For the last 5 years I have been involved in Brethren Camps and for the last two I have been in leadership roles in all four of the district camps as well as spending time with different Brethren Congregations. During this time I have met a lot of people and have many lasting friendships. Due to several things I feel led to minister to these people, and hopefully help bring the denomination back into the Truth of Jesus Christ. So, now I would like to share with you some of my thoughts and experiences.
First of all, I"d like to share with you some of the positive, biblical things going on in the Brethren Denomination:.
They are reaching out to the needy.
They strongly promote peace.
They encourage that we love everyone .
Unfortunately they also encourage that we accept everything, everyone else is doing. Which leads me into some of the lies I've heard at Brethren gatherings.
Whatever you believe is ok for you, we can all have our own truths.
A loving God would not allow anyone to go to hell.
You cannot take the Bible literally.
As long as what you do does not hurt someone else it is not a sin.
In my opinion, The biggest thing dying in the Brethren Church is the truth. The scary thing is that a lot of Brethren congregations are bringing in new people, and attendance at camps and other youth activities is going up. This is partly due to the churches great devotion to service. The Brethren Church is constantly reaching out and serving. It appears as though many believe that they can serve their way into heaven. It is also apparent that tolerance is far more important than the truth. Satan is working his way in and disguising the truth. He is making falsehood look like righteousness, and for the most part the Brethren Church is buying into it, and why not? It's easy, It allows for people to indulge in sinful pleasures, to live how they want to. What saddens me the most is that those who know the truth rarely try to spread it.
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In recent years, an increasing amount of attention has been given to the problem of child sexual abuse in church communities. ... Churches are very vulnerable to the problem of child sexual abuse since they have a large involvement in work with children and young people. ... With that not surprising then that churches have a problem with child sexual abuse. In order to explain the problem of child sexual abuse in church communities it is important to know about sex offending in general. ... There is an influential view within the Catholic Church that the Church's main problem is with ...
Within the US, bishops called an immediate session to decide upon a solution to the new problem they are faced with. Neglect of a problem that has been occurring in some cases for thirty years sent the bishops in motion to solve the problem once and for all. ... It presents a clear solution to the church sex scandal by enforcing the release of any convicted offender from the priesthood, recognizing the proper protocol for the priests and restoring faith in the church's ability to correct problems. ... Many hold the bishops responsible for overlooking a problem that could have been ...
Through the years the Catholic Church is been having problems. Some of those problems are like excessive freedom to the people trying to become a priest. ... In one of his lines he exposes that pedophilia has become a problem because church is not working as well as it should be. ... Hogan is how pedophilia is been a big problem to the Catholic Church because of a lot of freedom they have provided to their students. ... I don't think it's too late to save the catholic church because all the catholic churches have to do is be open to a new mentality and way of thinking. ...
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The term church and state is when the affairs of the church and the affairs of the ruling government coincide with one another. ... There is a large problem with the mixing of these two institutions. ... The separation of church and state is still a problem within our government, and we need to do something about it. ... The problem is not that the church is running the show, but that the politicians use religion to sway the ideas of the public. ... The separation of church and state is...
In so many of her poems, we see Emily Dickinson's despondency to life as well as her fear of death. For her, both the depression in living and the dread of such an existence coming to be no more, clearly seems to be an unending form of emotional and psychic torment and anguish to her mind and soul. ...
There was a sense of egalitarianism which pervaded the church and by which the church lived and carried out its responsibilities. ... And with the Scripture as a guide I have come to trust and have complete confidence that I can always rely on the Word of God, irregardless of the size or type of problems that seem to materialize. ... We know from the books of Acts and from early church historical sources the church grew at a phenomenal rate. ... Some of my dearest memories are of this type of church setting. ... The six elements of the Church would be included automatically. ...
