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Comment on The Role of Children within the Church by pest control Charlotte NC

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Comment on The Role of Children within the Church by john

john — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:07:11 +0000

that is so awesome…the Holy Spirit that convicts us is the same Holy Spirit that resides upon the children

Comment on Who is your pastor? by Paul

Paul — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:23:24 +0000

The Lord is my Pastor I shall not want.

Comment on Who is your pastor? by paul scherer institute

paul scherer institute — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 05:44:55 +0000

I agree. A pastor really has to know you in order for you to feel comfortable turning to them for prayer and strength.

Comment on Who is your pastor? by sp

sp — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:13:11 +0000

Hey Ben,

This is Shane Patterson. My wife and I visited your fellowship months back. I read your blog every now and then to see what’s going on. You r so correct in the plurality of leadership part of your post (as well as other things). It’s a wonderful thing that God setup in his Church. So different from the world. I admire u guys for trying to live that out.

Comment on Leaving Well by anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:31:05 +0000

That’s good. Yes, it is sad. Anytime a church believes they have the best representation of the Body there will be this abuse of people, I think. And yes, God has shown me many things which I learned in the second church, and I’m very, very thankful. Perhaps someday I’ll have a chance to tell them (again, I sent several things that went unanswered) how grateful I am. Thank you so much! Praying, praying, praying.

Comment on Leaving Well by brittmooney

brittmooney — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:11:56 +0000

Wow, good question. I didn’t get into it in the post, but you will have the situations where you do all that you can (explain that this is the leading and calling of the Lord and bless and affirm them as you leave) and the response is continued negativity and conflict. That is sad to me, but I guess my advice in that situation would be first, be humble enough to listen to them and see if they are bringing up any issues the Lord would have you address. And second, if sure of the Lord’s direction still, you can only control being at peace from your side. Be willing to reconcile and talk again to them in the future when they are ready to have that conversation. And pray for them.

Comment on Leaving Well by anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:03:27 +0000

Great post. You’re right that it’s “rare” that a fellowship like yours allows people to leave well. What a blessing! I’ve left two churches I really loved; the first did allow me to leave well (and we’re still friends) and the second did not. Although I have no bitterness toward the second, I’m heart-broken at the loss of friends. It makes a huge difference when the church is not willing to be like yours and allow people to leave well. What advice do you have for a me and for a church that is not like yours? Thanks.

Comment on Prophecy by Amanda Bryant

Amanda Bryant — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:17:03 +0000

have you guys read “you all my prophecy!” by steve thompson? great book… had to read it when i was in ministry school. very basic plain teaching from the word about prophecy. Its great to be a fully operational body!

love,
amanda