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To: xzins

You would never get a decent church here on the West coast based on you first sentence. The best you’d probably get is an almost dead church with high maintenance costs.

There isn’t much difference in the views you mention here between the Methodist Church here and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.(not the ones the ones that separated).

I’ve been told by two different ministers that they considered breaking with the denomination over the first two issues, but decided to be a “reconciling” group. Of course that could be because of the structure of t h e church and they’d lose the buildings, pensions, etc.


25 posted on 05/28/2014 10:51:27 AM PDT by airedale
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To: airedale
You would never get a decent church here on the West coast based on you first sentence.

I agree with that. They would stick us biblical Christian pastors in some backwater with what they consider to be a bunch of nothing.

But, the entire point that most of Methodism has forgotten is that that's the way it's supposed to be. We're not supposed to get promoted to gradually bigger churches as part of what they call a "successful career in pastoral ministry."

I think God would approve of the "grow your own" concept. The Book of Acts was about going where they didn't have anything at all and getting something started. We biblical Christians are ok with that, but these folks would think they were injuring us by giving us a building, a tiny starter group, and local funding.

It's almost funny thinking of them funding their own demise.

33 posted on 05/28/2014 5:35:46 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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