Editing Christian countercult movement (section)

==Apologetics==
The term ''countercult [[apologetic]]s'' first appeared in [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] literature as a self-designation in the late 1970s and early 1980s in articles by [[Ronald Enroth]] and David Fetcho, and by [[Walter Ralston Martin|Walter Martin]] in ''Martin Speaks Out on the Cults''.<ref>Ronald M. Enroth, "Cult/Counter-cult", ''Eternity'', November 1977, pp.18–22, 32–5. David Fetcho, "Disclosing the Unknown God: Evangelism to the New Religions", ''Update: A Quarterly Journal on New Religious Movements'' Volume 6, number 4 December 1982 p.8. Walter R. Martin, ''Martin Speaks Out on the Cults'', rev. ed. Ventura: Vision House, 1983, pp.124–5.</ref> A mid-1980s debate about apologetic methodology between Ronald Enroth and [[J. Gordon Melton]], led the latter to place more emphasis in his publications on differentiating the Christian countercult from the secular [[Anti-cult movement|anti-cult]].<ref>Ronald M. Enroth and J. Gordon Melton, ''Why Cults Succeed Where The Church Fails'', Elgin: Brethren, 1985, pp. 25–30.</ref> Eric Pement urged Melton to adopt the label "Christian countercult",<ref>Eric Pement, 'Comments on the Directory' in Keith Edward Tolbert and Eric Pement, ''The 1993 Directory of Cult Research Organizations'', Trenton: American Religions Center, 1993, p. x.</ref> and since the early 1990s the terms has entered into popular usage and is recognized by [[Sociology|sociologists]] such as [[Douglas E. Cowan|Douglas Cowan]].<ref>Douglas E. Cowan, ''Bearing False Witness? An Introduction to the Christian Countercult'', Westport: Praeger, 2003.</ref>

The only existing [[umbrella organization]] within the countercult movement in the United States is the Evangelical Ministries to New Religions ([[EMNR]]),<!--Abbreviate after stating meaning.--> founded in 1982 by Martin, Enroth, Gordon Lewis, and James Bjornstad.<ref name="falsewitness" />