Posted on 05/28/2024 2:16:27 PM PDT by Morgana
Hopefully one that is ACTUALLY a Bible believing congregation that preaches the Good News 🗞 📰 of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Seems poorly written. Too much work to figure out what the journalist is trying to say.
I never understood churches that had the same pastor for decades and relied on their opinion and approval of their actions so much. It can easily cross the line and become a cult of personality if you’re not careful, which sounds like the case here.
“Biblical masculinity” no, that doesn’t sound gay at all.
Professional sword swallower and male stripper...got it...
They unintentionally did her a favor.
male stripping and pole dancing might boost attendance but it is inappropriate at a church
afaimc, if he wished to attend and pray, all good, fine and dandy! but his act belongs in a night club not at the altar.
One of the reasons I don’t care for Non-Denominational churches. Not that churches of denominations don’t have their issues either.
I wonder if the response would have been the same if she had sent her concerns to the pastors and deacons privately vs putting her concerns out on Facebook. The Facebook move opened up the church to ridicule and possible scorn. If she had sent her concerns privately to the leadership with backing from other members of the church it might...now I say “might” not have led to an expulsion like this.
I do have trouble believing that she didn’t realize that publicly criticizing her own church on Facebook would have led to her being expelled from her local body. The Bible warns against members suing each other or criticizing one another in public. We have free speech in this country and we have free association...it doesn’t mean that a free speeching member of a church has to be allowed by her church to “freely associate” with them if they find her “free speech” to be dis-harmonious with its mission.
I fouind the pole dancing sword swallower incident to be distasteful and problematic, especially the calling out of a pastor who disagreed with it. Driscoll did apologize and peace was made of sorts. This lady may have been needlessly opening up old wounds.
That was her first mistake.
Condemn the Satanic infiltrators in clear, unambiguous statements. Don't couch a condemnation within glowing praise for their previous pretentious behavior.
Evil is evil. It isn't less evil because it's dressed up with a false introduction.
Yes, it was poorly written. The “former stripper” is a current pole dancer?
“I never understood churches that had the same pastor for decades”
I have wondered about this as well. I wonder why, say once a month, the ministers rotate between congregations for a Sunday sermon. Paul certainly didn’t stay in one church for a long period of time.
you’re right..hard to follow...but what I am getting is this woman is questioning the hypocrisy in the church....maybe she is the only true Christian in that church...
Why would she want to be involved in the “church” anyway? But kudos to her for letting the rest of the world know about this “ministry”.
“itchy ears sindrome” is why lazy wannabe Christians follow pastors instead of going “solo scriptura”. the people don’t want the Holy Bible...they want the holey bible.
Like the Pope said, we’re already got enough of this faggotry
Petian was told that her post had caused disunity
= = =
Unity.
Where does it come from? From agreeing with everything the Pastor says?
No, and it does not come from agreeing with any person or group of persons, you know, to keep the unity.
In The Chruch, It is Unity of The Spirit.
If I listen to and obey the Holy Spirit, and you do also, we will have Unity.
It is the only way.
Maybe it is just me, but I do not want to see a man on a pole, unless he is fixing electrical wires.
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