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03-07-2009, 09:15 PM
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Urban Pastor
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Location: Salisbury, NC
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Re: Life Church - Memphis
I understand that completely & that is just how we do it, but I DID preach all the standards and was pretty rough on people. I have had a LOT of apologizing to do the last 10 years for being so rough on people to make them CONFORM to what I thought was Biblical! I know where you guys are and we are there too.
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03-07-2009, 09:17 PM
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Christmas 2009
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Location: Jackson, TN
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Re: Life Church - Memphis
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Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop
I understand that completely & that is just how we do it, but I DID preach all the standards and was pretty rough on people. I have had a LOT of apologizing to do the last 10 years for being so rough on people to make them CONFORM to what I thought was Biblical! I know where you guys are and we are there too.
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Eddie doesn't wear a collar though. LOL!! He's more of a jeans/casual shirt type. Since he got freed from neckties, I don't think he'll ever want to wear them again!
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03-07-2009, 09:24 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Not of this world
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Re: Life Church - Memphis
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Originally Posted by Sherri
Eddie teaches the exact same things he taught when we were in UPC, which explains why we never fit there. LOL! We baptize exactly the same way; we have lots of people filled with the Holy Ghost. We don't push "standards", but we do teach holiness, moderation, and modesty. But Eddie never taught standards when we were UPC, so that's really no different either. We strive to be BALANCED in all things - "balance" has always kind of been our catch-word. We just love God and He is blessing us. I don't know exactly if this answers your question.
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Thank you, again, for a candid, courteous reply. I think your church and the one I pastor are very similar, as well as your husband's ministry style.God is blessing our church, I believe for the same reasons. We have, too, a very similar background. This is the reason for my questions. God bless you, Sherri and Eddie, hope to meet you some day.
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03-07-2009, 09:31 PM
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Urban Pastor
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Salisbury, NC
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Re: Life Church - Memphis
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Originally Posted by Sherri
Eddie doesn't wear a collar though. LOL!! He's more of a jeans/casual shirt type. Since he got freed from neckties, I don't think he'll ever want to wear them again!
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LOL - I do wear a collar on the First Sundays when we celebrate Holy Communion. If I knew HOW to upload another pic on here - I would! LOL
I do have plenty WITHOUT THE COLLAR! I just tried to upload about 10 and they all say the file or pic is too big soooooooooooo I don't have a CLUE how to change it!
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03-07-2009, 09:56 PM
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Love God, Love Your Neighbor
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Re: Life Church - Memphis
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Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop
If I knew HOW to upload another pic on here - I would! LOL
I do have plenty WITHOUT THE COLLAR! I just tried to upload about 10 and they all say the file or pic is too big soooooooooooo I don't have a CLUE how to change it!
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This is a great site for doing that:
http://www.shrinkpictures.com/
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03-07-2009, 10:52 PM
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Administrator
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Re: Life Church - Memphis
My first wife attends a wonderful trinitarian Spirit filled church but although I am a "one stepper" I don't feel comfortable committing myself to a church that does not baptize in the name of Jesus as SOP not the exception. It may not be salvational but I believe it is the Biblical formula and I want to follow the Bible as closely as possible. Of course I have never been to a baptismal service at this church so perhaps they say ".....in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit which is Jesus Christ". In that case I would be happy. They have baptized probably 20 people or more in the past year she has gone there but their baptismal services are at a special time and different church as they don't have a baptismal tank.
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"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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03-07-2009, 11:19 PM
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Create Your Own Rainbows!
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Adamsville, TN
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Re: Life Church - Memphis
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Originally Posted by CC1
My first wife attends a wonderful trinitarian Spirit filled church but although I am a "one stepper" I don't feel comfortable committing myself to a church that does not baptize in the name of Jesus as SOP not the exception. It may not be salvational but I believe it is the Biblical formula and I want to follow the Bible as closely as possible. Of course I have never been to a baptismal service at this church so perhaps they say ".....in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit which is Jesus Christ". In that case I would be happy. They have baptized probably 20 people or more in the past year she has gone there but their baptismal services are at a special time and different church as they don't have a baptismal tank.
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Are you still going to Christ Church since y'all moved, CC? Just wondering if she goes to the other church on Sundays or off service times. Being nosy here! Are y'all going to different churches?
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