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AoG church under investigation for holding man down to pray away homosexuality
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A church is under investigation after a gay man said he was ambushed and held down by congregants who tried to pray away his sexuality.
Sean Cormie, 23, told KFOR-TV, NBC's Oklahoma City affiliate, that his family had been urging him and his partner, Gary Garner, to attend services at First Assembly of God Church in Blackwell, Oklahoma, ever since Cormie came out as gay last spring. After months of persuasion, the pair attended services on Sept. 8.
After the service, the pastor, Bill McKissick, began preaching about homosexuality and approximately 12 congregants gathered around the couple, according to Cormie.
"They hold me down, pin me down, and I'm crying, and the Holy Spirit just comes through me, and they keep speaking in tongues, praying over me," Cormie said. "I was just crying, 'Mercy, mercy.'"
Cormie said that Garner was pushed out of the church, but as Cormie attempted to leave, he was punched in the face and held down by the congregation. After leaving the church, Cormie filed a police report with the Blackwell Police Department. Police Chief Dwayne Wood confirmed to NBC News that the investigation is ongoing.
McKissick and his wife, Tami, who is also a pastor at the same Pentecostal church, issued a statement on Facebook about the incident, stating that the church's congregation "is comprised of people from all different backgrounds."
Cormie said that while he and Garner have been receiving threats from strangers instructing them to drop the investigation, he wants the congregation to be held accountable for its alleged actions.
"I love the pastors with all my heart, but what they did was totally wrong. I want some kind of consequences out of it," he told KFOR-TV. "I want it to be heard and known because it really saddens my heart."
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"They hold me down, pin me down, and I’m crying,
and the Holy Spirit just comes through me, and they keep speaking in tongues, praying over me," Cormie said. "I was just crying, 'Mercy, mercy.'"
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You almost seem to need to make people sign a "consent agreement" before doing deliverance on them these days.
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From what I read in a different account, at least part of the congregants were family members of the person who was ambushed. They had been urging the couple to attend service.
https://www.news9.com/story/41055476...a-church-group
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curly sue
Didn't read the link but from what you said to seemingly try to get them delivered. Sounded planned.
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Originally Posted by
victoryword
You almost seem to need to make people sign a "consent agreement" before doing deliverance on them these days.
Yep. Everybody is looking for their opportunity now to blow the whistle on somebody.
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fuego
Yep. Everybody is looking for their opportunity now to blow the whistle on somebody.
And the attention. I'd be very leary of anyone coming in that wants or needs deliverance.
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Sometimes I wish the days of Ananias would return to the church like the book of Acts.
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Originally Posted by
FireBrand
And the attention. I’d be very leary of anyone coming in that wants or needs deliverance.
I think the time has come for low spoken, no nonsense, simple authority deliverances. Instead of the hour long shouting and physical interacting. Just like Wigglesworth could punch people in the gut in public and get them healed and we can not.
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Originally Posted by
victoryword
You almost seem to need to make people sign a "consent agreement" before doing deliverance on them these days.
Originally Posted by
fuego
Yep. Everybody is looking for their opportunity now to blow the whistle on somebody.
Originally Posted by
FireBrand
And the attention. I’d be very leary of anyone coming in that wants or needs deliverance.
I re-read what I wrote and what you guys wrote and then the thought came to me that what we really need is to be more sensitive to God's Spirit. We are definitely living in a culture where people feel they need to be a hero by "exposing" [you name it] and, as FB rightly states, there is this addictive need for attention-five minutes of fame and glory. Only by being very sensitive to God can we know who is sincere and truly needs to be delivered and those who are coming in to destroy us.
We Pentecostals/Charismatics have done ourselves a grave disservice by following formulaic practices when it comes to healing and deliverance. Instead of praying a seeking God we think we automatically know what to do. I am guilty of this as well.
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