Posted on 12/01/2009 9:19:57 PM PST by delacoert
NAMPA - Becki Detro said she was married to the church for 28 years of her life. Constant feelings of unworthiness caused her to leave her faith.
"It was very hard," she said. "It's a hard thing when your whole family..." she couldn't continue and was visibly emotional.
She's now joining an effort to help other followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who want to leave the church, but still have a place to worship.
"I see a concern that LDS people are leaving because they are not receiving the healing balm of His forgiveness," she said.
She connected with Pastor Mark Cares. He founded the Truth in Love Ministry in 2005 with a mission to bring people from the Mormon faith to his church.
"Over the years we have ministered to people who have felt stressed over Mormanism," he said. "We are just trying to reach out to those people."
And his ministry is reaching out with five new billboard advertisements. Ads that read: "feeling Worthy?" and display a support website, http://www.hishealingnow.com/
The website features stories from Detro and others who've made the switch. It's tone is blunt with links reading, "healed from shame," and "I was washing clean."
"it's not to bash Mormons but to point out those differences and then to talk about the ramifications of those differences," he said. "We have a sense of urgency that the people in Mormonism will be lost and that's a hard message to send."
The tone and tactic of the awareness campaign disturb some.
"I think he's really reaching trying to figure something out and trying to take advantage of a couple situations," said Wayne Petersen, a bishop in the Mormon faith for six years.
He says the standards are high for a reason and that there is support within the church.
"We don't apologize for the standards we set because they are true principals that stand for a good quality of life," he said.
But that quality of life wasn't very high for Detro who says those standards ostracize many and make some feel bad about themselves.
"I went to church and heard the message of free and full forgiveness," she said.
Regardless how people feel about various religions, Petersen says this method is unbecoming.
"I feel sorry he has to take this approach," he said. "I guess he's just trying to build his own flock and I wish him good luck."
Lower their standards!!!!!!!!!!!
As long as that coffee house has a good expresso
Heart of the Matter with Shawn McCraney...
Thanks for the reminder to d/l the audio to listen on my ipod.
If people don’t focus on doing something about the “Government Cult”, and do it now, faith wars will become moot. People better be careful about picking their battles right now. And they better be careful how much attention they devote to each one.
Shawn has great info in his archives too ..
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Last night he started talking about racism in Mormonism.
Thanks for the warning...
Do you know the price of rice in China?
Thanks
You notice thares no high placed black leader yet after 30 years...
I heard they once had a high placed “Lamanite” but got rid of him when he found out some truth and exposed them ...
Heart of the Matter with Shawn McCraney...
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Yeah, I wasn’t sure when I first heard of him and the whole “born again Mormon” thing, but after watching a few eps, I could see where he was coming from.
And it has been wonderful to watch him grow in the Lord these past 4 years.
I wish my cousin knew of this group before she took her own life.
People better be careful about picking their battles right now. And they better be careful how much attention they devote to each one.
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Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.(Matt 10:28)
Such fuzzy words:
Some? (How many? Who?)
Tone: (Too gentle? Too harsh?)
Tactic: (Using a BILLBOARD istead of going door-to-door? Having WEBSITE links? What do they [wink-wink nudge-nudge] WANT?)
I guess that the "...after all you can do..." should have had an EXIT strategy?
Probably stake presidents stuck with trying to keep the membership books cooked to keep their highers from breathing down their neck.
Tone: (Too gentle? Too harsh?)
Too truthful
Tactic: (Using a BILLBOARD istead of going door-to-door? Having WEBSITE links? What do they [wink-wink nudge-nudge] WANT?)
Not fair, they do it better than us.
It must be like SMOKERS who 'know'; but are BOUND by a powerful addiction.
LORD; we lift up the MORMONs who are bound by deception and ask that your Holy Spirit give them the courage to turn to you.
Amen
"Whom the Son sets free are free indeed."
I think brother Ezra Taft Benson was the racist that got rid of George Lee on a weak charge of touching a twelve year old inappropriately. Evidently he disagreed with him about the Indian placement program.
Multi-tasking is our friend. :)
There was an exit strategy and I was just about to take it....
The tone and tactic of the awareness campaign disturb some.
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Some (meaning all the mormon leadership only...the lowly members are not to think...When the profit speaks the thinking has neen done)
the awareness campaign ( the truth of mormonism has been exposed ...circle the wagons)
disturb (see “the awareness campaign”)
tone (the words are true ...Oh Noes)
tactic (ouch why didnt the Morg think of billboards ???)
:)
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