NOT saying if you are having charasma coming in, but are you seeing/hearing about Wof/Prosperity/health Gospel coming into Baptist circles now?
ANY Of You Noticing WoF/prosperity/Wealth Creeping Into Your Church?
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by JesusFan, Nov 16, 2011.
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A former SBC President's prosperity gospel:
Pastor James Merritt for Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing -
Nope...nothing creeping in my church.
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Nothing surprises me now. I observe the "signs of the times".
Remember the "Doomsday Clock" that predicted nuclear destruction?
Well, the "Rapture Clock" is a few seconds from zero hour.... tic, tic, tic, tic. :wavey:
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end:
many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. - Daniel 12:4 -
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No thank goodness. Like convicted1 says I would be looking for a new church if pro WoF false teachings started to be preached.
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There was a couple that came to our church from a WoF church a couple of years ago. They stayed for about a year, and while they were there they kept talking about tongues, the gift of healing (by man, not God), and prosperity/wealth. Nobody corrected them because the pastor felt like if they got offended and left that they would never hear solid bible doctrine.
They said several times that they didn't understand why we weren't charamatic, and after about a year they quit coming. I believe they heard solid teaching for a year and hope they retain some of it
But to answer your question, no, they did not infect our church with their beliefs.
John
PS My father-in-law actually quit the Baptist church and went to Rhema University and became a charasmatic simply because he wanted to be a preacher and the Baptist church wouldn't ordain him because his wife has been divorced. He graduated from Rhema about 20 years ago now, and is still not a pastor. He has the education and the ordination, but no church has called him for 20 years. He has tried many times to plant a church, but it always fizzles out. -
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WoF or Hyper-Calvinism. It's like choosing between strychnine and arsenic. If left unchecked, either will kill a church!
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You don't have a clue what is taught in "most churches". Your claim is just false and uninformed. -
If it is taught in the church I serve, it is a well-kept secret.
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I haven't heard of anyone believing in this prosperity non-sense. I can't help but think those who go for this type of thing love money more than God.
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I find it interesting that he has this (via self-proclamation) nearly omniscient understanding of "most churches" and typically its premise is based on a derogatory assumption towards others in them. -
He is very negative about most things. -
seems that we see a variation of this, when we see that people honestly believe that God waits on us to do things, when they say he is "bound/stuck" waiting upon the Church to start moving forward!