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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
Pel,
I don't think that is exactly accurate. His mother-in-law went to church with us and when she left to help him, no one thought one thing about it. We were happy he had a close base of faithful people to work with and they had wonderful testimonies of healing and deliverance starting out.
Whoever was gossiping about that had it wrong and just wanted some sensational gossip.
I logged back in to say that I verified that with my husband. He said he didn't think anyone was upset about that - "At least I never heard anything about it."
He has built a beautiful church in a lovely community. We have many friends that are still members there.
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I think you missed something in what I was trying to say - or more likely, I didn't say it well. You're right about folks close to the situation - and those who gossiped were in fact 100's of miles away if not 1000's. It's easier to gossip about what you can only imagine. If it's right there on your doorstep you kind of have to be a bit more understanding.
I had one guy sitting in my office with me and the elder just blasting away at DKB with both barrels. He had just come fresh from an unnamed West Coast conf. that they don't hold anymore and was literally fuming.
"But Bro... !" he pleaded. "He's stealing saints from ...'s church!" The guy was obviously and aggressively proselytizing us like someone who had way too much coffee.
I seriously doubted at the time, and to this day, that folks close to the situation could possibly be as agitated as this guy was. And I very much doubted that the pastor who was supposedly "victimized" by this "saint stealing" felt anything other than good will to the new home missionary in town. I greatly admired that pastor and still think he preached the best GC sermon ever in the history of the UPC.
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