Disobedient Church Members Go Before Panel/Board

[Sister Alvear]

I think it is very cultish.

[OP_Carl]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

I think it is very cultish.

Well, more cultish anyhow. We're already a cult by the standards of 99% of "Christianity."

It's definitely unusual, but I think it is far more likely to fade away than to lead to snakes, communal living, and vast vats of "heavenly" Kool-Aid. (TM)

Originally Posted by OP_Carl

Well, more cultish anyhow. We're already a cult by the standards of 99% of "Christianity."

It's definitely unusual, but I think it is far more likely to fade away than to lead to snakes, communal living, and vast vats of "heavenly" Kool-Aid. (TM)

99% of Christianity don't know who you are and how you are different from them untill you have the opportunity to tell them. And with the lack of propensity to witness to 99% of Christianity, chances are they don't consider you/us a cult because they don't know you exist.

[COOPER]

Call me before that board....... They would never forget that meeting.

Gee... I wonder if the Bible has anything to say about that...

[warrior]

Originally Posted by COOPER

Call me before that board....... They would never forget that meeting.

My, Sounds violent to me.

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

A group of Elders working with a Pastor could have a meeting with church members ,but not a board acting on it's own.
A group of Elders can work together ,but a board that is not compromised of Elders running a church or correcting members this I can't see.

There is no New Testament basis for even a group of elders doing that kind of thing. Don't Jesus' commands mean anything in the Church anymore?????

I think I would show up for the meeting, just to see if it was for real... then I would sit there, try not to laugh and ask them to pray God's judgement down on me... eventually I would get bored and leave.

[stmatthew]

Originally Posted by warrior

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I was talking to a gentleman on yesterday whom I believes love God with all his heart. He told me that he was apart of a board at his church that calls disobedient members to come to a meeting with them to state their intentions toward the church if they are not paying tithes, not in regular attendance to bible study and other church functions. To me, I think this is wrong, but he seems to be in agreement with this practice and feels that it is okay to put people in front of a panel of five people to discuss why they are not doing certain things. He claims sons and daughters are obedient. They even find scripture that calls you a bastard if you don't receive this correction from them.

How do you all feel about this?

You know, while I think Jerks like this are an eyesore to Christianity, if the saints are doing what they are supposed to do, the jerks would not find a need to do what they are doing.

Pay your Tithes......Shut the mouths of jerks!

Originally Posted by stmatthew

Pay your Tithes......Shut the mouths of jerks!

I guess I missed how paying your tithes solves all your problems in church...