More Conviction (8 of 12)
Series: Less is More
Joey Rodgers
James 4:1-12
I once heard of a church that experienced a rift b/c of an argument that broke out in a S.S. class over whether Adam and Eve had navels. The argument erupted into a church split w/ one group leaving to start - Navel-ite Baptist Church!
Pastor Jamie told me in his hometown there's a small country church called ''New Garden Baptist Church''. This Primitive Baptist Church is the epitome of a small country church: Gravel parking lot, one picnic table under a tree and a cemetery next to the church. The church is so Calvinistic they only need to meet every other week! One year they went through a split over who was responsible for the upkeep of the cemetery. A group left only to buy the property next to the church and built an identical building and renamed the church ''New New Garden Baptist Church''. Not wanting to be confused w/ the new, new church, the original church changed their name to the ''Old New Garden Baptist Church''. These two churches still operate 100 yds. from each other separated only by the cemetery.
In Mayfield, KY you'll find Anti-Peg Baptist Church. In the late 1800's (2) church leaders argued over if a peg should be placed on the back wall of the church for the pastor to hang his hat. But b/c one leader didn't consult the other and feelings were hurt, he started the Anti-Peg Baptist Church!
Side Story - I heard of a pastor who told the Anti-Peg story to his church sharing how silly it was a church would split over things as trivial as a peg on the wall. Later he was told his church had split a few years prior b/c the pastor moved the piano. He said, ''I moved it a month ago and no one said a thing,'' ''That's b/c you moved it back to the right side.''
Conflict is a real problem in our world. Are you aware in 5,600 yrs. of recorded history there's been some 15K wars - that's (3) wars for every year of history? War is a reality of life! Apparently so is co ...
Series: Less is More
Joey Rodgers
James 4:1-12
I once heard of a church that experienced a rift b/c of an argument that broke out in a S.S. class over whether Adam and Eve had navels. The argument erupted into a church split w/ one group leaving to start - Navel-ite Baptist Church!
Pastor Jamie told me in his hometown there's a small country church called ''New Garden Baptist Church''. This Primitive Baptist Church is the epitome of a small country church: Gravel parking lot, one picnic table under a tree and a cemetery next to the church. The church is so Calvinistic they only need to meet every other week! One year they went through a split over who was responsible for the upkeep of the cemetery. A group left only to buy the property next to the church and built an identical building and renamed the church ''New New Garden Baptist Church''. Not wanting to be confused w/ the new, new church, the original church changed their name to the ''Old New Garden Baptist Church''. These two churches still operate 100 yds. from each other separated only by the cemetery.
In Mayfield, KY you'll find Anti-Peg Baptist Church. In the late 1800's (2) church leaders argued over if a peg should be placed on the back wall of the church for the pastor to hang his hat. But b/c one leader didn't consult the other and feelings were hurt, he started the Anti-Peg Baptist Church!
Side Story - I heard of a pastor who told the Anti-Peg story to his church sharing how silly it was a church would split over things as trivial as a peg on the wall. Later he was told his church had split a few years prior b/c the pastor moved the piano. He said, ''I moved it a month ago and no one said a thing,'' ''That's b/c you moved it back to the right side.''
Conflict is a real problem in our world. Are you aware in 5,600 yrs. of recorded history there's been some 15K wars - that's (3) wars for every year of history? War is a reality of life! Apparently so is co ...
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