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With all the new crazy self-appointed Chief Overseers, Apostles, Prophets, Pharisees, legalists, and outright liars leading various Churches of God today, it is important to hold these agents of deception accountable.
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Last week Sheldon Monson announced the new name of his splinter group, Church of God Assembly.
Sheldon or one of his followers did not do due diligence and research the name. There is already a church named that, based out of Middlesex/London, England, and pastored by Abigal Borquaye.
Soon after Monson mentioned his new church name, two different sites popped up on the internet. If these are actually pages for Sheldon's group then they need to steal some web designers from Living Church of God! Talk about pathetic!
I took screenshots of each page just in case they disappear soon.
This is the main site screenshot (double click to enlarge) or go to the main site here: Church of God Assembly
We know almost for sure that the site is fake. Imagine a Church of God using a WOMAN on its front page, particularly one holding a Bible! Blasphemy!!!!
The next page includes updates on this most amazing work:
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Then, the best site of all is the Facebook page. It looks like a QAnon site:
When I worked in Church Administration just prior to graduation, all local churches had to send in a picture to HQ of their choirs. They were gone over and if a picture showed a handicapped person of any kind, they were sent a "Snowflake From Heaven", my term for HQ Memo, telling the Choir Director to remove that person from the Choir. In context, it is referring to the priesthood but I don't think ministers with disabilities were disqualified or removed from a local church.
This was the OT Scripture used to justify such a request.
"For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, Or a man that is broken footed, or brokenhanded, Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken. No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God." (Leviticus 21:18-21)
I also had an experience or two with fellow Pastor types who struggled as to what to do with both children born out of wedlock and the girls, usually teens, that gave birth to them. One member called me and said her daughter was dead. A shocker as I had just buried a teen hit by a car recently. (Oh not again!) But he meant she got pregnant and she was now dead to him. We had a long talk about "love never fails". I
""A bitched shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord." (Deuteronomy 23:2)
A bitched is someone who was born outside of wedlock, which means you were born before your parents were married. Being born out of wedlock makes you filthy, apparently; so filthy in fact that it takes ten genetic steps down the line to wash how filthy it makes you.
So even if your family's 100% awesome you can't come to church in like a century or two if you're a bitched, which I guess is only fair. After all, "God is love".
I always found a heavy dose of compassion, kindness, and understanding went much further in the long run of life with teens in trying times than banishment and scorn. I have had many a teen, now adult, who had such experiences call me to update me on their very beautiful children's success in life.
Four separate then teens now adults have called me to tell me they were gay. Interesting. "Does that surprise you?" they all asked me. I said, "No, it seemed rather apparent from the start when I knew you." I asked why they called to tell me and each said, "Because I knew you'd understand.". That's a much better answer than "Because you ruined my life."
One mother called me in a rage and panic as her daughter was pregnant, by her father. What to do? I told her, for her long term mental health of her daughter and the dangers this situation posed, to go to the ER, explain it all, and do what they suggest. It was already what she wanted to do but felt she needed "permission". No permission needed. You can speculate on the conclusion all you wish.
It got crazy out there as a pastor at times. (not even counting bi-annual corporate church scandals and drama) I don't recall any classes on the reality of ministry. By nature, I probably would have disagreed anyway as my "send the pastor a note telling the Choir Director to remove the handicapped person" experience was something I was not about to do back then either. (My older and only brother is blind, deaf and cannot speak from birth trauma as a "premie" so I was a bit sensitive to the concept in the OT. Fortunately, he can't sing and was never called into the one True Church.
Lots of pastor experience tales I suppose. They ran the gamut from interesting to insane. and often endeavoring to explain the concept of "CONTEXT" seemed to escape most in the Churches of God ministry and member.
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