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Church named after General Lee changes name
47of74 posted a topic in General Religion Questions & Discussion
Some good news out of Virginia today -
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article134790299.html In short, the Word of Faith Fellowship is a church that's come under investigation for severe abuse, often manifesting as "blasting", where congregants literally beat the shit out of someone to expel demons. Sexual, spiritual, and emotional abuse also abound. Victims are trained from an early age to lie to authorities. Nearly all the members were encouraged to live in the same town so as to keep the community isolated. Most people interviewed for the article had been brought into the cult as children, and hav
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Lenexa church opposes young sex crime victims remaining anonymous in civil lawsuit
clueliss posted a topic in Rape & Sexual Abuse
I'm familiar with this church. Lenexa is on the Kansas side of the Greater Kansas City area. And this is a mainstream/evangelical church. The perpetrator plead guilty to the criminal charges. In question here is the fact at the two victims - now under 16 and under 14 at the time of the abuse - remain anonymous during civil proceedings against the church. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article88327962.html If true - I find the quoted appalling. I have volunteered in children's ministries. I have undergone background checks to serve in this manner. A -
So after they starved him they thought god would bring him back. the evil in this act is amazing. http://www.salon.com/2015/04/14/this_is ... socialflow On March 26, Texas police responded to an anonymous tip claiming that a 2-year-old boy had died from starvation almost one week earlier. Instead of seeking medical help, the tipster claimed that the toddler’s guardians had taken him to a service at Congregacional Pueblo de Dios where they attempted to perform a “rising ceremony†to bring him back to life, thinking he was possessed by demons. A video has since
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I started this thread, as I really didn't want to list this church under "other". The Metropolitan Community Church was started in the late 1960's and serves the LGBTQI communities: MCChurch.org
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I went to my (UU) church's annual goods and services auction this evening. Folks raffled off things like pet sitting, baked goods, household repair work, yoga lessons--you name it. I left with the most awesome one of all: The minister is going to present a sermon on the topic of my choice! You may rest assured that the topic will NOT be any of the following: patriarchy, "traditional" marriage, infralapsarianism vs. supralapsarianism, credobaptism vs. paedobaptism, militant fecundity, or multigenerational faithfulness. Any suggestions? I'd love to hear from a
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http://www.salon.com/2013/03/05/indiana ... e_partner/ Always nice to hear....
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On the post dated July 19th, there is a photo from the Maxwell's nursing home "church" of a pleasant-looking young woman with brown curly hair, posing with one of "the elderly." I'm a little surprised that Steve-o would allow this! Does anyone recognize her? Could she be a potential match for John?
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His first trip out was to meet the Elderly at church. Little does he know that this is as exciting as his life will get. Crawl, Joshua, crawl! Or roll. Or something to get the hell away from there. (And take your mommy and cousins with you).
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So those crazy Calvinists are now posting clever little lists about why lesser Christions should not join a reformed church. The smugness, it burns. http://reformedbaptistfellowship.org/20 ... st-church/
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What are the differences between the various Baptist churches. I know there is IFB and Southern Baptist (I was raised as an SB, but we stopped going to church when I was pretty young, like, 8 or so, then started going again when I was around 10, then stopped again a while later because we kept moving around and Mom hated finding new churches) Anyway, the other day when I was driving I saw a sign for the association of regular baptist churches and somehting about a regular baptist press too. What's the difference between SBs, IFBs, and regular Baptists? (I had never even heard of RBs before I s
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I haven't talked much about myself or my experiences in my old church much here. I think it's because I left almost five years ago and am largely over it; as a happy atheist I can look back with the ol' 20/20 hindsight and it's sometimes almost funny, yanno? But make no mistake, we all have our baggage and I guess we never really let go of it, we just learn to stow it well in the overhead compartment. My former fundy days are just one of my carryon bags. I am not sure why I am thinking about it today, I do still think about it occasionally and still do find a lot of things interest
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A Texas church is fundraising for a Nigerian Pentecostal preacher who encourages child abuse and the murder of children she accuses of being witches. PZ Mayer has post about it: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/page/4/
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Atheists Who Go to Church:Doing It For The Children
lilwriter85 posted a topic in Atheists & Atheism
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2 ... -children/ Very interesting article. I know a couple of people who are doing that too. -
Anyone know anything about Schaumburg Bethel Baptist Church?
luv2laugh posted a topic in Baptists/Evangelicals
I know on a a Duggar episode, they visited this church. I was wondering if anyone knew if it had any Gothard or Fundie connections? Here it is... wwwDOTbethelministriesDOTorg/pastorsDOThtm -
What megachurch did the Duggars say they were part of in AR?
luv2laugh posted a topic in Quiver Full of Duggars
On tonight's show, they mentioned that before they started "home-churching" with other families, that they belonged to a mega-church in Arkansas. Anyone know what church they were part of? Also-- I found it interesting that Michelle finally admitted to them being Baptists. -
I wonder if we will see more home church problems in the future? Man accused of killing wife, wounding 2 pastors MIKE SCHNEIDER Published: Sep 18, 2011 5:21 PM LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Derrick Foster was kneeling in prayer when the gunman burst through the front door of Greater Faith Christian Center Church. He heard shooting, then screams. A former church member is accused of critically wounding the church's pastor and associate pastor as close to 20 people prayed between Sunday services. Authorities and relatives said Jeremiah Fogle shot his wife to
