For those who want to know...RULES at my church!

[Jack Shephard]

Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker

This is not about bashing...please don't to go there...this is just what my church was like and my Pastor wanted it....we didn't think it was necessary so we left! I love them, and I hope nothing but the best for them, I just think fear rules them and to me that is soooooo sad!

Rules...
1. No talking on the phone for more than 10 minutes
2. No friends outside of church, not even family (it was discouraged strongly)
3. No more than three families at a time in your home and not too often, if you had a gathering you are suppose to ask everyone in the church so no one gets offended.
4. No home bible studies without the ministry being there
5. You must attend all fellowships
6. So lunch dates, or shopping with friends even the ones in church...
7. No important decisions made without consulting the pastor...like, buying a car(new, used, how much you can spend)...same with a home or property.
8. You were not allowed to move, unless you had his OK.

Being we are older we did not attend parenting classes or marriage classes so we missed out on a lot of the rules...but over time we learned. This is not everything, but for the moment its enough...I might add more as I think of them.....

So there ya go Thad....

I have heard of rules like these. There was a church in the great NW that the pastor was very tough on the saints. I think King was the lastname not too sure. That guy left and a friend of mine is the pastor there now and it is much more mellow.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Thad

YOU PEOPLE MUST READ THIS!!!!!


LEAVE A COMMENT PLEASE??? THANKS!!

I think the letters are too large. There, Thad, I read it.

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by freeatlast

Do I Know you Sis TS...did we usta go to the same church?

Everyone of these where I was at for twenty years. We escaped in 1991

I might add

1. No birthday parties for kids
2. No tuperware (or any other) kind of party
3. No church friends to your house (except relatives)
4. Rule 4 did'nt apply to many..in that envirement , soon everyone is related (look at where inbreeding has gotten us)
5. Permission to go on vacation and you could'nt miss 2 sunjdays if you were on a one week trip.
6. No fishin on Sundays if you were on a fishing vacation.
There's more..lots more

AMAZING...must be the same church! LOL

BTW...I attended the same church as STS...my husband was raised in it.

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker

OH yes....we could have birthday parties but you had to invite every kid in the church....
No tuperware or any other kind like that unless it was the pastors wife...
Yes few and far inbetween friends over
Yes we had to have premission to be gone
We were not allowed to miss church unless we had two broken legs...said in jest, but meant all the same
Hummm fishing I don't know about...


of course these rules DID NOT apply to the pastors family!!!!

Not to be contrary, but we were only supposed to have family Birthday parties...no one in the church unless they were family.

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by JTULLOCK

I have heard of rules like these. There was a church in the great NW that the pastor was very tough on the saints. I think King was the lastname not too sure. That guy left and a friend of mine is the pastor there now and it is much more mellow.

Are you sure about that? There is still a King there and it would not surprise me if it was one in the same.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by CareyM

Not to be contrary, but we were only supposed to have family Birthday parties...no one in the church unless they were family.

We have birthday parties AT the church or at venues where folks from several churches can attend. We'd be dancing in the streets if it weren't for the traffic.

[Thad]

Originally Posted by CareyM

Not to be contrary, but we were only supposed to have family Birthday parties...no one in the church unless they were family.

WHO CARES???????????? WHY do they even care who has a birthday party, who comes, who doesn't come, yada yada.... goodness
what's the big fuss over all this stuff??

do they allow christmas?? what if someone doesn't get invited for C'mas????? CRY ME A RIVER ! ! !

[Joseph Miller]

You guys are joking about all these "rules" right?

[LaVonne]

Another rule was that no one could go to college.

They have since changed this rule as their grandchildren are now grown and they needed a good education to get a decent job. ***VOMITS****

[Joseph Miller]

I thank God for my pastor. We have never had to endure this type of stuff.