Do you think Two Church services a month is enough?

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

I'm not postal, I just love kids, and sitting here looking at that lady and those babies, and then reading the putrid mockery that is really just an attempt to silence his own conscience...it gets wearisome.

It does.

Something I haven't shared on AFF.

My mom and dad backslid when I was 17. They had raised me in the church my whole life. When they walked away from God, they took all four of us kids with them. They used the pastor as an excuse.

They ripped us away from a lifetime of church, bible reading, prayer, fasting, Christian school and obedience.

I eventually came back to God. They never have. When I married and moved a state away, they would not let their bitterness go. Everytime I went home for any holiday they would grill me for being a part of Pentecost and all that legalism. They would blame EVERYthing wrong in the world on the pastor.

This went on for fifteen years. I finally had enough.

One night my parents started in on me about the former pastor. They ripped and shredded. I said nothing. When they were finished I told them I never wanted to hear it again. I stated I would not be back unless they agreed to stop tearing down that man and my beliefs.

I told them that God would not accept "the pastor hurt my feelings" as an excuse when they stood before him in judgement. Especially when there are people who are blind, abused, maim and the like who serve God anyway.

It hurt our relationship for awhile, but eventually they got over it, and family gatherings became civil.

My point is that Coop needs to stop this insane merrygoround of UPC, church and pastor bashing. He's hurting his family and his own soul.

Get right man.

[Jekyll]

WORMS!! WORMS for SALE!!!


Taste good to some!!

[MissBrattified]

The truth is:

Most of us have been hurt at some point by someone in a church or in charge of a church or professing to belong to some church or be the janitor thereof. That's not a good enough reason to neglect the house of God and disrespect His people and good men of God.

In fact, I can't think of any reason that would be good enough.

I think we should get together with other people who love God as often as possible, to fellowship with them and to worship God together. It takes humility to gather together with other imperfect people, realizing that we're also imperfect, and we are united by the idea that we ALL need GOD to help us along the way.

It's not really about "how many church services", but rather, what judgmentalism would cause us to disfellowship people who love God and get together to worship Him? What makes us superior, that we can't bless them with our presence in a service?

I can understand needing a sabbatical...maybe...after something traumatic. It happened to us once. But we diligently searched for a place, and corrected the situation as soon as possible. It's a dangerous thing to alienate yourself from other Christians. THAT's how CULTS are formed--not the other way around.

[Felicity]

Wasn't there a post here by the mrs? Or am I seeing things?

[Jekyll]

Originally Posted by Felicity

Wasn't there a post here by the mrs? Or am I seeing things?

How about over in the five fold ministry thread?

[Felicity]

I agree with CS, Miss B and myself. Two services a month is not enough.

[Steve Epley]

I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord. Been that way for 45 yrs and still happy. Like the old songs, praying together, worshipping, preaching, fellowshipping. Church has been good to me and for me. Have I ever been hurt yep but folks get hurt at work they don't go to the mountains and become a hermit and quit working. My family has hurt me I have not moved to Iran hoping they will love me better. But you know what just like I have been hurt I have hurt people by my stupidity and carelessness. So I am only reaping what I have sown. Hurts eventually heal if you quit picking at them my mother used to say. Church has helped heal my hurts.

Originally Posted by COOPER

Do you think Two services a Month would suffice?

It depends on what is going on the rest of the days...I stay in contact and read my bible, have bible study...etc...I can't get too much of God but church is another story....going to church is not the same as being in fellowship with God, we need preaching and teaching...but mostly we need fellowship with like minded saints.

[Michlow]

Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker

It depends on what is going on the rest of the days...I stay in contact and read my bible, have bible study...etc...I can't get too much of God but church is another story....going to church is not the same as being in fellowship with God, we need preaching and teaching...but mostly we need fellowship with like minded saints.

See, I know people won't believe me when I say this, but I get alot more out of personal Bible study, prayer, or one-on-one discussion than I do out of "Church".

[COOPER]

Originally Posted by Michlow

See, I know people won't believe me when I say this, but I get alot more out of personal Bible study, prayer, or one-on-one discussion than I do out of "Church".

Careful speaking like that Mich, some will fly off and say: Hmmm...so you are smarter than a Pastor???