Gérard Dagon

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Gérard Dagon (4 April 1936, Strasbourg - 22 May 2011, Gandrange)[1] was a French evangelical pastor, teacher, author, publisher and long-time Christian countercultist.

Early life and education

He got a Master of Divinity at the faculty of Protestant theology in the University of Strasbourg.[2]

Ministry

He became pastor of the

ADFI Paul Ranc, the association Vigi-sectes in 1998 who fights against cults from an evangelical perspective.[3] He published books about Protestant movements, about Christian-oriented groups he considered cults because of their supposed biblical errors,[5] and an extensive encyclopedia on Christianity. He listed 150 people who have claimed to be the Messiah from the first century CE.[6] At the end of his ministry, he became pastor of an Independent Baptist church in Moselle.[7]

Reception

In 1998, the pastor of the Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine Sylvain Dujancourt accused Dagon of using his anti-cult campaign to attract new people to his church.[3]

Sébastien Fath considered Dagon a "key figure of French evangelical Protestantism since the 1970s",[8] and Émile Poulat qualified him a "pioneer" in the religious issues.[9]

Main works

  • Les Sectes en France, 1958
  • Petites églises de France, Amneville, six volumes, 1960s-1970s
  • Parlons sectes, Barnabas editions, 1991,
    ISBN 2-908582-04-X
  • Panorama de la France Évangélique, Barnabas editions, 1993,
    ISBN 2-908582-07-4
  • Les Sectes à visage découvert : Tome 1 , Yerres : Barnabas editions, 1995,
    ISBN 2-908582-09-0
  • Les Sectes à visage découvert : Tome 2 , Dozulé :Barnabas editions, 1997,
    ISBN 2-908582-17-1
  • Nouvelle Encyclopédie chrétienne, Gandrange, 2005, 1247 p.,
    ISBN 2-9500197-3-0

References

  1. ^ Ohlott, Paul (25 May 2011). "Décès du pasteur Gérard Dagon, l'un des fondateurs de Vigi-Sectes" (in French). Top Chretien. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Les sectes expliquées en public". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Toulouse: La Dépêche Group. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Hervieu-Léger, Benoît (16 April 1998). "Sectes". La Croix (in French). Paris: Bayard Press. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  4. ^ Evangeliques info, Le pasteur Gérard Dagon n’est plus, evangeliques.info, Switzerland, May 25, 2011
  5. ISBN 2-7475-8996-X
    .
  6. ^ Ohlott, Paul (20 August 2007). "Les prétendants au Trône céleste !" (in French). Top Chrétien. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  7. ^ Evangeliques info, Le pasteur Gérard Dagon n’est plus, evangeliques.info, Switzerland, May 25, 2011
  8. ISBN 2-8309-1139-3
    .
  9. ISBN 2-911289-65-X
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