...Rutten said Wilke, at Putnam's direction, stood on the far left side of the occupied front row and fired at a foam target on the right side of the stage, shooting the arrow across the congregation but slightly away from them....
"I used the practice arrow just as the fact that an arrow by itself — your testimony by itself — is no good, so you have to have a bow, and the bow is that equipment," Putnam said. "And you have to have a target, and still with all that if you never pull it back and release it then it still does not accomplish its objective."
Our pastor does a lot of nutty ‘teaching tool’ things like this, although I don’t recall shooting an arrow..
I used to target shoot arrows in my front yard growing up in Southfield, MI, less than a mile from Detroit. Geez, I'd probably have a SWAT team ambush me if I tried that today.
bad judgement sometimes brings judgement day early
Those wacky Pentecostals!
They’ll do anything to get your attention.
As long as he’s aiming for Democrats, then I approve...
One man stood up and objected as Wilke drew the compound bow, telling Putnam firing the arrow was unsafe and illegal, according to two parishioners. Putnam told the man to be quiet and sit down, which he did until Wilke drew the bow again....The man objected a second time, after which Putnam said he asked the man to leave. Putnam said the church will seek a restraining order against the man, who he said was yelling and "causing a disruption."Sounds fair to me. Take legal action against a safety conscious, law abiding fellow Christian for being safety conscious and law abiding when you're doing something stupid in church.
Sure, it’s safer in Jolo,WV where they play with rattle snakes Sunday mornings. (would YOU close your eyes when they prayed? ;>)
Has anyone yet found what exactly this “point” was the paster was trying to make?
Could he have made the same point with a sling shot?
Whiners.
That was a really stupid “teaching tool.”
At our Cub Scout awards banquet this week, we had a young man shoot six arrows at a target indoors to symbolize the arrow of light award the boys had earned.
Oh yea, they were flaming arrows too.
How can you tell when someone is yelling and causing a disruption in a Pentecostal church?
They are yelling in English, instead of unknown tongues.
In the book LONGBOW by ROBERT HARDY there is a mention of an arrow being stuck for several hundred years in the interior roof beam of an old church in England.
It is also mentioned that the early Militias were required to practice with the bow at the church grounds, much like American militia were required to bring firearms to church for militia drills after services.
It’s all fun and games until someone puts an eye out.