Pensacola Christian College Trains "Missionaries to Mega-Churches"

Tominthebox ^ | 17 August, 2007

[Gamecock]

Note: Some of the names of people in this article have been changed to protect their identities.

Memphis, Tn - It is a typical Sunday morning for a man we will call John. He wakes up early, spends some time reading his Bible over a cup of coffee, prays, and then gets ready to go to church. Only for John, "going to church" doesn't mean the same thing as it does for everyone else who will be going there on this Sunday morning. About a year ago John joined a rather well known and a rather large Southern Baptist church in the Memphis area, but for John the decision to join had little if nothing to do with his desire to fellowship with other Christians and grow spiritually. For John joining the church had everything to do with evangelism and missions, evangelism and missions not outside of the church to the community, but inside of the church to its members.

"Years ago I felt the call" stated John. "As I entered P.C.C. years ago I met new friends, many of whom felt the call to missions. Some of my friends went on to Africa, others to South America. I began to feel a burden for all of those lost souls out there that attend these liberal, apostate Baptist churches out there, you know the ones that use guitars in worship and don't believe in the King James Bible. There's no way that most these people can be saved. They need to hear the gospel."

John is part of a larger plan of action conceived by P.C.C. over a decade ago. The plan involves training men and women to be secret missionaries to "mega churches" throughout the United States. Students are trained to learn how to become involved in the churches, how not to appear offended with the New International Version is read, how to endure contemporary music, and other liberal tendencies.

"If the student follows his or her training well, no one will even know why he or she is there at the church" stated Dr. Michael Keaton, head of the Biblical Studies department at P.C.C. "Their goal is to get involved and to, as quickly as possible, gain a teaching position so that they can spread the true gospel throughout the so-called church."

"So far it's been a tough go" stated John. "It's very difficult attending Sunday after Sunday and having to put up with all of that mess that's passing off as the 'gospel.' I'll never forget the first time that they started playing those drums during the worship service. My heart just sank. I started praying for all of those some 10,000 lost souls around me. Then the preacher opened up his Bible and started reading from the NIV. It was all I could do to keep my composure. Then one day in Sunday School the teacher used an example from some movie called Lord of the Rings. I just closed my eyes and prayed for his lost soul."

John eventually hopes to work his way into being able to teach a Sunday School class in the future.

"I've made a lot of acquaintances" he stated. "There are some nice enough people, but they're just lost as a goose. But I've volunteered with a lot of church activities like soup kitchens, fixing up people's houses and stuff like that. I've also volunteered to teach some children's Sunday School, and have been put on an alternates list."

As it turns out John is not the only "missionary" that is working in the church.

"There are 60 of us here at this one particular church" he stated. "We all know each other behind the scenes, but we play it down in church. Each of us has the same goal, to truly bring this gospel to this church and see it become a shining example of Independent Fundamentalism for the future."

[Gamecock]

Alex,

For your consideration

Others,

Enjoy

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is this from the Onion?

[TexGuy]

It seems to be from a Theological Satire site ...

[Gamecock]

No.

Why do you ask?

[Iscool]

I’m a KJV adherent but I know of no one who claims that if you don’t read the KJV you can’t get saved...

[vladimir998]

Quote from the article: “Their goal is to get involved and to, as quickly as possible, gain a teaching position so that they can spread the true gospel throughout the so-called church.”

Ah, Protestant practicing deception to convert Protestants to another style of Protestantism. Yeah, that’s worth the time and energy - not to mention the wrath of God, right!

If this were the Pensacola Bible Institute, I could see it, but I am surprised the P.C.C. is doing this. Then again, P.C.C. is unaccredited, was founded by a single guy, who named a line of home school textbooks after his wife, and apparently holds a “near to” King James Only stance.

Oh, well.

[sweet_diane]

"I’m a KJV adherent but I know of no one who claims that if you don’t read the KJV you can’t get saved..."

Unfortunately, they are out there. There were several evangelist who came thru our area several years ago selling $30 cassette tapes on the issue. I had two friends trying to sell me on it.

[vladimir998]

I think Peter Ruckman comes close to that because he claims the KJV is some sort of advanced revelation. Hence the term Ruckmanism.

[LiteKeeper]

I do...and it is really sad. And what is even sadder is that they have brainwashed these “missionaries” to think that everyone else is lost, and they need to infiltrate the mega-churches to spread their delusions!

[Larry Lucido]

Well, if you have to evangelize, might as well evangelize where they have a Starbucks, a gym and a credit union. Beats a steaming jungle someplace.

[Iscool]

I think Peter Ruckman comes close to that because he claims the KJV is some sort of advanced revelation. Hence the term Ruckmanism.

There has to be 'some sort of advanced revelation' in the bible...

A person would have to be foolish to think that everything in the bible has already been revealed...

There are parts to the bible that no man understands and will not until those prophecies take place and are revealed...

[PAR35]

This would be a little funnier if we didn’t have the dispensationalists so willing to ‘help’ at our church.

[Coldwater Creek]

I guess that PCC people do not believe in the security of the believer.

I am sure that the author is referring to Bellevue Baptist in Memphis.

I will admit there a lot of non-scriptural things going on, but to say that there are 10,000 unsaved people in attendance on any given Sunday, is simply a lie. And, as far as these “missionaries” getting a S.S. class to teach, it won’t happen. They would have to sign a loyalty oath to the pastor.

[Reagan79]

it’s satire you know...

[jude24]

Alright. You got me.

Seriously, though, I know that some of this is going on behind the scenes. A few years ago, my PCA church had to deal with a KJV-only Independent Baptist who was causing some of the high schoolers to go into a tizzy.

[xJones]

I really like Tominthebox satire. They had a good article last June about pastors with Calvinist or Quinquarticular Tourette's .

" His case is a remarkable one where the tics are unquestionably confined strictly and solely to the five points of Calvinism. Perhaps not coincidentally, if we observe his particular outbursts in light of strict Arminianism, one may consider it profanity."