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To: My2Cents

The minister at my sister's church was eventually asked to leave after having an affair with church secretary. He got a transfer to Washington State, but the church followed up with a report to the new church and he was asked to leave there, as well.

The new minister isn't any better and is trying to turn the church into one of those new mega churches. So, she left. It's the Church of the Nazarene and they don't even mention the name of Jesus in the sermons, for fear of offending some of the new people.


55 posted on 12/14/2006 12:35:33 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva
they don't even mention the name of Jesus in the sermons, for fear of offending some of the new people.

Same with the pastor at our former church. I once plotted the references, and it turned out that he'd actually mention Jesus in some substantive way about once every six weeks. Most of the time, his sermons were about how to be better neighbors, better spouses, better parents, and the like. A whole lot of "obligation" and performance standards dumped on us, without the key to actually performing -- the indwelling Spirit of Christ.

69 posted on 12/14/2006 1:19:07 PM PST by My2Cents (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell)
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To: Eva
The new minister isn't any better and is trying to turn the church into one of those new mega churches. So, she left. It's the Church of the Nazarene and they don't even mention the name of Jesus in the sermons, for fear of offending some of the new people.

Your story is being told all over Christendom, with different characters and more often, minus some of the details (e.g. such as the affair or other blatantly obvious sins).

205 posted on 12/15/2006 1:53:07 PM PST by Terriergal (All your church are belong to us! --- The Purpose Driven Church)
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