Editing Marshall Vian Summers (section)

==Messenger from God==
The New Message from God is at once both a set of teachings with claims of divine authority<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ott |first=Daniel |date=13 September 2008 |title=Interview with Marshall Vian Summers |url=http://theedgeam.com/interviews/Marshall_Summers_09.13.08.mp3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152536/http://theedgeam.com/interviews/Marshall_Summers_09.13.08.mp3 |archive-date=27 January 2019 |access-date=15 October 2015 |website=The Edge Broadcast}}</ref> and the [[new religious movement]] that promotes these teachings. It is entirely based on the work of Summers, who is granted elevated status as "the Messenger"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bonnet |first=Gordon |date=24 May 2013 |title=The New Holy Writ |url=https://www.skeptophilia.com/2013/05/the-new-holy-writ.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103165352/https://www.skeptophilia.com/2013/05/the-new-holy-writ.html |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Skeptophilia |language=en}}</ref> on the basis of these teachings. Summers and his adherents represent<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samuel |first=Sigal |date=2017-08-30 |title=Why Are Some People Attracted to New Religions? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/08/sankofa-urantia-new-message-from-god/622331/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> that he is a [[prophet]] on the order of the [[Buddha]], [[Jesus]], and [[Muhammad]], in receipt of an unworldly communication having salvific power for individuals and for the planet among others in a populated universe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2012 |title=God, Cosmic Consciousness and Civil Rights |url=https://www.blogtalkradio.com/god-discussion/2012/02/10/marshall-vian-summers--a-new-message-from-god |access-date=2012-10-26 |website=BlogTalkRadio}}</ref> Summers has recorded these communications on tape,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Iain |date=1 November 2017 |title=The Late Night Alternative with Iain Lee: Bonus Podcast - Reed Summers |url=http://talkradio.co.uk/funny/late-night-alternative-iain-lee-bonus-podcast-reed-summers-17110120502 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130132926/http://talkradio.co.uk/funny/late-night-alternative-iain-lee-bonus-podcast-reed-summers-17110120502 |archive-date=30 January 2020 |access-date=25 February 2023 |website=talkRADIO}}</ref> the transcription approaching ten thousand pages.<ref>{{YouTube|wjx1INo5Zzw| "God's Prophet Marshall Vian Summers brings a New Message from God"}}, May 31, 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-25.</ref> Key components of this communication include warnings of an incursion upon Earth called the Intervention,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webre |first=Alfred Lambremont |date=4 January 2018 |title=Reed Summers & Allies of Humanity: "Interdimensional craft in Spain transmits message to humanity" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyg_vQSV5q0 |access-date=25 February 2023 |website=YouTube}}</ref> and pronouncements about the future involving global upheaval<ref>[http://podcaster.fm/podcasts/viewEpisode.aspx?podcastitemid=3862164&title=Marshall+Vian+Summers ''The 'X' Zone with Rob McConnell'']Interview with Marshall Vian Summers, July 15, 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130132856/http://podcaster.fm/podcasts/viewEpisode.aspx%3Fpodcastitemid%3D3862164%26title%3DMarshall%2BVian%2BSummers |date=30 January 2020 }}</ref> and interaction between the human race and extraterrestrials which, Summers claims, are from "the Greater Community."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Montaldo |first=Joe |date=14 June 2012 |title=U.F.O. Undercover, Interview with Marshall Vian Summers |url=http://media.podcastingmanager.com/64024-83474/Media/ufo-undercover-061312-Marshall-Vian-Summers.mp3?ref=rss |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029183649/http://media.podcastingmanager.com/64024-83474/Media/ufo-undercover-061312-Marshall-Vian-Summers.mp3?ref=rss |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-format=MP3 |access-date=25 February 2023 |website=media.podcastingmanager.com}}</ref>

In 1992, to support the promulgation of his message in print and via broadcast, Summers founded The Society for the Greater Community Way of Knowledge, trading as The Society for the New Message from God, a 501(c)(3) religious [[Not-for-profit organization|non-profit organization]] which is both publisher of Summers' books and recordings (under the imprint [http://newknowledgelibrary.org/ New Knowledge Library]) and a [[religious order]]. Mr. Summers' son Reed assists him, especially in communications, finding an audience among those with these shared interests: "Full Disclosure of the ET phenomena, Divinely Connected Channelers, [Secret Space Program] experiencers, Energy Healers, SSP Con Men, Authors of Off-Planet Subjects, State Secret Whistleblowers, precious Starseeds and all of us who have difficulty finding like minded people who see huge changes on the Horizon [who are] awakening to the spiritual nature of Reality."<ref>[http://www.whyisthistrue.com/about-me/ Denny Hunt profile] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wF9b_sstGA 12-4-2017 Interview with Reed Summers] on YouTube channel WhyIsThisTrue. Retrieved 2-1-2018.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=Denny |author-link= |date=4 December 2017 |title=Interview with Reed Summers |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wF9b_sstGA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303152247/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wF9b_sstGA&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2019 |access-date=1 February 2018 |website=YouTube}} </ref>

The New Message Sanctuary in [[Boulder, Colorado]], USA, a gathering place for The Society, [http://newmessage.org/about-the-society/ broadcasts] services via the Internet and since 2012 has presented its materials on line, as part of a [http://www.newmessage.org/free-school free school] claiming 2902 students and 112 countries represented,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=12 October 2017 |title=School Overall |url=https://www.newmessage.org/school-census-overall/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=The New Message from God |language=en-US}}</ref> a ready answer to criticism in regards to capitalizing off the Word of God.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/51azb5/my_name_is_marshall_vian_summers_and_i_am_a/ Reddit AMA with Marshall Vian Summers], 9-5-2016.</ref> The use of a Kickstarter campaign for the launch of a book on cosmic themes (capitalizing on the 2017 eclipse over the U.S.) is notable as an example of the interplay among technology, popular science and belief in the twenty-first century.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Koren |first=Marina |date=17 August 2017 |title=Is the Solar Eclipse a Message From God? |work=[[The Atlantic]] |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/solar-eclipse-as-religious-experience/536823/ |access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref>