Chase sat at the table in the kitchen drinking coffee from a mug and studying the Document. Actually, it was more than a single sheet of paper. It was many sheets of paper, all saying basically the same thing: that nearly half of the United States of America would no longer be under its jurisdiction. If this transaction takes place, millions of Americans will wake up no longer Americans. Chase could see in his mind's eye that something even bigger was afoot. They have to be stopped But how? Chase thought to himself. Should I destroy the Document? Would that stop The Order? Chase's life, and the lives of those around him, hung by a thread.' In the Stranger in the Pulpit, from author Bryan Powell, Chase Newton, an investigative reporter, finds himself caught in an international conspiracy.

In his quest for the truth behind who Pastor T.J. Richards really is, he finds the truth that he has been searching for all his life. Armed with the truth, the Document, and a cigarette lighter, Chase is prepared to face whatever awaits him.