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Re: Terry Shock Leaving Alexandria
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Originally Posted by returnman
This is right on. There is currently one that is being passed to a son this year that I fear will not be best for him or the church. I hope it works out though. There will 3rd and 4th generational passing of churches. My personal opinion is that it is completely wrong and should only be a last resort. It goes along with the idolizing of men so prevalent in certain movements. It also goes hand in hand with how most oneness churches will not disclose the amount of tithes in an annual business meeting. That is another discussion but just another example of the control the pastor has.
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Pastors are only human and it is a human instinct to protect what you have put blood sweat and tears into usually for many years. It is also a parents instinct to protect and promote their offspring. Sadly in some cases it is also a parents instincts to see their children through rose colored glasses and not the reality of what and who they are. All of the above can be a toxic mix in some cases.
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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