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blur256

(979 posts) Mon Jun 18, 2018, 07:24 PM Jun 2018

I'm really proud of my church

Because my wife is a minister there I feel the need to join committees which I really hate. BUT, not only did we secure the local lgbtq center for a talk next weekend, we also are working towards finding a way to help the youth at the border. We are also hoping to sponsor an immigrant family. There is good religion in the world. And I for one am glad we found it.

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I'm really proud of my church (Original Post) blur256 Jun 2018 OP

I thank God for your Church. TomSlick Jun 2018 #1

Thank you for that friend blur256 Jun 2018 #4

This is called living your faith ladym55 Jun 2018 #2

Agreed! blur256 Jun 2018 #5

Yeah, I'm one of those evangelicals. TomSlick Jun 2018 #7

And you should be proud. guillaumeb Jun 2018 #3

Thank you for that friend blur256 Jun 2018 #6

TomSlick

(11,885 posts)

1. I thank God for your Church.

Reply to blur256 (Original post)

Mon Jun 18, 2018, 07:30 PM

Jun 2018

I'm pestering my Pastor trying to encourage him to grow a prophetic voice. People of faith cannot sit still for this.

blur256

(979 posts)

4. Thank you for that friend

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:49 PM

Jun 2018

It's important that members speak up. They have the ultimate say whether a pastor wants to admit it or not.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)

2. This is called living your faith

Reply to blur256 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:15 PM

Jun 2018

We are out there, and we need to claim our faith traditions from perversion of the white evangelicals.

Blessings to all of you!

blur256

(979 posts)

5. Agreed!

Reply to ladym55 (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:51 PM

Jun 2018

So sick of evangelicals giving everyone else of faith a bad name. But I will say, evangelicals (some at least) are also calling this separation of families out. It's a step I suppose.

TomSlick

(11,885 posts)

7. Yeah, I'm one of those evangelicals.

Reply to blur256 (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 07:03 PM

Jun 2018

As Baptist Churches go, mine is a rather moderate congregation. There are a few (old) fundamentalists and some (old and young) more liberal members. The congregation is increasingly racially diverse - no small thing in southern Arkansas.

The Pastor is young, thinks for himself, and understands the Gospels. I'm just trying to encourage him to grow a spine. For purposes of my encouragement I call it a prophetic voice.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

3. And you should be proud.

Reply to blur256 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:07 PM

Jun 2018

Living the message of Jesus and caring for the stranger.

blur256

(979 posts)

6. Thank you for that friend

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:57 PM

Jun 2018

It's the first time I have really felt like the church was doing what it was supposed to (I mean among other churches I have been to). It is refreshing. We are also working on interfaith coalitions to strengthen our service projects which is awesome. We are reaching out to other Christian sects as well as the Muslim and Jewish communities. Strength lies in numbers.

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