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Oh no. I just uploaded a random picture as my avatar. Nothing to do with my beliefs. I never knew that about the star of David. Thanks. Changed it now. Yes I'm praying about it. I have begun to attend a non-denominational church the past few weeks after 6 years of wrestling with this issue. I...

Yes of course that is my understanding as well. I even quote 1 Cor 9:5 which says the apostles had their wives travel with them during their ministries but they dismiss it saying they didn't live as husband and wives but only traveled. The problem is I lived my whole life thinking leaving this...

It does but they quote Matthew 19:27-29 and say Jesus expected his disciples to forsake wife and children for "full time ministry". "Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on...

No, this is a sect that began in India in the 1920s. They believe in the trinity unlike oneness folks. They have zero online presence and so getting hold of what they believe online is impossible. The denomination has around a million members in India. They go by the name of "The Pentecostal...

Yes, the husband is ordained as a pastor in one church and the wife will be ordained in a different church maybe in a different city. They are forbidden to continue as husband and wife. These cases are very rare. 99% of the ministers are those who have chosen to be celibates. If the couple has...

I don't know what to believe anymore. I grew up in a particular denomination all my life and never questioned any of their teachings. This is probably the largest pentecostal denomination in India. After reading scripture with an open mind in the past few years I have seen many unbiblical rules...

"Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of...

"Yet there are many Christians who on prideful faith accept the idea that Genesis is the literal account of how Creation took place." Let me stop you there. If taking seemingly impossible narratives literally is pride, why do you stop with Genesis? Do virgins give birth? Do the dead raise to...

Thank you all for your for your responses and your prayers. I needed them and they have helped me a lot. The past few months since the OP, I have stopped attending that church. I have been searching for a church that I could attend nearby. Found a really good AG church and its a breath of fresh...

But I have a question. How can God work in such a church? There are so many healed, so many anointed in the spirit, so many prophesy (i'm not running after signs and wonders)..But it just troubles me. Could they have so many false doctrines and still God work?

Yea they do sound like that. But the reason they give for all that rules is "holiness" and "being separate from the world". They don't have the limited saved thing. They just say that the 144,000 on Mt. Zion are the unmarried pastors. The rest of the believers would live elsewhere. Yes they...

Yeah, my family have been members since three generations. It gonna be hard. I don't think I can convince them. So I'll just have to leave and pray they understand. The church's first teachings aren't available to anyone. The pastors that came later made up the teachings. Even though the...

Thank you. I'm praying that God lead me in the right way. They are secretive and controlling(members are expected to wear white clothing when they come to church). They are against having their information posted online (nor do they have a website though they have nearly a million members)...

Yes I don't think they do. My parents are staunch members and even they would treat me like I've left Christianity. Its not easy to leave but I believe that is what God wants me to do.

Yes I have. Everyone in the church does believe it. This church was started in the 1930s. The pastor who started it was a real man of God who did not form any of these teachings (In fact he had a wife and lots of kids in this ministry). It was the guy who succeeded him who formed the majority...

Yes, they do believe that. I did not find anything wrong with their view of who God is or who Jesus is.

Roseheart, Yes that is what they mean. They believe only the ones who end up living a sinless life like Jesus will be seen in his coming. All these rules had just blinded me from seeing what Jesus had done for me.

tturt, Yes I think I should. Thank you for your kind words. I just want to be able to worship God freely. I have been prayerfully looking for biblical assemblies nearby. michaelmynameIs, They do say that Jesus is Lord and salvation is faith on him alone. But I feel like they just say it for the...

I've been attending this church since my childhood. I'm pentecostal. But off late I have been having concerns. They seem very legalistic and cultish. They do believe in the trinity and all of the basic tenets. But here are the problems. They disallow ministers to marry and they accept only...

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