Branson Meeting

[Kings Kid]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

just talked to my son he said it has been awesome up to now...no fighting...

Brother Booker is a prince. He preached this morning and Raul jr said it was very good and a pastor Reeves today. ( I do not know him) Raul Jr also said he was awesome....

May God use them all in their many differences to win a lost and dying world.

I have no fights...with anyone except the devil....

Thanks for the update.

[bishoph]

I have been told that the attendance is somewhere between 8-900 with 5-600 preachers/ministers.

[Sister Alvear]

Sometimes God uses differences to reach the world...men fuss and fight and run to the world to preach..I hope we can have the spirit of the Lord and see whatever group as Jesus did...if they are not against Jesus that is the most important thing...

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

Sometimes God uses differences to reach the world...men fuss and fight and run to the world to preach..I hope we can have the spirit of the Lord and see whatever group as Jesus did...if they are not against Jesus that is the most important thing...

Amen, I have not ruled out the possibility (or likelyhood) that God may use this for His glory, and propel the Gospel forward using both factions in a way that was not possible before!

[Jekyll]

Originally Posted by tstew

The subheading of the "Tulsa Tango" is right on because a lot of this is a sidetrack. Everyday close to 250,000 people die. Many without the Apostolic message. If the devil can get people distracted and ocuupied with a bunch of foolishness and pettiness, he is ultimately the winner. Even if we eventually "fix" things and get things back right. In the interim we are losing at a pace of 10,000 souls an hour. Do we really have time to fight over politics and positions and persepectives?

Originally Posted by tstew

I know I am new here but it is interesting that this thread has taken a turn towards missions sometime after I posted this. I am the son of a long, long, time missionary who has been pioneering in the way he trains and equips the nationals. He is in a country that has suffered a lot in the last few decades and at some points the UPCI was the only foreign assistance in the country. My perspective of all of this is shaded by my concern of what potential impact some of these things can have on global evangelism...which I'm sure we can all agree is our primary purpose as a church.
With my parents being on the mission field for more than 25 years, I can appreciate some of the stories about things possibly not being done perfectly by every missionary. But I don't have the time to even begin to teall all the great success stories that I know as well.

I know you are new here, but that's okay, everyone takes the time to bump their own posts now and then and toot their own horn a little.

I totally appreciate how you feel about missions. But without organization, how would we send our 30, 40, 50 bucks a month? Would we send it to Bob in Uganda? To Janie in Belgium? Without organization precious resources are wasted. When the Bible says that everything should be done in order, we do our best to get the best bang for the buck.

I disagree about the tango travesty. This forum wails and gnashes its teeth when the AoG are disparaged, when Charasmatics are exposed for what they are, but an Apostolic fellowship of bretheren can be belittled and discounted to being a tango? Rot and filth is what I call that hypocrisy.

[Dimples]

Originally Posted by Jekyll

I know you are new here, but that's okay, everyone takes the time to bump their own posts now and then and toot their own horn a little.

I totally appreciate how you feel about missions. But without organization, how would we send our 30, 40, 50 bucks a month? Would we send it to Bob in Uganda? To Janie in Belgium? Without organization precious resources are wasted. When the Bible says that everything should be done in order, we do our best to get the best bang for the buck.

I disagree about the tango travesty. This forum wails and gnashes its teeth when the AoG are disparaged, when Charasmatics are exposed for what they are, but an Apostolic fellowship of bretheren can be belittled and discounted to being a tango? Rot and filth is what I call that hypocrisy.

You seem to have a problem with this forum, yet you still come and post your distaste for it. Why don't you focus on all the other things and get your eyes off the few things you don't like?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

Sometimes God uses differences to reach the world...men fuss and fight and run to the world to preach..I hope we can have the spirit of the Lord and see whatever group as Jesus did...if they are not against Jesus that is the most important thing...

I am reminded of Paul and Barnabas. They has such differing views on qualifications for the ministry that they could no long work together. Acts 15:36-41.

Of course, it was the guy with the "higher standards" (Paul) who would realize how wrong he was, much later in his life. 2 Timothy 4:11.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Dimples

You seem to have a problem with this forum, yet you still come and post your distaste for it. Why don't you focus on all the other things and get your eyes off the few things you don't like?

Because he's Jekyll and it's his oneriness that we love the most about him.

[Jekyll]

Originally Posted by Dimples

You seem to have a problem with this forum, yet you still come and post your distaste for it. Why don't you focus on all the other things and get your eyes off the few things you don't like?

Hiya, Dimples.


Just trying to give love a chance.


Online forums that are relatively anonymous give peole a good chance to be hypocritical and inconsistent. For instance, one person can say something out of one side of the mouth then speak out of the other side of his mouth under another screen name.

It is easy to slap people on the back when you agree with them. When a place has moved to all sides of a spectrum as FCF-NFCF-AFF has the movement can be stabilized if people keep to principles and not innuendo, back slapping, knee jerk, or status quo. Obviously this forum has moved to an altogether different world.

Why come around and momentarily leave lurk land? Oh, I suppose it's morbid curiosity. Why do people slow down to look at accidents? Why do people gather around a house burning down? Dunno. But when people say things about people, situations I hold dear, I respond even if it is only once in awhile. Maybe I ought to really just close the casket like most other good bretheren have.

[Jekyll]

Originally Posted by pelathais

Because he's Jekyll and it's his oneriness that we love the most about him.

YOU might be able to sing Barney, but I can't


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