question: writing a letter

[Praise Warrior]

During this past Fall and Winter, I applied to a number of universities at various locations across the country to finish my education. The other day, I was looking online at local churches around where I'd be at these various locations. Many of the churches seemed emergent.

One of the churches had a section for students, and in this student branch of the site there was a page of Q&As on different religious topics. One of the topics was on the end-times, and it had a question about it and a very emergent answer. This bothered me quite a bit because, not only was it on a student Q&A page, some of it was totally wrong, and seemed to go against everything in my own personal testimony, and what I found with my thesis project.

Given I'm a Jesus freak who loves to contend for Biblical faith and Truth, and see people saved, I initially thought about writing them a letter sharing my testimony, some of the main points of my thesis research, and, based on that, suggest they perhaps ought to rethink some things.

On the other hand, a little later, I was thinking that maybe I shoudn't because of relative positions of authority (I being a student, the recipient most likely the pastor), and also because of the fact that it would be like I'm meddling in a domain that is none of my business since it's not my church and probably won't ever be.

So, I'm stuck. :panic Should I go ahead and write the letter? Would you, and have you ever written something like that?

[seekingtruth1]

I wrote an email letter to teh pastor of a church I used to attend. He didnt know me but i told him I used to attend and was checking their website and noticed that he had personally reccomnded Henri Nouwen and they had become very Contemplative...in theri services. When i used to attend i thought it was b/c it was an Episcopal church and I wasnt used to their type of service but i didnt notice anything strangely wrong with the church....

Anyway I shred with him my concerns with how Christain msysticim was a nice way of sugar coating new age principles and beliefs and I got back a really lame letter that hardly explained how it wasnt New age but it was polite enough. I feel liek I said what i had to say he sees it differently and I do not go to that church anymore so I dont see where I coudl do anything about it.

I think you coudl write a letter too! there is nothing wrong with that no matter what your age is or experience. God can use a 3 year old if he wants! YOur voice is just as important. Now the reality is b/c of your age and lack of involvemnet with this church I dont know that it will change things or hav eteh same impact if it came from an elder etc...But your letter can opens up the mind and heart of the pastor. And it indeed may. It may be he is caught up in all this stuff the way I was...it just kind of happend and you didnt really understand what it was or how it was OFF....so I say write away...use your thesis as back up....cite scripture..send material on why its a problem.



During this past Fall and Winter, I applied to a number of universities at various locations across the country to finish my education. The other day, I was looking online at local churches around where I'd be at these various locations. Many of the churches seemed emergent.

One of the churches had a section for students, and in this student branch of the site there was a page of Q&As on different religious topics. One of the topics was on the end-times, and it had a question about it and a very emergent answer. This bothered me quite a bit because, not only was it on a student Q&A page, some of it was totally wrong, and seemed to go against everything in my own personal testimony, and what I found with my thesis project.

Given I'm a Jesus freak who loves to contend for Biblical faith and Truth, and see people saved, I initially thought about writing them a letter sharing my testimony, some of the main points of my thesis research, and, based on that, suggest they perhaps ought to rethink some things.

On the other hand, a little later, I was thinking that maybe I shoudn't because of relative positions of authority (I being a student, the recipient most likely the pastor), and also because of the fact that it would be like I'm meddling in a domain that is none of my business since it's not my church and probably won't ever be.

So, I'm stuck. :panic Should I go ahead and write the letter? Would you, and have you ever written something like that?

[Amanda's mom]

On the other hand, a little later, I was thinking that maybe I shoudn't because of relative positions of authority (I being a student, the recipient most likely the pastor), and also because of the fact that it would be like I'm meddling in a domain that is none of my business since it's not my church and probably won't ever be.

Isaiah 11:6
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

I think that your fear of position of authority should be overcome. Obviously, you have studied and understood the scripture better than this pastor if he is teaching things that are not Biblically based. I still regret, after 30 years, not standing up to a professor who taught incorrect information to my chemistry class. In my case, it was something stupid which showed he had no learning of Proverbs or understanding of Queen Elizabeth I. In your case, this person is misleading the youth of his church and grounding his teaching in twisting of Bible prophesy or downright falsifying of it. Best wishes with this. It takes courage. Pray about it.
:wave :thumb