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Good discussion
The Black Curch has issues, but there is nothing "wrong" per se with the Black Church (whatever that is).
Issues:
Role of the Pastor/Minister/Preacher
Too many preachers are uneducated and have a limited scope of knowledge and frame of reference. I an appalled by the nimber of followers many of these unlearned people have. Many preach an unsound doctrine and develop a huge following based on a cult of personality.
Too often a pimp and a preacher are indistinguisable. Thousand dollar suits, Bentleys, a cadre of women on call (ushers, choirmembers, pastor's aids), rings, jewelry. I'm sorry, the more material wealth you flaunt, the less I believe in your ministry
The "it'll be alright, wait on the Lord, suffer like a saint philosophy". Men don't particularly follow this style. Its not proactive, it doesn't take charge, no does it stimulate the intellect. Men like control or at least the appearance of control. Why serve a God that wants us to suffer? If I'm going to give up my will, should I not be rewarded with a lessening of my suffering? I can suffer without religion.
Men experience God differently. All the shouting, raising the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues, foaming at the mouth, running the aisles etc will not be experience by men until their intellect is stimulated first. Men don't fear an eternity in Hell, at least, not without an intellectual understanding of how he relates in God's universe. Many preachers are just satisfied with getting shouts of "amen" and "hallelujah" from the synchophants around them to give the congregation meat for daily living rather than pablum for two hours.
Fortunately, there are many bible believing, bible teaching churches whose pastors minister a sound biblical doctrine, unswayed by liberal theology and driven by $$ signs and Holy Ghost Charlatans preaching a drive by, drive through false happiness.
BTW, in the first panel, the two biggest phonies up there were Bishop Paul Morton and Michael Dyson (a phony convicts himself with his own words). Ignore his flowery loquaciousness and his passionate speaking style and what he basically said was that the Bible was meaningless and his intellect supercedes the Word and therefore he could interpret God's word to fit his personal philosophy. How can you serve Jesus when you behave as a Pharisee. I would love to see him debate Cone or Jeremiah Wright.
Why didn't Sis. Vashti answer her question rather than telling us about sexual practices in S. Africa.?
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