Watchmen pass leadership mantle
By
ChristianWeek staff
From a report by Laureen Moe
HARRISON HOT SPRINGS, BC–Longtime prayer activist and Watchmen for the Nation founder Robert H. Birch, 91, passed his leadership mantle to David M. Demian of Vancouver at a November 12 prayer "gathering."
About 600 people from across Canada and a number from other countries came to the B.C. resort for a "solemn assembly" in the spirit of Joel 2:15. Organizers were calling for people to "weep before the porch and the altar on behalf of our nation."
Repentance for things past was much in evidence as the founding peoples of Canada–Natives, English and French–were each acknowledged. As well, Christian Chinese and formerly-Sikh attendees confessed with regret that their ancestors had brought other gods onto Canadian soil.
Demian highlighted the need for national repentance in Canada to Jews because of this country’s "shameful record of injustice" toward them. He intertwined the Israeli and Canadian flags and paraded them across the platform.
"We are on the verge of a crucial time which will test our nation," says Demian. "My commission at this time is, first, to alert the church to [our record against the Jews], and, second, to call intercessors to lay hold of God."
