Comments on: Making A Difference Through Holiness

By: debra scott

debra scott — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:03:14 +0000

I am a 51 year old woman and was raised in A holiness church. The standards today has changed so much and I am completely confussed. I feel like i have been completely brainwashed over what they call it today, man-made rules back in the day. I wasn’t able to wear shorts in school gym, dresses to the knee, very little makeup as a teenager and certain things and places were not even discussed due to being a sin. I thougt everything i would like to do would send me to hell like chearleading, wearing certain clothes and going to movies and ballgames I guess where there were drinking and bad language. I have grown to resent the way religion has lower the standards in our church to accomodate the new members. I resent being raised to feel like everything i did was going to send me to hell.. I loved my mother greatly but i have 5 sisters and brother and we are all confused…So what is right!!I see everything in churh now that i was forbidden to go, dress and etc.

By: joe johnston

joe johnston — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:28:03 +0000

The outreach meets in the bar once a month. The church gathers in church buildings. Listen or watch the sermons http://www.journeyon.net
Also, I’ve been to the outreach, there is no drunkeness, which is what the Scripture forbids, and many unbelievers attend and a some have been born again. It is one thing to do secondary research, it is another to go to the source. I recommend the latter before you lump a pastor and church together with those who compromise the gospel
Peace, brother

By: Gospel Assembly Church

Gospel Assembly Church — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:10:11 +0000

I appreciate your comments and I hope what you say is true. I can only go by what I have found in research. For example, an article in the respected journay, Christianity Today, says: “Theology at the Bottleworks was started to reach people who are actively opposed to Christianity, by discussing contemporary cultural issues in a neutral environment,” explained Darrin Patrick, founding pastor of the Journey, which attracts about 1,500 people weekly to three sites. Those who attend Theology at the Bottleworks grab a beer and discuss political or spiritual topics, such as the role of women in society, the legal system, or animal rights.”

By: joe johnston

joe johnston — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:36:10 +0000

Brother, you have your facts all wrong about the Journey Church in St Louis. They do not meet in a bar and pastor Patrick preaches hard against sin and for holiness. The pastor and the church would agree with much of what you have written.
jj