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doug pagitt
Jan 24, 2021: Wyoming Public Media: Evangelical Leaders Condemn 'Radicalized Christian Nationalism'
"I am not trying to assign to people something that they didn't want assigned to them — that they were moving and marching in Christ's name," organizer Doug Pagitt said during a recent Zoom call with other signers of the letter. Pagitt, who leads the progressive evangelical group Vote Common Good, highlighted the prayer shouted from the Senate rostrum, which was conducted in a style typical of many charismatic and evangelical churches.
"I am not trying to assign to people something that they didn't want assigned to them — that they were moving and marching in Christ's name," organizer Doug Pagitt said during a recent Zoom call with other signers of the letter. Pagitt, who leads the progressive evangelical group Vote Common Good, highlighted the prayer shouted from the Senate rostrum, which was conducted in a style typical of many charismatic and evangelical churches.
andrew palau
From Press Release:
Buenos Aires Outreach Sees 20,000 Gospel Responses
JANUARY 19, 2023 - BUENOS AIRES — It had been 14 years since the Luis Palau Association held their last citywide campaign in Buenos Aires. The main avenue was shut down through town. All 16 lanes. And the crowd stretched out for 7 full blocks.
It proved to be the largest festival in the history of their team. It was also one of the largest gatherings in the history of Argentina.
Last November they returned to Argentina’s capital city for a festival that saw at least 20,000 Gospel responses. GNA spoke to evangelist Andrew Palau about what it was like to continue this legacy in his father’s home country.
The Luis Palau association saw at least 20,000 people respond to the Gospel during their recent outreach campaign in Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Tens of thousands of people flocked to Palermo Park in the capital city for a two day festival November 18-19, which followed several other outreach events leading up to that weekend.
It had been originally scheduled for 2019 with Luis Palau who has since passed away. Andrew gave an emotional response when asked how his father would’ve felt about the remarkable response they saw.
Andrew Palau – Evangelist LPEA:
Pure joy to think that everything he dreamed of, that the church would love each other and the leaders would stay together and it would truly be something that is all about Jesus Christ, it’s awesome to see it. And you know it’s humbling when you look at those that went before you, the generation before us we’re in awe of them.
Palau went on to highlight how special it was to join their follow up teams as people responded to accept Christ into their lives:
Andrew Palau:
The Friends of the Festival, we call them, will go into the crowd, so to see that sea of hands raised. It’s awesome. And often I’ll have my friends and we’ve been working hard over the years in preparation. They’re often in the front counselling and going one on one. And when I can, I like to jump down and counsel myself because that’s when you see the work of the Lord in an individual.
And preparations are now well underway for the ministry’s next festival which will take place in San Jose in Costa Rica in March.
About the Luis Palau Association
For more than 25 years Andrew Palau has played a key role in the ministry of the Luis Palau Association (LPA), which was started by his father, evangelist Luis Palau. Andrew has been instrumental in building the LPA model for citywide outreach as an evangelist, director, and key team leader. He has guided campaigns, led church relations efforts, trained thousands of believers in friendship evangelism, and proclaimed the Good News of Jesus Christ in person to hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world through evangelistic campaigns. Andrew’s festivals have brought him and the Palau Association into partnership with thousands of churches in cities throughout Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, the Caribbean, and the United States of America. Andrew’s weekly radio broadcasts, in partnership with his wife, Wendy, are heard by millions of people on thousands of radio outlets around the world. He is also the author of The Secret Life of a Fool, a retelling of his personal journey to faith in Christ, and What is Christmas?, a groundbreaking evangelistic book published in China in 2012.
CONTACT: Jay Fordice, jay.fordice@palau.org
Buenos Aires Outreach Sees 20,000 Gospel Responses
JANUARY 19, 2023 - BUENOS AIRES — It had been 14 years since the Luis Palau Association held their last citywide campaign in Buenos Aires. The main avenue was shut down through town. All 16 lanes. And the crowd stretched out for 7 full blocks.
It proved to be the largest festival in the history of their team. It was also one of the largest gatherings in the history of Argentina.
Last November they returned to Argentina’s capital city for a festival that saw at least 20,000 Gospel responses. GNA spoke to evangelist Andrew Palau about what it was like to continue this legacy in his father’s home country.
The Luis Palau association saw at least 20,000 people respond to the Gospel during their recent outreach campaign in Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Tens of thousands of people flocked to Palermo Park in the capital city for a two day festival November 18-19, which followed several other outreach events leading up to that weekend.
It had been originally scheduled for 2019 with Luis Palau who has since passed away. Andrew gave an emotional response when asked how his father would’ve felt about the remarkable response they saw.
Andrew Palau – Evangelist LPEA:
Pure joy to think that everything he dreamed of, that the church would love each other and the leaders would stay together and it would truly be something that is all about Jesus Christ, it’s awesome to see it. And you know it’s humbling when you look at those that went before you, the generation before us we’re in awe of them.
Palau went on to highlight how special it was to join their follow up teams as people responded to accept Christ into their lives:
Andrew Palau:
The Friends of the Festival, we call them, will go into the crowd, so to see that sea of hands raised. It’s awesome. And often I’ll have my friends and we’ve been working hard over the years in preparation. They’re often in the front counselling and going one on one. And when I can, I like to jump down and counsel myself because that’s when you see the work of the Lord in an individual.
And preparations are now well underway for the ministry’s next festival which will take place in San Jose in Costa Rica in March.
About the Luis Palau Association
For more than 25 years Andrew Palau has played a key role in the ministry of the Luis Palau Association (LPA), which was started by his father, evangelist Luis Palau. Andrew has been instrumental in building the LPA model for citywide outreach as an evangelist, director, and key team leader. He has guided campaigns, led church relations efforts, trained thousands of believers in friendship evangelism, and proclaimed the Good News of Jesus Christ in person to hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world through evangelistic campaigns. Andrew’s festivals have brought him and the Palau Association into partnership with thousands of churches in cities throughout Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, the Caribbean, and the United States of America. Andrew’s weekly radio broadcasts, in partnership with his wife, Wendy, are heard by millions of people on thousands of radio outlets around the world. He is also the author of The Secret Life of a Fool, a retelling of his personal journey to faith in Christ, and What is Christmas?, a groundbreaking evangelistic book published in China in 2012.
CONTACT: Jay Fordice, jay.fordice@palau.org
dan patrick
Feb 23, 2023: Rolling Stone: The Christian Nationalist Machine Turning Hate Into Law
Founded in Aug. 2020, NACL is tied to top Christian spiritual and political leaders. The group’s advisory board includes onetime presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — the former governor of Arkansas and father of the new governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders — Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, and Mat Staver, president of Liberty Counsel. (Liberty Counsel is a frequent litigant before the Supreme Court; the head of its ministry, Rolling Stone exposed, bragged of praying with SCOTUS justices.)
Founded in Aug. 2020, NACL is tied to top Christian spiritual and political leaders. The group’s advisory board includes onetime presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — the former governor of Arkansas and father of the new governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders — Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, and Mat Staver, president of Liberty Counsel. (Liberty Counsel is a frequent litigant before the Supreme Court; the head of its ministry, Rolling Stone exposed, bragged of praying with SCOTUS justices.)
nancy pearcey
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Oct 8, 2021: Christian Post: George Barna shares 4 ways Christian parents can combat media’s influence in children’s lives
Moderated by David Closson, the director of the Family Research Council’s newly launched Center for Biblical Worldview, the panel included George Barna, director of the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, Joseph Backholm of the Center for Biblical Worldview and Nancy Pearcey, professor and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University. Apr 7, 2015: Christianity Today: Meet the Women Apologists
Cultural apologetics has emerged in the midst of this discussion. It draws from the best of classical apologetics and yet meets objections by expanding in new, innovative directions. The program at HBU is leading this project. Among the faculty are Nancy Pearcey, author of Total Truth and Saving Leonardo; Mary Jo Sharp, director of the ministry Confident Christianity; Melissa Cain Travis, a national speaker and author for Apologia Press; Kristen Davis, an engineer who runs DoubtLess Faith Ministries; and Ordway, an Inklings scholar with a PhD in literature. They’re thinkers who can pull their weight and evangelists motivated by a deceptively simple objective: Tell people the Good News. And for those who already know that, equip them to “give the reason for the hope that you have.” |
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Jan 15, 2022: Christian Post: Pastor Michael Todd admits wiping spit on brother’s face in church was ‘too extreme and disgusting’
Bishop Carlton Pearson, who once led one of the largest churches in Tulsa, Oklahoma, during the 1990s and stirred controversy for declaring there is no Hell, came to Todd’s defense. Pearson is the senior minister of Christ Universal Temple, a large New Thought congregation in Chicago, Illinois. He is also the head of a new Higher Dimensions fellowship in Chicago and an affiliate minister at Tulsa’s All Souls Unitarian Church. He said Todd and his brother are like family to him. Perkins, who in 2015 famously agreed with a guest on his radio show that Hurricane Joaquin might be a sign of God’s wrath over the country’s legalization of same-sex marriage, was forced with his family to flee his own flooded house by canoe last week. The Family Research Council is a conservative Christian lobbying organization formed in 1981 by James Dobson. --Bob Allen @ Baptist News Global Aug, 22, 2016 May 2013: Reform Magazine: Bishop Carlton Pearson interview: Hell and high water
Born in the San Diego ghetto, Bishop Carlton Pearson, will next year be the subject of a major film. He became a superstar preacher, built a megachurch from nothing, gained a huge, devoted following, and rubbed shoulders with the most powerful political and religious leaders in the United States. But of course that’s not why Hollywood is interested. Or, to be fair, why I am. The most compelling part of his story is what happened next. Bishop Carlton Pearson started asking the wrong theological question, and the whole thing came crashing down. The film is to be called Heretic, and the heresy that cost him everything is that he stopped believing in hell. |
March 19, 1953: Carlton Pearson was born in San Diego, California.
May 2013 Reform Magazine interview:
Pearson: "The way I look at it now, you can experience God and never know God or even know that you’re experiencing God. The way to know God is to know yourself. If you’re created in the image and likeness of God then you’re the closest to God you’re ever going to get. So study yourself – investigate, interrogate, excavate your own soul – even if something has died in you, do an autopsy. Don’t tell me the disease, tell me what caused the disease that brought death to your relationship with you. And that God expresses itself to you, through you, and as me. We’re all inextricably connected. And the rest of it is mystery. Embrace that. But the more I get to know me the more I know God." Interview by Praise Houston: Pearson: "I questioned my faith in the concept of “eternal damnation” and torment in a presumed customized torture chamber called hell. I wondered how a supposed “loving God” whose mercy endured forever would or could sponsor such an obscene place. I could not reconcile, “The love” of God and such a vulgar concept. Through in depth biblical and historical research and deeper self and soul reflection I discovered that our traditional concept of hell was both flawed, misinterpreted, irrelevant and against the moral character of Infinite Love. 1 John 4:18 says: There is no fear in love; but perfect (mature) love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love." |
Terri Copeland Pearsons |
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Apr 7, 2016: Youtube: 2016 European Prayer Conference - Terri Copeland Pearsons - 03/03/2016
Mar 2, 2015: Kenneth Copeland Ministries: The Ministry of the Prophet Throughout the Bible, God used prophets to reveal His plans to the Body of Christ. Join Pastors George and Terri Pearsons on today’s Believer’s Voice of Victory. Learn the significance of the ministry of the prophet, and the purpose of prophetic words in your life. Nov 8, 2007: Across The Great Divide: Former Employees Say of Ken Copeland's Ministry: This isn't God.
There will be what we call "passing out the kool aid" tomorrow morning at a Chapel conducted by John Copeland, CEO, Kellie Copeland (daughter) and head of the EMIC [Eagle Mountain International Church, Copeland's ministry] Children's Ministry, and George & Terri Pearsons (KC daughter & son in law, pastors of EMIC) to have Communion over all of these reports and allegations. These Chapels are nothing more than to "rally the troops" and assure the employees that KCM is above board and full of Integrity. Terri Copeland Pearsons, eldest daughter of internationally known minister Kenneth Copeland, first discovered the adventures of prayer as a little girl praying at her grandmother’s side. Terri and her husband, George Pearsons, serve as Senior Pastors of Eagle Mountain International Church (EMIC) at Kenneth Copeland Ministries, where they have pastored for over two decades. They have an international commission that takes them all over the world. Since 1995, Terri has ignited the fires of prayer at EMIC through Prayer School and through a dynamic network of prayer groups; she has brought life into the prayers of believers worldwide. Terri has supported her father’s commission to take the Word of God from the top of the world, to the bottom, and all the way around, since attending Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the late 1970s. For 13 years she developed the Believer’s Voice of Victory (BVOV) television broadcast as its first producer, helping establish Brother Copeland as a forerunner in television ministry. Terri and George have two grown children. Their son, Jeremy Pearsons, his wife Sarah and children, Justus and Jessie Grace, travel in ministry together, teaching believers of all ages to hold fast to the spirit of faith. Sarah Hart Pearsons is also a worshipper and singer-songwriter. Their daughter, Aubrey Oaks is a gifted vocalist who ministers frequently at EMIC, and she travels alongside her mother, ministering with her. Her husband, Cody is a pilot and is preparing for the ministry to which God has called him. They have two daughters, Eiley and Kayelin. |
December 31, 1976: George Pearsons asked Terri Copeland to marry him.
January 3, 1993: Pearson & her husband, George, became pastors of Eagle Mountain International Church
January 2017: Pastor George and Pearsons received a mandate from Brother Copeland to serve as the Executive Leaders of Kenneth Copeland Ministries
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tony perkins
Oct 7, 2016: Religion News Service: Questions for Falwell, Perkins, Franklin Graham et al.
Can you live with yourself as an apologist for this man?
Presidential candidate Donald Trump has donated $100,000 for flood relief to a Louisiana Baptist church where Family Research Council President Tony Perkins is serving as interim pastor.
The Republican nominee and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, stopped at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church during an Aug. 19 visit to Baton Rouge, La., to survey damage and meet with victims and relief workers a week after a storm flooded much of central Louisiana. Also in attendance was Franklin Graham, president of the Christian international relief agency Samaritan’s Purse.
Can you live with yourself as an apologist for this man?
Presidential candidate Donald Trump has donated $100,000 for flood relief to a Louisiana Baptist church where Family Research Council President Tony Perkins is serving as interim pastor.
The Republican nominee and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, stopped at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church during an Aug. 19 visit to Baton Rouge, La., to survey damage and meet with victims and relief workers a week after a storm flooded much of central Louisiana. Also in attendance was Franklin Graham, president of the Christian international relief agency Samaritan’s Purse.
Apr 7, 2015: Christian Examiner: 21 days of prayer launched about Supreme Court decision on marriage
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is asking Christians to start today to pray and fast through April 28 when the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the issue of marriage.
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is asking Christians to start today to pray and fast through April 28 when the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the issue of marriage.
Jan 30, 2015: Right Wing Watch: Tony Perkins: Gays 'Persecute' Christians By Making Them View Photos Of Gay People On Facebook
-Family Research Council President Tony Perkins invited his colleague Peter Sprigg on to “Washington Watch” yesterday to discuss an Idaho state legislative committee’s decision not to include protections for LGBT people in a proposed nondiscrimination law.
June 28, 2013: WBRZ: Tony Perkins temporarily at pulpit in Baton Rouge
Perkins is temporarily leading the congregation since Pastor Dennis Terry left. Terry made controversial statements from the pulpit during the presidential campaign last year
-Family Research Council President Tony Perkins invited his colleague Peter Sprigg on to “Washington Watch” yesterday to discuss an Idaho state legislative committee’s decision not to include protections for LGBT people in a proposed nondiscrimination law.
June 28, 2013: WBRZ: Tony Perkins temporarily at pulpit in Baton Rouge
Perkins is temporarily leading the congregation since Pastor Dennis Terry left. Terry made controversial statements from the pulpit during the presidential campaign last year
May 9, 2014: Baptist Press: HGTV cancels show; stars called 'anti-gay'
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said of HGTV’s tweet announcing the cancelation, “That’s a lot of cowardice packed into 140 characters.”
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said of HGTV’s tweet announcing the cancelation, “That’s a lot of cowardice packed into 140 characters.”
jackie hill perry
Jan 11, 2023: Christain Headlines: Jackie Hill Perry Denounces the Enneagram, Apologizes for Past Promotion: 'It's Evil'
Christian author and speaker Jackie Hill Perry is denouncing the Enneagram personality test and apologizing for her past promotion of it.
Perry, in a new Instagram story, said she repented to God for her past position.
Christian author and speaker Jackie Hill Perry is denouncing the Enneagram personality test and apologizing for her past promotion of it.
Perry, in a new Instagram story, said she repented to God for her past position.
Jan 6, 2023: Christian Post: Jackie Hill Perry warns Satan trying to destroy 'entire generation of Christians with witchcraft'
Christian author Jackie Hill Perry said Wednesday that too many churches are giving Satan room to “destroy” and leading a generation of Christians to be more comfortable engaging with elements of “witchcraft” rather than engaging with the true power of the Holy Spirit.
The 33-year-old ex-lesbian rapper, author, poet and Bible preacher was among many prominent Christian speakers who spoke at Passion 2023 conference in Atlanta this week. She warned that if ministry leaders don’t lean on the Holy Spirit and the move of God, their ministry becomes ineffective.
Christian author Jackie Hill Perry said Wednesday that too many churches are giving Satan room to “destroy” and leading a generation of Christians to be more comfortable engaging with elements of “witchcraft” rather than engaging with the true power of the Holy Spirit.
The 33-year-old ex-lesbian rapper, author, poet and Bible preacher was among many prominent Christian speakers who spoke at Passion 2023 conference in Atlanta this week. She warned that if ministry leaders don’t lean on the Holy Spirit and the move of God, their ministry becomes ineffective.
JESSE LEE PETERSON
Aug 24, 2021: Friendly Atheist: Christian Radio Host Slams NY Gov. Kathy Hochul: Women Are "Not Created to Lead"
Right-wing Christian radio host Jesse Lee Peterson who believes it was generally a "big mistake to educate women" is very unhappy that Kathy Hochul is the new governor of New York, having replaced the disgraced Andrew Cuomo, who officially resigned at midnight.
Apr 11, 2015: WND: 'Stupid!': Black activists 'tussle' on Fox News
The other guest was Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization for a New Destiny.
Mar 5, 2015: Newsmax: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson: Don't Trust Slam of Ferguson Cops
The Justice Department's finding of rampant racism in the Ferguson police force is more about the redistribution of wealth and power than it is race, says the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, president and founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny.
Oct 16, 2014: Z-News Mississippi: The rate of abortion in the African American community will hasten the downfall..
Among them was the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, the founder of the Brotherhood Organizations of a New Destiny and a contributing commentator on Fox News. Peterson, who considers himself a friend of Fox show host Sean Hannity, has made a number of controversial statements over the years, including that black racists and guilty white people are responsible for electing President Barack Obama.
Jesse Lee Peterson (born May 22, 1949) is president and founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND), an American religious nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to a conservative agenda among African Americans.
Right-wing Christian radio host Jesse Lee Peterson who believes it was generally a "big mistake to educate women" is very unhappy that Kathy Hochul is the new governor of New York, having replaced the disgraced Andrew Cuomo, who officially resigned at midnight.
Apr 11, 2015: WND: 'Stupid!': Black activists 'tussle' on Fox News
The other guest was Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization for a New Destiny.
Mar 5, 2015: Newsmax: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson: Don't Trust Slam of Ferguson Cops
The Justice Department's finding of rampant racism in the Ferguson police force is more about the redistribution of wealth and power than it is race, says the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, president and founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny.
Oct 16, 2014: Z-News Mississippi: The rate of abortion in the African American community will hasten the downfall..
Among them was the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, the founder of the Brotherhood Organizations of a New Destiny and a contributing commentator on Fox News. Peterson, who considers himself a friend of Fox show host Sean Hannity, has made a number of controversial statements over the years, including that black racists and guilty white people are responsible for electing President Barack Obama.
Jesse Lee Peterson (born May 22, 1949) is president and founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND), an American religious nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to a conservative agenda among African Americans.
rob philips
March 1, 2023: ABC News: Christian school that embraced the LGBTQ community is forced to close its doors
As Rob Philips of the Missouri Baptist Convention, a network of 1,800 churches in the state, explained to ABC News, "to embrace desires and behaviors that are outside of scripture is not ultimately loving and caring." Philips said it is unlikely that any of the convention’s member churches would have supported the school.
As Rob Philips of the Missouri Baptist Convention, a network of 1,800 churches in the state, explained to ABC News, "to embrace desires and behaviors that are outside of scripture is not ultimately loving and caring." Philips said it is unlikely that any of the convention’s member churches would have supported the school.
Richard D Phillips |
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Dr. Richard Phillips is the Senior Minister of the Second Presbyterian Church of Greenville in South Carolina. He attended Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and, after graduation, joined the pastoral staff of the church where he came to faith, Tenth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. There, Rick was mentored by the well-known Bible teacher, Dr. James Montgomery Boice, and began his calling as a weekly preacher of God's Word. After serving at Tenth Presbyterian from 1995-2002, Rick accepted the call to be Senior Minister of First Presbyterian Church of Coral Springs, Florida. After five years there, he moved to Greenville to serve Second Presbyterian.
His ministry is widely heard on the radio and the internet and Rick is frequently called upon to speak at conferences on the Bible and Reformed theology. He further serves the church by authoring books, with over twenty-five currently in print. Among his many activities, he serves on the board and council of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, the council of The Gospel Coalition, and the board of trustees of Westminster Theological Seminary. Together with Philip Graham Ryken, he is series coeditor of the Reformed Expository Commentary series. In addition to the Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary, Rick holds degrees from Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Doctor of Divinity), the University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A.) and the University of Michigan (B.A.). Rick is married to Sharon, and they have five children.
His ministry is widely heard on the radio and the internet and Rick is frequently called upon to speak at conferences on the Bible and Reformed theology. He further serves the church by authoring books, with over twenty-five currently in print. Among his many activities, he serves on the board and council of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, the council of The Gospel Coalition, and the board of trustees of Westminster Theological Seminary. Together with Philip Graham Ryken, he is series coeditor of the Reformed Expository Commentary series. In addition to the Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary, Rick holds degrees from Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Doctor of Divinity), the University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A.) and the University of Michigan (B.A.). Rick is married to Sharon, and they have five children.
Apr 1, 2015: Rick Phillips: : Reformation 21: More PCRT Q/A: Does Christian Marriage Require a Civil License? -
Dec 3, 2012: Tullian Tchividjian: Sin Remains: My Response To Rick Phillips
This is nothing more and nothing less than classic Reformed theology, which is why I was surprised that Rick Phillips wrote a critique of my post.
Dec 3, 2012: Tullian Tchividjian: Sin Remains: My Response To Rick Phillips
This is nothing more and nothing less than classic Reformed theology, which is why I was surprised that Rick Phillips wrote a critique of my post.
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"Few of us are eager to proclaim ourselves prophets, and yet is the duty of Christians — and especially of ministers in the church — to serve in the office of prophets, voicing truth from God's Word to the church. Yet there is a great principle of deformation that always opposes this calling, a principle that is especially influential in our own day. This is the idea that it is more important to be winsome, more excellent to be pleasing in the sight of men, regardless of what you do or say, than it is to guard and proclaim the truth of God. Just as in Jeremiah's day, the pragmatists and the lovers of the new and the allies of the world hate and attack the prophetic voice because it unsettles the people. "Your words mark you as a traitor," they said to Jeremiah, and so they still say today.
If there is one certainty in the Evangelical Movement today, it is that those who confront error and compromise, those who deliver bad though biblical news, just like those reformers the prophets, will be cast aide, will be mocked and abused, will be denied access to major media, will be ridiculed and marginalized, just as the prophets of old were put to death with stones and cast into cisterns. Indeed, as Jesus Himself lamented, this treatment of prophets is veritably the spectator sport of deformation history" - Richard D. Phillips, Turning Back the Darkness: The Biblical Pattern of Reformation, (Crossway Books, Wheaton, Il, USA, 2002), p. 107-108 |
The Gospel is relevent; it is always relevent, as long as there are sinners, as long as God sits upon a holy throne of judgment, as long as lawbreakers are under the condemnation and in the bondage of sin. The Gospel is relevent to the ultimate and greatest needs of every man and woman, needs that do not change with the generations or intellectual fashions."
- Richard D. Phillips, Turning Back the Darkness: The Biblical Pattern of Reformation, (Crossway Books, Wheaton, Il, USA, 2002), p. 167 |
vance pitman
Jan 24, 2023: Sentinel: Dose of Truth
Brown’s remarkable story was used by author Vance Pitman to begin his book, “The Stressless Life.” How we deal with stress is important but tragically, most of us do not handle it well. Consider these troubling statistics from his book and originally reported in a March 2014 Miami Herald article by Deborah Hartz-Seeley entitled, “Chronic Stress Linked to the Six Leading Causes of Death.”
Brown’s remarkable story was used by author Vance Pitman to begin his book, “The Stressless Life.” How we deal with stress is important but tragically, most of us do not handle it well. Consider these troubling statistics from his book and originally reported in a March 2014 Miami Herald article by Deborah Hartz-Seeley entitled, “Chronic Stress Linked to the Six Leading Causes of Death.”
- 43% of adults suffer adverse health effects from stress.
- 75% to 90% of all visits to doctor’s offices are for stress-related ailments and complaints.
- Stress costs American industries more than $300 billion each year through health-care expenses. (That’s more than the gross domestic product of over 160 nations!)
Dec 28, 2022: Baptist Press: NAMB’s 2022 highlights church planting gains, compassion ministry expansion
Southern Baptists and the North American Mission Board (NAMB) had a record-setting church planting year in 2022 as Send Network entered its next phase of ministry during Vance Pitman’s first year as president of NAMB’s church planting arm.
Southern Baptists and the North American Mission Board (NAMB) had a record-setting church planting year in 2022 as Send Network entered its next phase of ministry during Vance Pitman’s first year as president of NAMB’s church planting arm.
Feb 4, 2022: Baptist Press: Churches not holy huddles; ‘We’re an army,’ Pitman says
One-hundred twenty. Vance Pitman wants Southern Baptists of Texas Convention churches to understand two significant things about that number: it’s the size of the crowd that took Jesus seriously when He first delivered His mission, and the size of the average SBTC church. In fact, a majority of churches affiliated with the state convention have an average attendance of 120 or fewer
One-hundred twenty. Vance Pitman wants Southern Baptists of Texas Convention churches to understand two significant things about that number: it’s the size of the crowd that took Jesus seriously when He first delivered His mission, and the size of the average SBTC church. In fact, a majority of churches affiliated with the state convention have an average attendance of 120 or fewer
“The size of the church does not determine its significance. The size of the mission determines its significance – and the mission is big. Whether your church runs 10 or 10,000, both have the responsibility for the same mission, which is to locally engage their city with the Gospel and globally engage people and nations with the Gospel.”
--Vance Pitman
--Vance Pitman
May 29, 1998: Baptist Press: Utah churches face challenges as part of religious minority
South Valley Baptist Church in suburban Salt Lake City is celebrating the completion of its first building, a particularly joyful event considering the mission congregation has existed for six years and has owned its property for five. An extended series of zoning and permit roadblocks to construction compounded a perception of community opposition in an area where Baptists are often considered outsiders.
“It’s just been a constant struggle, and if we hadn’t felt that the Lord had put us out here, we wouldn’t have stayed, humanly speaking,” said Huron A. Polnac Jr., the church’s pastor and a missionary of the North American Mission Board. “But it was interesting … . God has shown us through all of this that he is out here helping us.”
South Valley’s story is somewhat typical of Southern Baptist churches in a state where Mormons make up about 75 percent of the population, much more in some rural areas. Gains, while not impossible, are difficult. The key to success, according to several pastors and state convention leaders, is to understand the environment in which churches are operating and respond accordingly.
South Valley Baptist Church in suburban Salt Lake City is celebrating the completion of its first building, a particularly joyful event considering the mission congregation has existed for six years and has owned its property for five. An extended series of zoning and permit roadblocks to construction compounded a perception of community opposition in an area where Baptists are often considered outsiders.
“It’s just been a constant struggle, and if we hadn’t felt that the Lord had put us out here, we wouldn’t have stayed, humanly speaking,” said Huron A. Polnac Jr., the church’s pastor and a missionary of the North American Mission Board. “But it was interesting … . God has shown us through all of this that he is out here helping us.”
South Valley’s story is somewhat typical of Southern Baptist churches in a state where Mormons make up about 75 percent of the population, much more in some rural areas. Gains, while not impossible, are difficult. The key to success, according to several pastors and state convention leaders, is to understand the environment in which churches are operating and respond accordingly.
FRED PRICE
Mar 17, 2021: Los Angeles Sentinel: Faith Icon and Trailblazer Frederick K.C. Price Remembered
Hundreds emerged to pay homage to the memory of Apostle Frederick K.C. Price, founder of South Los Angeles’ Crenshaw Christian Center. The public viewing, held on March 4 and 5, was both somber and celebratory as mourners from across the county and the nation participated in a protocol-enforced observance. Amid COVID-19, safety experts and church officials executed strict codes of conduct to ensure the well-being and confidence of attendees.
Apr 4, 2021: LA Times: After a year of loss, L.A.’s Black churches celebrate their second pandemic Easter
On Sunday morning, Pastor Fred Price Jr. looked out over the empty pews of his South L.A. megachurch, then retreated to a smaller room to deliver his Easter sermon via livestream on the church website and other platforms.
Hundreds emerged to pay homage to the memory of Apostle Frederick K.C. Price, founder of South Los Angeles’ Crenshaw Christian Center. The public viewing, held on March 4 and 5, was both somber and celebratory as mourners from across the county and the nation participated in a protocol-enforced observance. Amid COVID-19, safety experts and church officials executed strict codes of conduct to ensure the well-being and confidence of attendees.
Apr 4, 2021: LA Times: After a year of loss, L.A.’s Black churches celebrate their second pandemic Easter
On Sunday morning, Pastor Fred Price Jr. looked out over the empty pews of his South L.A. megachurch, then retreated to a smaller room to deliver his Easter sermon via livestream on the church website and other platforms.
Mar 30, 2015: Youtube: The Resurrection - Jesus Is risen! - RS14fFJA - Pastor Fred Price Jr.
In part one, Apostle Price will lead you to a deeper understanding about the days when Jesus died and arose from the dead. The scriptures fulfill the prophecy of this glorious event, but revelation unleashes the power that breaks down traditional misconceptions.
Nov 8, 2014: Pimp Preacher: Creflo Dollar Has Just Released His Members From The Curse Of Tithing But Don’t Celebrate Too Fast!
It was only a few months ago that Fred Price Jr. also jumped off the sinking ship called Tithing, and proclaimed that members of Crenshaw Christian Center were also released from the same Tithing Curse.
In part one, Apostle Price will lead you to a deeper understanding about the days when Jesus died and arose from the dead. The scriptures fulfill the prophecy of this glorious event, but revelation unleashes the power that breaks down traditional misconceptions.
Nov 8, 2014: Pimp Preacher: Creflo Dollar Has Just Released His Members From The Curse Of Tithing But Don’t Celebrate Too Fast!
It was only a few months ago that Fred Price Jr. also jumped off the sinking ship called Tithing, and proclaimed that members of Crenshaw Christian Center were also released from the same Tithing Curse.
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