A small but growing evangelical denomination has endorsed "The Doctrine of Discovery" pseudo-historical conspiracy theory tracing all European misdeeds against American natives to 15th century papal bulls. The theory has been touted for years mainly by activist Mark Charles to religious groups, mostly liberal Mainline Protestants and Anabaptists who like anti-western and anti-imperialist themes. But the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), which claims several hundred thousand regular worshippers, is the first evangelical denomination to endorse.