which is not a thing, so I say delete that.
 
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The New Message from God is a new religious movement[1] originating from Boulder CO, USA.[2] It is based on the writings of the movement's leader, Marshall Vian Summers, who claims to be the recipient of a divine communication for the human race regarding extraterrestrial life, climate change and social upheaval.[3]

History

Marshall Vian Summers, the founder of The New Message from God, was a teacher for blind children[4] until 1982 when, he says, he was "called into the desert" by "a voice" that commanded him to record a series of messages from purportedly angelic beings who told him that he was destined to convey God's message to the world[5][6]. The following year, Summers trademarked his professed discipline of "inner guidance training."[7] [8]

Summers later settled with his wife, Patricia, and their child, Reed, in Colorado, where in 1990 the pair began publishing a series of books, leading with Steps to Knowledge.[9][10]. In 1992 Summers founded The Society for the Greater Community Way of Knowledge, later operating as The Society for the New Message from God[11], a religious non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, publishing and promoting the teachings[10] and the books into which they are compiled for sale through a small publishing house offering only titles by Marshall Vian Summers.[12] Summers himself and later his son sought their audience through radio interviews[13] and conference presentations[14] over the following decades, calling for unity in the face of global instability and alien contact.[15]

By 2012 The New Message had developed a worldwide following, with members throughout North America, Asia and Europe, and was promoting itself as "a new world religion."[16] The organization began hosting annual meetings in Colorado to host students of its teachings. Presently, The New Message from God boasts substantial followings on social media, with greater than 200,000 followers on Facebook from more than 100 countries.[17] and hosts online events and a website dedicated to communication among followers.[18]

Organization and Establishments

The Society for the New Message from God is a 501(c) religious non-profit organization established in 1993 to promote The New Message from God[11]. The Society, consisting of 10 members and several "core assistants", is led by Marshall Vian Summers, his wife and his son, who serve as teachers and spokespersons on behalf of the New Message.[11]

The Society's own publishing arm, the New Knowledge Library, supplies print and digital copies[12] of the content found on The New Message from God website, including translations into some of the 36 languages in which the New Message can be found.[19]

Dedicated followers identify as belonging to the Worldwide Community of the New Message and have platforms for meeting online[18].

Scriptures and practices

"The New Message from God" refers variously to the religious movement based on the teachings of Marshall Vian Summers, the content of those teachings, or the compilation of spoken audio recordings transcribed into one, multi-volume, single-author work, now estimated at over 9000 pages in length.[17][3]

The practices of The New Message are contained in the central text, Steps to Knowledge, which prescribes a daily routine of meditation and contemplation[1] with a focus on reconnecting the individual with their spiritual "Knowledge."

Beliefs

The New Message characterizes God as the creator and source of all physical and non-physical existence[20] and as "the experience of total relationship."[21]

"Knowledge" as capitalized in the New Message is a state of certainty found by cultivating inner stillness[22] as taught in the central manual of disciplines of the New Message, Steps to Knowledge.[23]

Proponents of The New Message from God insist that it is not affiliated with any specific religion and represents a distinct tradition[2] despite claims that a succession among prophets in the line including Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad now includes this prophet of the New Message.[24]

The New Message from God proposes that humanity is destined to interact with extraterrestrial races, and that this interaction has already been initiated by races that are currently visiting Earth.[25] In the New Message, first contact with extraterrestrial races bears comparison to the European colonization of the Americas,[26] except for the dire consequences of an overstressed environment now intensifying our vulnerability,[27] which the New Message predicts will result in sea level rise of "over a hundred feet" (about 30 meters) within the next 150 years, the flooding of coastal cities and a resulting mass displacement of people.[28]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:Cite web
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michael Roberts for Westword, Feb 4, 2011. Marshall Vian Summers's latest message from God coming Sunday from Boulder
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guru Rating - Marshall Vian Summers
  4. ↑ "Real Aliens," August 20, 2015. Project Camelot Interview Exposes Grey Aliens Agenda
  5. ↑ Nugent, Addison. November 25, 2017. Is He God's New Messenger? ozy.com.
  6. ↑ Iain Lee Chats to Reed Summers about The New Message From God
  7. ↑ THE INNER GUIDANCE TRAINING Trademark by Summers, Marshall, citing earliest use March 1, 1983.
  8. ↑ New Message from God website. "Interview with God's Messenger"
  9. ↑ Hayakawa, Norio. June 8, 1017. Another UFO Religious Cult Exposed: Background of Marshall Vian Summers
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Pete Price, Nov 25, 2012. Marshall Vian Summers 2012 interview on Life in the Universe
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 About The Society. newmessage.org.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 New Knowledge Library
  13. ↑ Alfred Lambremont Webre Interview with Reed Summers--The Truth about UFOs and Alien Disclosure (2017)
  14. ↑ Marshall Vian Summers. "The Alien Agenda and the Ethics of Contact" at the 37th Annual MUFON International Symposium, July 2006, Denver, CO
  15. ↑ Mystery of Ascension, September 22, 2018 "I Hope For Religions To Love One Another"
  16. ↑ Template:Cite web
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Austin, Jon. 2017-12-09. 'GOD'S MESSENGER' Rocky Mountains 'recluse' claims to be prophet - with new announcement
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 https://www.community.newmessage.org/
  19. ↑ "International" newmessage.org
  20. ↑ Template:Cite web
  21. ↑ Greater Community Spirituality
  22. ↑ Rachel's Alien Abduction
  23. ↑ "Voice of God." Dec 8, 2019 The End of Enlightenment http://www.voice-of-god.org/ Retrieved 7/25/21.
  24. ↑ How to Hear from God on the New Message website.
  25. ↑ Sheri Lawson interview with Marshall Vian Summers, on Oct 30, 2012 Dimensions
  26. ↑ Template:Citation
  27. ↑ "NMFG." Oct 14 2020. Meaning of the Stages of Life: THE FIFTH HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE
  28. ↑ The New Message Wiki, s.v. "The New Message Prophecy"
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