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10-15-2007, 06:49 PM
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The "Good Ole Boys" Club?
I have noticed a growing trend of men who are licensed through various ministerial fellowships and have absolutely no intention of preaching, teaching, pastoring, evangelizing, soul-winning or even witnessing.
All they do is sit on a pew.
Why do some folks just want a card in their pocket?
Are ministerial fellowships becoming modern day equivalents to the Moose Lodge - just another "Good Ole Boys" Club? 
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10-15-2007, 06:52 PM
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It makes them feel impotant...I meant important
Uh...they want to be able to vote?
They want to be called Reeeeeeeeev?
They are a sleeper cell of pedophiles and homos waiting for word from their illustrious leader to come out and embarrass the org?
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10-15-2007, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster
I have noticed a growing trend of men who are licensed through various ministerial fellowships and have absolutely no intention of preaching, teaching, pastoring, evangelizing, soul-winning or even witnessing.
All they do is sit on a pew.
Why do some folks just want a card in their pocket?Are ministerial fellowships becoming modern day equivalents to the Moose Lodge - just another "Good Ole Boys" Club? |
Hmmmm......cause with a license I can legally get in the AMC meeting in Nashville?
or perhaps Clergy parking at the hospital?
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10-15-2007, 06:54 PM
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I know several men who have paid dues for decades and never been involved in ministry in any form.
I don't see what the great allure of licensing is.
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10-15-2007, 06:55 PM
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how did they get licenses?
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Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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10-15-2007, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Praxeas
how did they get licenses?
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Well now that is a very good question.
What strikes me as funny is that we have silly questions on our license apps like "do you have a tv in your home" and "are you pre, mid, or post trib" and yet we never ask how many souls the candidate has won to the Lord.
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10-15-2007, 06:58 PM
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Amazing isn't it? What a card and a pat on the back can do?
It can make a rank vagabond or hoodlum smile with glee.
It puts faux credibility into someone's resume.
The Good Ole Boy Network as someone called it is alive and thriving in "Pentecost".
If you're one of the "good ole boys", faults and even SIN may be overlooked. It's as though if you've got the card and the pat on the back, you've arrived - no matter how many souls you've won, people you've helped or sacrifices made. The "good ole boy" is just that a "good ole boy" and no one in the network should question him because if you question him you might be spurned to question yourself and that would be too scary.
Live in the land of let's pretend where all good ole boys live happily ever after for their works and their works are "to be good ole boys."
No, this is not Rhoni Resurrected...LOL
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10-15-2007, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by CC1
Hmmmm......cause with a license I can legally get in the AMC meeting in Nashville?
or perhaps Clergy parking at the hospital?
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Dude, just buy a "Clergy" sticker from any Christian bookstore and park on the hospital lawn if you want.
Personally I find that by parking a ways away and walking more I am slowly becoming more fit, thus avoiding the need of having to have "clergy" come visit me in the hospital.
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10-15-2007, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by CC1
Hmmmm......cause with a license I can legally get in the AMC meeting in Nashville?
or perhaps Clergy parking at the hospital?
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 Dude, you would save more money by paying the parking fee instead of dues.
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10-15-2007, 07:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneEyre
Amazing isn't it? What a card and a pat on the back can do?
It can make a rank vagabond or hoodlum smile with glee.
It puts faux credibility into someone's resume.
The Good Ole Boy Network as someone called it is alive and thriving in "Pentecost".
If you're one of the "good ole boys", faults and even SIN may be overlooked. It's as though if you've got the card and the pat on the back, you've arrived - no matter how many souls you've won, people you've helped or sacrifices made. The "good ole boy" is just that a "good ole boy" and no one in the network should question him because if you question him you might be spurned to question yourself and that would be too scary.
Live in the land of let's pretend where all good ole boys live happily ever after for their works and their works are "to be good ole boys."
No, this is not Rhoni Resurrected...LOL
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You make that (bolded above) sound like it's a "bad thing?" 
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