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

Originally Posted by aquestioninggirl

LOL!! Luckly my 4 year old is very good!! I am worried that the baby may have an opposite personality.

OH dear...well that seems to happen....but I am glad your 4 yr old is a mellow child, but the new baby will bring about some changes....its really hard on kids when a baby comes into the mix....

Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker

Well color me surprised, I didn't know that it was the first church I had ever gone too sense I was a kid! I went in gung ho and wanted to please God, but the Pastor came first....which I didn't realize until later!

I miss so much the good parts, but not enough to go back and endure the bad stuff...its not exclusive to my old church either...its a district problem!

Sister, this is NOT true. I decided when I saw your thread yesterday that I would not say anything about the list you posted, and I won't. However, I will say that the precious men of God you indirectly malign with this thread have God as their witness and their judge.

As for this district that I love, I grew up in, have ministered in and worked in in different capacities; to imply that it legislates and micromanages those in its fellowship is false. So please, leave my district, my church family, alone, thank you.

Originally Posted by Thad

I just don't understand it really. WHY would a pastor want to overload himself with monitoring all this?? isn't pastoring stressful enough?
what does he really care?? I mean, is he really THAT concerned for the peoples' souls ??

I recall now ...someone said you had to consult the pastor if you and your husband was going to have another child ????????


also, Did you let of ALL rules and standards? if so, was it a result of these silly rules ?

One simple reminder for you, Thad, and something that you, as a pastor's kid should know: there's at least one whole other side to this story, and one that this forum probably won't ever hear, because of a simple thing called integrity, and that is the pastor's side of this story.

Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker

Don't please don't be critical of those that are happy and don't have this problem...its hard for many who have never been in this situation to see it, or understand it...my old pastor is higly revered in our district, those that have never sat under him have no clue...they really don't!

yes, indeed he is, this is one statement I will say is true. He is a precious, godly elder and a fine Christian.

Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker

The reasoning behind all this was to prevent people from being offended...and prevent problems...which of course did just the opposite...it was his way of doing things and he saw nothing wrong with it....

One of the saddest things was sis...when I went back briefly last year....my senior pastors wife(my original pastor) came up to me hugged me and said oh sister soinso...I want so much to make it to heaven....it just killed me that she would doubt it after all her years in the church....

You know, I have known this dear sweet lady for a long time, hugged her neck lots, (just last week, in fact, at ladies' conference). She doesn't say "I want so much to make it to heaven" because she is afraid she won't make it!! She is a lot like other oldtimers I have been blessed to grow up around, and that is an expression of an ultimate goal of life, a statement of just how much eternity with Jesus means to her. And as these dear elders grow older, these statements become more frequent and more fervent, not because they are afraid they will lose out, but because they know they are that much closer to home!

Originally Posted by CareyM

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****

Heavens to betsy! Imagine the nerve of that mean dictatorial pastor, realizing the need for today's generation to get a college education! How dare he?

Originally Posted by CareyM

Christmas is fine.

You were not supposed to have friends outside your family, unless it was just for church type functions...absolutely insane...the Bible says to touch not mine anointed...well, thes people are not anointed~So I don't care what I say!

Sister, I would be careful, for this simple reason:

Matthew 12
[33] Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
[34] O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
[35] A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
[36] But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
[37] For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Originally Posted by JTULLOCK

Pretty sure. King left awhile ago and Glover took it over. Also, Kings nephew is one of my bestfriends and he was on staff there a while. I guess King went to somewhere in Indiana.

You are talking about a King in a different state than mine.

Originally Posted by CareyM

Hmmm...Ok, I believe you. I do know there is still a King in the NW and has been for many, many years.

There was a King pastoring north of here, thus not the man of God you are thinking about.

Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker

Not an Oregon church....the King here has one of the states biggest churches...he put the congregation into deep dept for it!

Wow!!! You are quite the fountain of misinformation about yet another precious man of God. Amazing! And sad.