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Odale

Odale

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So, my friend took me to his church today where his dad serves on the church staff there.

HOLY CRAP it was cool! It is more like a Rock concert with an important message than a Church service (don't get me wrong, they still have a great service).

If you live in Atlanta or near it, you should visit sometime... seriously.

http://www.buckheadchurch.org/

Also, on August 16th, they will be starting a webcast of their services - http://northpointonline.tv/

There are 3 in Atlanta and others around the country... just thought y'all should know...
 
Buckhead is a good church! They also have a great singles ministry and a good focus for young adults.
 
Odale said:
This may be why you didn't see what you wanted when you searched :P.

That does not mean the Gospel is left out. Last Sunday, Mr. Stanley preached about what a church should be in accordance to what Jesus said in the Bible during his time on Earth, and he took time to explain where that church and the organization it is with is headed in the future.
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It was up when I looked at it...

So a church that doesn't proclaim the gospel in all things is ok... odd being that the gospel is all christianity should be about.
 
Mordos said:
So a church that doesn't proclaim the gospel in all things is ok... odd being that the gospel is all christianity should be about.
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What makes you want to charge them with not proclaiming the gospel?

From their about us page:
What We Believe:

About the Scriptures-

We believe the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God and that men were moved by the Spirit of God to write the very words of Scripture. Therefore, we believe the Bible is without error.
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I like the small churches... I don't wanna be praying when someone is yelling to buy peanuts. xD
 
Odale said:
What makes you want to charge them with not proclaiming the gospel?

From their about us page:
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Let me help you understand what the Gospel is...

"We believe that the blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross, provides the sole basis for the forgiveness of sin. Therefore, God freely offers salvation to those who place their faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as sufficient payment for their sin."

Good for them... shame it was not easy to find... and lacks some proof text, but typical "church" that entertains man and lacks in worshiping God, which is what worship is about.
 
Mordos said:
It was up when I looked at it...

So a church that doesn't proclaim the gospel in all things is ok... odd being that the gospel is all christianity should be about.
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Wow what a myopic view of the church.....

I would highly suggest rereading many passages my friend.

The great commandment and great commission give us what 5 commands?
1. Love God
2. Love each other
3. Go out (eveangelism)
4. Baptize (I know some scholars put the two together some separate)
5. Teaching them to observe

:)
 
Mordos said:
Let me help you understand what the Gospel is...

"We believe that the blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross, provides the sole basis for the forgiveness of sin. Therefore, God freely offers salvation to those who place their faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as sufficient payment for their sin."

Good for them... shame it was not easy to find... and lacks some proof text, but typical "church" that entertains man and lacks in worshiping God, which is what worship is about.
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Wow, very judgmental Mordos...

If I remember Paul said, If they preach Christ and him crucified they are not against us?

I would personally appreciate it if you stopped bashing brothers who you have no clue about. You have no ability to judge their heart, motive, call or anything else based on an afternoon of examining their website.
 
Odale said:
So, my friend took me to his church today where his dad serves on the church staff there.

HOLY CRAP it was cool! It is more like a Rock concert with an important message than a Church service (don't get me wrong, they still have a great service).

If you live in Atlanta or near it, you should visit sometime... seriously.

http://www.buckheadchurch.org/

Also, on August 16th, they will be starting a webcast of their services - http://northpointonline.tv/

There are 3 in Atlanta and others around the country... just thought y'all should know...
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Odale,

The group of churches Buckhead is a part of is doing some amazing ministry. If I remember correctly they are about 50% baptism growth at the mother church.
 
I live in this area, just north of Atlanta in Gwinnett and what Icthus says it very true. That is an amazing ministry Odale. Very awesome you found it!
 
Don't get caught up in the lie of "name it claim it."

If you are in Atlanta, run, don't walk, to Perimeter Church. http://www.perimeter.org/ Their pastor, Randy Pope, is fantastic and a national resource imo along with John Piper.

You will learn the word and the holy spirit will grow in you.

If we lived within an hour and a half from Atlanta (instead of six hours away) we would go there every weekend.
 
Icthus said:
Wow, very judgmental Mordos...

If I remember Paul said, If they preach Christ and him crucified they are not against us?

I would personally appreciate it if you stopped bashing brothers who you have no clue about. You have no ability to judge their heart, motive, call or anything else based on an afternoon of examining their website.
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Bashing? I said "good for them"... I never once judge their heart, but their actions...

So one blanket statement is true in the Bible then it is ok? Icthus I know what you mean but throughout history there has been many people that preached Christ crucified and were condemn a heresy.

I can however review their doctrine and their "worship" and judge that by the standard of the Bible and 2000 years of church history. You seem to have confused me opposed to a style of "worship" as attacking personal people.

This blanket acceptance of worldly things into "worship" has lead to a great misleading in the church (Not that this church is part of that). I’m not angry or mad at this church, but just worried for it and pray for it.
 
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Mordos said:
Bashing? I said "good for them"... I never once judge their heart, but their actions...

So one blanket statement is true in the Bible then it is ok? Icthus I know what you mean but throughout history there has been many people that preached Christ crucified and were condemn a heresy.

I can however review their doctrine and their "worship" and judge that by the standard of the Bible and 2000 years of church history. You seem to have confused me opposed to a style of "worship" as attacking personal people.

This blanket acceptance of worldly things into "worship" has lead to a great misleading in the church (Not that this church is part of that). I’m not angry or mad at this church, but just worried for it and pray for it.
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Wow, I never said anything about worship or styles. I called you out for an attitude and an incorrect statement of the purpose of the church.

Text can never really convey the thoughts or feelings of a person, so if you are truly concerned for your fellow labors of the gospel excellent.
 
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I called you out for an attitude and an incorrect statement of the purpose of the church.
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That is the difference; I was talking about the worship of God, which is different from the purpose of the church. I can explain more if you like. But what congregations have done is made worship and evangelism combined, where we now have goats and sheep together. This is never seen in over 1700 years of church history... I'd even say 1800 plus years of church history.

Spurgeon once said that the church needs to make sure that a man is saved before that man is allowed into the church for worship. This is understandable if you see what can happen if this is allowed. The church is being mistreated and abused to appease man. The church is the bride of Christ and for that mistreatment is a awful thing. Yes I'm very leery of "mega" churches because of how they treat the bride of Christ. Not to mention the lack of biblically theological doctrine and a focus on making man better through a better life, instead of show man what Christ did for them, which is what the whole Bible is about. Preachers think that they have to teach on everything, when the Bible has one topic, God and His glory, which was the focus of many great preachers that preached 10+ different sermons every two weeks on nothing but Christ. Not marrage, or money, or anything else that the world thinks we need.

Text can never really convey the thoughts or feelings of a person, so if you are truly concerned for your fellow labors of the gospel excellent.
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Agreed, and yes it grieves me greatly to see large "churches" abuse the bride of Christ, so any church that could possibly heading that way bothers me greatly.
 
Hmmm... Mordos you seem to have lost some historical perspective.

Spurgeon, while a wonderful scholar and preacher was not great at interpersonal communications. Lucky for me I wrote a very lengthy paper on the subject for my Masters of Theology.

SPurgeon in the quote you are referring is not talking about what you or I would consider "Sunday worship" where the public is invited. The church in his time still practiced Communion every Sunday. The debate in this particular instance was more around inviting non-believers to a service where the Lord's Supper was being given. His point was more that we should keep that service for the church and keep non-belivers from partaking in communion. Which is fully understandable stance.

So, taking Spurgeon out of context is probably not the best idea when you are writing you papers for Seminary.

Trying to apply his ideology to 2009 church is simply trying to compare apples and oranges.
 
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