Ray Boltz????

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Originally Posted by Praxeas

You said Florence Nightenale

You know Florence Nightingale was UR????

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

You know Florence Nightingale was UR????

I know her...but I don't drink ale silly boy

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Originally Posted by Praxeas

I know her...but I don't drink ale silly boy

You really should start ... and stop starching your undergarments.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

You really should start ... and stop starching your undergarments.

Did it work for you?

[TRFrance]

Originally Posted by JTULLOCK

This is the reason couple can sit through a HG shockamoo service, dance and fall out in the spirit and still go home and throw dishes and telephones at one another. Divorce in the church is as high as out of the church which shows there is a thin line between the churched and the unchurched at times. The HG make a difference in ones life but if the person doesn't allow the HG to fully work then the HG will not destroy all it can due the our hands holding on to issues. The HG is a gentleman and will not over step its welcome boundaries..IMO

I'm sorry, but I don't believe this at all.

The national divorce rate is close to 50%...

Where are you getting this idea from... that the divorce rate among the [Jesus name baptized/ Spirit-filled] members of God's church is as high as it is outside of the church? ...or even close to being as high?

I don't think there are any statistics at all to support this. If you have such statistics, I'd certainly be interested in seeing them.

[Sister Alvear]

I wonder where the figures come from? It would seem to me that the divorce rate outside the church would be higher...

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JT may be referring to a Barna Research Group study ....

according to a recent nationwide survey by the Barna Group, a Christian market-research company, the divorce rate among born-again Christians is 35 percent—exactly the same as for the population as a whole. (Of course, the propensity of the non-born-again to cohabit rather than marry may artificially lower their divorce rates; but even if break-ups by couples who live together are counted as divorces, the born-again rate is only three percentage points lower than that of the general population.) The survey also uncovered some interesting denominational variation in the divorce rate: Catholics (whose hierarchy still holds a traditional line on divorce) were much less likely to divorce (25 percent) than Protestants (39 percent). Among the latter, Pentecostals were the most likely to divorce (44 percent) and Presbyterians were the least likely (28 percent).

When one considers that there are over 200 million Pentecostals and over 200 million Charismatics ... which he may or may not have included under the Pentecostal banner ... this is an alarming number and is significantly more than outside this demographic ... even among the population as a whole

Oneness Pentecostals, if using French's number ... of about 12 million world wide would comprise 5-10% of this number of total Pentecostals/Charismatics worldwide....

I don't think the numbers would be as high .... but we'd have to admit anecdotally the numbers of Apostolics getting divorced seems to be increasing ... unfortunately.

[TRFrance]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

JT may be referring to a Barna Research Group study ....

When one considers that there are over 200 million Pentecostals and over 200 million Charismatics ... which he may or may not have included under the Pentecostal banner ... this is an alarming number and is significantly more than outside this demographic ... even among the population as a whole

Oneness Pentecostals, if using French's number ... of about 12 million world wide would comprise 5-10% of this number of total Pentecostals/Charismatics worldwide....

I don't think the numbers would be as high .... but we'd have to admit anecdotally the numbers of Apostolics getting divorced seems to be increasing ... unfortunately.

Interesting stats...

But since the categorization of what's considered "Pentecostal" is so broad, I'll still take such numbers with a few cups of salt.

When I think of "the church" I define that as Jesus-name-baptized/Spirit-filled saints. Apparently there are no stats for such Apostolics/Oneness Pentecostals. The number of divorces among Apostolics may be increasing, as I'm told it is... but if I were a betting man I would bet my last penny that the divorce number among "us" is nowhere near the numbers Barna comes up with for divorces among "Pentecostals".

[SDG]

Originally Posted by TRFrance

Interesting stats...

But since the categorization of what's considered "Pentecostal" is so broad, I'll still take such numbers with a few cups of salt.

When I think of "the church" I define that as Jesus-name-baptized/Spirit-filled saints. Apparently there are no stats for such Apostolics/Oneness Pentecostals. The number of divorces among Apostolics may be increasing, as I'm told it is... but if I were a betting man I would bet my last penny that the divorce number among "us" is nowhere near the numbers Barna comes up with for divorces among "Pentecostals".

I don't know bro ... look at the forum .... quite a bit of divorcees here.

The numbers may be skewed also.....

Also, in many of our circles getting divorced still places a scarlet letter over them ... and they are then shunned or viewed as backslidden ... even if they are the "innocent" party...

I recently heard the testimony of one lady here in Texas who was no longer considered a church member in good standing after getting divorced from a man who had repeatedly had homosexual affairs because she did not reconcile with him ....

Such people may continue to label themselves Pentecostal but not part of a Apostolic church after .... this ... type of experience.

Some are too embarrassed to return to an Apostolic church ... because of the condemnation they most certainly face in a crowd that views short sleeves as a heaven or hell issue.

[Jekyll]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

I don't know bro ... look at the forum .... quite a bit of divorcees here.

The numbers may be skewed also.....

I don't think anyone with half a brain cell considers the forum to be representative of the general Apostolic population.

I sincerely hope not. Actually I think not. I don't think the forum is representative of the Apostolic population at all.

lol