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11-03-2007, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker
Cliques something to fear...one more thing from my past...that is why we were not suppose to have friends too close, because someone might feel excluded...the funny thing is the biggest clique in the church was the "inner circle" those that were allowed into close relationships with ministry, even if you were not in the ministry....you were privy to all the best gossip and made to feel especially annointed....it was a select few...I made it in...woo hoo...I felt so good about that, thinking I must be more holy than those that didn't make the cut! Oh I have to pray for forgiveness on that one ................
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Sis......
How large was this church?
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11-03-2007, 01:15 PM
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Sis......
How large was this church?
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Not very big...it could not break 100 adults...if you counted all the kids it was a lot bigger...it was probably a consistent 75 or less! Sometimes more, but so many came in and left again after such a short time...it had a revolving front door!
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11-03-2007, 01:18 PM
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you were privy to all the best gossip
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Are you saying that the inner circle included your pastor and pastor's wife and that they gossiped with the people? What do you mean by the "best" gossip?
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11-03-2007, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Felicity
Are you saying that the inner circle included your pastor and pastor's wife and that they gossiped with the people? What do you mean by the "best" gossip?
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I didn't know there was good gossip.
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11-03-2007, 01:44 PM
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These terrible people probably would love to know how many thousands of words have been devoted to chronicling the depth of their depravity and evil.
I would just like to remind all and sundry that the testimony of backsliders is generally very slanted at best.
I know that isn't popular with the "Kill the Preacher" crowd, but it is true nonetheless.
All the info is coming from a pretty narrow source, and the pastor has no voice here.
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And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel."
--Amos 7:14-15
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11-03-2007, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Joseph Miller
A couple years or so ago.
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Where from? Curious, not skeptical.
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11-03-2007, 02:32 PM
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Mama to four little angels.
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Originally Posted by Felicity
Are you saying that the inner circle included your pastor and pastor's wife and that they gossiped with the people? What do you mean by the "best" gossip?
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The experiences I had with this (not in the UPC or anything otherwise remotely related) did not include the pastor or their family. "The inner circle" was made up of those who were considered the pastor's closest friends. In one of the churches I was involved in, only those in the inner circle could even contact the pastor directly. Anyone else in the church had to go through the inner circle and the questions, concerns, or requests for appointments were passed on to the pastor that way. Gossip did happen, some of it quite harsh. It's part of why I didn't stay in that church for very long after being granted entrance into the "inner circle". It was just ugly and I figured if it was ugly that close to the pastor, the whole make up of the church was ugly.
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11-03-2007, 02:47 PM
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Where from? Curious, not skeptical.
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Cathedral Bible College in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Check out his book.
http://www.wordaliverevivalcenter.org/store.html
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11-04-2007, 12:16 AM
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11-04-2007, 01:15 AM
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Thanks. I remember him from way back in the early 90's when he used to run the sound at MS Youth Camps (I think). You seem familiar, too, although I can't remember if you were there or not. I was just a camper, so it's very doubtful you remember me 
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