Pastorless Church

Thanks, broBart! Yes on all counts and I really appreciate your post...more than you'll ever know! I will print it out and give it to my mister. Of course, we are praying that our loved ones will return and make things right. Thanks again.


jshurley04, we are very different from your average church these days, yet staying true to God's word. We don't go for the usual gimmicks - we don't even do the sunday school thing. The children sit with their parents and we're taught out of the Bible. They do bring a special (having taught themselves to play) and give their verses (when one was only 11, he could recite the entire chapter of Hebrews 11).

 

Thank-you, bro Ketchum, for your offer of help. I will be looking into your website too.

 

Thanks very much, bro Squire... I will pass this info along to the menfolk.

 

LOL - that is so funny! Thanks for the smile.

Yes sir, when we are able to catch the broadcast, the whole hour seems devoted towards blasting us. My my, that wonderful old Book full of good stuff yet they choose a small little group of folk who are simply doing the will of God to pick on.

May we remain faithful so much the more as we see the day approaching...

 

That is really good of you to say that, bro Squire!

We've always felt this area is a good place to plant...it is a farming community after all, lol. I think one of the reasons so many of this town's young people get caught-up in the Oneness sect is because the other churches are lacking. When those who "wake-up" and come out, they really have no place to turn and usually drift. My heart breaks.

My prayer is that when the Lord does send the right man, he will have a true burden for the "apostolics" (as they are called).

 

Hey there bro Don! No sir, we haven't made it "final" as we truly are hoping he will come back and make things right... but after his hour last Friday, that hope seems slim. We are so saddened to hear such hate and I pray our daughter is okay, as she wasn't raised to be that way.

"Calling America to Repentance" comes on crusaderadio.com M-F, 7pm my time (LA) and "The Black Brigade Broadcast" comes on truthradio.com Sat & Sun at 6pm my time (they don't blast us much any more - but their June campmeeting is approaching, so that may change).

There's just the 6 of us (2 men, 2 women, 2 young men, ages 14 & 15) and we don't do things very formally. Yet we do hold things in order (reverence) as far as our services go.

 

Of course, you are right...and this is being discussed by the men. I think they are hesitant because it does involve family, but I'm praying they will do the correct thing.

Now another thought has come to mind and that is our status. I have a question about missions here: http://christiancontender.com/Community/index.php?topic=45.0

 

Hiya Walls! My it's so good to see you. I did try to send an email a couple of times to your old addy, but it came back to me... I wanted to apologize for any hurt on my part I may have caused you. I knew in my heart there was something terribly wrong even then, but couldn't put my finger on it. It wasn't until this new guy came in that things took a terrible turn for us - yet, I did see daughter and s-i-l/pastor slowly changing because of the hate.

As you know, our son was okay to them then and they were a daily witness to him, but since this 'evangelist' has had some break-ups in his family (they have his, hers and theirs children involved), guess he thinks everyone needs to turn their back on their own. Like I said, we don't "fellowship" with our son but we do talk to him when the opportunity arises...they wanted even this to cease. Now we are called everything from long-tongued Jezebels to wusses and wicked reprobates.

Yes, we will always love them and are praying for them, but my concern now is the loss of my daughter and pastor. Would to God I wish sometimes we'd never met that bunch...or at least that one family. For what it's worth, I pray for them too.

 

Thanks for the reply! It took me a long time to figure this new board out...and even now, I'm working on the pm feature as well as some of the posting... old dogs (and old women) are hard to re-train, lol.

Good talking with ya again.

 

Well, thank the Lord for the reprieve from the way they've been broadcasting...after last Friday's fiasco (one of the worst yet) and since I posted their times, etc, they seem to have backed off from the subject of our little group. Some of them did use to read the Baptist Board, and I know my daughter (farmer's wife) is still a member here but no longer posts, so perhaps they've been reading and saw themselves. Have no idea...all I know is I thank everyone for your prayers.

 

Yes, they do, thanks ... and like Walls said, we still love them and pray for them daily. The fruit of the spirit is love among other things, but hate is not listed. Yes, God is a "consuming fire" and they claim people have been taught an imbalanced view of God, but they have gone overboard to the point they're doing more damage to the cause of Christ than good.