Bearded Holiness Choir Singer

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On Fri, 4 Sep 1998 07:33:03 -0700 "Moore, Kirk W"
<Kirk.Moore@PSS.Boeing.com> writes:

>>From a point in scripture,
>
>Beards are not spoken for or spoke against. I feel that the issue 
>needs to focus on the Pastor. It's his standards, his personal belief. 

You said it in a nutshell; HIS standards, HIS personal belief.  I believe
that, especially on the beard standard, it would be WRONG for a Pastor to
mandate the congregation follow his PERSONAL beliefs, JUST as I believe
that >>>I<<< would be wrong for trying to mandate MY personal convictions
onto the entire congregation.

>It may be well and good for one church and not for another. I have seen
OLD
>TIME Pentecostal pictures and MOST of the MEN have BEARDS. They must
>have gone to HELL, according to todays thoughts. 

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever.  The problem with
these local standards is that they are NOT universally consistent.  That
is, you could be a saint in good standing in one Church, yet "rebelling
against the man of God" in another, and YOU'RE not doing anything
different.  It is the different standards of different Churches.

My view on LEADERSHIP in the Church is different. I do believe that the
Pastor should have the right to place a higher standard on those in
leadership positions in the Church, but should be very careful what he
mandates, else he generate stumblingblocks.

>Though there may be good reasons not to have one today in this
>SOCIALITY, there is no biblical basis for denying beards to men.

Agreed.

>Kirk Moore
>CDG analyst II

What is a CDG Analyst II?

Jerry Welch

www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2810/

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