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University Cancels Church’s Easter Service
Townhall.com ^ | April 4, 2015 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 04/04/2015 6:21:51 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 04/04/2015 6:21:51 AM PDT by Kaslin
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Of course it is a HEALING service!!!


2 posted on 04/04/2015 6:28:46 AM PDT by b9 (II Timothy 1:7)
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“We have to follow our policies,” Rolph said.

All in the spirit of diversity and tolerance, of course.

3 posted on 04/04/2015 6:29:37 AM PDT by Right Brother
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There is a non-Christian in the chain of command. When my son was beginning his first semester at Chapel Hill, his heathen roommate was watching porn all the time which disturbed my pure Christian son to the point that he complained and then the punishment began. The girl in charge of the dorm was about as anti-Christian as it gets. I flew back there and had a meeting with the head of housing who was even worse. I was so angry at his anti-Christian B.S. partially because he so insulted my son to the point of tears that I immediately hired a lawyer and started the process to sue the University. Ultimately, they backed off a little, so we never went to court, but these anti-Christian types are everywhere...maybe it will have come to civil war...I am ready to fight these bastards to the end if need be!!!


4 posted on 04/04/2015 6:38:52 AM PDT by Stayfree (FLUSH HILLARY OR WE ARE DOOMED!!!!)
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5 posted on 04/04/2015 6:41:51 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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Pastor needs to get a court order which says that the school has to give him a key and allow him access. That’s not non-Christian. If UMMC is breaking a contract, they need to know that there are consequences. Or they can hold their service in the parking lot if the weather is nice. Rent a generator if necessary and then send the school the bill.


6 posted on 04/04/2015 6:44:20 AM PDT by Mercat
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It would be wonderful if the church had an investigative service that could check every group that has rented that conference center to confirm they were all “medical”

then let the lawsuit pay for an expansion of the church


7 posted on 04/04/2015 6:44:34 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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Now turn it around. Try and rent a large venue in January, and 2 weeks before their busiest day of the year try to cancel because, oops, we made a mistake in policy.
Then try and get out of paying the contracted price....


8 posted on 04/04/2015 6:44:48 AM PDT by Kozak (Walker / Cruz 2016 or Cruz/ Walker 2016 Either one is good...)
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To: Kaslin
A quick reading of the New Testament indicates our Lord was in the healing business.

Recently, upon reading the Gospels again, I noticed that healing is about all the people wanted Him to do for them. He was willing to do so much more but they were just asking Him to make them normal again.

He was just an itinerant Doc Jesus to them. Very sad, when I saw that.
9 posted on 04/04/2015 6:49:59 AM PDT by Resettozero
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Hear, hear.


10 posted on 04/04/2015 6:53:35 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: silverleaf

Good idea.


11 posted on 04/04/2015 6:58:08 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: Kaslin

How could they possibly not understand that something called “The Word Center Church” was a church?


12 posted on 04/04/2015 7:08:41 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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Why didn’t the pastor simply make a call to the Governor of the state, his state representative or senator, and the president of the university? One of these officials would likely have intervened to fix the problem. If not, have a lawyer call and demand the contract be fulfilled. If that fails, create a public relations firestorm.

I suspect this is all about an atheist bureaucrat in the chain of command trying to assert her/his authority. Many times I’ve found when dealing with a bureaucracy, a phone call to the top person will cut through the red tape and result in a positive resolution. It has gotten to the point that when dealing with any organization (business, government, non-profit, etc) as soon as I run into a brick wall, or feel like I’m getting the runaround, I make a call to the CEO’s office. i usually don’t get to speak to the CEO, but I always get someone who will deal with the situation and give me an answer on the spot or within a few hours.

If a call to the head isn’t working, and the pastor has a valid contract to rent the facility, a lawyer should be able to make a few calls and get things back on track. An attorney calls the head of the legal office of the university. He tells them his client has a valid contract. Either cancel the contract in writing with justification based on the letter of the contract or honor the contract. If you cancel the contract, we are suing and will create the biggest public relations firestorm we can.

It is hard for me to believe in Mississippi, of all states the state officials won’t intervene and tell the University officials to rent the facility and get over their personal issues with religion.


13 posted on 04/04/2015 7:09:42 AM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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I suspect this is all about an atheist bureaucrat in the chain of command trying to assert her/his authority. Many times I’ve found when dealing with a bureaucracy, a phone call to the top person will cut through the red tape and result in a positive resolution.

It's true. If you can find who the more "top person" is or at least get to speak with him/her personally. That's harder.
14 posted on 04/04/2015 7:21:29 AM PDT by Resettozero
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He was just an itinerant Doc Jesus to them. Very sad, when I saw that.

I am not sure if I get you. Jesus was not an MD with a medical degree. He performed miracles, healing was one of them and traveled from place to place with his disciples

15 posted on 04/04/2015 7:25:25 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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If only it was a gay church...


16 posted on 04/04/2015 7:28:02 AM PDT by themidnightskulker (And then the thread dies... peacefully, in it's sleep....)
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Why does diversity and tolerance always mean the Christians have to go? And how could the administration at the university NOT know what was going on on their campus? They are lying.


17 posted on 04/04/2015 7:48:24 AM PDT by armydawg505
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Would the use of the conference center have been canceled if a Muslim group were using it?


18 posted on 04/04/2015 7:50:21 AM PDT by The Great RJ (Pants up...Don't loot!)
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““We have to follow our policies,” Rolph said.”

Apparently policy is more important to commitment. A church service is healing to many in many ways. I can believe this could happen many places but I’m surprised for it to occur here in Mississippi. The least the university should have done is acknowledge they made a policy error BUT HONOR THEIR COMMITMENT. Is haley barbour behind this?


19 posted on 04/04/2015 7:51:12 AM PDT by duffee (Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
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Marc Rolph

There's the problem right there.
20 posted on 04/04/2015 7:55:22 AM PDT by Resettozero
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