by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 19, 2018 | Personal Testimony
Brother Hazen lives in Washington State, USA Posted 5/24/08 In 1959, the year I left our Spokane home for college, my parents along with my brother and sister, moved from Spokane to Lahore, West Pakistan. My father was a civil engineer and quite provincial but the...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 17, 2018 | Churchianity
Some Actions to be the Church instead of succumbing to Churchianity (These are general statements and not meant to be taken personally by any specific organizations or individuals.) 1. Be led by the Holy Spirit, not controlled by men and the organizations of men. 2....
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 17, 2018 | Churchianity
10/19/06 Most Calvary Chapel Clergymen that I have known or come in contact with are genuinely nice people. Many Calvary Chapels pride themselves on being “laid back”. However, even the nicest Calvary Chapel Pastors I’ve met keep an iron grasp on...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 17, 2018 | Churchianity
It is wrong for a man to turn the fellowship of the saints into a religious system that revolves around himself. It is wrong for a man to consider himself a dictator over a congregation of Christians. It is wrong to create a totalitarian system where there is no...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 17, 2018 | Churchianity
Some of the men I have respected most have been clergymen. I do not support the concept of a professional clergy system, but I do love and appreciate many who might be considered clergy. Not all clergymen are truly elders/pastors, called of God. Many clergymen have...
