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Driving 50+ miles to church???

kyredneck

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1689Dave said:
With me, it is take what you can get and be thankful. I know Arthur Pink threw in the sponge and finished out his years as a hermit. And I can see why. But I think we can meet at the lowest common denominator so long as we don't violate the ecumenical creeds. Trinity, Deity of Christ, etc. And replace Christ with ecclesiastical creeds and institutions.
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Amen!

tyndale1946 said:
The nearest church to me of my belief of the same faith and order is over an hour and a half away
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We drove an hour and ten minutes to the Lexington Church for many years but gradually eased in to three 'sister' churches in closer proximity. Still go to Lexington every now and then our youngest daughter and SIL are members there.
 
kyredneck

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Salty said:
Why did the churches only meet once a month?
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It's the 'old ways', but the advent of 'modern times' with automobiles, better roads, faster lifestyles, greater prosperity in general, among other things has changed a lot of that. Goshen Church here in our county switched from meeting every third (Saturday) weekend to 1st and 3rd Sundays just only a couple years ago.
 
Reynolds

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kyredneck said:
I would've done the same thing if I was the pastor.
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My former pastor did not run me off but he ran a lot of people off. 2/3rds of the membership by time I left. My understanding is he is over 3/4ths now. He was a jack wagon. He took everything as a personal threat against him. He could not distinguish well between questions about and questioning. He was/is very insecure. He is a very small man. Most of the church called him Napolean. No one really liked him except the two families with the very deep pockets. He spent more time with and on them then he did the rest of the church combined. He catered to their every whim.The only reason he did not like me because I was almost two feet taller than him and people made jokes about it when we stood side by side on the platform.
 
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Earth Wind and Fire

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1689Dave said:
With me, it is take what you can get and be thankful. I know Arthur Pink threw in the sponge and finished out his years as a hermit. And I can see why. But I think we can meet at the lowest common denominator so long as we don't violate the ecumenical creeds. Trinity, Deity of Christ, etc. And replace Christ with ecclesiastical creeds and institutions.
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Many have done just that
 
Earth Wind and Fire

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Reynolds said:
My former pastor did not run me off but he ran a lot of people off. 2/3rds of the membership by time I left. My understanding is he is over 3/4ths now. He was a jack wagon. He took everything as a personal threat against him. He could not distinguish well between questions about and questioning. He was/is very insecure. He is a very small man. Most of the church called him Napolean. No one really liked him except the two families with the very deep pockets. He spent more time with and on them then he did the rest of the church combined. He catered to their every whim.The only reason he did not like me because I was almost two feet taller than him and people made jokes about it when we stood side by side on the platform.
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Start referring to him as pipsqueak ... see how far you get. That would be so much fun, God I envy you! :Sneaky
 
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kyredneck

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Earth Wind and Fire said:
Could you have imagined Iconoclast walking into a small country church with the 1689 and Calvinist catechism :Laugh

The Brooklyn accent alone musta scared the guy half to death :Roflmao
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Well, I wasn't impugning Icon at all, as a Shepherd guarding the harmony among the flock was the aspect I mean.
 
JonShaff

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Reynolds said:
My former pastor did not run me off but he ran a lot of people off. 2/3rds of the membership by time I left. My understanding is he is over 3/4ths now. He was a jack wagon. He took everything as a personal threat against him. He could not distinguish well between questions about and questioning. He was/is very insecure. He is a very small man. Most of the church called him Napolean. No one really liked him except the two families with the very deep pockets. He spent more time with and on them then he did the rest of the church combined. He catered to their every whim.The only reason he did not like me because I was almost two feet taller than him and people made jokes about it when we stood side by side on the platform.
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Pastors are people too...and brothers in Christ. Maybe yall should have invested time into him to help develop him. Just a couple of thoughts.
 
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JonShaff said:
Pastors are people too...and brothers in Christ. Maybe yall should have invested time into him to help develop him. Just a couple of thoughts.
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He was "Dr." and he knew it all. When anyone tried to help him, he got defensive.
 
JonShaff

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Reynolds said:
Yes. He had been in ministry for about 20 years prior to coming to our church. From what I have been told every church he has been st suffered a significant loss of membership under his "leadership."
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Well, that makes me wonder why y'all called him to your fellowship--unless it was by God's providence that some Pruning needed to happen.
 
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