I finally left my last church because of prosperity gospel teaching imported unquestioningly from Bethel. I do not see how you can square this kind of thing with the New Testament, but I suppose it is useful if you want to get people to give you their money. You can also sell them loads of material to teach them how to minister in the Bethel way. So you can learn all about the special Bethel
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I should make it clear that what I said above about authority was not laid out overtly - this is what I have perceived only and I might be wrong about some of it and reading too much into things. I know what you say about pastors is right cgj, but it does not stop my feelings being the way they are, at the moment anyway.
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sawdust and cgj, thank you for your words of encouragement. I am finding the thought of church very difficult at the moment. I am not sure how much I will be able to trust pastors in the future not to be led off on some new fad. I also find it difficult to accept the attitude amongst leadership that submission to authority means unthinking questioning of anything that is taught, and that any q
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My church in the UK enthusiastically embraced Jesus Ministry teaching a couple of years ago. I do not understand why the biblical basis of it is not questioned more in evangelical churches. Maybe the promise of "freedom" causes critical faculties to disappear, or maybe it is the personal effect of the Riches. I was trying to find out more and found this forum - very interesting readi
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