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Re: Pedophilia in Kansas Church
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Originally Posted by Jay
My heart has been breaking over the last several hours as I have pursued all of the information that I can find on this story. I knew this family and church for many years when we lived in the Kansas District. After Bro. Westberg passed away, we were thrilled to see it taken by these people. However, ones spiritual past is meaningless unless it is continued to be lived in the present. To compromise morally, one must first compromise themselves spiritually in their thoughts, actions, and attitudes.
I do not know all of the circumstances surrounding this sad case, and I am not sure how much I truly wish to discover. My heart is broken, and I pray for the spiritual restoration of this family. My deeper wish is to see this church recover and move on into greater victory in spite of this tragedy. Great good was done there once, and I believe that they can reach even greater heights.
I am grateful to see that the church has placed Bro. Dudley in as pastor. I pray for him as his road will not be easy as this remains a volatile situation that could have residual impacts for decades to come. There are many who could have this brush used against them. Already spiritualabuse.com has given the implication that the WPF and other independent brethren are filled with the same type of practices.
Let us pray for the best, prepare for the worst, and continue to ride the wild waves that are caused by the tempests of life.
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It is clear they should have had a rule where sleeves went to the wrist and not just below the elbow. If they just tighten up a bit I am sure all will be fine.
(On a serious note Jay I know exactly what you mean. I share your sorrow because anytime Christians fail it greatly hurts the credibility of all Christians in a world that is already unbelieving and skeptical about whether God and a walk with God is real)
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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