tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post3193884615799922789..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: Ten Signs That Your Church Might Be Cheating on YouUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-35745348278930234112013-11-29T22:24:32.736-05:002013-11-29T22:24:32.736-05:00I was screwed over by the Episcopal Church. I was ...I was screwed over by the Episcopal Church. I was a student at one of the seminaries - major seminaries. In my second semester they discriminated against me, treated me like shit and threw me out. I was only give 48 hours to vacate my dorm. I had no where to go and they knew this. One professor even commented that my ending up homeless was a good think. Multiple third parties looked at the dismissal letter and said it was discrimination and the reasons were crap. I have debt because of them. I broke a cell phone contract and they never did my financial aid so I had no money as living expenses. No one from the church has been willing to help. I've been fighting for months to get some kind of financial compensation from the school. On top of that I left hundreds of dollars worth of property in my dorm because I had no time to move out and no place to go and put it. I have since left that church but am not giving up the fight to get the money that is owed me. I had converted to Christianity. Had been willing to give up everything to be a part of it and to be clergy and this is how they pay me back. By leaving me homeless and destitute. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-70556307443265327662013-07-19T10:37:46.033-04:002013-07-19T10:37:46.033-04:00George Crocker,
That's how you build a safe h...George Crocker,<br /><br />That's how you build a safe harbor!Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-54636116426338713012013-07-19T10:30:12.997-04:002013-07-19T10:30:12.997-04:00On the other hand, I decided a long time ago not t...On the other hand, I decided a long time ago not to take my church out of TEC. I did not want to spend my ministry fighting my own church. I thought preaching the Gospel, encouraging spiritual growth and focusing on Jesus as Lord and Savior was more important. Now that I am retired I can still enjoy my old church as a Christ-centered, Spirit-filled, Bible-believing Church. It stand out as a beacon to the empty churches around me.George Crockernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-72860615356678439002013-07-17T10:09:26.012-04:002013-07-17T10:09:26.012-04:00As we all know there are warts in every denominati...As we all know there are warts in every denomination. The issue many of us have is when those who are supposed to be treating the warts decide to re-classify them as beauty marks thus relieving themselves of the onerous duty of trying to clear up a condition that has a tendency to relapse over and over again. Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-34610006672532678592013-07-17T09:55:52.787-04:002013-07-17T09:55:52.787-04:00As I said, we 'returned'. We were already ...As I said, we 'returned'. We were already well aware of the craziness in parts of the Catholic Church. We find ourselves in a diocese with a solid bishop, moderately conservative clergy and of course an energetic, faithful Pope. Warts and all, it's refreshing to have an adult in charge. john iliff https://www.blogger.com/profile/02302505584191566477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-57213128408365117562013-07-16T20:47:48.156-04:002013-07-16T20:47:48.156-04:00Well said, Pewster.Well said, Pewster.Tim Fountainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029518675317913824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-48183485107965201932013-07-16T08:59:25.920-04:002013-07-16T08:59:25.920-04:00john iliff,
That is one way dealing with an unfai...john iliff,<br /><br />That is one way dealing with an unfaithful church. I hope ya'll have found a safe harbor. Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-82413594658962701022013-07-14T22:11:39.858-04:002013-07-14T22:11:39.858-04:00I came to that very conclusion regarding TEC (alth...I came to that very conclusion regarding TEC (although the bishop and my rector were godly men). Hence my wife and I returned to the Catholic church this past Lent. john iliff https://www.blogger.com/profile/02302505584191566477noreply@blogger.com