Posted on 02/01/2015 12:09:57 AM PST by Faith Presses On
NASHVILLE – An apostate pastor in the Bible Belt who leads the congregation that country star Carrie Underwood attends recently announced from the pulpit that not only can practicing homosexuals be members, but those in sexual sin can now fully serve in his church and will be allowed to “marry” at the facility.
“Our position that these siblings of ours, other than heterosexual, … cannot have the full privileges of membership, but only partial membership, has changed,” Stan Mitchell of GracePointe Church in Franklin, Tennessee announced earlier this month as some clapped and others sat silently in disapproval. “Full privileges are extended now to you with the same expectations of faithfulness, sobriety, holiness, wholeness, fidelity, godliness, skill, and willingness. That is expected of all,” he continued. “Full membership means being able to serve in leadership and give all of your gifts and to receive all the sacraments; not only communion and baptism, but child dedication and marriage.”
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Sounds like the LDS all of a sudden finding that polygamy is wrong and later that blacks can now be elders.
I fear this decision will Break Wind.
The hell it was a divine wind.
Brother Stan just found a new source of income.
Oh my - they are required to be holy, faithful and other such stuff that homosexuals are incapable of doing. Carrie Underwood better run - not walk to the nearest exit. Jesus will spew these people out of his mouth.
Oops, I just read the entire article - apparently, Carrie Underwood supports same-sex marriage. She says it isn’t up to her to judge. Guess they don’t know the Bible that well, do they?
I read this several times and still cannot find any mention of Jesus. He is “ “tribally” a 21st century, evangelical minister”, but he has turned his back on the Bible and Jesus Christ.
http://gracepointe.net/meet-the-pastor/
Background and Vision
GracePointe Church was founded in 2003 while sitting around a living room with friends. Before GracePointe, I spent 20 years, variously, as a youth pastor in Arkansas, traveling evangelist EVERYWHERE and preaching/teaching pastor at Christ Church in Nashville, TN. Born into a five-generation, classical Pentecostal family, my perspective on God and spirituality has widened considerably into a more inclusive vision; one which embraces the liturgical, evangelical and charismatic streams of the Christian Church. While I am “tribally” a 21st century, evangelical minister, I have a heart to see the historical, contemporary and future manifestations of the Church converge, truly informed and benefited one by the other.
Passion in Ministry
I am a people person who loves spending time helping others navigate their life-journey. I love teaching, always have; whether it’s tutoring algebra or an in depth study on the Minor Prophets, I love teaching (did I already say that?). And, I love leading; especially in the local church which, I believe when done right, is still the hope for creation.
So according to Carrie Underwood’s logic, we can all sin and nobody can tell us it’s wrong, as it’s not up to anyone to judge. So silly, this whole non-judgment thing.
It’s in scripture. We don’t have to judge. God has clearly spoken. We just have to obey scripture and leave the judging up to God.
I think a “divine wind” wouldn’t contradict scripture. He better rethink this one.
O Lord, won’t ‘ya buy me a new mercedes benz.
My friends all have porsches, I must make amends...
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and the practice associated with it is sadly apt.
No, Pastor Mitchell, that wasn’t a divine wind, that was intestinal methane.
More like burning Sulfur from the messenger.
Maybe it’s not our place to judge but neither is it to support and encourage sin.
When people try to claim Jesus changed things my response is
St. Matthew 5:17
We are also told to judge with a righteous judgment. How can we do this if we aren’t allowed to judge? We judge right from wrong from the Word of God - and that means we are to tell others right from wrong - I’m sick of this judge not - lest ye be judged crap - notice who uses that scripture? Non believers, of course, so that we will shut up and not allow the Holy Spirit to convict them of their sins. How is it they know that verse, but refuse to obey the Bible? Makes one wonder, doesn’t it?
This saddens me.
I thought this fallen pastor had said all of that? Why are you saying Carrie did?
Scripture spells out many false teachers in endtimes.
In my many years of life, close to 90, I have seen many religious hucksters. I remember with laughs the fellow in an engineering class who was taking the final exam with me and commented to me after the test session that he was OK if he failed because he would just go back to the country folks and become a minister.
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