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To: Condor 63

The Methodists, Presbyterians, etc. will all probably be taken over as was the Episcopal Church and destroy themselves.

Once upon a time the Episcopal Church was one of the most conservative churches in America. I grew up in that church and when I was a kid I loved it, was altar boy, the whole nine yards. Now I won’t claim them at all. The last 35 plus years the church has moved so far left I can’t recognize it. The last three or four presiding Bishops have destroyed this fine church.

I am at the point I just pray at home.


7 posted on 02/24/2019 11:09:58 AM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Once upon a time the Episcopal Church was one of the most conservative churches in America.

Same with the Methodists. No drinking at any time, and on Sunday no dancing, movies, card playing, etc. Church twice on Sunday and also mid-week, year-round. It was then the "Methodist Episcopal" church and very similar to the EC.


I am at the point I just pray at home.

Try the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) if there is one near you. (That is absolutely NOT the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America - ELCA).

LCMS: No female pastors! Socially conservative! No LGBT indulgences! And the motto is "Sola Gratia, Sola Fede, Sola Scriptura" — "We are saved by Grace, through Faith, and the Bible is our sole source of authority." The preaching is about the scriptures and what they mean, not about Democrat talking points, rainbows or unicorns. There is a catechism written by Martin Luther, whose aim was not to introduce "progress", but to return the corrupted church to the Apostolic faith as taught by Jesus to the apostles. Most of the people are educated and devout, and the hymns are wonderful.

15 posted on 02/24/2019 12:27:33 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Great nations do not fight endless wars." --Donald J. Trump, State of the Union speech 2019)
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To: Captain Peter Blood
7 The Methodists, Presbyterians, etc. will all probably be taken over as was the Episcopal Church and destroy themselves.

??? 2/23-25/2019

2/21/2019 - “MEXIT”: Methodists, Anglicans and the Limits of Disagreement
"...One wonders whether when the dust settles from the current church battles, there might be a genuine ecumenical koinonia, if not formal union, of Methodists (orthodox) and Anglicans (not Episcopalians) -- and, for that matter, Presbyterians (all of the other flavors but not PCUSA) and Lutherans (all of the other flavors but not the ELCA), as a part of the one holy, catholic and apostolic church. By that time (who knows?) perhaps Roman Catholicism will have gone through the refiner's fire and be looking quite different. Maybe, just maybe, as C.S. Lewis imagined, Aslan is on the move."

Once upon a time the Episcopal Church was one of the most conservative churches in America. I grew up in that church and when I was a kid I loved it, was altar boy, the whole nine yards. Now I won’t claim them at all. The last 35 plus years the church has moved so far left I can’t recognize it. The last three or four presiding Bishops have destroyed this fine church.

Very similar story for me. I left ECUSA in NOV 2003 when the Presiding Bishop consecrated the newly-elected bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire, an open-homosexual who had left his wife (with 2 grown daughters) and married his homosexual partner.

I am at the point I just pray at home.

If there is an Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod parish close-by, you might consider visiting it. I did and felt very comfortable with its liturgical order of service and its retention of orthodox Christianity.

I also supplement my church attendance with 2 evangelical TV shows (presented below) which also post videos of their sermons/ messages online. Both shows are broadcast on DayStar and Trinity Broadcast Network.

The Hal Lindsey Report
Hal Lindsey is strong on end times prophecies, but he does present a core message of salvation. And his review of current events is usually very interesting.

Michael Youssef - Church of the Apostles, Atlanta, GA
Born and raised a Christian in Egypt. He immigrated to Australia (I think he was ordained as an Anglican there - He has since left that denomination.) and later the U.S. where he furthered his formal Christian education and settled in Atlanta, GA. He ties his sermons directly to scripture. He reads (and probably speaks) Arabic and is very informed on the danger of Islam. His worldwide broadcast ministry especially focuses on Christians in the Middle East.

25 posted on 02/24/2019 1:47:10 PM PST by MacNaughton
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Try the Lutheran church Missouri synod Conservative and with a beautiful liturgy at the traditional services. It is not good to be without Christian fellowship and the Lords Supper


26 posted on 02/24/2019 1:54:12 PM PST by Mom MD ( .)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

I am at the point I just pray at home.
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If you ever decide to look around for a Christian faith community that has retained its orthodox beliefs for a millennium or longer, check out either (1) a Catholic Tridentine Latin Mass Church, or (2) a Catholic Ukrainian Orthodox Church, or (3) any Greek or Russian Orthodox Church. The faithful who are members of these churches tend to be theologically and politically conservative.


30 posted on 02/24/2019 3:24:57 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Civilization is held together by the hangman's noose.)
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