Captive Congregation
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Captive Congregation
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Author : James E. Larue
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-06-27
Captive Congregation written by James E. Larue and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-27 with categories.
The Church of Bible Understanding (COBU) had a presence in many cities in the United States during the late seventies and eighties. It was well known in New York City for its Christian Brothers Carpet Cleaning business, which was such a regular part of the fabric of city life that it was parodied (as Sunshine Carpet Cleaners) on an episode of Seinfeld. Its 39.95 Carpet Cleaning Special flyers were slipped under many doors and left in many apartment lobbies. Unlike other religious organizations whose zealous devotees stood on corners selling flowers, the COBU brothers and sisters gave live demos of the cleansing power of their carpet cleaning machines on city street corners. The carpet cleaning business raised money to start orphanages in Haiti. COBU still has a presence in the New York City and several other cities. It left the carpet business for its more successful architectural antique business called Olde Good Things. COBU was recently in the news when Haitian authorities threatened to close the orphanages down because of the poor conditions there. News stories contrasted the high earnings of these stores with the run down condition of the orphanages. This book describes how James LaRue, a young seeker of truth, was approached in a mall by a cult member and how he joined the group and stayed in it for fourteen years. It is not as much a history of The Church of Bible Understanding as it is a story from the viewpoint of the average member of a cult. Though James's descriptions of daily cult life, the reader has a front row view of the kind of manipulation, lies, harassment and abuse practiced by the cult's leadership and particularly by Stewart Traill, COBU's self-appointed pastor who had "the only true method of Bible interpretation," a man who portrayed himself as a right Christian example and the restorer of Christianity to its original purity (which he said had been lost since the time of the Apostles), who, behind closed doors, kept a harem of young women while denying marriage to his followers under the pretext that they were not faithful enough to God to be able to get married. He was a man who preached poverty, chastity and obedience to his followers, while amassing a private fortune, having many female devotees and being accountable to no one. Stewart Traill began his career preaching about being born again and the second coming of Christ, but over the years, his teachings increasingly centered on death, hell and damnation. The man who once told his followers to go out into the highways and byways to compel people to come to God's kingdom was now slamming the gates of heaven in their faces and telling them they were not worthy of entering and that instead, the fires of hell awaited them. Many people left the organization because of this treatment, but what this meant for those who remained was that there was a smaller and more dedicated group of those who believed in this way and who were willing to put up with this treatment. This meant an ever-tightening net of social pressure among members to conform to cult life. Fanaticism and a militant way of life replaced church members' original zeal to proclaim the gospel. It was a live-in situation where church members monitored one another and reported to "Brother Stewart," as he was called. The treadmill of work in the church's businesses and sleep deprivation caused by meetings that lasted until the early hours of the morning made sure members were too tired to think rationally, and combined with a highly loaded language and sloganizing that stifled thought, it created an undertow that swept members off the normal moorings of life and along with the current of cult life. The story documents James's entry into the cult as a true believer, his experiences there and finally, his effort to come to terms with this way of life, to understand the processes he was being subjected to and controlled by and finally, how he was able to break free from its influence.
Liberty To The Captives
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Author : Raymond Rivera
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2012-09-30
Liberty To The Captives written by Raymond Rivera and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-30 with Political Science categories.
Liberty to the Captives is a book for any Christians who want to learn how to bring hope and redemption to their communities — for those who are ready to step beyond their comfort zone, leave the status quo behind, and take up Christ's call to minister within a world crying out for the freedom only God can bring. Longtime pastor Raymond Rivera's testimony of a life completely turned around — from gang member to RCA pastor — underscores his powerful message. Full of practical advice about how holistic community-based ministry can bring transformation, healing, and liberation from captivity, Liberty to the Captives encourages Christians to respond to God's call by ministering wherever God has placed them. Based on over forty-five years of pastoring inner-city churches, Rivera's inspiring vision challenges all Christians to think again about how their faith should lead to social action and defense of society's most vulnerable people.
The Church Captive
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Author : T. M. Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-25
The Church Captive written by T. M. Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-25 with categories.
The Church Captive examines the way churches and the Christian movement, over the years, accommodate to elements of the surrounding culture and thus lose critical aspects of their identity and mission. The book argues that the Church today is in just such a moment, and it offers church leaders guidance in how to recognize the indicators of captivity and to begin freeing themselves from it.
A Captive Voice
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Author : David Buttrick
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
A Captive Voice written by David Buttrick and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Religion categories.
In A Captive Voice, David Buttrick encourages pastors to look afresh at the Bible, church, culture, and Christian identity in order to answer the question of how to preach. Buttrick examines the renewal of ecclesiology in the mid-twentieth century, a time when the high-hung pulpits were scaled down as preaching came to be seen as a conversation among friends in Christ. While this was a positive development, Buttrick argues that preaching must now become the articulation of our common faith, a speaking from the Spirit we all possess.
The Redeemed Captive Returning To Zion A Faithful History Of Remarkable Occurrences In The Captivity And Deliverance Of J W Drawn Up By Himself Whereto There Is Annexed A Sermon Preached By Him Upon His Return At The Lecture In Boston Dec 5 1706 On Luk 8 39 Third Edition As Also An Appendix Containing An Account Of Those Taken Captive At Deerfield Feb 29 1703 4 And Of The Mischief Done By The Enemy In Deerfield From The Beginning Of Its Settlement To The Death Of The Rev Mr W In 1729 With A Conclusion To The Whole By The Rev Mr Williams And The Rev Mr Prince
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Author : John WILLIAMS (Pastor of the Church in Deerfield.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1758
The Redeemed Captive Returning To Zion A Faithful History Of Remarkable Occurrences In The Captivity And Deliverance Of J W Drawn Up By Himself Whereto There Is Annexed A Sermon Preached By Him Upon His Return At The Lecture In Boston Dec 5 1706 On Luk 8 39 Third Edition As Also An Appendix Containing An Account Of Those Taken Captive At Deerfield Feb 29 1703 4 And Of The Mischief Done By The Enemy In Deerfield From The Beginning Of Its Settlement To The Death Of The Rev Mr W In 1729 With A Conclusion To The Whole By The Rev Mr Williams And The Rev Mr Prince written by John WILLIAMS (Pastor of the Church in Deerfield.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1758 with categories.
The Captive S Position
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Author : Teresa A. Toulouse
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2013-04-23
The Captive S Position written by Teresa A. Toulouse and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-23 with Literary Criticism categories.
Why do narratives of Indian captivity emerge in New England between 1682 and 1707 and why are these texts, so centrally concerned with women's experience, supported and even written by a powerful group of Puritan ministers? In The Captive's Position, Teresa Toulouse argues for a new interpretation of the captivity narrative—one that takes into account the profound shifts in political and social authority and legitimacy that occurred in New England at the end of the seventeenth century. While North American narratives of Indian captivity had been written before this period by French priests and other European adventurers, those stories had focused largely on Catholic conversions and martyrdoms or male strategies for survival among the Indians. In contrast, the New England texts represented a colonial Protestant woman who was separated brutally from her family but who demonstrated qualities of religious acceptance, humility, and obedience until she was eventually returned to her own community. Toulouse explores how the female captive's position came to resonate so powerfully for traditional male elites in the second and third generation of the Massachusetts colony. Threatened by ongoing wars with Indians and French as well as by a range of royal English interventions in New England political and cultural life, figures such as Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, and John Williams perceived themselves to be equally challenged by religious and social conflicts within New England. By responding to and employing popular representations of female captivity, they were enabled to express their ambivalence toward the world of their fathers and toward imperial expansion and thereby to negotiate their own complicated sense of personal and cultural identity. Examining the captivity narratives of Mary Rowlandson, Hannah Dustan, Hannah Swarton, and John Williams (who comes to stand in for the female captive), Toulouse asserts the need to read these gendered texts as cultural products that variably engage, shape, and confound colonial attitudes toward both Europe and the local scene in Massachusetts. In doing so, The Captive's Position offers a new story of the rise and breakdown of orthodox Puritan captivities and a meditation on the relationship between dreams of authority and historical change.
Deliverance To The Captives
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Author : Karl Barth
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1979
Deliverance To The Captives written by Karl Barth and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Religion categories.
Setting The Captives Free
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Author : Marion L. S. Carson
language : en
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Release Date : 2016-11-24
Setting The Captives Free written by Marion L. S. Carson and has been published by Lutterworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-24 with Religion categories.
Setting the Captives Free explores how a theological understanding of slavery goes against the idea of a God who is loving and just with the intention of being widely used in churches, activist organisations and groups, and by individuals. Ardently arguing that slavery is incompatible with Christianity, Marion Carson analyses how both anti-slavery and pro-slavery movements have been justified with the help of Scripture. In Setting the Captives Free, she provides an answer to the question What can the Bible say to us about contemporary human trafficking? By looking through important passages from the Old and the New Testament, Carson suggests what they might have to say to us about slavery in the twenty-first century. She analyses how Christians changed their views of slavery after its abolition, before closely examining what the Bible has to say about slavery in general, especially with regards to prostitution. At the end of each chapter, study questions are included to aid individual and group discussions in the hope that they will increase awareness of human trafficking and encourage more Christians to become actively involved in its eradication.
Partners In Crime
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Author : Barbara Butterfield
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2021-01-13
Partners In Crime written by Barbara Butterfield and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-13 with Fiction categories.
Federal Piracy Interdiction Capt. John Peterson once again teams-up agents: Alex Bach and Zach Szarbino to infiltrate a piracy ring in the Bahama’s. Though it’s 2021, the marauders are staged as pirates of the 1800’s. Bach & Szarbino, who are more like oil and water together, are true to form in pursuing justice. Problems arise when the lawmen decide they may enjoy the pirate lifestyle. Tables are turned when Bach and Szarbino are no longer the hunters, but the hunted. But, while they’re running for their lives are they also, in their own way...running from God? Only time will tell.
Mentoring For Ministry
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Author : Craig Thomas Kocher
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2017-05-19
Mentoring For Ministry written by Craig Thomas Kocher and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-19 with Religion categories.
The art of mentoring, like all great arts, is a grace to be received, a gift to be given, and a skill that can be learned and practiced. This book explores the practice and grace of that art. The pastors in these pages share their hard-won experience of mentoring and being mentored, their wobbles and successes, insights and wisdom harvested from years in the vineyard.