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Banished! City forbids Bible studies in homes
World Net Daily ^ | 3/13/10 | left that other site

Posted on 03/13/2010 6:16:11 AM PST by left that other site

FAITH UNDER FIRE Banished! City forbids Bible studies in homes 'This letter will serve as a 10-day written notice to quit such use' Posted: March 13, 2010 12:20 am Eastern

By Bob Unruh © 2010 WorldNetDaily

The city of Gilbert, Ariz., has ordered a group of seven adults to stop gathering for Bible studies in a private home because such meetings are forbidden by the city's zoning codes.

The issue was brought to a head when city officials wrote a letter to a pastor and his wife informing them they had 10 days to quit having the meetings in their private home.

The ban, however, prompted a response from the Alliance Defense Fund, which filed an appeal with the city as the first step in its campaign to overturn a provision it describes as illegal.

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TOPICS: Current Events
KEYWORDS: adf; bible; biblestudy; firstamendment; godlessness; liberalfascism; liberalhatred; lping; michaelnewdow; moralabsolutes
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To: RnMomof7
Gilbert is at most 25% Mormon, and consequently is a very conservative Republican town. The recently elected mayor is a Mormon who held a summit with the local churches to promote collaboration between the town and the churches on special projects. I will be shocked if the town council does not act quickly to change the law. What this does show is that the town office has some nut ball bureaucrats that need to at a minimum be reprimanded and sent to a class on the Constitution and possibly should be fired if they can’t get their heads screwed on straight very quickly. I’m curious to see if our pastor will mention this tomorrow morning. Our church probably has 500-1000 people who broke this law in the past week.
81 posted on 03/13/2010 2:30:24 PM PST by Pres Raygun
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To: 70th Division

Maybe so. Just wondering if a pastor and his wife can’t have Bible study in their home, can they even read the Bible there? Perish the thought.


82 posted on 03/13/2010 2:47:34 PM PST by tob2 (I would rather have a nuclear power plant in my backyard than Gitmo detainees.)
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To: left that other site

Heh, heh, heh, try this Marxist crap in Missouri. I double-dog-dare you!

I am sick to death of this nonsense and equally appalled at American Christians who just take it. If anything, they need to double their attendance.


83 posted on 03/13/2010 2:54:18 PM PST by ronnyquest (That's what governments are for: to get in a man's way.)
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To: wizr
“I am under the belief that the first Christians met, ate and sang in each others homes.” That is how it got started. There were no official shurch structures at the beginning of Christianity because they were being perscuated.
84 posted on 03/13/2010 2:59:42 PM PST by tob2 (I would rather have a nuclear power plant in my backyard than Gitmo detainees.)
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To: Nea Wood

“.....Christians should have their Bible study on the lawn .....”

Yeah, just having a picnic.


85 posted on 03/13/2010 3:03:38 PM PST by tob2 (I would rather have a nuclear power plant in my backyard than Gitmo detainees.)
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To: huldah1776

A badly crippled friend of mine had after school Bible classes for kids for years. She made a big difference in many lives.


86 posted on 03/13/2010 3:45:05 PM PST by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
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To: left that other site

Let’s see them try to enforce it.


87 posted on 03/13/2010 4:29:35 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: left that other site
I wish I had some spare time to travel there . I would ask to join their study group in time to get arrested and maybe hope to get video of me getting scuffed up a bit by the statists . Not the full Rodney King treatment , they could stop at about two million dollars worth .
88 posted on 03/13/2010 4:54:13 PM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: piytar

Inside the 610 outerbelt is comprised of 51% Hispanic (illegal?) population in Houston. They ALWAYS vote for the jack a$$!


89 posted on 03/13/2010 5:44:23 PM PST by GWMcClintock ("When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Ps.11:3)
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To: left that other site

Thanks for the ping!


90 posted on 03/13/2010 9:34:37 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: MuttTheHoople
One of my pet peeves about American Christians is that they just sit there and take it. They need to keep up their Bible studies...if anything, set them in the Front Yard. Make the Police take them away in a Paddy Wagon, while they were singing hymns.

I agree. If Christians in this country were like this the so called liberals would not be strong. They would be like puppies running away with their tails between their legs. Too bad we don't realize and operate by the awesome power of God. The gates of hell can not prevail against God's Church. So many Christians have been taught and believe that to be a good Christian they need to be a quiet doormat.

91 posted on 03/13/2010 10:56:22 PM PST by Bellflower (If you are left DO NOT take the mark of the beast and be damned forever.)
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To: huldah1776

Child Evangelism Fellowship is alive and well. 2 of our teenagers are teachers of the children. It has been a marvelous time of growth for them and a blessing for the youngsters going to the “5 day clubs” all over the city, state, country & world.


92 posted on 03/13/2010 11:09:18 PM PST by 4Godsoloved..Hegave (Trusting God is a full time job, He is on duty 24/7 .)
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To: 4Godsoloved..Hegave

I had Child Evangelism at my home when kids growing up. Neighborhood boy accepted the lord and so did his mom...later the father did as well and in time became a Deacon of the church. Great Christian family came to be because of this Program for children.


93 posted on 03/13/2010 11:42:16 PM PST by caww
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To: tob2

We may be there again. Thanks.


94 posted on 03/14/2010 9:25:50 AM PDT by wizr (Keep the Faith! Even when it gets tough! Nothing else will do.)
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To: wizr; circlecity

Let every man without a bazooka eBay his clothes and buy one.


95 posted on 03/14/2010 7:25:07 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (IN A SMALL TENT WE JUST STAND CLOSER! * IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: left that other site

Message to the Gilbert, AZ morons: Bring It.


96 posted on 03/15/2010 7:37:57 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: Babalu
...I will be glad to send the list of names down, down, down, to the burning ring of fire....

Triple LOL!!

97 posted on 03/15/2010 8:24:18 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Liberals love the poor so much they came up w/ a plan to create millions more of them. - Ann Coulter)
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To: caww

Thanks for that testimony. I will share it with our family. One seed at a time. You never know how, when, where or why.


98 posted on 03/15/2010 9:29:09 PM PDT by 4Godsoloved..Hegave (Trusting God is a full time job, He is on duty 24/7 .)
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To: left that other site

Good ole broke and Godless Gilbert. This will cost them dearly. Start with manufacturing.


99 posted on 03/15/2010 9:31:47 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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