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Dear freemethodistfeminist,
Please hang in there and know that many others are praying for your success. Continue to be diligent to speak what God and the Lord is putting on your heart to speak. I for one understand the stress of pressing forward against human reasoning. We may not be perfect in everything we say, but some of our words will be perfect. And there are some who will hear those words. It is for those we must press forward.
TL
From: Free Methodist Feminist Reply-To: Free Methodist Feminist Date: Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 7:11 AM To: Teri Lynn Subject: [New post] A Reluctant Prophet Heads to GC15
> WordPress.com > freemethodistfeminist posted: “I fly out today for the Free Methodist General > Conference (GC15) in Orlando, Florida. I¹ll be completely honest, I¹m not > looking forward to it. I¹ve been struggling for months with the fact the > denomination has chosen to hold the conference at a resort, w” >
Thanks for speaking out.
Matt ________________________________
Well said Christy. I have found myself in that position many times. Stick to what you are lead to say. God will surely bless your faithfulness.
You are so right in your analysis of the condition of the FMC now. Which of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor does it resemble? Has it already lost its candlestick? I’d like to tell you to be of good cheer… But at least I can encourage you to fight the good fight; be strong.
Thank you for the encouragement. I need it right now.
This morning I read this from Richard Rohr in _Falling Upward_ (p. 75): “…I was able to criticize organized religion from within, by its own Scriptures, saints, and sources, and not by merely cultural, unbelieving, or rational criteria. That is probably the only way you can fruitfully criticize anything…You must unlock spiritual things from the inside, and not by throwing rocks from outside, which is always too easy and too self-aggrandizing.”
This is meant to be an encouragement to you…
Christy encouraged that you are here and to see some of your thought on the way our Denominational Government is headed I am Praying that GC15 is not a rubber Stamp
I have not been part of the FMC since moving to Winnipeg in1998. The church I now attend is run on an apostolic pattern by the leadership, yet many volunteer in many areas. It is probably the second largest (evangelical) church in the city.
In our church, there is a real attempt to hear from God. The leadership exercises the gifts of the Spirit. This fall we have an emphasis called Fifty Days in the Spirit to pass the gifts down to the whole body.
After 10 years in the pulpit, I retired and took a job at a casino, parking cars. This was a shock to my conference, but I wanted to cross into Samaria and have a revival. It didn’t sit well with the conference and I was dropped as a pastor.
What does this tell you?