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  1. bramptonguardian.com/news/crim

    "Church denominations that hire 'Youth Pastors' essentially offer pedophiles a place to find victims. This is not new. What is surprising is these churches haven't recognized the risk the position creates and have no apparent strategy to limit the risk."

    #Canada #Ontario #Brampton #Mississauga #Baptist #Pentecostal #Pedofiles #YouthPastors

  2. bramptonguardian.com/news/crim

    "Church denominations that hire 'Youth Pastors' essentially offer pedophiles a place to find victims. This is not new. What is surprising is these churches haven't recognized the risk the position creates and have no apparent strategy to limit the risk."

    #Canada #Ontario #Brampton #Mississauga #Baptist #Pentecostal #Pedofiles #YouthPastors

  3. bramptonguardian.com/news/crim

    "Church denominations that hire 'Youth Pastors' essentially offer pedophiles a place to find victims. This is not new. What is surprising is these churches haven't recognized the risk the position creates and have no apparent strategy to limit the risk."

    #Canada #Ontario #Brampton #Mississauga #Baptist #Pentecostal #Pedofiles #YouthPastors

  4. bramptonguardian.com/news/crim

    "Church denominations that hire 'Youth Pastors' essentially offer pedophiles a place to find victims. This is not new. What is surprising is these churches haven't recognized the risk the position creates and have no apparent strategy to limit the risk."

    #Canada #Ontario #Brampton #Mississauga #Baptist #Pentecostal #Pedofiles #YouthPastors

  5. I grew up in a Southern Pentecostal Evangelical church that believed in "the gifts of the spirit", including "speaking in tongues" (also known as glossolalia).

    This experience began a long process of becoming an #EXvangelical that is fervently opposed to #ChristianNationalism

    Ask me anything

    #AMA #Christofascism #evangelical #pentecostal #Southern #TTJ #TVAC

  6. “Wallnau suggested America was faced with a choice between anarchy, a Satanic agenda channeled through Democrats, and embracing Christianity under Trump's leadership”

    Wallnau's theology

    “During the #CourageTour, #Wallnau and other speakers use many terms to describe themselves and their religious movement: “#evangelical,” “#pentecostal,” “#charismatic,” “#revivalist,” “#prophetic.” One term that is never used is “#NewApostolicReformation” (#NAR).”

    #JDVance #Republican #CourageTour #LanceWallnau #FlashPoint #God #KamalaHarris #Devil #ChristianNationalism #Fascism #Christianpatriotism #Christianpatriot #theocracy

  7. #Preacher gets unearned praise after calling #TrumpBible "disgusting" & "blasphemous"

    youtube.com/watch?v=c_Gl_2Jifc

    People have praised #Pentecostal #preacher Loran Livingston for a fiery #sermon in which he appeared to denounce the #Trump #Bible, which he called “disgusting,” #blasphemous, and a “ploy.”

    But a closer look at the sermon shows us that, even if he was implying the Trump Bible had a problem, he wasn’t denouncing Trump, #Trumpism, or even #ChristianNationalism.

  8. This is a very thought-provoking article for anyone that has any interest in, or experience with an #AI #chatbot OR a #psychic (or for that matter, a traveling #evangelist that goes from #church to church, especially those in the #pentecostal / #charismatic / #evangelical camp, since they often use the same techniques. If you are an #exvangelical or have suffered #ReligiousTrauma you may have encountered these types - they may actually believe they are doing God's work, but whether they know it or not they are using many of the same tricks that most psychics and stage magicians use. Even some #preachers , #pastors and #CultLeaders use these techniques on their congregations, especially in the #Christian #megachurches).

    The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic's con
    softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llm

    #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #ChristianConArtists

  9. CW: Religion

    “I reckon I was about 11 or 12 when it dawned on me there were some definite holes in Pentecostal Christian theology… I didn’t realise it at the time but that was probably the beginning of the end for me and the Christianity I was raised in.”

    Absolutely my own experience too (even though the specifics were very different).

    amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-rad

    #exvangelical #Hillsong #Pentecostal

  10. Edited w hashtags & 🚀'ing for @NPR (& b/c it's a good article!)

    "Why you might notice more #religious groups at #Pride celebrations this year

    Some #PeopleOfFaith are organizing a pushback against wave of anti-#LGBTQ rights legislation making its way thru state houses this year. They're calling it #FaithForPride."

    #Queer folk, you are not just accepted, you are welcome. 💛

    #Transgender #Christian #Jewish #Muslim #Hindu #Black #Pentecostal #Interfaith #Allyship

    #press

    npr.org/2023/06/07/1180648074/

  11. Did I ever mention that in a galaxy far away I was a full-time #Christian worker? Most of my employment was in #evangelical and #pentecostal welfare and parachurch ministries. But I also held a couple of pastoral positions. This was last position before #deconversion , I held a dual role running the church office during the week and was the creative director overseeing the Sunday services. I also made us one of the first churches in our denomination to get into #socialmedia.

    Now I'm a queer, trans,
    #agnosticatheist who couldn't give a shit about that stuff. 🤷‍♀️💅🏳️‍⚧️

  12. #Hillsong in the news again over a $50k salary-sacrifice pool.

    So I thought I'd share a photo of me from my time there. This is me at my college graduation 25 years ago after Brian Houston handed me the microphone. God (lmao) I loved that peroxide hair. Do you think the hair and my regular Sunday morning floral ties ever screamed
    #QUEER at anyone? 🤣🤣

    #exvangelical #Evangelical #Pentecostal #deconstructingchristianity #deconversion #deconstruction #agnostic

  13. #Research by #PinkNews revealed Barrett as a national leader of #GreatBritain’s branch of the #WorldAssembliesofGodFellowship – the world’s largest #pentecostal #denomination – a member of the #EvangelicalAlliance council, a contributor to anti-gay megachurch #Hillsong, and having links to the #BillyGrahamAssociation, an organisation that describes #homosexuality as a #lifestyle choice and a #sexual #sin.

  14. I'm starting to think the people writing about #Asbury's #Revival don't know much about #Holiness #Wesleyan #Pentecostal churches

    In the 70's & 80's a revival would pop-up that lasted weeks

    The local church down the road has a service on Sunday night that sometimes last days. We hear the commotion. That occurs often, still

    I was raised old school Nazarene

    The articles I am reading compare these to the professional crusades, like Billy Grahams. Those weren't revivals.

  15. I am also fiercely interested in #ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue: within #Christianity between #Orthodox, Roman #Catholic, #Anglican/#Episcopalian, #Methodist, #Pentecostal, #Anabaptist churches and confessions especially; but also between Christian churches and #Judaism and #Islam.

  16. Hi There! This is my #introduction. I'm a lay #minister in The Apostolic Church UK ( #apostolic #Evangelical #pentecostal) and a project manager for affordable new build housing by day. Have recently joined from The Other Place. Trying to find my feet, please bear with me as I learn the etiquette! Looking forward to connecting with people.