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First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Ahmback(m): 12:19am On Dec 29, 2021 |
'Go In Peace': US Church Founded In 1800 Holds Last Service BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania church with a 221-year history held its final service and is scheduled to close at the end of the year because of declining membership and attendance. Source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/newsus/go-in-peace-us-church-founded-in-1800-holds-last-service/ar-AAS9MwV?ocid=wispr 20 Likes 5 Shares
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Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by BlackfireX: 12:31am On Dec 29, 2021 |
Pastor righteousness is this not end time ![]() 94 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by doggedfighter(f): 2:39am On Dec 29, 2021 |
Close quietly,here they would have been fighting everyone in their neighbourhood for declining membership and conducting fire services to fight imaginary enemies causing members to backslide. There church is for charity and where people meet to socialize not a business centre to feed a man's greed using brainwashed morons. 377 Likes 35 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Nobody: 2:54am On Dec 29, 2021 |
For those that will be too lazy to read the whole write up, the church is closing down due to low members. 415 Likes 21 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Foreverme5221: 3:34am On Dec 29, 2021 |
They should have opened a Branch here in Nigeria, and watch their members grow in number. 293 Likes 10 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Harrykn: 5:35am On Dec 29, 2021 |
Miracood2:☺️ Thank you. Management should adopt the latest and modern church format pere 43 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Ahmback(m): 6:40am On Dec 29, 2021 |
Sandle:running a genuine church ain't a business as in nigeria 276 Likes 14 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Ahmback(m): 6:42am On Dec 29, 2021 |
doggedfighter:i think the low membership turnup is because of the covid19 22 Likes 1 Share |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by seunny4lif(m): 1:20pm On Dec 29, 2021 |
Ahmback:Location maybe another reason Many people have moved to the city The cathedral I sometimes attend was built in early 11th century making it almost 1K years old but the saving grace is it’s located in the middle of the city centre, making it a good money making centre as people come to visit the cathedral. The real members of the Cathedral are around 20 people but the 2 Sunday services are always filled up because it’s makes up of tourists 107 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by HardMirror(m): 4:49pm On Dec 29, 2021 |
doggedfighter:lol 8 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Ahmback(m): 8:17pm On Dec 29, 2021 |
seunny4lif:Hmm. cc lalasticlala frontpage |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by LogicBomb8: 11:09am On Dec 30, 2021 |
solution, sell the church to winners chapel 92 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by petra1(m): 3:18pm On Dec 30, 2021 |
Ahmback: Shame ! That's what you get when you don't build on the spirit. That's what you get when you dont win the lost . It used to happen in the U.K now Its happening in America. Selling old church to be turned into mosques ,bar or museum . A church that doesn't win souls is dead. 120 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by compton11(m): 4:11pm On Dec 30, 2021 |
Why won't members declined when they have realised that Christianity is a scam! 54 Likes 11 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by MightySparrow: 5:00pm On Dec 30, 2021 |
Sad. No one goes to church in the entire town? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Ahmback(m): 5:59pm On Dec 30, 2021 |
compton11:So which religion is the right one 28 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by compton11(m): 6:04pm On Dec 30, 2021 |
Ahmback:Islam my nigga! Believe in oneness of God Be good to your both parents Be good to orphans, widow, travellers Pay zakat to the poor Don't talk human as God And so on 51 Likes 12 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Ahmback(m): 6:09pm On Dec 30, 2021 |
compton11:jihadists! 237 Likes 17 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by compton11(m): 7:28pm On Dec 30, 2021 |
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Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:48pm On Dec 30, 2021 |
Ahmback:When Jesus commissioned the movement he never called some lazy 'sit at home' people "friends" It was a call to service {Matthew 10:6; 28:19-20} they were given a duty that they must engage fully {Luke 9:62} each of his friends must prove their love for him by going to meet their neighbours (uninvited) for the purpose of preaching zealously and industriously teaching what they've learned from Jesus. Matthew 10:11-13 So what later happened that led to all these "sit at home" religionists who only visit a gathering during weekends to start claiming Christians? Well Jesus didn't leave us in the dark. He told a parable to illustrate how the movement will be attacked subtly when Satan (God's enemy) will initiate his own agents and plant them right in the movement Jesus commissioned {Matthew 13:25; 39} this will be in addition to Satan's normal attack which is frontal! Matthew 10:22-26 After Jesus' death, resurrection and ascension to heaven Satan immediately began the frontal attack {Act 4:18; 5:28; 7:1,2, 54-60; 12:1-3} despite all these Satan noticed that Jesus' friends weren't surrendering to intimidation and persecution so he went for plan B sowing his own agents right in their midst {1John 2:18} these ones made themselves available for those trying to track down the frontiers of the movement! 2Corinthians 11:26; Galatians 2:4 compare to Matthew 24:10 Gradually the first set of diehard friends of Jesus died off just as Jesus prophesied and Satan now had all the opportunity to hijack Jesus' group when Jesus' first century Jewish disciples are all dead (sleeping in death) {Matthew 13:25} easily those who loved the movement but never knew Jesus or his apostles gave in to intimidation, that's how Satan used the world power of the time (Rome) to fully established his own agents, they are known till today as the Roman Catholic Church! This religion turned everything Jesus laid upside down: members participate in politics and military services opening up a way for professed Christians to carry weapons against one another, something that was a taboo during the time of the first century Jewish disciples who heard Jesus said: "Little children, I am with you a little longer. You will look for me; and just as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come,’ I now say it also to you. I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples—if you have love among yourselves.” John 13:33-35 Of course Jesus' friends mustn't even think of raising weapons against their enemies talkless their own fellow believers {Matthew 5:43-48} but with Satan's agents claiming Christians having the backing of the most powerful nation in the dark ages (Rome) professed Christians do not only carry weapons to attack and intimidate other people they also often kill one another due to politics and racism! The Roman Catholic began bearing children (different sects also claiming Christians protested against the Catholic Church) after so much struggling and killings they all agreed to call themselves denominations in Christ. But none of them can bear the FRUIT expected of Jesus' group {Matthew 7:16-18} WHY? Because they were all following Satan's system which is looking for ways to gain the friendship of the world! James 4:4 If you want to know how Jesus restructured his group today i'll oblige, it all started in the year 1914 when Jesus returned to the earth as a mighty spirit King to reorganize his group. As a mighty spirit King Jesus called out saying "get out of her my people" {Revelations 18:4} and gradually people throughout the world are coming out of Satan's system to join Jesus' group. Well most people began treating them just as they were treating Jesus' friends in the first century {John 15:19} but everyone throughout the world knows that JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES have LOVE among themselves! John 13:34-35 God bless you and may you have PEACE! 17 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Ahmback(m): 8:09pm On Dec 30, 2021 |
wow... MaxInDHouse: 3 Likes |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:13am On Dec 31, 2021 |
Ahmback: These are sacred secrets that billions living now don't know but when you are humble and obedient from the heart it will be easy for you to know so many secrets then salvation will be at your fingertips {Zephaniah 2:2-3} the problem most people have is they don't trust anyone and without trust nobody can worship God acceptably because the word BELIEVE in itself connotes TRUST. FAITH is the assured expectations of what is hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities even though not beheld {Hebrews 11:1} so before you can have real faith you must know what is God's plan for mankind in general (God's will) that will help you to be fully convinced to participate in playing your part. False religion has misled many into thinking that God's will means what each person has been destined to become in life but that's not true Satan is the one promoting such ideas because with such misconception in the hearts of people each person will become desperate, and try to imagine how you will feel when someone becomes so wealthy to the point of oppressing the less privileged, then someone said "that's God's will" ![]() NO! God's will has nothing to do with riches because if things should go the way God planned it from the beginning, everyone as in each family supposed to be equally rich and no family should be richer or poorer, that's what can promote LOVE, JOY and PEACE {Galatians 5:22} Satan is the one promoting unequal distribution of wealth leading to INIQUITY, that's why Jesus called Satan "the ruler of this world" {John 14:30 compare to 2Corinthians 4:4; 1John 5:19} the only solution to mankind's problem is God's own system of distribution, that's why Jesus asked us to keep praying for God's Kingdom (system of rule) to come in order for God's will (equal distribution of wealth) become a reality! Matthew 6:10 I asked a question in the last post: Will you like to know how Jesus restructured his group today? Many critics finds it really difficult to believe that a mighty spirit King arrived this planet some 107 years ago and has been gathering his subjects under one umbrella. What most people keep anticipating is a group of perfect humans so they are having the misconception that if truly God has his own worshipers such a group should be filled with perfect humans. But is that factual? NO! Because God's word says: "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23 this means no human can be perfect for now because we have all inherited sin {Romans 5:12} unlike Jesus who was born without sin we can't be perfect. Does that mean there can't be a group of people practicing pure worship? NO! Because God promised that He will use His Holy Spirit to gather obedient people throughout the earth under one umbrella and they will become like one big and happy family of peace loving worshipers globally! Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-3 But each of them is still suffering from imperfection so when you watch them closely you will notice the imperfection in the. So how can a honest hearted and sincere observe distinguish between the group practicing pure worship and groups practicing false religion? Jesus said: "By their FRUITS you will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? Likewise, every good tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit. A good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce fine fruit" Matthew 7:16-18 This means despite our imperfect state their is a certain FRUIT that's expected of a group of imperfect humans before the true God approves their worship. According to God's word if a group of imperfect humans gets things right the Holy Spirit will dwell in their midst so despite the imperfect condition of each individual that form the group God's Holy Spirit will organize them and make them do things orderly, therefore when you look at them as individuals you will see their flaws but when you look at them as a body (group) you'll see all these qualities: LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, GOODNESS, GENTLENESS, FAITH MILDNESS and SELF-CONTROL! Galatians 5:22-23 This is the FRUIT of God's Holy Spirit not that of imperfection so just as a perfect ruler will make a perfect community when all the subjects are OBEDIENT, God is ruling in the midst of His imperfect but OBEDIENT people known as Jehovah's Witnesses. So critics will tell you something bad they saw or heard that a member of JW did because he/she is in the flesh just like everyone out there. But as a group there is no LAW anyone can state against them: AGAINST SUCH THINGS THERE IS NO LAW! Galatians 5:23 Will you like to know how Jesus restructured his group in the early part of the twentieth century? ![]() 8 Likes |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Nobody: 9:18am On Jan 02, 2022 |
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Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by mu2sa2: 9:19am On Jan 02, 2022 |
Churches closing down because of low membership. Meanwhile people are trooping elsewhere, having discovered the truth. Surely, light will always prevail over falsehood. 21 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by HEAVEN4444: 9:19am On Jan 02, 2022 |
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Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by aidoko1: 9:19am On Jan 02, 2022 |
This one na talk? |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by Mancrossfire: 9:20am On Jan 02, 2022 |
What an emotional goodbye! 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by MyVILLAGEpeople(m): 9:20am On Jan 02, 2022 |
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Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by AntiChristian: 9:20am On Jan 02, 2022 |
In Shaa Allah it will become a mosque soon! 16 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: First Presbyterian Church Of Bellefonte Holds Last Service by talk2hb1(m): 9:20am On Jan 02, 2022 |
Church Built By Slave, but denied service. 5 Likes 1 Share |
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