The Evangelical Methodist Conference stands opposed to the ecumenical men's movement associated with the Promise Keepers ministry. Promise Keepers has deliberately mixed alleged goals with the dangerous theology of the signs and wonders movement through the writing and participation of men such as Jack Hayford, James Ryle, and the leadership of Bill McCartney and Randy Phillips. Promise Keepers also endangers the doctrines of justification by faith alone and the sufficiency of Christ's atonement by its official recognition of Catholic beliefs and sacraments. Promise Keepers undermines the sufficiency of scripture through the acknowledgment of those who advocate new revelation from God (e.g. Hayford and Ryle) and those who are replacing biblical truth about man with secular psychological theories (e.g. Larry Crabb, Gary Smalley, Robert Hicks). Promise Keepers poses a threat to local churches by building a network of men whose express purpose is to minimize the doctrinal distinctiveness of the churches and whose intense loyalty is won primarily through the experience of the Promise Keepers' rally, not its doctrinal beliefs. Promise Keepers radically advocates the spirit and practice of an ecumenism which clearly contradicts God's Word (Galatians 1:7-9; II John 9-11; Romans 16:17-18). It is an admixture of New Evangelicals, Cultists, Roman Catholics and others forming an unbiblical amalgamation that is anti-Scriptural.