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rapturefish said:
I am not questioning the fact that people get saved and healed in his meetings but compared to the number that come to Christ in ordinary churches every week it so miniscule that it is not worthy of comparison. Personally, I have never met a Benny Hinn convert.TasManOfGod said:
I have no problem with controversial extroverts. That is a perfectly fine choice within the freedom we have in Christ. I imagine Jesus' ministry was radically different in other ways too. We are all different, and that kind of person is needed to reach those who would not be reached by your or my personality.Jim M said:
I am sure Benny could find fault in your ministry as wellJim M said:
Whether or not he would publicly declare it is unlikely
There are a lot more unsaved watching television than there are walking into churches to get saved. To say evangelists are insignificant suggests that maybe you believe that Jesus should have esteblished his church with just pastors eh? I wonder if Billy Graham agrees with your conclusions.
No it's not, but unfortunately a lot of people, both in and out of the church see Christianity in that light. We live in an incredibly media savvy age, some tele-evangelists are literally marketing themselves in order to attract more consumers, it's become a business. Over here in London we have a no. of growing churches that have adopted the American tele-evangelistic approach to church growth and image. One particular church which is the fastest growing church in the UK was recently the subject of a documentary that went out on mainstream tv. This specific church was highlighted as an increasingly prosperous one. The documentary maker, a widely respected theologian and Christian himself, visited the church during one of the services and was handed a tithing form which had boxes with amounts starting at a few pounds and increasing to thousands. They even have a section on the form which enables you to fill in your credit card details so you can pay your tithe that way. It transpired that the pastor's messages have become more prosperity led and for some reason whenever he leaves the building he has a group of security men around him. It comes back to this whole celebrity image that these people have created for themselves. Unfortunately specific sections of the church have become a place for cult personalities with their own brand of talk and appearance. A typical non-believer would have viewed that documentary and been turned off with that brand of Christianity because of what it represents. The amount of times I have seen American films with gross characterizations of Pentecostal, Spirit filled preachers standing on a stage talking about making money and material possessions. Where do you think the producers of these movies get them images from? The church, because unfortunately these characters exist in our churches and even have large-scale exposure and following. BH is the classic example of cult personality who has become this figure of amusement, in many cases bemusement and notoriety. I don't blame BH for the way he looks or comes across, infact that is irrelevant it's the teaching and the words that proceed from his mouth that are important. However, it's because he looks a certain way and speaks a certain way that has made him become more of an easy target for critics.
Eh?TasManOfGod said:
Are you familiar that BH is seen around the world and goes into many countries where no other form of gospel is preached . This no doubt is costly and yes maybe a lot of the cost falls upon followers in USA but believe me every one of those $ US equates to many 3rd world souls whom God loves as much as a US soul. And do I believe that reward is shared with every person who was part of bringing a blessing to another - YES I doJim M said:
Every $? I don't think so. Much of the money, most possibley. Not every $TasManOfGod said:
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