After an 8 year absence/hiatus, I recently just moved back to Atlanta, GA. I was attending this great word based Apostolic Church that had excellent Praise and Worship, Excellent preaching and for the most part believed in everything that I stand for. The only problem with this church was that there was a large majority of men (and perhaps women too) who lived alternative lifestyles and were not looking to change yet were faithful to all 3 services and Sunday School and mid week worship. The Pastor preached against sin in all forms from the pulpit (basically he cried loud and spared not allllllllll the time). Over the years people started to die (from car accidents, old age and diseases) and the church has dwindled down to nothing because most of the members died, I mean funerals were taking place back to back (perhaps a few hundred members were back in the mid 90's the church had over 1,000 members with seats in the aisle and all.
I just got off the phone with a friend of mine and he told me that he was told that a friend was told that the Bishop use to be in a homosexual relationship (while being married to the Mother of the church). Now, the Bishop has tons of kids both male and female and most of his sons are dealing with homosexuality from the outward appearance. Do they want to be delivered? Not too sure.
My question is this, if the Word of God is being preached (
Acts 2:38 and all) and my soul is being feed, should I fellowship with this church or should I find another church to fellowship with? I'm kinda confused, torn, upset, angry, discouraged all at the same time and I cant even hear from God right now concerning what I should do. Yeah, I can fast and pray but I dont want to make a decision based off of emotions or what "use to be". Currently, I dont think the Bishop is in a homosexual relationship, he is still preaching HARD CORE holiness and I get so much out of his messages. I could even see myself working in a leadership position at this church to help bring the church up from its current state. What would you do. I am just curious to know what people think about this story.....
Now, the twist is this, the person who is claiming the Bishop was in a homosexual relationship no longer goes to the church, nor does the suposid 'lover". This person is also known to act somewhat crazy and tell lies (of which I cant see what he would have to gain from telling lies since medically he is classified as being bi-polar and is out on disability at work right now. So there is a possibility that this story might not be true concerning the Bishop. The Mother of the church was asked why there were so many homosexuals at the church and she responded "We are not going to turn any soul away and we are going to keep preaching to them until deliverance breaks out in there life".
I just want some opinions thats all........
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