For those who want to know...RULES at my church!

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by freeatlast

My experience in this type of church was not in a backwoods Apalician mountain church but in a 500 in Sundat school UPCi in illinois.

Thi type of control freak pastor is not limited to any area of the country, or just in the AMF.

I can't believe some that say they have been in pentecost for however many years and they have never seen or heard of these kind of churches.

How about in Dallas,TX 1977!! I hope it is very rare.

Originally Posted by crakjak

How about in Dallas,TX 1977!! I hope it is very rare.

I don't think its as rare as some would hope, the Internet has given people a way of finding each other and finding out some things that are happening in some churches is not right! Not biblical! Shining the light of truth were previously its been dark and secretative....

[LaVonne]

The women in the church with school age children were pressured quite hard to volunteer their days at the church-school. If they did not succumb to the pressure, they were looked down upon. It was very hard when I had school age children and then babies/toddlers, I had to keep them with me in the office...do my work and somehow keep them occupied without being a distraction.

Originally Posted by CareyM

The women in the church with school age children were pressured quite hard to volunteer their days at the church-school. If they did not succumb to the pressure, they were looked down upon. It was very hard when I had school age children and then babies/toddlers, I had to keep them with me in the office...do my work and somehow keep them occupied without being a distraction.

I remember one day....


I was down at the church after we had had a secret get together at our house...and Pastors wife came in and took you into a room to talk...I was soooo nervouse so afraid she had found out and was trying to find out who was there and what was going on!!!!


I felt like a little kid in trouble...

Not only mom's be past students also had to work in the school to repay the dept of the education....they received!

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker

I remember one day....


I was down at the church after we had had a secret get together at our house...and Pastors wife came in and took you into a room to talk...I was soooo nervouse so afraid she had found out and was trying to find out who was there and what was going on!!!!


I felt like a little kid in trouble...

Not only mom's be past students also had to work in the school to repay the dept of the education....they received!

I know...we got pretty rebellious adopting you and Dad just so we could be close to someone in the church and fellowhship.

Sometimes I just want to cry when I think of all the stuff I believed...I really believed them!

Originally Posted by CareyM

I know...we got pretty rebellious adopting you and Dad just so we could be close to someone in the church and fellowhship.

Sometimes I just want to cry when I think of all the stuff I believed...I really believed them!

I know....don't cry...you trusted them, as we all did, we believed because we didn't know any better.....I am just so greatful for the things I did get that will always be in my heart...like you and your family!

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker

I know....don't cry...you trusted them, as we all did, we believed because we didn't know any better.....I am just so greatful for the things I did get that will always be in my heart...like you and your family!

Well, I'm not crying...I just sometimes want to.

Amen to the bolded part...it wasn't all bad.

[Revelationist]

Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker

I remember one day....


I was down at the church after we had had a secret get together at our house...and Pastors wife came in and took you into a room to talk...I was soooo nervouse so afraid she had found out and was trying to find out who was there and what was going on!!!!


I felt like a little kid in trouble...

Not only mom's be past students also had to work in the school to repay the dept of the education....they received!

My mother-in-law, a widow got in trouble for having prayer meetings in her home with some of the young girls in the church...

Originally Posted by Revelationist

My mother-in-law, a widow got in trouble for having prayer meetings in her home with some of the young girls in the church...

How is the world....can you get wrong information in the Bible? I think they are afraid you will start questioning them and find they are not right about everything....

[LaVonne]

This is my outlook on these type of people. I believe these kind of people need to be exposed. If they've been given chance to change and refuse, why in the world should we be quiet about it. I don't even care if someone recongnises me and knows who I'm talking about...I'm not afraid of them anymore...They are not God! I'm not bitter, but disgusted with this kind of behavior.