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U.S. megachurch seeks $100K, prayers to ‘resurrect’ singer’s dead child
Global News ^ | 12/19/2019 | JOSH K. ELLIOTT

Posted on 12/23/2019 11:22:12 AM PST by Gamecock

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1 posted on 12/23/2019 11:22:12 AM PST by Gamecock
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2 posted on 12/23/2019 11:22:53 AM PST by Gamecock (Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself. (TK))
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Seems legit


3 posted on 12/23/2019 11:24:47 AM PST by EEGator
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So sad is the perversion of scripture.


4 posted on 12/23/2019 11:24:49 AM PST by Wuli
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Bethel heretics.


5 posted on 12/23/2019 11:25:20 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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So, this church is using the pain and grief of others as a fundraising gimmick. Shame.


6 posted on 12/23/2019 11:26:57 AM PST by circlecity
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This is a scandal.


7 posted on 12/23/2019 11:27:00 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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I think this family has stopped soliciting any funds and is preparing for the funeral. They collected over $60K!
I don’t know what they plan to do with all that money.
The nicest person in the world can be tempted by greed when faced with a Big Money Bomb. I hope they do the right thing and give the $ back.


8 posted on 12/23/2019 11:27:33 AM PST by lee martell
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No doubt the parents are in a profound state of grief right now. That church is definitely not helping address that.


9 posted on 12/23/2019 11:28:29 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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Pastor must need to buy his wife a new Mercedes for Christmas.


10 posted on 12/23/2019 11:28:41 AM PST by LukeL
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I can imagine people being out of their right minds with grief, but their church is supporting this? And.. the girl “stopped breathing”? What happened? Too strange, too sketchy.


11 posted on 12/23/2019 11:29:47 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Suppositonal supposals.)
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The spirit of antichrist revealed right where one would expect, in a mega church of dead souls who will be taken in by signs and wonders.


12 posted on 12/23/2019 11:29:49 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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Megachurches - The biggest con artists around.


13 posted on 12/23/2019 11:31:41 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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So, this church is using the pain and grief of others as a fundraising gimmick. Shame.

I followed Mark Marks, who runs a "healing ministry" whose primary "miracle" seems to be the leg-lengthing trick. When challenged on the effect of his particular prayers, the answer is: "So, you don't believe God can heal?"

I was a member of a healing church for years. I took what they had to say with a grain of salt, because I did believe that Holy Spirit was working, often in spite of the leadership. Finally I realized I would need a whole salt mine to buy what they were selling.

14 posted on 12/23/2019 11:31:42 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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Seems legit

Not to me - I can't see any 'church' using such a thing to raise money. What a perversion of Scripture!

15 posted on 12/23/2019 11:31:57 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (A law means nothing if it isnÂ’t followed.)
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What the Hell?


16 posted on 12/23/2019 11:32:10 AM PST by HighSierra5
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17 posted on 12/23/2019 11:33:13 AM PST by BipolarBob (No border walls. No voter IDs. No Electoral College. You figured it out yet?)
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On life support? ... at the coroner’s office? Likely she is in refrigeration preservation.


18 posted on 12/23/2019 11:35:39 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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From their website: Worship creates a space for us to experience the tangible presence of our good Father. We believe it's what we're all created for.

And there, in my opinion, is the central issue. Worship is NOT so that you can feel better about yourself; it is to give thanks and praise to God.

When a church reduces the gospel to being about what it can do for you, you're lost - or at least missing out on one of the most important aspects of Christianity; the turning of your hearts to Jesus and focusing on Him instead of yourself.

19 posted on 12/23/2019 11:36:39 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (A law means nothing if it isnÂ’t followed.)
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To: BBQToadRibs

Exactly.


20 posted on 12/23/2019 11:38:23 AM PST by Gamecock (Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself. (TK))
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