I Heard through the Grapevine~Joe Parker Out~

[Tina]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

He's a member here.

Ok. Shows how much I pay attention.

[rgcraig]

From FB:

Joe Parker Follow our progress and future plans at joeandjeanparker.com. Be blessed.
August 21 at 5:40pm

Joe Parker We thank our friends for all your support, we love all, bless all, just want to continue to be used of God, that's all we have ever wanted, it's all we have known.
August 21 at 10:57pm

Joe Parker Praying for God's will, direction, and above all His blessing.
August 22 at 11:26pm

Joe Parker Renewing our vision, gearing up for the future, one life to live!
Mon at 11:20pm

[rgcraig]

Letter from his website:

Letter from Pastors Joe and Jean Parker
Dear Friends,


Jean and I have recently resigned as Senior Pastors at Valley Church in Caldwell, Idaho. We spent a year and a half there and enjoyed our tenure and felt we made some great progress. We bless Valley and know that they will continue to move to the future.

Jean and I believe that God has a work for us to do here in the Treasure Valley. Pray with us about our strategy. We will be taking some time in the next few weeks to spend with friends and Spiritual oversight solidifying our next steps.

Feel free to visit this site and stay updated on our plans. We have a number of respected friends like Dave Keller, Brad Carpenter, Steve Goff, Bud Yadon and Pat Drake that will be meeting for prayer and fellowship. During this period they will be helping to communicate any informal or announced fellowships. We trust that you too will be praying for God’s direction for your lives as well as ours.

Let’s all remember this is Kingdom business, and we are building His work together. We all need each other to fulfill Christ’s command to reach the world.

Again, pray for Jean and me that the peace of God will rule our hearts and minds, and in the coming weeks that God will open doors and give us His perfect direction for this time.



Pastor Joe Parker

[Irreligious]

Originally Posted by Tina

Well, since his name was posted here-- if he googles his name I'm sure he will read all the posts here.

Seems to happen when names get used.

Whatever happened to requiring that initials only be posted? That used to be policy I thought. Maybe I thought wrong.

I like that initial policy. I'm gonna PM you something.

[Cookin-with-Stoneking]

Originally Posted by Tina

Did you possibly verify the info before sharing, or just want to be the first to report it whether it was true or not?

*sigh*

Some things never change-- in spite of lessons we hoped would have been learned.

Verified twice. It happened.

[Tina]

Originally Posted by Cookin-with-Stoneking

Verified twice. It happened.

Ok. Thanks.

Back to your regularly scheduled thread.

[n david]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Letter from his website:

Letter from Pastors Joe and Jean Parker
Dear Friends,

Jean and I have recently resigned as Senior Pastors at Valley Church in Caldwell, Idaho. We spent a year and a half there and enjoyed our tenure and felt we made some great progress. We bless Valley and know that they will continue to move to the future.

Jean and I believe that God has a work for us to do here in the Treasure Valley. Pray with us about our strategy. We will be taking some time in the next few weeks to spend with friends and Spiritual oversight solidifying our next steps.

Feel free to visit this site and stay updated on our plans. We have a number of respected friends like Dave Keller, Brad Carpenter, Steve Goff, Bud Yadon and Pat Drake that will be meeting for prayer and fellowship. During this period they will be helping to communicate any informal or announced fellowships. We trust that you too will be praying for God’s direction for your lives as well as ours.

Let’s all remember this is Kingdom business, and we are building His work together. We all need each other to fulfill Christ’s command to reach the world.

Again, pray for Jean and me that the peace of God will rule our hearts and minds, and in the coming weeks that God will open doors and give us His perfect direction for this time.

Pastor Joe Parker

Originally Posted by Cookin-with-Stoneking

Verified twice. It happened.

From the looks of the letter above, looks like Pastor Parker is moving ahead and has blessed the church ... so the question is why post this?

What's the point in it, when the subject of the post has obviously moved on and likely wouldn't want to discuss the details in a public forum ... much less with anyone in private conversation.

[Cookin-with-Stoneking]

Originally Posted by n david

From the looks of the letter above, looks like Pastor Parker is moving ahead and has blessed the church ... so the question is why post this?

What's the point in it, when the subject of the post has obviously moved on and likely wouldn't want to discuss the details in a public forum ... much less with anyone in private conversation.

Two Reasons

Joe Parker is regarded well on here, he has people who know and love him.

The reasons why he left are known to a few, I haven't given them, though I suspect my information is correct. That being, the reasons he left are far to common in Pentecost/Charismatic Circles. That is troubling to me.

No harm is meant to the Parkers.

[Pastor Keith]

Just heard about this, praying for the Parkers, they are good people. Their son went to school with me at CLC.

[rgcraig]

Awesome people and God could be placing them in this new situation to reach more!