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agricola wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:24 am. I am PRETTY sure most CoC preachers learned better in college. They just never taught about it.

You had preachers who had gone to college?? That’s right, you grew up mainline.

In my NICOC congregations, we didn’t need edumacated preachers. Some of ours never finished high school.

I left little more than 10 years ago. Having seen first hand different "disfellowship strategies" over the decades as a member I was a little concerned about what kind of response would be brought forth from the church against me. I have seen a group of elders show up to a former members ...

Ivy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 4:15 pm

agricola wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 12:48 pm That ought to be a book!

There is a book, fiction, about a missionary family in Africa. One of my favorite books, it's called The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver.

I also love that book. I thought the family seemed like conservative Baptists.

Yes, I remember you. Congratulations on your much-improved life.

I prefer hot English Breakfast, sweetened (usually artificial), no lemon, no milk.

A little anecdote...once John and I brought his preacher friend from Houston to a service there at that little church. He was of the "Word-Faith" sect, I believe. Very sweet guy and passionate about his beliefs, and wanted to see what our church was like. He told us afterward he "saw...

. I don't remember that. Where was the stained glass window placed? There were three windows on the right wall as you entered the auditorium. The middle one had a plywood board covering the stained glass. It was painted the same color as the walls. On the outside of the building, that window was co...

Oh my goodness Moogie!! Why did I think it was MLK?? An example of memories changing years after the fact. Thank you for refreshing my recall about the window. Yes, that was the one. I wish you could’ve gotten that and the church bell. What a conversation piece that would have been…Where was it exa...

One cofc I attended for almost a decade, an old wooden building, had a stained glass window of MLK, Jr. A friend there told me about it, but I never actually saw it. I think it had been covered / boarded up, because cofc. I hope that whoever bought the place after our group left was able to save th...

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