Great Commission Churches in a Nutshell?

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[Linda]

Jim is free to come here any time he wants and have a back and forth with anyone who chooses to to engage in a discussion with him.

I'm sure he is well aware of this site and if he's not, you should be sure and tell him.

[Janet Easson Martin]

SHAME ON ABUSIVE CHRISTIAN LEADERS
Who Scatter The Sheep

“Woe to the shepherds (civil leaders, rulers) who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” says the LORD. 2Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, in regard to the shepherds who care for and feed My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; hear this, I am about to visit and attend to you for the evil of your deeds,” says the LORD. 3”Then I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries to which I have driven them and bring them back to their folds and pastures; and they will be fruitful and multiply. 4I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them. And they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be missing,” says the LORD.

OR

Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams,” declares the LORD, “and reported them and led My people astray by their lies and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them nor command them, nor do they provide this people the slightest benefit,” declares the LORD.

OR

Doom to the shepherd-leaders who butcher and scatter my sheep!” God’s Decree. “So here is what I, God, Israel’s God, say to the shepherd-leaders who misled my people: ‘You’ve scattered my sheep. You’ve driven them off. You haven’t kept your eye on them. Well, let me tell you, I’m keeping my eye on you, keeping track of your criminal behavior. I’ll take over and gather what’s left of my sheep, gather them in from all the lands where I’ve driven them. I’ll bring them back where they belong, and they’ll recover and flourish. I’ll set shepherd-leaders over them who will take good care of them. They won’t live in fear or panic anymore. All the lost sheep rounded up!’ God’s Decree.

Jeremiah 23:1-4

Amplified, NASB, The Message

[Therese]

The basics of their false teachings are:

1. The number one, and most disturbing (IMO), falsehood is that "Unity trumps truth." In other words, staying loyal to the denomination and your fellow church members is more important than adhering to Scriptural truth.

2. You must commit to the denomination for life. Anything else is settling for a lesser Christian experience, at best, and betrayal at worst. Once God has placed you into a GC church, you aren't free to leave without the elders' approval. (You may not be told about this teaching until after you've joined. In my case, I was never warned or asked. I was simply told, after I joined, that I was no longer free to leave unless I was excommunicated.)

3. You must yield to the judgment of the pastor(s)/elder(s) in personal life decisions, because God has placed them over you. The pastor is the "husband" of the congregation, and the congregation must submit to him as a wife submits to her husband. (Notice the subtle idolatry here. Scripturally, it is the Lord Jesus Christ, not the pastor, who is the husband of the church.)

All these statements that GCx lived by are from Satan.

It's so deceptive that they don't tell people from the start that they aren't allowed to leave without the elders' approval.  If they did, most people wouldn't even get involved with the GCx cult.