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    Perry Noble Fired for Alcoholism

    Poor guy. I thought he was kinda weird. Apparently he was drinking the booze.

    Perry Noble Fired for Alcoholism, Strained Marriage; Is Under Psychiatric Care, NewSpring Church Confirms

    After a week of whispers that he had been fired, NewSpring Church, a popular megachurch in South Carolina with a weekly attendance of 30,000, confirmed Sunday that Perry Noble, the church's founding and senior pastor, has been fired for alcohol abuse and other "unfortunate choices and decisions" and is currently under psychiatric care.

    "While this is the most difficult and painful decision we've had to make, unfortunately it was necessary. Perry has made some unfortunate choices and decisions that have caused us much concern," NewSpring Church Executive Pastor Shane Duffey said at the 9:15 a.m. service.

    He explained that the church tried for several months to help Perry after confronting him about his issues but he refused to take correction so they were forced to make the "painful" move.

    "Over the course of several months our executive pastors met with and discussed at length with Perry these concerns regarding his personal behavior and his spiritual walk, Perry's posture towards marriage, increased reliance on alcohol and other behaviors were of continual concern. Due to this the executive pastors confronted Perry and went through the steps of dealing with sin in the church as outlined in Matthew 18," said Duffey.

    "Because Perry chose not to address these ongoing issues and didn't take the necessary steps toward correcting them, he is no longer qualified as outlined in I Timothy 3 and the church's bylaws to continue as pastor of the NewSpring Church. We will continue to love Perry and his family during this difficult time. And we are committed to continue to pray for his healing. And we are also committed to providing personal support to Perry and his family in the days ahead," he noted.

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    http://www.christianpost.com/news/pe...nfirms-166260/

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    Don't know much about him, have only seen some of his columns appearing on christian news
    Have to give his elders alot of praise to step in as many mega pastors are untouchable and unaccountable and refuse to deal with personal problems

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    Don't know much about him, have only seen some of his columns appearing on christian news
    Have to give his elders alot of praise to step in as many mega pastors are untouchable and unaccountable and refuse to deal with personal problems
    Yep. In this day and age kinda surprising. I wonder how long they actually gave him from the first 'talk'?

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    Here is a good article discussing this and talking about alcohol and Christians. Also another article embedded in the first paragraph below:

    Obviously, the view of many Christians has changed toward alcohol. A few years ago I shared an a bit on the change. Here are some excerpts:

    It appears that views of alcohol are changing among some evangelicals.

    Now, many conservative evangelicals have been moderationists for a long time—so an anti-alcohol sentiment is not universal among evangelicals. Sometimes observers will see "Northern Evangelicalism" as moderationist, with "Southern Evangelicalism" being abstentionists, and there is a good amount of truth in that geographic reality. However, it is still a bit more complicated since Wesleyans, for example, are concentrated up North, and you cannot be a covenant member of a Wesleyan church if you use alcohol as a beverage.

    But, with that new openness comes an old danger— alcohol abuse and alcoholism. And, I don't believe that those newly discovering this liberty toward alcohol are prepared for this new danger.

    It's not a secret that I don't drink beverage alcohol. Part of that comes from a heritage of alcoholism that inspires this post. I've seen it up close and know alcoholism's destructive power—yet, many evangelicals have not. But, more evangelicals may be exposed to the destructiveness of alcoholism if acceptance grows.

    http://www.christianitytoday.com/eds...-what-now.html

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    Well, with all the hyper grace teaching coming from the TV preachers... many Christians probably don't mind is a pastor drinks the booze and has a few other behavioral issues.

    Once saved, always saved... so what does it matter???

    Ultimately, that's the hyper grace mantra in today's modern chuirch

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farm Truck View Post
    Well, with all the hyper grace teaching coming from the TV preachers... many Christians probably don't mind is a pastor drinks the booze and has a few other behavioral issues.

    Once saved, always saved... so what does it matter???

    Ultimately, that's the hyper grace mantra in today's modern chuirch
    soooooo u lump the whole church in with hypergrace? you have direct revelation from the Lord do you? i need a drink...

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    Quote Originally Posted by wheeze View Post
    soooooo u lump the whole church in with hypergrace? you have direct revelation from the Lord do you? i need a drink...
    Farm truck is so old school that old school wasnt even thought of yet.

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    I really hate it when a position is misrepresented.

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    What would Nikos say about this ?????I miss him !

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    Quote Originally Posted by LionHeart View Post
    What would Nikos say about this ?????I miss him !
    He would say "go Farm Truck"

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