Also would like to add that I have several friends in the Tacoma area who no longer attend NS.
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CGJ wrote: "The sad and horrifying part is that the next time you have any struggle or tempation you immediately think your prayer time didn't take and that you lacked faith. So you get more prayer...the prayer time becomes your source of salvation, not Jesus. Also, you live in fear that a leader is going to prophetically "get something" on you. One of their favorites is to us
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I used to be a member of New Song. I left because I found them to be rather immature spiritually and too pleased with themselves. Yes, there are cultish elements there, but that's true of any group of people committed to following Christ. After all, we're described in the Scriptures as 'aliens and strangers' here on earth.
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Quoteemilylnm I happen to read the KJV Bible. I notice our daughter reads all kinds of bibles, other than the KJV. emily I'm curious, why do you think the KJV is the only legitimate English-language version of the Scriptures? At the time it was translated into English it most certainly was, but the language has changed since then. We're told that the Word is living and active, not
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QuoterrmoderatorGabrielvw: Does New Song have an independently audited financial report that it publishes, which provides detailed information of all salaries and expenses paid out from church funds? Does New Song have a democratically elected church government, i.e. elected boards, that can discipline and if necessary terminate the employment of a pastor? Are all pastors required to ha
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QuotepepperoriHas anyone heard anything (good or bad) about the New Song City Central church in Tacoma, WA? I was talking to a friend of mine who goes there, and the way she talks about it really bothers me. I heard a lot of mention of "authority" and "submit" and "laying it down" and "prophecy" and stuff that is usually good, but just the way she talked ab
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