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Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop
I know I shouldn't - but I am gonna wade in here on this one.
I think too many people make everyone else's business their own when they have way too much to deal with in their own house.
Dr. Vaughn, If you want to be a Dr. (and I have followed you on this forum and several others for several years) that is your business. I don't care what you call yourself.
I was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Christian Theological Institute about 15 years ago and have no idea where the certificate even is today. I was honored that they awarded it to me. I have never in anyway used the title Dr. on anything at anytime.
There are many men and women that are awarded Doctorates every year. There are many that I know that have honorary doctorates and use the title Dr. on just about everything. Dr. Oral Roberts, Dr. Marilyn Hickey, Dr. Kenneth Copeland.....
There is a UPC pastor in Conyers, GA that uses the title Dr. because he took some on line courses and got a piece of paper that says he is a Dr. He is a Dr. just like I am with my certificate (that I cannot find)! It is funny to me when I hear people call him - Dr. So and So! LOL One day - that is gonna bite him in the rear end and his piece of paper that says he is a Doctor - won't help him!
Anybody anywhere can find a diploma mill and send in $100 and get any kind of degree they want - that is their business if they want to do that - but it is not recognized by the state or by other learning institutions.
If Dr. Vaughn wants to be a Dr. - so be it - I will address him as Dr. Vaughn. If you don't like it and don't want to call him that - I am sure he will answer to Brother Vaughn and will not be offended.
I am also a Consecrated Bishop and my consecration is recognized in most of the predominately black church (PAW, COGIC, Bibleway, National Baptist, FGB and others) organizations. I am a white Bishop in the Black Church. I did not call myself Bishop and did not ask to be consecrated to the office. Many call me BISHOP and many do not - it don't matter to me one way or the other.
I just preached in Puerto Rico in a Presbyterian church and the pastor - (who has THREE earned Doctorates - one in Medicine and is an MD, and one in theology and one in business) introduced me as Reverend Pugh - as "we do not have Bishop's in the Presbyterian Church). I had no problem with that at all. The people all called me Bishop and the Senior Pastor did not - I could care less - I was there to bless and minister to people.
We can all be detoured from our destiny by being distracted by little things that don't matter to a hill of beans to God or anyone else.
Why on earth would somebody feel that they have to FORCE Dr. Vaughn to PROVE he is a Dr.? Do we not know of PASTORS - that we may call PASTOR ____ that are NOT Pastors? Have we not ALL OUR LIVES - called people Brother and Sister - that we KNEW were NOT Brothers and Sisters?
It all seems SILLY when you begin to think about it - Give a guy a break and don't be so controlling. If he wants to be a Dr. - let him be a Dr.!
I have a very close friend - several years ago - he came up with this Doctorate of Divinity and started calling himself - Dr. So and So. Every time I get his cell phone message - This is Dr. So and So - Please leave a message - I scream - MY GOD - WHERE IS A DOCTOR WHEN YOU NEED ONE - I NEED HELP and I CAN"T FIND THE DOCTOR!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe I should be called - The Right Reverend Doctor Bishop Senior Pastor - Head and High Potentate, Chief Apostle, Prolific Prophet and International General Overseer and Pentecostal POPE - of MY FOUR AND NO MORE!!
Really - the longer I live - the more I enjoy just being Wayne to my friends - True friends don't care about all the titles and labels and certificates and degrees anyway - they love you for who you are!
JMHO! ;-)
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That is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny and so AB and the truth.
For $50 I could be a doctor of something. Which means zip today. If he thinks he is a doctor so be it I hope he does't try to treat himself.
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