Native American Indian Christian (church) Circle

[BlackWolf]

Does anyone have any info on the Native American Indian Christian (church) Circle led by a Doc Green "Silverhawk" in the Tampa, Florida area?  Is this guy legit?  Is he accpeted in the Native Community?

[frederica]

I can't find anything about a "Native American Christian Church",   but it seems he has some ties to the Rainbow Tribe there.               Or he is just advertizing his flute gathering and Arts and Crafts show on their site.   His picture is in a couple places on the site.          http://www.orgsites.com/fl/drumming/index.html                                                                                                                    http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=603.0                                                                                                                         They are quite a mixture, they use a little bit of everything from many Nations, including Nuage.

[BlackWolf]

I was told that he has a large following.

http://www.flumc.info/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000038/003824.htm


This group here seems to be related some how to Dock Silverhawk's group.

http://www.newschief.com/article/20081123/NEWS/811230338/1009/LIVING?Title=Local_Native_Americans_practice_ways_of_their_ancestors__teach_of_injustices

[educatedindian]

The sites you list all are of him working with Christian ministries. He's on Mechi Garza's Nuage site advertising his flute gathering, but that's not quite the same as working with her group.

Found this.

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http://www.newgatherings.com/index.cfm?i=1155&mid=22&smgroupid=10884
native circle leaders can be contacted at:
Silverhawk`s Flute Gathering (Doc Green "Silverhawk") 813-763-2118
Native American Indian Christian (church) Circle
Doc Green "Silverhawk" 813-763-2118 -- meets the 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month in Thonotosassa

We are honored to work with:

Native Ministries of the Florida United Methodist Conference
Partnership with Robert Soto , McAllen, TX
Partnership with Randy Woodley ( www.eagleswingsministry.com)
Partnership with Robert Francis (Mid-American Indian Fellowships)
Partnership with Ray Levesque of New Gatherings, Vancouver, Canada (www.newgatherings.com)

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Soto is pretty well known in the NDN community in south Texas.

[frederica]

http://www.flumc2.org/page.asp?PKValue=1177#                                                                                                                                   After seeing the church article, I remembered I have seen this in a couple other states.  The Methodist Church has Native American Ministries.  They use lay people plus ordained ministers. Now beyond that I really have no knowledge of their qualifications or what they do..  It is a recognized organization And I guess they can name it whatever they want. 

[BlackWolf]

Thanks for the info.  Just wanted another opinion.  I guess he is just a minister leading a group of Native Americans in prayer.  

[VHawkins]

I don't know a thing about this person.

But I am a United Methodist -- that is my church. I can tell you the website is an authentic UMC (United Methodist Church) website. We are very bland and very mainstream, and really don't involve ourselves with cults or off beat groups -- we don't really get into mysticism at all, as do some churches. Almost no one in a Methodist church will be seen "speaking in tongues" or shouting "hallelujah" during service. If anyone did either the rest would be left in shock . . .  Our ordained ministers move from city to city in the same conference (often meaning the same state) every 2 or 3 years so they don't develop a "cult" following, and we believe greatly in helping our comunity, encouraging our members to get involved in local groups that help the local population. We have both Democrat and Republican members and never went for all that Evangelical pro-Republican political rhetoric has harmed so many denominations during the last 2 or 3 decades.

If he is not legit, then he fooled some good people into recognizing him.

There is an Oklahoma Indian Mission Conference here in Oklahoma and they have a website, and they are filled with good, humble, family-oriented people.

 http://www.umc-oimc.org/

Vance Hawkins