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<blockquote data-quote="Hazelelponi" data-source="post: 74659612" data-attributes="member: 410853"><p>They don't have a preacher any longer at that church for one, after they lost the ability to pay a pastor the pastor left. </p><p></p><p>They, as a church, were able to begin equalizing the loss and growing some through the laity taking turns preaching.. </p><p></p><p>Then at that point, the overall head of the Methodist body said this isn't good enough or fast enough, therefore they decided to remove all the elderly from membership, period, for two years at which time they may reapply and it can be decided then whether or not they can rejoin. </p><p></p><p>Here's the thing. What's the old wine verses the new? Biblically it's <u>not</u> the elderly and God never changes therefore the message of salvation never changes. </p><p></p><p>The same message should bring in new people regardless of age, because the message is God's. We don't discard our scripture because of its age, and we should likewise always have respect for the elderly not condemn them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hazelelponi, post: 74659612, member: 410853"] They don't have a preacher any longer at that church for one, after they lost the ability to pay a pastor the pastor left. They, as a church, were able to begin equalizing the loss and growing some through the laity taking turns preaching.. Then at that point, the overall head of the Methodist body said this isn't good enough or fast enough, therefore they decided to remove all the elderly from membership, period, for two years at which time they may reapply and it can be decided then whether or not they can rejoin. Here's the thing. What's the old wine verses the new? Biblically it's [U]not[/U] the elderly and God never changes therefore the message of salvation never changes. The same message should bring in new people regardless of age, because the message is God's. We don't discard our scripture because of its age, and we should likewise always have respect for the elderly not condemn them. [/QUOTE]
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