Come Out Of Her My People

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by houston

I'm guessing you've been divorced 6 times, and none of those due to any fault of your own.

yuk yuk yuk, funny man.

Not.

[renee819]

Originally Posted by houston

I'm guessing you've been divorced 6 times, and none of those due to any fault of your own.

Where in the world did that come from????

I was married ONE TIME, we were married 53 years when he died.

[shag]

Originally Posted by houston

I'm guessing you've been divorced 6 times, and none of those due to any fault of your own.

U R beyond words.

Originally Posted by renee819

Where in the world did that come from????

I was married ONE TIME, we were married 53 years when he died.

and owe her an apology.

[houston]

Originally Posted by shag

U R beyond words.











and owe her an apology.

That's not what I said...



STRAW MAN...

[shag]

Originally Posted by houston

I'm guessing you've been divorced 6 times, and none of those due to any fault of your own.

Originally Posted by houston

That's not what I said...

So who's having memory lapses? Be a man and apologize for your insults.
She was married ONE TIME, for 53 years when he died.

[houston]

I am not apologizing for making a statement that should not have been taken literally.

[Rudy]

Originally Posted by gthaywood1880

I'm so happy that this thread was started I was thinking about asking the same questions myself it has been on my mind a very long time. I may get some heat for this but the clergy/laity system was started by the RCC to keep women submissive, this is not the way Christ intended for his people to be. Why do we need a elder, district elder, bishop, suffragan bishop, bishop, presiding bishop etc. I really wish in it's early year's that the P.A.W. wouldn't have adopted an episcopal form of leadership.

cooljc org.

http://www.cooljc.org/?page_id=10

http://www.cooljc.org/?page_id=11

[renee819]

Thank you Rudy, for putting those videos on here.
They are very interesting.

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by renee819

Thank you Rudy, for putting those videos on here.
They are very interesting.

From the COOLJC(otAF), Inc.'s website -

http://www.cooljc.org/?page_id=7

"William L. Bonner became the third presider in 1973 and reign to 1995. He is now the Chief Apostle."

Notice how the 'presider's are said to 'reign'. Also notice they have Mr Bonner identified as the 'Chief Apostle.

Compare with Scriptural teachings regarding:

1. The use of religious titles.
2. Wanting to have 'pre-eminence' (aka Diotrephes, anyone?)
3. 'Reigning' (ie 'lording it over', ruling as the gentiles do, etc).

Here we have the hierarchical clergy system imported into Christianity by what would later become the catholic church, being emulated quite nicely (with modern updates, of course) by an 'apostolic' denomination.

I wonder why they don't just call their leader a 'pope'?

[Rudy]

Originally Posted by Esaias

From the COOLJC(otAF), Inc.'s website -

http://www.cooljc.org/?page_id=7

"William L. Bonner became the third presider in 1973 and reign to 1995. He is now the Chief Apostle."

Notice how the 'presider's are said to 'reign'. Also notice they have Mr Bonner identified as the 'Chief Apostle.

Compare with Scriptural teachings regarding:

1. The use of religious titles.
2. Wanting to have 'pre-eminence' (aka Diotrephes, anyone?)
3. 'Reigning' (ie 'lording it over', ruling as the gentiles do, etc).

Here we have the hierarchical clergy system imported into Christianity by what would later become the catholic church, being emulated quite nicely (with modern updates, of course) by an 'apostolic' denomination.

I wonder why they don't just call their leader a 'pope'?

They might as well, looks the same doesn't it. Even though home assembly has its issues this structure would never manifest itself. Reason being Jesus is acknowledged as head. No earthly head/ruler in most home assemblies. The ministry is functional/servantile and can be paid, say traveling expenses or missionary work.

One issue home assembly has here in the U.S. is lack of evangelism and missionary work. Apostleship = church planting maybe?