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Post by lovesongs4 on Jan 16, 2020 0:12:26 GMT -5
We have to fellowship and mingle with our brothers and sisters in Christ, even if it's on the internet . God uses the internet as another avenue to reach out to others, for Him. I am out there for Him in His work field , sharing the Gospel. planting His word to the hurting or lost.
Peace to all ... God Bless
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Post by John on Jan 16, 2020 3:21:18 GMT -5
Hello, and welcome to Narrow Way Forums lovesongs4. It is great to have you join us. Make yourself at home. In addition to the forums, we have live events in the Shoutbox, which is our live chat. Tuesday nights at 8 PM Eastern, we have our Fellowship night, where we discuss whatever anyone wants to talk about. Wednesday at 8 PM Eastern is our Bible Study. Thursday night at 8 PM Eastern is our weekly prayer meeting. You are welcome to join us for any of those things as well. Anyway, once again, it is great to have you as part of our family.
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Post by 2fw8212a on Jan 16, 2020 7:14:44 GMT -5
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Post by 777 on Jan 16, 2020 8:03:07 GMT -5
We have to fellowship and mingle with our brothers and sisters in Christ, even if it's on the internet . God uses the internet as another avenue to reach out to others, for Him. I am out there for Him in His work field , sharing the Gospel. planting His word to the hurting or lost. Peace to all ... God Bless Welcome! I am glad you decided to join.
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Post by solid on Jan 16, 2020 10:58:07 GMT -5
Welcome.
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Post by lovesongs4 on Jan 16, 2020 11:13:53 GMT -5
Hello, and welcome to Narrow Way Forums lovesongs4. It is great to have you join us. Make yourself at home. In addition to the forums, we have live events in the Shoutbox, which is our live chat. Tuesday nights at 8 PM Eastern, we have our Fellowship night, where we discuss whatever anyone wants to talk about. Wednesday at 8 PM Eastern is our Bible Study. Thursday night at 8 PM Eastern is our weekly prayer meeting. You are welcome to join us for any of those things as well. Anyway, once again, it is great to have you as part of our family.
Thank you so much John. Will follow rules with all respect toward you and others. Can I ask if this is your first Christian Forums ? Back in 2005-2006 I was a member of a Christian forum .. it had a picture of a church on it's page and owner of it was John. God Bless you
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Post by lovesongs4 on Jan 16, 2020 11:18:15 GMT -5
We have to fellowship and mingle with our brothers and sisters in Christ, even if it's on the internet . God uses the internet as another avenue to reach out to others, for Him. I am out there for Him in His work field , sharing the Gospel. planting His word to the hurting or lost. Peace to all ... God Bless Welcome! I am glad you decided to join. Thank you 777. I am a little lost when it comes to operating the forum board . It's been years since I've been on, Forum websites.
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Post by 777 on Jan 16, 2020 11:25:08 GMT -5
Welcome! I am glad you decided to join. Thank you 777. I am a little lost when it comes to operating the forum board . It's been years since I've been on, Forum websites. It took me a little time to get used to this one. It is different from Worthy.
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Post by John on Jan 16, 2020 17:11:59 GMT -5
Hello, and welcome to Narrow Way Forums lovesongs4. It is great to have you join us. Make yourself at home. In addition to the forums, we have live events in the Shoutbox, which is our live chat. Tuesday nights at 8 PM Eastern, we have our Fellowship night, where we discuss whatever anyone wants to talk about. Wednesday at 8 PM Eastern is our Bible Study. Thursday night at 8 PM Eastern is our weekly prayer meeting. You are welcome to join us for any of those things as well. Anyway, once again, it is great to have you as part of our family.
Thank you so much John. Will follow rules with all respect toward you and others. Can I ask if this is your first Christian Forums ? Back in 2005-2006 I was a member of a Christian forum .. it had a picture of a church on it's page and owner of it was John. God Bless you This is the only Christian Forum I started. The first forum I joined was Worthy Christian Forums back in 2004, but not using the name John. I was using my last name, which is Butero. When I first started this forum, that is what I was using here, but since nobody else had signed up under the name John, I decided to go with that. The picture of the church I use is in Portsmouth, N.C., which is a ghost town on the outer banks.
We started this forum 2 years ago this April. The original purpose was to have a peaceful place to meet, where we didn't have all the non-stop fights. At the time, it was a war zone at WCF. Everyone was fighting over the once saved, always saved doctrine. They are still fighting over it as far as I know, but it was real hateful then. The owner of that place holds to that belief, and even though he doesn't have anything in their Statement of Faith taking a stand on it, he was showing favoritism towards those who believed his way, and helping them by letting them get away with rule violations more often than those on the other side. People who were too effective in fighting the OSAS doctrine were placed on moderator review on trumped up charges. One of our original members here had that happen to him. He was accused of saying a member there wasn't saved, when he didn't come close to doing that. They were just looking for something to accuse him of. They would also charge people with abusive behavior behind the scenes. They didn't necessarily violate the rules, but they would get sucked into a dispute with moderators in pms, and they would make up some phony accusations. That happened to me once, where I was accused of saying all the moderators were hypocrites, and I never said any such thing. I just took a position one of the moderators didn't like, so she made that up. I could tell you all kind of stories of personal experiences I had, as well as things others went through.
Anyway, back at the time, I was still a member at WCF, and didn't plan to leave. This was just a place of refuge. We started out with 3 people on day one and have grown to where we are today. Little did I know when we started up, that in December of that year, I would be falsely accused of not believing in inerrancy of scripture and labeled a non-conformist. There was not one bit of truth to that charge, but it didn't matter. The real issue was their pet doctrine of OSAS. I had taken a position that harmed the owner's latest argument in favor of OSAS. He had posted a video , and I took a stand against things being taught on it about Lucifer. Nothing I said was in opposition to their SOF or TOS, so they made up the phony charge of not believing in the inerrancy of scripture. If you read our Statement of Faith, which I wrote, you can see where I stand on that. You won't find a person who believes in inerrancy of scripture stronger than me.
As far as Christian Forums goes, I do have a membership there, but don't go there much, and it is not using the username John. I am also a member at a few other places, but this is the only one I run. I was asked to start this one for the reasons I mentioned. It wasn't really my idea. The person who asked me about it knew I was an ordained minister, and was suggesting I start a forum and be a sort of online Pastor, so I use this as both. For some, it is just a forum. For others, it is a forum and their church. It depends on their needs. That is the story behind it.
Just one quick thing about the OSAS controversy. WCF is a private message board, and has every right to push OSAS. We are the exact opposite. We take a stand against it, but the difference is, we are up front about our beliefs, where they are not. They want people to come in there thinking that they are neutral on it, in the hopes of converting them. We are not neutral. We don't require everyone agree with us, but we don't allow people to push OSAS here.
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Post by Cletus on Jan 17, 2020 0:45:55 GMT -5
Greetings
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Post by Tabitha3319 on Jan 17, 2020 5:12:13 GMT -5
Welcome! Nice to meet you!
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Post by Giller on Jan 18, 2020 11:24:59 GMT -5
i am glad you came here, be blessed in the Lord.
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Post by lovesongs4 on Jan 18, 2020 22:24:32 GMT -5
Thank you so much John. Will follow rules with all respect toward you and others. Can I ask if this is your first Christian Forums ? Back in 2005-2006 I was a member of a Christian forum .. it had a picture of a church on it's page and owner of it was John. God Bless you This is the only Christian Forum I started. The first forum I joined was Worthy Christian Forums back in 2004, but not using the name John. I was using my last name, which is Butero. When I first started this forum, that is what I was using here, but since nobody else had signed up under the name John, I decided to go with that. The picture of the church I use is in Portsmouth, N.C., which is a ghost town on the outer banks.
We started this forum 2 years ago this April. The original purpose was to have a peaceful place to meet, where we didn't have all the non-stop fights. At the time, it was a war zone at WCF. Everyone was fighting over the once saved, always saved doctrine. They are still fighting over it as far as I know, but it was real hateful then. The owner of that place holds to that belief, and even though he doesn't have anything in their Statement of Faith taking a stand on it, he was showing favoritism towards those who believed his way, and helping them by letting them get away with rule violations more often than those on the other side. People who were too effective in fighting the OSAS doctrine were placed on moderator review on trumped up charges. One of our original members here had that happen to him. He was accused of saying a member there wasn't saved, when he didn't come close to doing that. They were just looking for something to accuse him of. They would also charge people with abusive behavior behind the scenes. They didn't necessarily violate the rules, but they would get sucked into a dispute with moderators in pms, and they would make up some phony accusations. That happened to me once, where I was accused of saying all the moderators were hypocrites, and I never said any such thing. I just took a position one of the moderators didn't like, so she made that up. I could tell you all kind of stories of personal experiences I had, as well as things others went through.
Anyway, back at the time, I was still a member at WCF, and didn't plan to leave. This was just a place of refuge. We started out with 3 people on day one and have grown to where we are today. Little did I know when we started up, that in December of that year, I would be falsely accused of not believing in inerrancy of scripture and labeled a non-conformist. There was not one bit of truth to that charge, but it didn't matter. The real issue was their pet doctrine of OSAS. I had taken a position that harmed the owner's latest argument in favor of OSAS. He had posted a video , and I took a stand against things being taught on it about Lucifer. Nothing I said was in opposition to their SOF or TOS, so they made up the phony charge of not believing in the inerrancy of scripture. If you read our Statement of Faith, which I wrote, you can see where I stand on that. You won't find a person who believes in inerrancy of scripture stronger than me.
As far as Christian Forums goes, I do have a membership there, but don't go there much, and it is not using the username John. I am also a member at a few other places, but this is the only one I run. I was asked to start this one for the reasons I mentioned. It wasn't really my idea. The person who asked me about it knew I was an ordained minister, and was suggesting I start a forum and be a sort of online Pastor, so I use this as both. For some, it is just a forum. For others, it is a forum and their church. It depends on their needs. That is the story behind it.
Just one quick thing about the OSAS controversy. WCF is a private message board, and has every right to push OSAS. We are the exact opposite. We take a stand against it, but the difference is, we are up front about our beliefs, where they are not. They want people to come in there thinking that they are neutral on it, in the hopes of converting them. We are not neutral. We don't require everyone agree with us, but we don't allow people to push OSAS here.
John.. WCF. Everyone was fighting over the once saved, always saved doctrine. ( **I was there when there was a big fight . We followed each other to the Church picture Christian site forums that was started , but I thought the Admin. was named John also. Can't remember all the names. But..man we had so much fun. A woman from Texas.. was the website tech. and started the best animated games. That we would all join in and compete with one another. We all got there from WCF .There was a guy named Ted at WCF ,he was from N.C. ..we were good friends. But the Church one I can't remember the forums name. It had to close so people went back to WCF. My name there was Cajun . lol ...Yes it gets bad there. People insult people. I was there 2 days this week and got insulted. lol.. Anyway I hope God Blesses your forums and bring in many members, in Jesus' name.
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Post by John on Jan 19, 2020 5:33:18 GMT -5
This is the only Christian Forum I started. The first forum I joined was Worthy Christian Forums back in 2004, but not using the name John. I was using my last name, which is Butero. When I first started this forum, that is what I was using here, but since nobody else had signed up under the name John, I decided to go with that. The picture of the church I use is in Portsmouth, N.C., which is a ghost town on the outer banks.
We started this forum 2 years ago this April. The original purpose was to have a peaceful place to meet, where we didn't have all the non-stop fights. At the time, it was a war zone at WCF. Everyone was fighting over the once saved, always saved doctrine. They are still fighting over it as far as I know, but it was real hateful then. The owner of that place holds to that belief, and even though he doesn't have anything in their Statement of Faith taking a stand on it, he was showing favoritism towards those who believed his way, and helping them by letting them get away with rule violations more often than those on the other side. People who were too effective in fighting the OSAS doctrine were placed on moderator review on trumped up charges. One of our original members here had that happen to him. He was accused of saying a member there wasn't saved, when he didn't come close to doing that. They were just looking for something to accuse him of. They would also charge people with abusive behavior behind the scenes. They didn't necessarily violate the rules, but they would get sucked into a dispute with moderators in pms, and they would make up some phony accusations. That happened to me once, where I was accused of saying all the moderators were hypocrites, and I never said any such thing. I just took a position one of the moderators didn't like, so she made that up. I could tell you all kind of stories of personal experiences I had, as well as things others went through.
Anyway, back at the time, I was still a member at WCF, and didn't plan to leave. This was just a place of refuge. We started out with 3 people on day one and have grown to where we are today. Little did I know when we started up, that in December of that year, I would be falsely accused of not believing in inerrancy of scripture and labeled a non-conformist. There was not one bit of truth to that charge, but it didn't matter. The real issue was their pet doctrine of OSAS. I had taken a position that harmed the owner's latest argument in favor of OSAS. He had posted a video , and I took a stand against things being taught on it about Lucifer. Nothing I said was in opposition to their SOF or TOS, so they made up the phony charge of not believing in the inerrancy of scripture. If you read our Statement of Faith, which I wrote, you can see where I stand on that. You won't find a person who believes in inerrancy of scripture stronger than me.
As far as Christian Forums goes, I do have a membership there, but don't go there much, and it is not using the username John. I am also a member at a few other places, but this is the only one I run. I was asked to start this one for the reasons I mentioned. It wasn't really my idea. The person who asked me about it knew I was an ordained minister, and was suggesting I start a forum and be a sort of online Pastor, so I use this as both. For some, it is just a forum. For others, it is a forum and their church. It depends on their needs. That is the story behind it.
Just one quick thing about the OSAS controversy. WCF is a private message board, and has every right to push OSAS. We are the exact opposite. We take a stand against it, but the difference is, we are up front about our beliefs, where they are not. They want people to come in there thinking that they are neutral on it, in the hopes of converting them. We are not neutral. We don't require everyone agree with us, but we don't allow people to push OSAS here.
John.. WCF. Everyone was fighting over the once saved, always saved doctrine. ( **I was there when there was a big fight . We followed each other to the Church picture Christian site forums that was started , but I thought the Admin. was named John also. Can't remember all the names. But..man we had so much fun. A woman from Texas.. was the website tech. and started the best animated games. That we would all join in and compete with one another. We all got there from WCF .There was a guy named Ted at WCF ,he was from N.C. ..we were good friends. But the Church one I can't remember the forums name. It had to close so people went back to WCF. My name there was Cajun . lol ...Yes it gets bad there. People insult people. I was there 2 days this week and got insulted. lol.. Anyway I hope God Blesses your forums and bring in many members, in Jesus' name. I do remember a guy that went by Ted at WCF. I didn't know him that well. So you have been a member at WCF for a long time? There was a message board I was a member of that was made up of members of WCF called HeavensBPraised. It was started by a woman that went by Scarlet Prayers. We disagreed on a lot of things, but we were still friends. I still keep in touch with her on FB. Her vision was a message board with a lot of diversity of thought, so there were some who were very conservative, and some who were very liberal. There were even Catholics. I joined because she asked me to. What happened there was the woman who started it turned away from following God. She believes in God, but doesn't serve him. She is angry with him over the loss of her son. The place still exists, but nobody has been going there for years. At WCF, I used my last name Butero. I used that at HBP as well. The idea for this place came from FriendoftheLord at WCF, who is Frienduff here. I basically started it with him, and the guy who goes by 2fw8212a, had a username that started with 4L at WCF. I can't remember the rest. It took me a long time to remember his username here. Most were calling him Letters, and some call him that here. There were 3 of us on day one, and me and Frienduff were the two administrators. We invited others, and we had a membership in the low 20s before too long. We have gradually increased from there. Most came from WCF, but not everyone. Our vision was not a message board where everything goes, but one that is teaching sound Bible doctrine. Everyone doesn't have to agree with all things I believe, but we do have basic beliefs that we enforce. The most important one is a belief in the inerrancy of scripture, the one thing I was accused of not believing in by George at WCF. It is actually the most important thing to me, because if you don't believe that, we really don't have a foundation. We could be all over the place with opinions, and there would be no standard. One opinion would be as good as another. I am glad you decided to join us, and I hope you like it here. The way I view our members, we are all family, brothers and sisters in Christ. I want you to feel like part of our family, even if you aren't able to spend a lot of time here. If you ever feel insulted by something another person says, report it to me. We should be able to discuss things without name calling. If I offend you, send me a personal message and let me know, because it might be a misunderstanding. That can easily happen on a message board. God bless you, and I hope to see you again soon.
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Post by lovesongs4 on Jan 23, 2020 22:53:09 GMT -5
Thank you John . Sorry I couldn't come back in here until now. I read all what you wrote with the rules of your place and about the Lord. You are 100% correct with all of it. Instead of arguing with a person on the board, just message them and discuss the issue in private. I am a born again Christian and try to post scripture verse if necessary, in my comments in a topic. WCF ..its been so long ago ,lol . When people were leaving . and going to the other place. We had fun there. There were married couples and single people there . We all got along. I was one of the moderator's there , until the place had to close . Then we all decided to go back to WCF. Anyway..I am glad to be here and to fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ, it will be a once in a while membership here, for me. God Bless everyone.
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