Transfer of Leadership

[Rev.Cambeul]

One question I am often asked is about the transfer of leadership from the Founder of the Church of the Creator, Ben Klassen, to his successor and ultimately myself. I'll let Ben Klassen explain it himself:

The Transfer of Leadership Certificate. Here Is an exact copy of the document i sent to Rick on a C.O.T.C. letterhead on January 25, and which he received in Milwaukee the next day:

Transfer of Leadership
I am hereby resigning as religious leader of the worldwide CHURCH OF THE CREATOR, and appoint you, Dr. Rick McCarty, as my successor with the title of Pontifex Maximus. This resignation and transfer is effective as of January 25, 1993. I will still remain president of the North Carolina corporation called The Church of the Creator, Inc., on a temporary basis.

You will serve out your term for the balance of the decade, and a new Pontifex will be selected during the year 2000 C.E., in accordance with our creed and program.

You will further set up a group of 12 true, tried and trusted believers from our membership, to be called the Guardian of the Faith Committee, whose duty it will be to act as watchdogs over our creed as set forth in our Sacred Books, in keeping it pure and consistent, and prevent it from ever being altered, adulterated or tampered with. They will also have the power to enforce this edict.

During the several years between now and the year 2000 you will also try to institute a Leadership School to train our future leaders. You will also set up a College of Electors whose duty it will be to select the best trained and most capable leader, when the time comes to select your successor. It is most important that we choose the most dedicated and capable leader best qualified to carry on the duties and responsibilities of this high office.

Signed, this 25th day of January, 1993
Ben Klassen, Founder

On this 25th day of January personally appeared before me Ben Klassen, known to me, who executed the above document.
Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this 25th day of January, 1993.
Teresa McDaniel
Notary Public
My commission expires: 11/15/94

Following a million dollar lawsuit by the SPLC, PM McCarty filed for dissolution of the Church of the Creator in February of the following year.

Both the New/World Church of the Creator (1996 to 2003) and the Creativity Alliance (founded 2007) were new organisations and not continuations of Ben Klassen's original Church, and the Creativity Alliance itself is not a continuation of Matt Hale's defunct New/World Church of the Creator. Both the New/World Church of the Creator and the Creativity Alliance made use of former Creators in newly constituted Guardians of the Faith Committees to select a new Pontifex Maximus.

My own period as Pontifex Maximus ends at my fiftieth birthday which is also at the end of the decade. I personally plan to hand over the title before that. Hopefully within the next three to five years. It all depends on the abilities and personal dedication and activity of you, my brothers and sisters, our membership.

Reverend Cailen Cambeul, P.M.
November 28, 37 AC (2010 CE).

[Albert]

I have read a lot of history on the subject of succession in groups based on the leadership principle. The Romans had no end of problems with this and failed to truly grasp it. It meant that leadership became dynastic with weak sons and demented relations becoming Emperors via inheritance. Perhaps the only successful transfer of this kind of power happened when Julius Caesar nominated his adopted son Octavian as his sole heir. This was in preference to his biological son Caesarion whom he had with Cleopatra.

Octavian was a close relation to whom Caesar could be a mentor in his formative teenage years, training him in the arts of war and rulership. Octavian was an outstanding soldier, Officer and statesman. He was cynical of Religion, soldiery and the masses but knew that the people often had  had to be convinced with simple language, magic, pagentry, bribes or violence if necessary. ( See Suetonius "The 12 Caesars). Unfortunately Octavians choice of mate was not Eugenic allowing the Nero family into the Roman ruling class.

There is supposed to be a Book on " the art of leadership" and  is reputedly a secret familial document drawn up by Aristotle to help Alexander Rule Greece and eventually the world. That in turn was passed down through to the Greek Ptolymys ruling in Egypt (Of whom Cleopatra was the last). She figured out that she (and Egypt) could get control of Rome by Creating a half Roman/ egyptian heir with Caesar (Caesarion).

As history turned out Cleopatra failed ( temporarily lucky for White Rome). Caesar was assassinated, Octavian became Emperor with a lot of scheming (See the HBO Rome series as this was fairly accurate). Cleopatras navy was destroyed at Actium, Cleopatra killed herself and Caesarion as pretender to the Emperorship was killed.

Aristotles  documents of Rulership eventually ended up being owned by the British Royal family and must have helped lead to the Creation of the British Empire. A key principle is that power should transfer to those that have earned it...Perhaps this is why Britain abdicated its Imperial power to the USA, the usa being an extension of England with 4 times the white population and 50 times the resources.

I surmise that transference of power should go to the most successful and pro-active of the future Creators. according to this principle Mark Wilson should have taken over after Ben Klassen in 1990.

I know the two fell out but I honestly don't think Mark did anything wrong, he was an effective Creator who served the Religion well at that time. I think Ben Klassens criticisms of him at the time were unfair, unfounded and most likely induced by understandable stress and frustration.

[Nigel]

I concur with that post Brother Albert, but the last paragraph is (obviously) new to me. Would you care to expand on that?

[Rev.Cambeul]

I know the two fell out but I honestly don't think Mark did anything wrong, he was an effective Creator who served the Religion well at that time. I think Ben Klassens criticisms of him at the time were unfair, unfounded and most likely induced by understandable stress and frustration.

I agree, but that's history and there's nothing we can do to change it.

the last paragraph is (obviously) new to me. Would you care to expand on that?

See the closing chapters of https://creativityalliance.com/eBook-BenKlassen-TrialsTribulations&Triumphs.pdf

[Macro]

What if Mr. Hale is released from prison?