Little Hitler

I ran into someone the other day who told me that her family had been kicked out of our old church. I have never heard of anyone actually being asked to leave I was flabbergasted. This persons mother has been there longer than the pastor...well over thirty years. She was head of the deaf ministery. Her husband the best drummer ever and they both sang in the choir. They have a 15 year old son. A real big bruiser of a boy, and the sweetest most sincere God seeking boy I have ever seen. It seems to me that most boys don't really seek God until they are older..with children of their own even. But this kid is the real genuine deal. Well, every football coach in the county wanted him on their team..I mean the kid is a Goliath. This could very well pay for his education so he is all signed and suited up and playing highschool ball. The pastor apparently went to them and said the UPCI doesn't condone worldly amusements and the boy shouldn't play. They didn't cow. He preached from the pulpit against football ,he was unkind and it embarassed them terribly. But they didn't cow to him. He went to them and said they weren't paying enough tithes, but they refused to pay more. Then he took their ministeries. Out of the choir, took the deaf ministery off the website. How insane! This woman is an intrepreter for a living, he is willing to loose is ability to minister to the deaf because these folks let their boy play ball? No, its because they wouldn't be bullied. I applaud them and their strength. I am praying for their son. How horrible! Imagine your this 6 ft3 285 lb 15 year old with hands like hams...I mean whats he gonna do be a brain surgeon? Not with those big ol' hands. He wants to play..he was BORN to play ball lol. If he wants to be a surgeon, well ball will pay for the education. He's good, he's fast. You'll be seeing him on t.v. trust me. Then imagine your being told from the pulpit that your gonna go to hell for it! The friends you've always had, their parents won't let them hang with you because you aren't holy enough? The guilt of your family leaving church..not the sister btw she's still there. The pain of losing your place in the world, and the concern that you've backslid the whole family. That kid has to be a hot mess. But thats better than being the same kid and being told "Hey I know you love it but Bro. Webb says no ball, so we're takin you out" The insanity of that. This poor sister, who is still singing in that same choir. Shes 20. She feels like by going to the Assembly of God church her family is backslid..shes indoctrinated to believe that. But they don't look backslid..they look like they are closer to God than ever. Shes very confused. She believes that if they are goin' to hell she isn't going too. Its sad and its conflicting and its seperating that family. My heart breaks for the. The shunning that goes with leaving is terrible. You find yourself very alone, if all your friends are there. I am sure this mother has outside friends..I know some of them. But her children had very few. Its very sad and I know how alone they feel.
That man is running a dictatorship . He is using that pulpit like its a throne and I am amazed that so man people are taking it. How insane! He has elevated himself to the place of God. I really truely believe that he is suffering from a mental problem because he sure hasn't always been this way. I'm going to pray that if thats the case somebody catches on and he can be helped.