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  • What are the beliefs of oneness Pentecostals? {Discussion on the non-Trinitarian Modalist group}

    01/16/2024 7:54:02 AM PST · by Cronos · 19 replies
    Got Questions ^ | 23 Feb 2022
    The "Jesus Only" movement, also known as Oneness Pentecostalism or oneness theology, teaches that there is only one God, but denies the tri-unity of God. In other words, oneness theology does not recognize the distinct persons of the Godhead: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It has various forms / modes / manifestations—some see Jesus Christ as the one God, who sometimes manifests Himself as the Father or the Holy Spirit. The core doctrine of Oneness Pentecostal / Jesus Only is that Jesus is the Father and Jesus is the Spirit. There is one God who reveals Himself in different "modes."...
  • Former Church Youth Leader Arrested and Charged With Child Molestation, Sexual Battery

    01/24/2023 12:39:09 PM PST · by Morgana · 21 replies
    Ministry Watch ^ | January 23, 2023 | Jessica Lea
    A former church youth leader who was recently a PTA president in Tennessee has been arrested and extradited to Troup County in Georgia. Dustin Spillers, 34, has been charged with one count of aggravated sexual battery and three counts of child molestation. “On December 20th, a victim of Dustin Spillers came forward and told their parents what happened to them,” says Sydney Moore on a GoFundMe page for Spillers’ wife, Whitney. Moore identified herself as Whitney’s friend, saying, “All of this information came out while [Whitney] and her family had gone to Georgia for her Aunt Dot’s funeral, who was...
  • Florida Pastor Sentenced on Charges He Sexually Abused Young Girl for Years

    01/14/2023 6:17:00 PM PST · by Morgana · 9 replies
    The Roys Report ^ | January 14, 2023 | Sarah Einselen
    A Pentecostal pastor in Florida reportedly pleaded guilty this week to crimes stemming from the years-long sexual abuse of a young girl. Rafael Cuevas, 55, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 10 years’ probation as part of a plea deal, according to First Coast News. He’ll also have to register as a sex offender. Cuevas reportedly pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted sexual battery of a minor. Sheriff’s deputies arrested Cuevas in April 2021, jail information shows. He has been held without bond since then in the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Department of Corrections. Authorities alleged in the...
  • Feds raid churches near military installations, including one in Killeen near Fort Hood (Texas)

    06/24/2022 10:31:29 AM PDT · by PghBaldy · 76 replies
    KWTX CBS 10 ^ | June 24 | Staff
    KWTX) - Federal agents on Thursday raided three churches near military installations across the Southern U.S., including the Assembly of Prayer Christian Church in Killeen. “I can confirm the FBI was executing court authorized law enforcement activity today in the vicinity of the intersection of Massey St. and E. Rancier Ave., in Killeen, Texas. No additional information will be released at this time,” FBI Special Agent Carmen Portillo said in an emailed statement to KWTX.
  • Supreme Court Stops California From Banning Indoor Worship While Allowing Indoor Shopping

    02/08/2021 7:50:28 AM PST · by Kaslin · 5 replies
    The Federalist ^ | February 8, 2021 | Libby Emmens
    ‘[I]f Hollywood may host a studio audience or film a singing competition while not a single soul may enter California’s churches, synagogues, and mosques, something has gone seriously awry.’In a Friday night 6-3 injunction responding to emergency petitions from two California churches, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion that California’s restrictions against worship services have gone too far. The court gave a short, unsigned opinion demanding California lift its restrictions on in-person, indoor church services while allowing California to keep banning singing and limiting attendance to 25 percent of church buildings’ capacity. The decision allows churches to present evidence...
  • Meet the Women Most Likely to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    09/24/2020 4:06:06 PM PDT · by Forgiven_Sinner · 68 replies
    Freedom Works ^ | September 22, 2020 | BY DANIEL SAVICKAS
    With the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump is now tasked with the constitutional duty of nominating her replacement. While certainly authoring some opinions that many conservatives across the nation will find disagreeable, Justice Ginsburg was a trailblazer for women in the legal profession. Therefore, it is quite appropriate that President Trump seems poised to nominate another qualified female jurist to fill her role on the nation’s highest court. The announcement of this next nominee is expected to come this Saturday at the White House. Americans in all corners of the country are no doubt...
  • St. Dionysius on the Epidemic of Alexandria

    03/31/2020 5:47:20 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 7 replies
    Orthodox History ^ | 3/16/20 | Matthew Namee
    St. Dionysius the Great was Pope of Alexandria from 248 to 264. During that time, the Church of Alexandria suffered horrible persecution. Just as that was dying down, an epidemic broke out in the city, just as Pascha was approaching. St. Dionysius described the epidemic, and the Church’s response, in a letter to some of his flock outside of Alexandria. It is especially relevant today, as our current church leaders try to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which is also happening as we prepare for Pascha.St. Dionysius’ letter was printed by Eusebius in his seminal Church History, chapter 7. The...
  • 2014 “Prophecy” About Trump: “They Will Shout ‘Impeach…Impeach’…’Trump Shall Become A Trumpet’ Says The Lord”

    12/26/2019 1:55:15 PM PST · by Red Badger · 58 replies
    100percentfedup.com ^ | Dec 19, 2019 | Staff
    Kim Clement is a self-proclaimed prophet who appeared in a powerful video that combines two video clips from 2007 and 2014. In the video, Clement prophesizes about a number of events that will take place in the future, after God puts his chosen leader in place. In this stunning video, Clement claims to prophesize about a series of events, many that have taken place since President Trump was elected. Clement died two weeks after President Trump won the 2016 election. “Hear me, for I have found a man after my own heart.” He begins. Clement says that two Supreme Court...
  • Church is left Vandalized after Standing Against Drag Queen Story Hour Event at Public Library

    09/19/2019 5:37:50 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 10 replies
    nteb ^ | 9/19/19 | Geri Ungurean
    So, at least the drag queen story tellers are being honest about who they answer to! A pentagram and Satan’s signature – yeah, we get it. I am so glad that this church leadership had the courage to speak out against the satanic Drag Queen Story Hour. It’s sick and foul, and many of these drag queens have pedophilia listed on their very long rap sheets. “…but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.” Luke 22:53 (KJV) But when I look at photos of these drag queens, the people I am most angry about are the parents of...
  • In coal we trust: Australia's voters back PM Morrison's faith in fossil fuel [barf]

    05/19/2019 9:10:48 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 9 replies
    Reuters ^ | May 19, 2019 3:37 AM | Sonali Paul
    Australia’s re-elected Prime Minister Scott Morrison once brandished a lump of coal in parliament, crying, “This is coal — don’t be afraid!” His surprise win in what some dubbed the “climate election” may have stunned the country, but voters should know what comes next in energy policy — big coal. Battered by extended droughts, damaging floods, and more bush fires, Australian voters had been expected to hand a mandate to the Labor Party to pursue its ambitious targets for renewable energy and carbon emissions cuts. Instead, Saturday’s election left them on course to re-elect the Liberal-led center-right coalition headed by...
  • Why Charistmatics and Calvinists Need Each Other

    03/08/2019 9:26:31 AM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 19 replies
    The Gospel Coalition ^ | 2016 | Adam Mabry
    White-haired, suit-wearing Presbyterian lawyers don’t typically garner the fandom of teenagers, but Mr. Z did. Each week dozens of us would gather in his home. He would feed us and let us trash his house, watch movies, and play basketball. Each gathering would culminate in a Bible study... For a year I kept coming back. This unlikely mentor taught us Ephesians. Verse by verse, he explained this beautiful book to us. His love for the Bible was infectious, and I caught it. As I matured, I would always go back to Ephesians...But something stuck out to me that I never...
  • Former NJ Bishop Accused Of Stealing $160,000

    11/16/2009 7:52:28 PM PST · by Coleus · 4 replies · 397+ views
    cbs ^ | Nov 13, 2009
    A former Pentecostal bishop has admitted stealing nearly $160,000 by fraudulently soliciting loans from parishioners and religious associates in New Jersey. Steven Parrott of Newark pleaded guilty Friday to misconduct by a corporate official.
  • Hillsong Church Becomes Own Denomination, Splits From Australia's Largest Pentecostal Group

    09/20/2018 10:04:15 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 9 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 09/20/2018 | Leonardo Blair
    Citing the growing global nature of the church, Brian Houston, global senior pastor of the popular Hillsong Church, has announced a split from Australia's largest Pentecostal denomination to become a denomination of its own. Since their inception, Hillsong Church has been a part of the Australian Christian Churches, a branch of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, which is the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world. In a recent letter to the ACC, Houston said Hillsong's operation as a church had outgrown the capacity of the ACC. "As Hillsong Church has continued to grow, we no longer see ourselves as...
  • A portrait of Viktor Orbán’s son as a healer and Pentecostal preacher

    09/01/2018 2:35:00 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 7 replies
    Hungarian Free Press ^ | Nov 2017 | Christopher Adam
    Gáspár Orbán, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s 25 year old son, used to be known most for mirroring his father’s deep affinity for football and for being a professional football player...When Gáspár was born in 1992, (his father) Mr. Orbán was, by all accounts, not religious at all. Those days are over...Gaspar Orban is making a new name for himself as the leader of a Pentecostal church community, where he speaks in tongues, asserts that Jesus heals people through him during intensely emotional worship services and he proselytizes. Journalists of the 24.hu news site spent six weeks with Gáspár Orbán in...
  • Scott Morrison: Australia's New PM an Evangelical Who Voted Against Gay Marriage Despite opposition

    08/25/2018 11:14:55 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 08/25/2018 | By Stoyan Zaimov
    Scott Morrison, the Australian treasurer who on Friday became his country's newest prime minister, is reported to be an evangelical Christian who voted against gay marriage. Morrison won an internal ballot, 45-40, in the Liberal party, forcing moderate Malcolm Turnbull out amid political turmoil in the country. He attends Horizon Church, a Pentecostal megachurch in Sutherland, and lists "church" as one of his interests. Nick Bryant, a journalist and expert on Australian politics, told CNN that Morrison met his future wife, Jenny, at church when he was 12 years old. Their current church is said to have close ties to...
  • Local Jesus statue decapitated twice in two weeks

    02/21/2017 10:44:16 AM PST · by Morgana · 14 replies
    fox59 ^ | Feb. 21, 2017 | Zach Myers
    NDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- For the second time in two weeks, members of a church on the south side of Indianapolis have found their Jesus statue vandalized, giving it the appearance of being beheaded. “It makes me sad that somebody would do something like that,” said Pastor Brad Flaskamp. “I was hoping it was just a random act to destroy it in the first place.”
  • C-3PO Crashes a Pentecostal Revival

    09/22/2016 8:11:25 AM PDT · by NRx · 33 replies
    YouTube ^ | 09-22-2016 | Lutheran Satire
    The latest from the Lutheran Satire guy.
  • C-3PO Crashes a Pentecostal Revival

    09/22/2016 11:16:52 AM PDT · by Morgana · 12 replies
    LutheranSatire youtube ^ | Published on Sep 22, 2016 | LutheranSatire
    It's great that C-3PO knows over six million languages. It's less great when he buzzkills your Pentecostal revival by saying all the languages you're speaking are fake. And yes, sorry, 1 Corinthians 13, not 14. My apologies. Or, as they say in Pentecostalism, twa bravintisha.
  • My children die from a lack of knowledge[Charismatic Caucus]

    08/08/2016 9:59:54 AM PDT · by Jedediah · 4 replies
    Bible. Holy Spirit ^ | 8-8-16 | Bible,Jesus The Word
    My children die from a lack of knowledge from rejecting My Spirit for as My word speaks truth the denial of it grieves me and My Messenger of Truth their comforter. So do not despise the gift of prophecy or any other gift for they all come down from the Father of lights and these are all found in My Spirit of Truth and to deny Him is to deny Me as well for I and The Father are one . . . 1 Thessalonians 5:20-21 20 Do not scorn or reject gifts of prophecy or prophecies [spoken revelations-words of...
  • We (Still) Believe In The Holy Spirit...Charismatic Post Mortem

    And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.(Acts 1:7-8)I have taken you, my readers on a very truncated tour of what I believe to be the causes of the death of the Charismatic movement. I have no problem believing that God did indeed...