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Our youngest daughter, Leah was married this week to Alexei, a wonderful young man! and a Pastor. Good Lord, how does that happen?! Like they are so far in and so much of their identity comes from being part of the group that the thought of just leaving would be like jumping off of a cliff? You state things so well that there is little to no need to add anything. Years ago, I decided to go forth with my name on this blog I did it to help people who have reason to suspect that their identity could cause them problems with out of control churches If yo have a problem with anonymity, take it up with me. There may be a general principle here, perhaps related to how many people you can know and relate to at a more than superficial level., And the cash flow in a church of 300 is not so large that it is likely to corrupt the leadership team.. it has a b in it. I have no idea how RadMan7 is there. That sadness is so deep. But if these offices are wrong it means the wheels fell of of the Church extremely early in its history. He was a cynical grandstands and shameless self-promoter. Id only add that the scar and damage to my faith as a result of Harvest is real, deeply painful, and permanent. Sovereign Grace Ministries The post you refer to is maybe one of two that she didnt allow comments. Law Prof: I dont know if its just that I got old enough and wise enough to start seeing it or cynical and hardened as I got older, but after going through the 1980s and 1990s able to find what I thought were decent churches, for over a decade I havent to find a place that isnt abusive, heretical, led by a narcissist or all the the above. Harvest Bible Chapel has owned its mistakes and endured to become a happier and healthier church, whose members recently pledged financially, in their walk/work for Christ, and in their. Airing Mr. and Mrs. MacDonalds dirty laundry or private correspondence in that case on a public forum would be gossipy and downright cruel. but i have gained a newfound joy in being a member of the human race. Crazy, huh? Friend: And you have the same right as the rest of us to post anonymously. Their churches were of human origin, they failed. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Notice that Fred brags about Negotiating more than $100 million in church mortgage financing. The last thing that Christendom needs is to see him back in the pulpit. I was in one that lasted three whole weeks. People were dying for this faith from the very beginning, which suggests that it was not merely wishful thinking about some made up traditions. BTW, I am 99.99% sure that my 86-year-old mother can be trusted. I judge not those who remain I truly understand the depth of the manipulation but hope they do not fall victim to the crisis of faith and to the abyss that often follows when all youve built your faith on falls to ashes. elastigirl: Honest question: why does it matter what Paul thinks? No more sin sacrifices. I believe he also was something of an unwitting prophet, possibly used by the Lord Himself, to reflect a mirror back at U.S. Christendom. Jenkins is jealous that he couldnt run the con as well as Jmac. When my friends are all gone. husband of one wife It is difficult to not imagine that the overly generous salaries passed out at Harvest have a lot to do with the leaders who refuse to call for the opening of the books. (VidAngel is a Netflix and Amazon-based streaming service that allows you to skip distasteful content regarding profanity, nudity, sexual situations, and violence.) Nice list. Samuel Conner: people who were being abused, manipulated, fleeced here under the sun, but who nevertheless were hearing the gospel (as they understood gospel), even though it looks to us like it was being preached from false motives. When she cleared the backlog, the partial Lauren went through along with my original longer one. ), Law Prof: If we just got back to that model, the one the early church leaders generally followed . I was there for 10 years and my daughters both attended Harvest Christian Academy and I had been asked to consider eldershipwe left in 2012 after repeated warnings from former elders. I am interested in seeing what TWW readers will pull out if Jenkins letter. If anything, out of all the ashes has come a humbling of my spirit.No longer do I feel like I know, or need to know, or could even remotely grasp the answers to so much of life. Its happening now; how many of us are refugees from groups that went awol? For example, priests cannot conduct divine liturgy without laity present, the liturgy cannot proceed without the participation of the laity saying amen during various parts of the liturgy and prayers, and bishops cannot ordain priests with the amen of the laity in the congregation. I suppose you would doubt your own mother? I was asked. part of it a fear of the outside that is purposely cultivated in church environments. Human nature, I guess. After seven years, the growing congregation of 500 raised funds in six weeks to secure a former warehouse at 800 S Rohlwing Road in Rolling Meadows. If you dont get why your letter was leaked and why people are upset, I would say youre isolated and you need to take the blinders off. Of course, Im a few miles from SEBTS and JD Greears church is on every street corner, along with all the boys at SEBTS who dont want to leave the area so there are popup churches in every strip mall. Cut corners in the case of MacDonald, Hybels, Driscoll, and assorted others meant they decided it was OK to be a little wicked if a little good could come from it. When I did see it, in my home, I was livid that they essentially forced people to go. This moved the church into a season of transitional leadership for the next 27 months. We only saw the one tomb. 20 years for me. DallasHow selfishIs it all about you?Or, is your statement for the greater good of countless others? Dallas Jenkins is the creator, director and co-writer of The Chosen, which in addition to being the first multi-season series about the life of Christ is also the most successful media crowdfund of all time. And if the insight and oversight in wisdom and understanding must come from books or online, so be it. Its not all of it, but its certainly a substantive portion. Dallas, I want to also say in all gentleness- I know youd like to be in control but you cant be. In my experience, the congregation is generous with gifts to make up any shortcoming. Harvest Bible Chapel - Elgin Campus - Fall 2011 Women's Campus Groups The Elgin, Illinois campus of Harvest Bible Chapel is is lead by Senior Pastor James MacDonald. SiteSeer: This is so very true! Beware! Temptation sharp and keen. We find out that the pastor is living in a $2 million house, he said. This all happens when we gather, grow and go together as followers of Jesus. There is more than enough dirt throughout this enterprise to make one doubt the integrity or honesty of anyone who was ever long a part of it. As both Luke and Peter write, they use all three Greek terms in the same context, regarding the same office, filled by the same men. The beat goes on until Jesus returns. * Gaga sees them as self-righteous. Im certainly not an Apostle chosen by the hand of Jesus as Paul was nor a prophet, or a son of a prophet. They act like the real problem is that they messed up in a technical way. ++++++++++++++++++++. But how long, under the sort of behavior he and others depict, can one be excused for overlooking the facts? FOR WITHOUT THEM ONE CANNOT SPEAK OF THE CHURCH. I do not see how Hall could seriously be held responsible for the tragic suicide of the young man, but am appreciative that the whole sorry event led him to reevaluate his heart. He is already in the process of trying to reboot his digital ministry (WITW)and is romancing wealthy donors in Naples, FL from the $1.2M home in Naples that Harvest rented for him. They engineered the black funds and the worst of the financial abuse. There are true men of God who are laboring in the field who never get accolades and honor bestowed on them this side of heaven. I am not saying that I am a proponent of hierarchy. Noevangelical, he has no tore proof to offer me. He did this knowing that I was qualified for neither. The Chosen is similar to Risen, the excellent faith -based film that . "I'm going to make mistakes. Too bad he doesnt understand that it can be used just as much for good as it can be for bad. 1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. They are all one and the same. In the last two years, 75% of the Executive Leadership team has left HBC. Dee fully admits Hall scares her. And it is bad form to hijack a thread to comment on a topic when asked not to. Since beginning its training center, Harvest Bible Chapel has helped established over 193 church plants across the country and around the world. Never, and I mean never, have I heard someone say, I would leave, but I just cant survive without the gifted teaching. What they all have in common is serving self interest, whereas the crux of the life and message of Jesus is that the way to life is to lay down self and serve others. Hang on. He was evidently so invested in making the Dramatic Point and leaving a Big Impression that I dont think he considered anyone else at that moment. You couldnt care if the pastor lives in a 4 million dollar mansion. David: Fred Adams former Harvest CFO has a serious gambling addiction. But not genuine relationships. Indeed. I understand your point and the historical information. Both HBC and WBC had a plurality of Yes-Men Courtiers around a Pastor/Dictator O COME LET US ADORE HIM!. Chapel (Spiritual Life Conference): Dr. Jim Allman. So join the club. While I dont agree with all PJ says, I will say that I too have concerns whenever free speech is abridged, however well intended the reasons. Truth is real. Some might even suggest it seems suspiciously tied to new disclosures concerning films he made, gambling issues which have also concerned both Dallas and his father, etc. Dallas, his dad Jerry Jenkins, and James MacDonald also played poker together. Zero current power holders at Willow Creek Community Church have uttered a single word condemning the sexual crimes of founder and 42 year leader Bill Hybels. And not many have truly repented I think. Its time for all these leaders to stop whining as if they were the victims and demonstrate a genuine show of sackcloth and ashes before the masses they deceived the real victims who must now live with being tithe-paying participants in this scam against Holy God. To make up for their very tiny, um sense of self-esteem. ++++++++++++++++++++++. SiteSeer: Is there a foolproof system that cant be gamed? Dallas, choose the path of humility! I am sorry that my concerns about the institutional church from day one cause you distress. . He was also involved with setting up secret retirement accounts and encouraging outrageous T&E expenditures as a way of making himself invaluable to James. +++++++++++++++++++. I should have rechecked my facts before commenting. No judgment from me. Unless it was a danger to someone. Association of Related Churches Our goals in writing these letters were accomplished, and its unfortunate that people are making them public. Two thousand years after that exchange, the institutional church is still struggling to define truth. Denominations have been birthed with a different twist on what they perceive truth to be. You cant express truth sufficiently in religious teachings and traditions; it can only be found in a relationship with Christ. Also, your letter simply further bolsters credibility of the excellent work from the Elephants Debt and Julie Roys. In addition to the institutional realities in the Gentile churches that we can read about in the early post-biblical literature, we have Pauls guidelines and, IMO above all his vision of one-another relationship within the churches. I am not on Twitter myself, but I have been following others, like you. No more law-keeping. In every church I was part of the pastor put forth a list of men to choose from, and the pastor was appointed from outside the church. Conversational-type sermons, contemporary worship music, come-as-you-are. Our pastor, weeping, said it was one of the greatest movies he ever saw. How you understand the word? No self-declared elders have authority over anyone who does not put their voluntary and continued trust in them. All who have enriched themselves in the name of serving God and on the backs of the working people are suspect, as that is certainly not what we were called to, nor a reflection of the sacrificial love of Jesus who came to serve. You see, the symbolic meaning of harvest in Scripture encompasses two main areas: God's provision for us and God's blessing for others. Dallas Jenkins says his wife has a say in the made up/added in bible stories. That someone who was on the point of dying took time to write these dreams down is remarkable in and of itself. So do you think this is something like Stockholm Syndrome? TS00: That community is you all, for whom I am so grateful! That clearly does not describe James MacDonald and HBC elders who are coming forth one at a time to confess their roles in the great deception in Chicago. Amy Moore: There are about 4 dozen Harvest execs & elders moving on to other ministries and the corruption runs so deep theres no chance they wont be infecting every ministry they touch going forward. Too bad there is not a single human being on the planet that is qualified. If I were you, I would review what happened at Mars Hill and the Mark Driscoll implosion. Unless, trying very hard to see it from the inside' their vision of God, whom they reckon they were imitating, is more arbitrary, capricious, violent and domineering than mine. 37 were here. The whole cycle, from start to implosion and disbanding the church, was about five years. You think youre justified at all in bristling in obvious irritation that your letter, which is apparently the rest of the story truth about this very public figure, got out of your control and hit the public sphere? I doubt that the facts will stop MacDonald from making an unrepentant comeback. Now, four of Harvest Bible Chapels campuses have Hope Centers to provide food and other resources to families in across Chicagoland to provide help and hope found only in Jesus. I dont know if its just that I got old enough and wise enough to start seeing it or cynical and hardened as I got older, but after going through the 1980s and 1990s able to find what I thought were decent churches, for over a decade I havent to find a place that isnt abusive, heretical, led by a narcissist or all the the above. Or maybe their model for doing church is wrong? This place needs to be shut down. Dallas Jenkins: It was given to the elders two months ago. Lowlandseer: The elders [PRESBUTEROS] who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder [PRESBUTEROS] and a witness of the suffering of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed; shepherd [POIMEN] the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers [EPISKOPOS], not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly. (1 Peter 5:1-2). I dont think so. I dont blame the Thompsons. I have to admit that Philippians 1 often comes to mind as I look at these mega-messes the American church is in. After reading each post on this matter, I cannot find a single one that brings dishonor to the Lord Jesus. Remove the plank so the splinter can be clearly seen. not a novice They began by gathering in an unused TV studio. Evangelicalism began going after talent over the least among you and I truly believe it actually is a large part of the failing of all of these churches. The Harvest Academy high school incident gets discussed quite a bit. I read your posts as a searing, agonized, utterly sincere *cri de ceour. It seems to me that there is a serious idolatry issue at HBC. Was it released or leaked? Its Greshams law applied to religion: bad drives out good. words like unsaved, which always has the connotation of someone to be wary of. etc. You also have no idea what else is happening. . Time and again in these situations, people who were involved exclaim about how God was working and God was doing things! I thought it myself in the situation I was part of, years ago. Every jot and every tittle is just as if the Almighty is still thundering out of Horeb through Paul. Jesus talked a LOT about living in the Kingdom we would do well to read His words living in the church doesnt always mean living in the Kingdom. At this point however the narrative cannot be controlled by people because God Almighty is acting now. Church Discipline I send my kids to a school literally run by bullies. Harvest Bible Chapel began meeting the Rolling Meadows High School building. It was leaked. Faith Driven Team September 6, 2021 Bio, Christian investor, Voice. . I cant put them in the same category as Jesus himself, nor should I. Its why I like to go to what Jesus actually said and did. Its time to throw open the windows HBC so all can see what really happened. I personally doubt that MacDonald was ever sincere, but it is likely that many of his deceived henchmen were. The big issue I have is with the idea that there is this one leader, a high office that this one guy occupies in a church called the pastor. Hes earned his money, It appears he has been a poser, a bully and a thug for a very long time. That incident was only the tip of the iceberg. As our leaders prayed and sought to plant churches in the city of Chicago, a small congregation with a struggling church in Niles was looking for new life. But, assuming Paul would be cheering them on nevertheless, that opens up a door for whoever to bring in whatever in attempts to do church (and thats exactly what we have in America). Nice job. Lets face it, in this era one can access whatever superior teaching is preferred in the comfort of their home or car. whether agnostic, atheist, muslim, hindu, buddhist, zoroastrian, wiccan, mormon, straight, lgbtq,. They are crumbling under their current debt load that FRED saddled them with; still he brags. Concerned for the vulnerable animals safety, he left his own gun by its side. Dallas Jenkins shares with Pastor Ricky and Dave how The Chosen. I REMEMBER STORIES OF FREAKOUTS AND LONG-TERM TERROR REACTIONS FROM CHURCH SCREENINGS OF THIEF IN THE NIGHT WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM DOING THE SAME TO YOUNGER KIDS WITH PASSION OF THE CHRIST? a Christian/inspirational filmmaker, and former Director of Visual Media and member of the Executive Leadership Team at Harvest Bible Chapel . No longer do I feel like I know, or need to know, or could even remotely grasp the answers to so much of life. All of these men, who were deeply involved long-term under visible, ungodly leadership have a lot to answer for. Hard to imagine that they would ever voluntarily fission into smaller groups. I am watching the SBC be accused of following in the footsteps of the pedophile priests of the Catholic Church. Begin your journey with the prayer. Maybe out of kindness because he didnt want to embarrass anyone too much? The neocalvinist church where I was an elder, which started off without one big head leader who called himself pastor, and people generally treating people decently, lasted a year or so before the guys found this amazing, godly 5-point calvinist whod been on John MacArthurs staff at GCC and had been a leader in SGMand then he took over and then he brought in his right-hand man from another state to be the leader of the elder team and then those two decided that the elders in place had been given too much unbiblical power over the pastor and so we all had to cede all authority to him and just be good friends without all these unbiblical checks and balances on the man whom the Lord had hand-picked to be over us. I dont have a huge problem with the idea of multiple leaders who put their necks on the line like the people in the early church serving others, and because theyre typically older and recognized as more kind and stable and servant-like, people are told to consider seriously what they have to say (about the best translation of the word unfortunately translated obey in HEB 13:17. In any normal group setting, the members will naturally turn to the most mature and experienced among them for direction and advice. Someone even mentioned an anti-Christ component here, which I agree with. Youre welcome. And she is asking everyone to back off. I implore you to keep a watchful eye on those who cause trouble and make difficulties among you, in plain opposition to the teaching you have been given, and steer clear of them. Ive stepped inside a church once in the last three years; we were out of town visiting friends, and they invited us, and my wife looked at me like Please, honey, just this one time, lets not make a scene. So I went along and it felt something like being in the car, trying to teach my teenager how to drivewhite knuckles. The evidence points to a scam designed to benefit one person only. This was followed quickly by Harvest Bible Chapel and lead pastor James MacDonald who was recently fired. Sadly, I have yet to see even one of these elders or executive staff members repent in a productive, redemptive manner. These arent hard hurdles for true elders to get throughbut if you ask a church elder to tell you about their elders and it comes back with a set of corporate jargon? and when he first committed to downsizing, I told him not to do it, that he didnt need to.. , it appears he has been a poser, a wonderful young!... 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