Our new church plant has a name and logo!

So, first you get mad because I post it. Then you get mad because I change it.

Further evidence that no matter what I say, you're just going to attack.

 

No, I get mad because of your lie of "double post". "Double post" has a very specific meaning. If you were retracting your words, then say that...don't lie and act like you didn't post something inflammatory by modifying a post and saying that you double posted.

 

I'm sorry you feel that way. If you don't like it, then by all means, contact the administrator and ask him to make a way for us to delete posts.

 

Probably, but by that time they will have experienced first hand what the church was like.

Why put Baptist pride before the Gospel?

 

I'm just sorry that you don't think it disingenuous to place a false reason for modifying a post. Obviously anything you post in the future is now suspect. You are a known liar now.

 

And what do you think their reaction would be? Having worked in retail for many years, I can tell you that it won't be favorable.

Why lie about being Baptists to share the Gospel in the first place?

 

And if it wasn't for that, you'd just be attacking me in another thread for some other silly reason.

 

If you think so. I don't recall attacking you any other time. In fact, most of the time I agree with you. I was actually leaning more to your side on the TV thread.

 

I think many peoples reaction will be something like, "Really? I thought Baptist were only like ___-____,. I am so glad I didn't know beforehand or I might never have given this great church a chance. I sure love this church!"

Lying would be calling it a Methodist church and then telling people we are really Baptist.

PS: I spent almost thirty years in retail myself.

 

Then you should know that bait and switch is dishonest and produces an unfavorable sentiments in customers.

 

I was extremely successful in retail, and as far as retail goes, people are really only concerned with a few things:

The quality and value of their purchase.

A good selection to choose from.

A sales person to be honest and very knowledgeable about the products offered.

Having a salesperson skilled enough to help them come to the proper buying decision while in the store.

Their experience and how they are treated once they walk through the doors.

The service they receive both at the time of sale and afterwards.



The majority of people care very little about preconceived notions they had before they walked in as long as all the above is what they experience after they do.



As far as bait and switch what they are doing is not bait and switch.

 

Ann,
This started out as such a good thread. And then, well...

 

I don't care who you are, that there's funny!

Nothing like getting caught in a lie!

 

Praise the Lord, that is awesome! Don't let anyone put a damper on your enthusiasm about it.

 

God has never called me to start a new church, but I can only imagine that it is exciting work. My prayers go with you ad your husband, and your new Children's Ministry leader.

 

As moderator, I'm shutting this down. Y'all were warned. This is a fellowship forum and not a place for attacks, strident debates, etc.

Let me say that there are two sides to this that have valid concerns. To try to take something off a marquee to try to "soften our witness" is problematic. It does reek a bit of "bait and switch" so I get that. A lost co-worker recently told me he'd never go to a non-denom church that has no denom in its name because he has no idea what he's in for when he gets there.

That said, every context is different. And some of the greatest expositors and greatest Baptists who ever lived pastored churches w/o Baptist in the title. Such gospel compromisers as Spurgeon, Begg, John MacArthur just to name a few :laugh:

Back to the moderator's warning....the admins are going to see this and I'm recommending disciplinary action. Far too many are bringing their haughty, factious ways into fellowship forums. Well, not on my watch they're not.

Reprise the theme song and roll the credits.