[Terry L Smith]

Dear cva66snipe,

I think you missed my question. WHY even attempt to acquire what equates to a federal good-ol-boy blessing, if you really are under the call and doing the work?

You are supposed to be the church, not the brick and mortar. Why not just go and assemble, and be what you are called to do?

The ideas that it is against city code, or homeowners association rules, or that sort, should not matter, shouldn’t it?

If you are doing what you are supposed to be doing, the way would be open for you, yes? No doubts, no maybes, yes or no.

Too many folks are worried about already corrupt authorities, by their very nature, and do not feel at all comfortable, out among the wolves.

[cva66snipe]

Up till really the past 20 years no one objected to where people gathered as far as in homes. Now merely holding a Bible Study in your own home can result in substantial civil fines and if continued loss of property and contempt of court. For the fisrt time in our nations history prayer using Jesus name in our armed services can bring punishment under the UCMJ. Those acts would have had the likes of Jefferson and Madison taking up arms.

Make no mistake about it. Since the early 1960's the church in the United States has been under attack by our elected government and ones in education attending college in the mid 1960's and later.

Ironically many leading the fight against churches belong to a church with Christ name used in it and I don't mean the one called church of Christ. The United Church of Christ though is far left of even Unitarians it seems.