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Originally Posted by Kim Komando
Another excerpt from the same email from the Bishop to the General Board
reads like a Craigslist add/resume:
"Remember, Bro. Talmadge French was raised in the Assemblies of God and heard the Oneness Message first on Harvestime as Bro. Urshan ministered on radio. He gladly shares the testimony of receiving his own revelation of the mighty God in Christ as he ministers. As well as holding revival services, he teaches on many doctrinal subjects to the churches he ministers in. He is now available for ministry. If you would like to contact him, please call him at 9**-***-****. He may also be contacted by e-mail at………*****@yahoo.com
A man of TFs credentials and worldview has limited opportunities if blacklisted by the mothership.
This idea that ministers, especially, non-pastors and non-salaried ministers, somehow don't factor economics in their decision-making when choosing the circle of fellowship/ is in the least, NAÏVE.
This is classic case of a man who was promised one thing and got another.
He has a responsibility to provide for his family.
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There are a couple of errors in the email the Bishop sent...
First, Bro. French was Church of God..not AOG.
Second, according to his bio in his book Our God Is One:
"...he became a member Of the UPCI through the profound influence of Harvestime..." It does not read that he first heard the message on Harvestime...there is a difference.
For the record: Bro. French's mom and dad were members of the church I was raised in, and his father is still an active member there. Little Talmadge was in my mom's S.S. class.
Following his parents divorce, mom and her boys moved away, and I don't recall seeing them again.
He did NOT hear the Oneness message first through Harvestime, though that may be where he first understood it as such.