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10-20-2012, 02:31 PM
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Nepotism: An Apostolic Paradigm?
Maybe it's just been my personal observation, but why does there seem to be an epidemic of churches that have been "kept in the family" for so many generations, and pastored by a succeeding line of male heirs?
I'm not saying this trend doesn't happen among other denominations, but it seems to be more prevalent among Apostolic fellowships.
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10-20-2012, 02:33 PM
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Re: Nepotism: An Apostolic Paradigm?
I think the answer is obvious. But most people won't say that out loud.
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10-20-2012, 02:40 PM
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Re: Nepotism: An Apostolic Paradigm?
One possible reason may stem from how churches got started...as home missions where the only people the Pastor had to help was his family
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10-20-2012, 02:55 PM
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Re: Nepotism: An Apostolic Paradigm?
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Originally Posted by ILG
I think the answer is obvious. But most people won't say that out loud.
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Will you say it out loud, because it's not obvious to me.
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10-20-2012, 04:20 PM
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Isaiah 56:4-5
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I think the answer is obvious. But most people won't say that out loud.
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I don't get it.
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10-20-2012, 04:41 PM
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Re: Nepotism: An Apostolic Paradigm?
It happens in all religions, and all cultures, where people build something, or start a movement.
Nepotism is big in the LDS church, in many Masjids, also Synagogues.
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10-20-2012, 08:22 PM
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Isaiah 56:4-5
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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
It happens in all religions, and all cultures, where people build something, or start a movement.
Nepotism is big in the LDS church, in many Masjids, also Synagogues.
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No, no. Everyone's problems and everything wrong with the world begins with the UPCI.
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10-20-2012, 09:55 PM
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Re: Nepotism: An Apostolic Paradigm?
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No, no. Everyone's problems and everything wrong with the world begins with the UPCI.
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That my brother, seems to be the whipping boy of choice around here. 
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10-20-2012, 11:27 PM
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Re: Nepotism: An Apostolic Paradigm?
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That my brother, seems to be the whipping boy of choice around here. |
...i wonder why...
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10-20-2012, 11:29 PM
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Re: Nepotism: An Apostolic Paradigm?
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Originally Posted by Dante
Maybe it's just been my personal observation, but why does there seem to be an epidemic of churches that have been "kept in the family" for so many generations, and pastored by a succeeding line of male heirs?
I'm not saying this trend doesn't happen among other denominations, but it seems to be more prevalent among Apostolic fellowships.
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No it's not.
See I said it therefore it must be true... 
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