Pastors Leading the flock

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>At 12:19 AM 9/1/98 -0700, Bro Jeff Wescott wrote:
>
>>Golly, I thought that this mail list wasn't for debate.  I thought it was
>>for Praise Reports and Prayer Requests????  Hmmmmm
>
>No..... it never ever was just for testimonies and prayer requests....
>If you send a piece of e-mail to the listprocessor at ....
>
>         listproc@prairienet.org
>
>with the following one line command as the body of text ...
>
>         info higher-fire
>
>... this is what you'll receive shortly in your incomming e-mail box....
>
>Bro Tyler
>
>P.S....  some parts of this may be out-of-date ... I'm not sure right now.

>
>CHARTER
>-------
>
>This will be a discussion group for the purpose of discussing doctrine,
>the Bible, Christian Living, and missionary activity, though everything
>from politics, jokes, the news, prayer requests, testimonies, music,
>current events and whatever else is fair game for discussion.
>
>This mailing list is for those of a "Modalist Monarchism" persuasion,
>i.e. the belief that the one God has revealed himself to mankind in a
>successive series of manifestations through time (Father, Son, Holy
>Ghost), vs. the trinitarian doctrine which states three eternal persons
>in one God.  Modalism is not Arianism, but asserts the oneness of God.
>Almost all Modalist groups are "Pentecostal" i.e. they believe the
>gifts of the spirit did not pass away at 100 A.D., but that they
>continue to this day.  Furthermore, Pentecostal Modalists believe
>that Baptism must be done with the invocation of the name of Jesus,
>and that the Spirit Baptism is evidenced by speaking in tongues.  The
>largest Modalist organization is the United Pentecostal Church.  Others
>in the United States include the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World,
>The Bible Way Churches of Our Lord Jesus Christ World Wide, The
>Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ, The Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ
>of the Apostolic Faith, and The Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God,
>as well as many independent congregations.  Outside of the United States,
>Modalist organizations include The Apostolic Church of Pentecost in
>Canada, True Jesus Church (China), Apostolic Church of the Faith in
>Christ Jesus (Mexico), Light of the World Church (Mexico), and Spirit
>of Jesus Church (Japan). The curious and Truth Seekers are welcome to
>"lurk", contribute to discussion, and ask questions; but please, no
>attempts to proselytize -- if you get too obnoxious, you'll be asked
>to stop, and if you continue, you'll be removed from the list.
>
>Flaming will *not* be tolerated:  members showing a pattern of abusive
>posting will be warned.  If the member continues, he/she will be removed
>from the list.  You must also be warned that some discussion, especially
>concerning doctrine, can get pretty passionate.  You may need to develop
>a fairly thick skin and understand that people, even Bible-believing
>Christians, may have widely ranging views on just about anything.


Ahhhhhhh I see. All of these things stated in the Charter hold true up until
someone with a "Thin Skin" becomes offended and then the brakes are applied
to the debate.  Am I correct in my observation??  It would seem that the
Charter of H-F would allow for a continuation of debate as long as what was
being said were scripturally based. Then again I can see the problem with so
many people have thier own interpritation of scripture and scriptures
getting a little muddled..... Well I guess I have answered my own
question........

Just thinking out loud.

Jeff Wescott
(Perplexed by one thing that is written and another thing that is enforced)
(Must be my lack of Edukation) ;-)