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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1661813" data-attributes="member: 2189">What do you define as a &quot;real Church&quot;?&nbsp; I&#039;ve got FireFox and the links work for me.&nbsp; One link is to a news story on the matter at Christianity Today, a christian based news/information publication who under &quot;Our Mission&quot; states: &quot;Equipping Christians to renew their minds, serve the church, and create culture to the glory of god.&quot;Whether the Dallas megachurch &quot;Village Church&quot; fits your definition or not, (seems to with Christianity Today), an entity in Dallas Texas called &quot;Village Church&quot; with over 10k members is involved in a situation where 2 members, a married couple Jordan and Karen Root, were missionaries to Asia when Karen felt something in their marriage was seriously wrong.&nbsp; She pressed until her husband Jordan admitted the truth that he was engaging in internet child pornography.&nbsp; The Roots immediately came back home and the wife obtained an annulment of the marriage to the displeasure of the Village Church.&nbsp; The conflict is that Karen upon accepting membership in this church signed a document which serves in the capacity of a contract that in matters such as this, Karen would submit to the&nbsp; direction and guidance of the church in counseling to reconcile the marriage.&nbsp; The church claims Karen did not do this when she immediately sought and was awarded an annulment from their very young marriage.&nbsp; From what I&#039;ve read, Karen doesn&#039;t seem to dispute that but goes on to suggest the actions of the church weren&#039;t about what was really good for Karen but was about protecting appearances of the church. And like any large scale business, protecting the image and the brand is important and controlling events in order to spin the story to protect that image and brand is equally important.&nbsp; In the case of Karen Root as it benefits Village Church, a together and happy married couple after such events sells better to the public as re-assurance than the present situation does.Here is another piece from Christianity Today on the subject.<a href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/the.village.church.why.we.put.wife.of.man.with.paedophile.leanings.under.church.discipline/54687.htm" target="_blank">The Village Church: Why we put wife of man with paedophile leanings under church discipline</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 1661813, member: 2189"] What do you define as a "real Church"? I've got FireFox and the links work for me. One link is to a news story on the matter at Christianity Today, a christian based news/information publication who under "Our Mission" states: "Equipping Christians to renew their minds, serve the church, and create culture to the glory of god." Whether the Dallas megachurch "Village Church" fits your definition or not, (seems to with Christianity Today), an entity in Dallas Texas called "Village Church" with over 10k members is involved in a situation where 2 members, a married couple Jordan and Karen Root, were missionaries to Asia when Karen felt something in their marriage was seriously wrong. She pressed until her husband Jordan admitted the truth that he was engaging in internet child pornography. The Roots immediately came back home and the wife obtained an annulment of the marriage to the displeasure of the Village Church. The conflict is that Karen upon accepting membership in this church signed a document which serves in the capacity of a contract that in matters such as this, Karen would submit to the direction and guidance of the church in counseling to reconcile the marriage. The church claims Karen did not do this when she immediately sought and was awarded an annulment from their very young marriage. From what I've read, Karen doesn't seem to dispute that but goes on to suggest the actions of the church weren't about what was really good for Karen but was about protecting appearances of the church. And like any large scale business, protecting the image and the brand is important and controlling events in order to spin the story to protect that image and brand is equally important. In the case of Karen Root as it benefits Village Church, a together and happy married couple after such events sells better to the public as re-assurance than the present situation does. Here is another piece from Christianity Today on the subject. [URL='http://www.christiantoday.com/article/the.village.church.why.we.put.wife.of.man.with.paedophile.leanings.under.church.discipline/54687.htm'][SIZE=5][COLOR=#ff0000][B]The Village Church: Why we put wife of man with paedophile leanings under church discipline[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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