Responses to “let us Prey—parachurch
or parasite?”
I love that you
named names. That's awesome.
I like:
-Compassion International
-The Salvation Army (they are a sort of para-church
church)
-World Hope
-WCA
-CCLI (Some might think the term "ministry" is a stretch but I'm
blessed by not getting sued by Bill & Gloria for copyright infringement)
-Quick Study
-Alpha
-The Center for Church Effectiveness (t-net)
I don’t like:
-Peter Popoff (although he is absolutely hilarious
and I recommend his spiritual trinkets highly)
-TBN
-Benny Hinn
-Kenneth Copland (although he has a remarkable preaching style and a few good
things to say)
-Rod Parsley
I have to say though that I watch more than my fair share of these guy’s shows.
I guess it’s a sign of being a theology geek when you actually enjoy playing
spot the heresy.
…Keith Drury è “Spot the heresy” = new game show
maybe? .
Oh, I forgot to add
xxxchurch.com to my like list. I like them 50% for the ministry they do and 50%
because they aren't scared to stir the turd.
Zowie. Mike Wallace
couldn't have done a better expose.
I wonder how come so many of us would rather send money to a jazzy parachurch
ministry than to our boring old local church.
Maybe you could do a column on that sometime :-)
…Keith Drury è Good idea Larry.
Since 1977 I've
been on staff of three "parachurch" youth ministries. None are of the
name it claim it while we rip you off brand; all are ethical, desiring to serve
the Lord by reaching those outside the church to draw them into the family and
thus to church. But I concur with everything you've written (as I normally
do...which may indicate I need professional help)
Seriously, though, P T Barnum obviously got the count wrong...there are
zillions of suckers...witness the fact that Swaggart
is still in business.
But when genuine Christians get all hyper (as I'm sure some will soon leave
comments for you) that we are being "judgmental" when we name names
instead of the "Christianly acceptable" " a certain well know
ministry/minister" they indicate the spiritual immaturity of the
Body...that we ARE commanded to judge (righteous judgment) and that we write
our own standard of judgment as we judge others...
My thought...we know that we are okay in judging if it somewhat hurts us to
judge; we know we are off base is we find joy in judging.
Good words, bro. Years and years ago I worked with an IWU drama group at