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andrew12

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i have an american friend and she told me that in several churches pastors told her that she must stop going to church to their church so she quit going to church and now she alone worship God at home . and she told me that didnt give her any reason just stop coming to church.

why could a pastor say that to a young lady?
 
resurrection33

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Pastors can be very good, and pastors can be very bad, and pastors can be everything in between. If she finds a church she liks, maybe she should attend, whether the pastor likes it or not.
 
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penguingal

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If a pastor told me to stop attending his church for no reason whatsoever, except maybe for the way I dress ( I comfy with shirt and jeans in church :cool: ) then, I'll be GLADLY NOT to attend that church.
 
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Kay_Kay

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I think there's probably more to the story she's not telling you. Nobody just tells someone not to go to church, especially a pastor. And the fact that this is repetitive should wave some sort of flag. Ask her to elaborate.
 
MahogonySnail

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If your friend is a cross-dressing 50 year old hairy man with bikie tattoos , then perhaps she needs to consider if there's something about herself that needs to change.

Ruling that out, I have come across some pastors who believe it is their duty to say who should or should not be in their congretation. They base this on that they pray and ask God who should be there and who should not and believe that God tells them who should or should not be in their church. It's sort of like praying about which church you should be going to, in reverse. Someone else , in this case the pastor, is doing that for you.
But, I think that's unlikely, and disagree with the practice myself.
 
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andrew12

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Kay_Kay said:
I think there's probably more to the story she's not telling you. Nobody just tells someone not to go to church, especially a pastor. And the fact that this is repetitive should wave some sort of flag. Ask her to elaborate.
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ok i told her and ask her several times the reason and she told me that they didnt give her a reason.
 
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andrew12

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MahogonySnail said:
If your friend is a cross-dressing 50 year old hairy man with bikie tattoos , then perhaps she needs to consider if there's something about herself that needs to change.

Ruling that out, I have come across some pastors who believe it is their duty to say who should or should not be in their congretation. They base this on that they pray and ask God who should be there and who should not and believe that God tells them who should or should not be in their church. It's sort of like praying about which church you should be going to, in reverse. Someone else , in this case the pastor, is doing that for you.
But, I think that's unlikely, and disagree with the practice myself.
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she is a girl that dresses fine for me she dresses normal but she is really beauty but i have encouraged her to go to other church and she told me that 6 pastors had told her the same thing and one pastor didnt keep her secrets so now i could say that her feeling about pastors are bad . so i encourage her also to read the bible and she told me that she worship jesus alone in her car but she doenst read the bible so much .
 
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Find a better church. Sounds like she can be thanking God to not be going to that church. Something is bad wrong.
 
resurrection33

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I suppose it is possible to get physically thrown out of a church. Still, the church belongs to the Lord, not to the pastor, and a person should feel free to go to any church they wish, regardless of whether or not the pastor wants them there.

And she should read the Bible, right?
 
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andrew12

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MahogonySnail said:
what denomination is this, out of curiousity?
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i think is cristian she was baptized in the church. and there she went to a biblical study but i am going to ask for the denomination name of that church.
 
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andrew12

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resurrection33 said:
I suppose it is possible to get physically thrown out of a church. Still, the church belongs to the Lord, not to the pastor, and a person should feel free to go to any church they wish, regardless of whether or not the pastor wants them there.

And she should read the Bible, right?
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i am encouraging her to read the bible and sometimes i read it to her.
 
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calvina

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MahogonySnail said:
If your friend is a cross-dressing 50 year old hairy man with bikie tattoos , then perhaps she needs to consider if there's something about herself that needs to change.

Ruling that out, I have come across some pastors who believe it is their duty to say who should or should not be in their congretation. They base this on that they pray and ask God who should be there and who should not and believe that God tells them who should or should not be in their church. It's sort of like praying about which church you should be going to, in reverse. Someone else , in this case the pastor, is doing that for you.
But, I think that's unlikely, and disagree with the practice myself.
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I do believe that JESUS CHRIST never descriminate HIS own people...so no genuine diciples of GOD will ever say that you are not allowed to enter the church.its our heart that matters in worshipping GOD.
 
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andrew12

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calvina said:
I do believe that JESUS CHRIST never descriminate HIS own people...so no genuine diciples of GOD will ever say that you are not allowed to enter the church.its our heart that matters in worshipping GOD.
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i agree with you , because many man that wear gentle clothing with ties , have killed many people and seem saints ,look Osama bin laden , he dresses as jews did it and do it i think. i think God looks hearts not styles .
 
zeroturbulence

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andrew12 said:
and one pastor didnt keep her secrets so now i could say that her feeling about pastors are bad .
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Could it be that these secrets have something to do with her being thrown out of churches?
 
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Narn

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Knowing any church and the hearts of Pastors they don't ask people to leave and go home and have church there. Thats just umbilical. I don't think we have the whole story. What are the "secrets"?
I cannot believe its dress or personality there is something essentially wrong there.
 
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nobadee

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Kay_Kay said:
I think there's probably more to the story she's not telling you. Nobody just tells someone not to go to church, especially a pastor. And the fact that this is repetitive should wave some sort of flag. Ask her to elaborate.
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I was thinking the exact same thing. Misinformation is fun; not really. :rolleyes:
 
QuestionTime

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Maybe she is such a godly Christian that they are giving her the Jesus treatment?

Luke 6:
26Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

John 15:
18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

If that's the case then:

Matthew 5:
12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Leonard Ravenhill said:
Well why in God's Name do you expect to be accepted everywhere?
How is it that the world couldn't get on with the holiest Man that ever lived and can get on with you and me?
Are we compromised? Are we compromised?
Have we no spiritual stature?
Have we no righteousness that reflects on their corruption?"
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Quest
 
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