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irishajo · 04-23-2002, 11:57 AM

Any other AoG refugees out there? A particularly maddening sect...

Also does anyone know of an AoG forum? There's the Baptist Board, but it's just not quite the same.

Mageth · 04-23-2002, 12:23 PM

I was born and raised AoG. In fact, my father was an AoG minister (as was my paternal grandfather and several paternal uncles.)

John Hancock · 04-23-2002, 03:19 PM

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Originally posted by Walks the Fire:
Any other AoG refugees out there? A particularly maddening sect...

Also does anyone know of an AoG forum? There's the Baptist Board, but it's just not quite the same.

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Mageth · 04-23-2002, 03:21 PM

"Assemblies of God," (a pentecostal denomination) as in the thread title.

Writer@Large · 04-23-2002, 04:01 PM

My grandmother (on my dad's side) is a deeply devout AoG member in a western New York church. In fact, it was the AoG that drove my dad away from the church (but not from basic Xianity, though I think in another time, another place ... ). Even when she was on welfare and food stamps, and her kids were hungry, she made sure her 10% went faithfully into the AoG coffers every week (this was part of what drove my dad away).

Yes, WtF, they can easily be described as "maddening." When my granmother (whom I love dearly) gets on a God thread, there's no stopping her. She's one of those people whom I imagine "swooning for the Lord" in church on Sunday.

Sigh

.

--W@L

irishajo · 04-24-2002, 05:33 AM

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Originally posted by Mageth:
I was born and raised AoG. In fact, my father was an AoG minister (as was my paternal grandfather and several paternal uncles.)

My deepest sympathies. I only had one uncle who was an AoG minister. I can't imagine being as immersed in it as you must've been.

irishajo · 04-24-2002, 05:36 AM

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Originally posted by Writer@Large:
My grandmother (on my dad's side) is a deeply devout AoG member in a western New York church. In fact, it was the AoG that drove my dad away from the church (but not from basic Xianity, though I think in another time, another place ... ). Even when she was on welfare and food stamps, and her kids were hungry, she made sure her 10% went faithfully into the AoG coffers every week (this was part of what drove my dad away).

Yes, WtF, they can easily be described as "maddening." When my granmother (whom I love dearly) gets on a God thread, there's no stopping her. She's one of those people whom I imagine "swooning for the Lord" in church on Sunday.

Sigh

.

--W@L

Swooning for the Lord = being slain in the Spirit? Never happened to me. I never got the gift of speaking in tongues either. But I did get a whole lot of anxiety about dancing and watching cartoons.

Sorry about your grandma.

butswana · 04-24-2002, 12:13 PM

My wife claims an AoG church as her own, even though she never goes there. Last time was our wedding four years ago this May.
Her mother still goes there every Sunday if she hasn't drank or smoked too much the night before.
The pastor/preacher guy refused to marry us when he found out I was a heathen. He did let us use the church and even hooked us up with another AoG preacher to do the ceremony.
He got pretty agitated with me, and gave me one of my favorite quotes, "I may not be able to make you walk with Jesus, but I sure as hell-fire can make you walk with a limp." ahhh...xtian love!

Hastur · 04-24-2002, 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by butswana:
He got pretty agitated with me, and gave me one of my favorite quotes, "I may not be able to make you walk with Jesus, but I sure as hell-fire can make you walk with a limp." ahhh...xtian love!

I hope you invited him to try.

beachbum · 04-24-2002, 01:41 PM

Don't know much about the AofG but back in Ashland, Kentucky my grandparents belonged to the 21st Street Tabernacle. It was a major Holiness group and they had foot washing and all kinds of crazy shit. After granddad died, grandmother converted to the Nazarenes, another whacked out bunch. Long dresses, no makeup, realy long hair tied in buns and that's the guys.

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irishajo Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Midwest Posts: 186	Assemblies of God Any other AoG refugees out there? A particularly maddening sect... Also does anyone know of an AoG forum? There's the Baptist Board, but it's just not quite the same.

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04-23-2002, 12:23 PM	#2
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	I was born and raised AoG. In fact, my father was an AoG minister (as was my paternal grandfather and several paternal uncles.)

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Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	"Assemblies of God," (a pentecostal denomination) as in the thread title.

04-23-2002, 04:01 PM	#5
Writer@Large Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 7,198	My grandmother (on my dad's side) is a deeply devout AoG member in a western New York church. In fact, it was the AoG that drove my dad away from the church (but not from basic Xianity, though I think in another time, another place ... ). Even when she was on welfare and food stamps, and her kids were hungry, she made sure her 10% went faithfully into the AoG coffers every week (this was part of what drove my dad away). Yes, WtF, they can easily be described as "maddening." When my granmother (whom I love dearly) gets on a God thread, there's no stopping her. She's one of those people whom I imagine "swooning for the Lord" in church on Sunday. Sigh . --W@L

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butswana Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,804	My wife claims an AoG church as her own, even though she never goes there. Last time was our wedding four years ago this May. Her mother still goes there every Sunday if she hasn't drank or smoked too much the night before. The pastor/preacher guy refused to marry us when he found out I was a heathen. He did let us use the church and even hooked us up with another AoG preacher to do the ceremony. He got pretty agitated with me, and gave me one of my favorite quotes, "I may not be able to make you walk with Jesus, but I sure as hell-fire can make you walk with a limp." ahhh...xtian love!

04-24-2002, 01:41 PM	#10
beachbum Beloved Deceased Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cocoa Beach, FL Posts: 864	Don't know much about the AofG but back in Ashland, Kentucky my grandparents belonged to the 21st Street Tabernacle. It was a major Holiness group and they had foot washing and all kinds of crazy shit. After granddad died, grandmother converted to the Nazarenes, another whacked out bunch. Long dresses, no makeup, realy long hair tied in buns and that's the guys.

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