The Emerging Gay Church: Churchanity-Enabled

When dealing with this topic, I had to be very careful, not because I fear in speaking out, but because I want to speak on it to help shed some light as to WHY 'the Emerging Gay Church' is, well, emerging.

Having grown up in church all my life, I was constantly exposed to a culture and an environment that involved sexual perversion, and the covering up of said sexual perversion.

Oh, we had CHURCH now!  

We sang.  We shouted.  We cried.  We danced.  When I grew up and wanted 'more of God,' I went to the pentecostal/apostolic church (and later many others)...and that's when I REALLY began to see sexual perversion, homosexuality, lesbianism -IN MINISTRY.  

As a matter of fact, I can share with you my story of how I got into ministry...under the 'tutellage' of a struggling gay pastor!

I didn't notice it right away, the pastor's effeminate behavior.  I was more enamored with his gifts.  He was very charismatic, very pleasing to look upon, like David.  He had 'a prophetic gift.'  He could hypnotize an audience with the way he preached and delivered the word.

This church experience was totally different than anything I had ever encountered...and since I was looking for a change, I joined.  Pretty soon, I found myself being licensed to preach at this church.  It still didn't dawn on me that he was struggling with his sexuality until he pretty much told the congregation of his 'testimony.'  

He claimed he had been delivered...and b/c I, too, had my own struggles with SSA-AND HAD BEEN DELIVERED YEARS EARLIER-this, of course, struck a chord with me.  I can relate to the struggle.  But NOT in a sense of STILL struggling in that area; but having HAD the struggle.  

So I thought God called me there to help him-and others-OUT of their struggle.  

Then fast forward...the pastor expressed a romantic interest in me.  What woman would NOT be enamored by such attention.  

So we courted...but it was then that I began to realize that he hadn't been fully delivered.  That reality and other things led me to call off our 'engagement.'

I hear of a lot of women who marry men who they KNOW are gay....and seemingly have no problem with it.  I just wasn't one of them.  

The following video shares the story of Bishop Jim Swilley, who pastors charismatic church The Church In the Now, who three years ago came out to his congregation after divorcing his wife of over 20 years....who KNEW he was gay BEFORE they got married!  She stayed married to him, gave birth to kids with him and they now have grandchildren.  

Now, I say all of that to say this one thing...

The condition of the organized church system as it stands today is a very ENABLING place for sexual perversion.  In other words, it is my conviction that as long as someone stays in a church setting, and are struggling with any kind of sexual perversion, addiction, homosexuality, lesbianism, porn, and the such....it is my belief that that person has little to no chance of GETTING and REMAINING free from their vices!

Why do I say that?

Well, let's look at the HISTORY of the leaders in the church.  

If we go back to the 1970s, we can find many stories of homosexuality in the lives of those who we have most revered in the gospel music industry....such as James Cleveland, Josephine Howard of the Caravans (that's right, the Shirley Caesar's Caravans), and other gospel artists who we revere as the 'Princes and Queens of Gospel.'

Even decades before then, you can find stories of gospel artists who led double lifestyles, and enabling church folk who allowed sexual perversion to go unchecked.  The pastors would NOT preach on it, most of the time because they themselves were guilty of the exact same thing!

I read a story of how a nun called Sister Charlotte was sexually abused while studying in the convent to become a nun in the 1930s.  She shares a story of how she witnessed other nuns-to-be being abused and being impregnated by the priests, who would, in turn, kill the very babies they gave to these nuns....and now this same catholic church is now so staunchly 'against' abortion...

But their priests were the most horrendous of aborters.

And while it would be very easy for us 'protestants' to point the finger at the catholics and their woes...we fail to realize just closely related protestantism and catholicism really are.  

The protestant church has skeletons in her closet as well....stories of countless numbers of children who were molested and turned out while we danced the aisles, speaking in tongues.  Preachers who carried on affairs with children and teens...all while married to the first lady.  How many times have we heard of pastors having 20 kids in one congregation?

We cannot point the finger at homosexuals in the pulpit or the seemingly increasing number of folks coming out of the closet in the church.

The fact of the matter is the whole church culture is such that it enables sexual perversion.  In a culture of abuse, and subsequent silence and cover up of said abuse, the perversion is bound to only grow and continue.  

No, I do not condone the lifestyle at all...BUT I can say I KNOW for a fact that MOST if not ALL of these people were turned out by someone in authority over them at their church when they were younger.  

I can almost guarantee it.

There is something about religion that breeds perversion.  It goes hand in hand.  It starts with the perverting of scriptures to substantiate false doctrine.  

Then that twisting flows down to every other aspect of religious culture.  Once you can twist the scriptures to mean whatever you want it to mean, than it becomes easy to justify being a homosexual pastor....

I guess next it will be ok to be a pedophile who is a pastor.  You can have sex with a 10 year old and come to church and prophesy!  And NO ONE will say a word to you...

Besides, what else is new?  They've been allowing that to happen for decades.....

First Gentleman, First Lady & Other Foolishness In the Church

Rev. A. Jones-Wade & 'His 1st Gentleman' J.D. Jones-Wade

Ok.

The above picture is a wedding picture of 'Reverend' Aaron Jones-Wade and his '1st Gentleman' Job D. Jones-Wade.

Together, in unholy matrimony, they 'pastor' The Community Church of Washington D.C., in business/ministry since 2011....shortly after they exchanged vows (to whom?) in 2011.

I first learned of this ministry 'couple' when I saw a flyer announcing their 3rd Pastoral Anniversary celebration this past Sunday.

Here is a video of the service:

Ok...a lot of people have a problem with me saying that this is just plain ol' wrong...that I'm not supposed to judge....

But I want to point out some things here...

Has anyone else noticed how in 'the church,' how popular it is to create extra-biblical titles and positions that cannot in ANY way, shape or form be substantiated or supported in the Word of God?

First of all, we need to realize that even the position of 'First Lady'-that which most church people have stomached and tolerated forever-even THAT position cannot be found in the Word of God!

In my post Confessions of An Almost First Lady, I point out the frivolity of the whole concept of a first ANYONE in the church.....

I know that flies in the face of what we have been taught a 'first lady' should be.  Why, even Karen Clark Sheard has a lot to say about what a first lady should be:

Now anyone of us with a lick of sense can see the DYSFUNCTION, the total depravity and the utter DECEPTION behind these extra biblical titles and positions that church people create and support.  

I am so glad the two guys in D.C. did this...it only proves the point that has been made time and time again...the UTTER DECEPTION and SILLINESS of RELIGION!

In one video, you see two guys who believe they love one another and are looking for all the church world to approve of what they do....so they open up a church...and because people are so wimpish and cowardly, they would rather go to a church where the TWO pastors are NOT ONLY gay, but are married to one another..and try and put God's name on it!

This is "The Makings Of A False Prophet."  In this book, I explain how someone in ministry can start out with the right intentions, but later on down the line, they falter off the path God has for them.  These two guys are definitely false prophets!

Then to the other extreme you see a lady who has grown up in religion all her life and even though she has a gift, she, too, is very much deceived into believing she is doing God's will, too.

You see a woman who is STILL part of a congregation that has a rampant epidemic of homosexuality and DL in their pulpits.  Even incest and molestation.  

I love the Clark Sisters SINGING, but their stand for holiness -as it pertains to HOMOSEXUALITY and LESBIANISM is an utter joke.

The Clark Sisters will uphold and support the gospel music careers of many a gay man or lesbian woman...and they will NEVER speak on it.

So since I know that they are guilty by not speaking out on it, WHY would I-and why SHOULD YOU-listen to these women?  Because they can sing?

You can find a good singer on the street corner.  

But I won't get into that here...

I just posted about this epidemic in the church to bring it to YOUR attention.

It's up to you WHAT you do with the info....

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Oh, and just in case you thought it was just for homosexuals...its going down BOTH ways, y'all!  Check it out!

Meet Pastor C. Denise and Lady Angelica, pastors of The Gathering International Worship Center in Maryland.  

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If you're struggling with your own sexuality, I want to share with you MY OWN PERSONAL STORY of deliverance and TRUE sexual healing.

"Down Low Deliverance: BE SET FREE!" is my own story of how sexual abuse in the church led to my own struggle with my sexuality...and how GOD set me free from sexual bondage and confusion.

EVERYBODY Is NOT Suffering From Church Hurt!

Ok.  Just a short note on what many people (mostly church people) call 'church hurt.'

*Sighs*

Yes, I'm sighing b/c in the over 20 years I went to church, I cannot begin to count how many times I heard folks use this phrase to 'diagnose' everything and everyone.  From the convalescing elderly lady who just stopped trying to get to church.  To the former elder who just was tired of ministering and crazy folks in the church...so he/she gave up their eldership and went on their spiritual journey....

OUTSIDE of the walls of the institutional church!

You would be surprised at the number of people who really believe that if you don't go to church anymore it is because of 'church hurt.'

Or if you say anything wrong (BUT TRUE) that was going on while you were in church...'Oh, they were hurt in church.  They are bitter.  They haven't forgiven.  Poor babies...'

Laugh Out Loud (I decided to actually spell it out!)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe there are some people out there who are still licking their wounds, crying about what passa and first lady did to them.  They were so hurt that they were UNABLE to spiritually grow as a result of whatever happened to them...in church.

Maybe there are some people who actually were suicidal once they found out their passa was gay.

Maybe there are some people who picked up some demons (religious ones) in their church and are literally tormented by them to this day.

Maybe there are some people who wahhh wahhh wahhh on the phone 24/7 about crazy church folks and their drama.

But I AIN'T ONE OF THEM!!!!

If you know me, you will know I am a person that is very adaptable to my surroundings.  I am a SURVIVOR.  Some say I am patient.  Others claim I am strong.

I'm just me.  And God has made me who HE has made me to be...FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS!

I speak so harshly (and mind you, now....its ALL the TRUTH I be sharing!) NOT because I am bitter.  NOT because I am still 'wounded.'  NOT because I'm still bleeding from the daggers that were plunged in my back time and time again in the church.

Now, when it happened, did it hurt?

HE_ _ YEAH it hurt!

But I AM over it.  REALLY.

Every now and then, I get well meaning folks who come at me with that. And most of these people STILL go to church.  So I have to remind myself that they are under the intoxicating influence of religion.  They are taught and indoctrinated to say that.  That is like religious folks 'auto-response' to someone like me......lol.

They fail to judge RIGHTEOUS judgment and discern who I REALLY am.  They fail to go to God and let HIM tell them if what I say is so or not.  The religious demon in them immediately defaults them to the 'Oh, don't listen to her.  She's just wounded.  Bitter, suffering from church hurt...'

You know what I liken that to....religious folks' logic of proving to them and the entire church world that you are no longer bitter or wounded or suffering from church hurt by returning to church?

I liken that to a woman who has been in an abusive relationship.  She was hurt...over and over and over again.  Then she finally musters up enough courage to leave.

She knows she has been damaged and needs healing, so she goes out and finds a therapist to talk to....and that therapist is a very good one.

But then after she is 'all better,' ready to move on with her life, healed...the therapist ups and says...

'Now, to prove to your abuser, his family, your family and yourself that you have TRULY forgiven him, I want you to go BACK to your abuser.  If you don't go BACK to your abuser, then you are suffering from 'relationship hurt.'

WHAT THE WHAT?????????????????????

Do you see how utterly stupid and asinine that sounds?
How many of us would run out of that therapist's office and NEVER look back?
WHAT therapist in their right mind would EVER tell their client to RETURN TO THEIR ABUSER???????

But that is exactly the same ASININE and STUPID advice and counsel MOST church folks give folks who have left church...

"Oh. honey, its ok now.  GO ahead and return to church...prove to us you have really forgiven us for being religious zombies influenced by a the fake jesus and fallen angels...."

"We promise.  We won't do it again..."

Smh.

WHAT THE WHAT??????????????????

Yall know that's a LIE if you ever heard one.

The religious demon IS a liar.  It eminates from the father of lies, the devil himself.  And we all know that the devil is insidious and will love to torment you...over and over and over again.

He is much like that abuser...he knows how to 'woo' you, faking like he is the holy ghost, wooing you back to 'church.'  It's a seducing spirit!

No, baby, I AIN'T suffering from church hurt.  I got a dose of wisdom...and GOD TOLD ME TO COME OUT!!!!!

AND I AIN'T GOING BACK!!!!!

Why Is There Ministerial/Pastoral Burnout In the Church?

You know, I was sitting here this morning after praying and meditating on God and all that He has done in my life...and remembering what it was like for me when I went to church and served in ministry.

I was what others called 'faithful.'  That is the term churchgoers use to describe someone who is always at church, always involved in church activities and seems to juggle all their churchy obligations very well.  

Well, that was me. 

I was the minister who preached, did praise and worship, held classes and headed new members/convert's class, picked up and dropped off those who didn't have a ride to church.  

And did it all with a smile...

I can relate to the guy running in circles in the above picture....because that was me.  

I put many, many miles on my minivans running after 'church activities.'  I spent MUCH money on gas, changing tires, car repair and maintenance and the such....I put a LOT of miles on a vehicle God blessed me with to transport me and my babies around...so I would not have to depend upon anyone else to run us around.

But I allowed a religious demon to make me believe that this was ALL the will of GOD that I give ALL my time, money, tear my vehicles apart, spend every waking moment in church, serving the people of God.  

THIS is the crux of the error of why so many people who love God 'burnout' in church or in ministry.

I touched on this in my blog, 'The Church Rat Race.'  Basically, once someone goes to church and 'joins,' the clock starts ticking for the leadership to decide when they will be allowed to 'work' in the church.  It is expected that new converts 'work' right away...even if it is nothing but to clean the church or the bathrooms, to conduct childrens' church.

Some the pastor may see a call on their lives, or some leadership qualities, at very best.  So after a period of time and a series of tests, the pastor may approach a lay member and tell them it's time to do the work of ministry, or to study for it....

So the lay member is honored, and goes for it.  

Pretty soon, after they have 'worked' in the church, they get tired.

Countless numbers of people give mini-fortunes, all their free time, all their energy, their talents, their resources that God blessed THEM with to bless THEIR OWN FAMILIES...and just hand all of that over to the church.  All because they believe GOD told them to!

Often, it is not until YEARS later that the light begins to come on and an 'aha' moment occurs for these 'faithful' people.

Some of them have been 'promoted' to ministerial positions, maybe even assistant and associate pastor.

They will 'faithfully' serve for many years.  And many will say it seems they love it and are good at it.  But we never know what goes on behind the scenes.  As I wrote in my blog post,  "Pastor's Wives Should NOT Be Committing Suicide," I highlighted one church's example of how the organized church system overtaxes its leaders, so much so to the point that they will commit suicide, get addicted to drugs....

Or simply put....just BURNOUT.

While most in the church world look at pastoral and ministerial burnout -and the concurrent leaving of the church or position - as a bad thing, almost as if they had turned their backs on God Himself.

I contend that becoming 'burned out' on church is NOT a bad thing.  A fall is NOT a bad thing...if those things lead you at the feet of Jesus Christ of Nazareth to seek for direction and clarity as to what HE would have you to do.

You see, most of the people in leadership positions in the church were not truly called to those positions...within THAT organized church structure.

I can say that burnout is not only likely but also inevitable within a church setting!

Why?

GOD IS NOT IN THE CHURCHES!

Ichabod has been written across EVERY temple, EVERY synagogue, EVERY church, EVERY ministry that has a door to be opened.  God said in HIS Word that He dwells in temples made NOT with man's hands.  He says WE are the temple of the Holy Ghost.  WE are LIVING EPISTLES, read of all men.  

Therefore, when we try to contain what GOD HIMSELF says is to be disbursed, scattered, we are much like the people who built the Tower of Babel....

And will see the same results as they did.

Just look at this chart on pastoral burnout:

I cannot lie:  when I think about all the time, funds, resources, energy, time away from family, friends, cars, etc. that I have literally WASTED on the organized church system, I get a little annoyed.  But more than that annoyance, I am THANKFUL to be OUT!

I have been OUT of the church for the pastor 4 years almost and I can tell you.  I have not suffered 'burnout.'  I have grown stronger in my walk with Christ.  I know more Word and THE WORD, the KINGDOM OF GOD, more NOW than I did when I mounted the pulpits.  

I can actually take the money GOD has blessed me with to take care of my family and TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY!  NOT the church buildings, or passa...or fund a variety of unnecessary church events such as  church & pastoral anniversaries, conferences, convocations, and the such!

How can I call them unnecessary?

Well, you are reading the words of a person who has been to PLENTY of them all.  And I can tell you of a SURETY that NOT ONE of those gatherings I sacrificed my light bill, or rent, or car insurance payment to attend and 'sow into' (yes, I was that stupid!) had ANY eternal value.  

NONE of them taught me what I know now.  

As a matter of fact, I had to take ALL THAT ERROR I was indoctrinated with in these fake conferences, events, anniversaries and the such and place them ALL ON THE ALTAR and BURN THEM.  

I had to forsake ALL ERROR I learned in church....

To GAIN THE KINGDOM OF GOD!

Could it be that pastors, ministers and the such are burning out at an alarming rate now more than ever because too many of them are trying to maintain something GOD is NOT a part of????

I know this is the fake Jesus, btw. but you get the point!

Jesus Christ of Nazareth (the REAL one) says HIS yoke is EASY, HIS burden is LIGHT.  

If this is true, and I know it is, then why are folks killing themselves, burning out, getting on drugs, addicted to sex, porn, religion, and all kinds of other vices?  IN CHURCH LEADERSHIP????

God's not in the buildings, y'all.

It's TIME TO COME OUT!!!!!!

Watchmen In the House

One day in reading my word, God led me to Ezekiel 3.  It is not an unfamiliar passage of scripture...but as I read I was reminded of some things God had shared with me long ago.

Ezekiel 3:1-11

"...Eat what you find in this book; eat the scroll.  Then go and speak to the house of Israel.  So I opened by mouth, and He caused me to eat the scroll.  And He said to me, Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.  Then I ate it, and it was a s sweet as honey in my mouth.  

"....You are not sent to a people of a foreign speech and a difficult language, whose words you can't understand.  Surely, had I sent you to such people, they would have listened to you and heeded My words.  

"..the House of Israel will not listen to you and obey you since they will not listen to Me and obey Me, for all the house of Israel are impudent and stubborn of heart.  

"Behold, I have made your face strong and hard against their faces and your forehead strong and hard against their foreheads.  Like an adamant harder than flint or a diamond point have I made your forehead; fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, for they are a REBELLIOUS house.

"...ALL My words that I shall speak to you, receive in your heart and hear with your ears...'Thus says the Lord God,' whether they will hear or refuse to hear..."

The clincher is in verse 17-19

"..I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at My mouth and give them warning from Me.  If I say to the wicked, You shall surely die, and you do not give him warning or speak to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.

"Yet if you warn the wicked and he turn not from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered yourself..."

This passage, even though it is old testament, reminded me of the brevity and the weight of my responsibility to warn the wicked as God instructs.  No, not to take the place of the Holy Ghost, because I could never do that.  But when God tells me to say something, to write something, to post something....I HAVE to do it!

I do NOT want ANYONE'S blood on MY hands or to act out in rebellion because I refused to say what God said!

I decided to look up the word WATCHMAN.  I was amazed at what it meant...

WATCHMAN:  (tsaphah) to spy, to watch, to keep watch, to watch closely.  To espy, or to catch sight of perceive (from a distance); to detect.

Wow!

As I saw this, I began to ask God:

"You mean to tell me all these years when the Spirit of GOD would show me the evil going on behind the scenes (in ministry), when I perceived things in my spirit, when God said, 'they are so and so...' and it later on was proven TO BE so, all these years as God would specifically tell me to WATCH this one, or that one, or this church or that ministerial alliance.....

And all those religious spirits, leaders, bullies, perverts and the such...they all tried to convince me and others I was a troublemaker, a Judas, wounded, bitter, even been called a witch (lol!)...

Even when the enemy himself tried to make me think I was crazy because of the things I perceived, heard, saw...only to see those very things come to pass...

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT ALL THESE YEARS, I'VE BEEN DOING MY JOB, LORD?????"

Now, understand.  This is not the rantings of someone who didn't already know what she is called to do.  I KNOW what I'm called to do.  But, every now and then, it is good to get a reminder-straight from GOD HIMSELF-no confirmations, no prophecies, no word of encouragement from others....(I passed up needing those affirmations a LONG time ago)....

It's just good to know that God meant what He said almost 20 years ago!!!!

I share this because I know I'm not the only one out here who God has set as watchmen.  You may still be in church, or God may have called you out of the harlot church already.

But you are watchmen nonetheless.

Yes, you are a spy.  God has you on a mission.  A mission to help souls enter into the Kingdom of God.  NOT into a denomination, a fellowship, a church or a ministry.  NOT into a group or a clique or a club.

Ours IS a very lonely job, a very misunderstood one.  Many say you are judgmental, critical, unloving....but it is out of a PURE, UNADULTERATED LOVE FOR GOD and a STRONG DESIRE TO PLEASE HIM  and the love HE puts in you for people that drives you to just -at times-put it out there.

Not caring about feelings, emotions, relationships, ambitions, destiny, careers, family....all of that means nothing to you.

You just want to please THE FATHER!

I want to encourage you to CONTINUE.

You are NOT alone!

Stripper Gives A Bible Study?

There is a video that has gone viral on YouTube of a 'minister' giving a bible study on being 'forked tongue.'  She knows her word, she claims to hear from God and it would almost seem that what she had to say may have been received and blessed many.

BUT...

The only problem is that this woman taught the lesson....with her breasts pretty much fully exposed!

Now....

I ranted and raved, a righteous indignation rose up in me, when I saw for a few reasons.  

First...

As a woman, I saw this as a move that set women back about 30 years.  I for one am a woman that does not understand women who allow themselves to be objectified, who have NO problem being sex objects.  Who have NO problem dressing like whores, or Beyonce, Rihanna, Nikki Minaj, Lady Gaga...or just don't like to put clothes on!

I hear women all the time who whine about how a man only sees them in a sexual context, and the very same women go around wearing thongs, and mini skirts, with their boobs hanging out, tight, form fitting clothes....and I wonder if these little girls understand that YES, a man is going to picture you or imagine you in a sexual manner....IF YOU PRESENT YOURSELF IN A SEXUAL MANNER.

Now, I don't mean to take the responsibility off the men by saying that its our fault they lusterate after us...because there are some freakish men out there that will lusterate after a woman no matter WHAT she has on.  She can wear a potato sack, a veil, cover her head...no parts of her body showing, like our poor Muslim sisters have to do to practice their religion...and these guys will STILL be salivating at the mouth and wanting to have sex when they see them.

BUT the average man is stimulated by what he sees, Ladies.  

The more you give him to see, the more stimulated he becomes.

I understand the trend these days is to be sexy.  BUT why would someone want to be sexy?  Especially for someone who they are NOT supposed to be having SEX with?  Sexy....sex....get the connection?  Sexy comes from the word SEX.  If you get sexy, it is almost always interpreted by the opposite sex (or sometimes the same sex O_o ) that you are getting sexy because you are down for SEX!

DO we understand that, Ladies?????

NOW, if we are single, we are NOT supposed to be having sex.  Let alone be sexy.  Especially all out in public, in the guise of attracting a husband!  Even married women, ladies, you got a man, true.  BUT THE ONLY MAN WHO NEEDS TO SEE YOUR SEXY SIDE IS YOUR HUSBAND!  

And THAT in the privacy of YOUR home, in YOUR bedroom!!!!!!

Capeche????

Wives, it is highly disrespectful for you to carry yourself around like Nikki Minaj...to your husband.  The fact of the matter is when you said, 'I do,' you gave up rights to do with your body what YOU will.  You may be fine as all get out, but when you signed your name on the dotted line of that marriage license, your body became your husband's and his body yours.

MEANING, you can't go around all willy nilly showing off your breasteseese, your butt, your legs and he can't go around wearing speedos and showing off his bi's and tri's.

Y'all need to save that for the bedroom!

Second...

As a female minister, I have seen firsthand the very real discrimination and mistreatment-even outright abuse-of women in ministry.  In this day and time of us having a black president, and many females having operated under his leadership to head this country, in this day and time when we have more women in politics and religious leadership, more women CEO's, more women in leadership period...this woman...this 'minister,' has solidified in the minds of many (men) and possibly some women who are against women preachers why women should not preach or teach.

What really was amazing to me is that so many people already judge after the flesh and determine that if you have breasts, estrogen and a vagina, then you cannot preach or teach a man.  When the Word of God clearly states that in the Kingdom of God, there is neither MALE nor FEMALE.

But then here goes this woman who gets up here and flaunts her sexuality...all while trying to teach the word of God!!!

EVERY woman minister should send this woman a letter of rebuke.  

Again, she set back women in ministry at least 35 years.  Smh.

If you want to say something to her, by the way, here is her name and FB page:

Minister LaTascha Emanuel Facebook page

As a woman in ministry, I have to say we have a hard enough time as women in ministry being taken seriously.  I don't know if this lady understands what she's done here, but aside from having put women in ministry back a few decades, she also has set a stumblingblock for MANY to enter into the Kingdom of God, which brings me to my third and final point.

Third...

I think what really rose up an intense indignation was the fact that, despite what she is doing to women as a whole and women in ministry is what she is doing to SOULS.

This woman is clearly being used BY THE ENEMY.  Period.

She calls her 'ministry' 'The Gospel from the Stripper's Pole' ministry.  Smh.

That's right!  She is an ordained and licensed minister.  Of what gospel, I do not know.  Her church is out of Fayetteville, North Carolina... Perfecting the Saints Family Worship Center.  She is actually an associate pastor there!

I have known strippers who actually CAME OUT of that lifestyle, got saved and then they are going back to minister to young women who are still caught up in the sex industry....but want OUT.

What I don't understand is that this woman seems like she has NOT come OUT of stripping.  It is unclear if she used to be a stripper, then came out...or is STILL stripping - AND preaching and pastoring at this church in N.C.

But one thing IS for sure...

I want you all to read the comments to the video of her 'teaching' above on YouTube.  Most of the comments were not 'oh, she really blessed me.  I really learned a lot about God...'

NO!

Most of the comments were sexual in nature.  Most of the comments stirred up -or stimulated- the guys who were watching it.  NO ONE was paying attention to what was coming out of her mouth...because she pretty much had her breasts exposed the whole time!

What grieves me about this is that there may be some young girls in the sex industry as I post this that may come across this woman teaching on YT.  Or down there in N.C. in the Fayetteville area.  Who wants out.  And she will think, 'Oh, here's a woman of God.  I think I will go listen to what she has to say...'

And this woman is still walking around like she is still on the pole.  So this young girl will start to think its okay.  That women who love God are SUPPOSED to walk around like they are on the pole.  This young girl will start to think that you can live two lives.

You can strip for Jesus!

Smh.

This woman is misleading MANY young women!  And souls may be lost because of her 'witness.'

And what kind of pastors, what kind of husband, would allow this to continue?????

If you are in the sex industry and want out, DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS WOMAN.  SHE WILL LEAD YOU DOWN A PATH OF DESTRUCTION!

Here are some ministries to reach out to if you are in need of help:

White As Snow Ministry
Beauty From Ashes Ministry
4Sarah
Treasures
The Pink Cross Foundation*

*I highly recommend this one*

I was unable to find a ministry that catered to young black females caught up in the industry.  I don't know if it's because they may not be able to afford a website...or because our females, our culture, our churches tend to NOT teach people to COME OUT of lifestyles but to indulge in sinful lifestyles and lie to the people and make them believe they can still be saved and love God while doing so...

BUT...

If you REALLY want out, it won't matter if God sends someone brown, black, green or purple.

You will take help however it comes.

Pastor's Wives Should NOT Be Committing Suicide

When I first heard about this pastor's wife shooting herself in the parking lot of the gun shop where minutes earlier she had purchased a gun.  

Pastor's Wife Shoots Herself in Parking Lot

Harriet Deison went to the McClelland Gun Shop in Dallas, TX, walked back to her car and shot herself twice...committing suicide.  

Why would a 65 year old grandmother, well loved and admired in the community, in her church, a pastor's wife, in a seemingly loving congregation, just up and decide she wanted to die...and do so in such a manner?

If you look at Park Cities Presbyterian Church, it seems like just another loving caring congregation that reaches out to the the surrounding community, even sends people on mission trips...who just love Jesus.  

Click here to see more videos from various other leaders at Park Cities Presbyterian Church.

They are always smiling.  They admit to not being perfect, having problems and issues....such as the above video testimony of former PCPC Pastor Skip Ryan, who resigned from the pastorate of PCPC due to a drug addiction.  

Ryan later admits to returning to the pastorate of Park Cities Presbyterian Church Staff after 'overcoming' his opiate addiction.  

I was saddened to hear about Mrs. Deison's suicide.  It left me puzzled and wondering...'what could have possibly been going on in her life so horrendous that she felt the need to kill herself?'  Especially in such a manner?

But when I came across this video of the former pastor being on drugs and having to step down, of course, the wheels started turning.

There is SOMETHING going on here!

In the testimony video above, Barbara Ryan says some very significant things; both of the Ryans do.

They addressed the whole performance anxiety issue.  

A LOT of preachers won't ever admit to this-even to themselves-but there is a very REAL competition in the ministry.  Among churches, denominations, and fellowships.  So pastors feel the pressure to perform, to OUT perform even, their fellow pastors, ministers, and church leaders in a community.  

Then there is the pressure from WITHIN a church-the bigger the church, the more pressure therein-the pressure to perform to stay relevant, to gain public approval of the congregations...as well as fellow ministerial colleagues....

And that pressure can lead to driving people to 'do some things to stay on top of their game,' so to speak.

Ministry and (organized) church is big business, and its highly competitive now.  It shouldn't be...but it is.  

And the people caught up in the whirlwind of ministry find themselves going round and round....and because MOST of the time GOD did not call them, once they get out there, the enemy devours them.  

Some ministers turn to drugs.  Some to sex or porn.  Some try to manipulate others into doing their bidding.  Some get greedy for popularity, approval, fame....and money.

In the backdrop of all of that, some people simply cannot handle the pressure.  

Like Harriet Deison.

Like Skip Ryan.

I commend these people because at least they are not paying off people trying to lie and cover up what happened.  They openly confessed, repented, STEPPED DOWN for a time of healing....and now are sharing their testimonies....and didn't pay off someone to keep silent, or issue a public letter of rebuke, rebuking a major magazine for printing their stories. 

BUT....

I share all of this not to put PCPC on the spot, as they have already put their business out there.

I share this to point out the PCPC represents EVERY church out here!

The fact of the matter is the religious demon is having a LITERAL FIELD DAY with folks in church now!

And he is taking out folks right and left who continue to stay in the church system.  

IT is quite sad!

If you are in the church, it is time to TERMINATOR EXIT out of there. 

The building is on fire...almost completely engulfed in JUDGMENT and she CANNOT be saved!

RUN TO THE NEAREST EXIT SIGN!!!!!!

  

Pope Benedict XVI Steps Down, YOUR 'Bishops' Will Step Down, Too!

As you all know, on February 11, Pope Benedict XVI tendered his resignation from the papacy, the first to do so in some 600 years of the Catholic Church.

His resignation did bring about lots of speculation, rumors and questions as to why he in resigning.  The first reports from the Vatican stated it was due to his failing health.  Others eluded to some sort of scandal regarding the many cases of sexual abuse against children and the cover ups by the Catholic Church for years.  It was even reported that pretty soon, the Vatican would be forced to give up archives of files that would indeed prove that many crimes against children were covered up and some people were paid off in exchange for their silence regarding the abuse.

And whereas this resignation is momentous, maybe somewhat scandalous-depending upon how you look at it-what I want to focus on is the prophetic implications of this event.

Lots of times, people fail to understand just what's going on when historic current events take place, in particular, religious ones.

First, and foremost, I want you to understand that EVERY major denomination, as well as EVERY major 'non-denomination, is an extension-a branch-of the Catholic Church.  The word 'catholic' means 'universal.'

The dictionary defines catholic as 'of broad scope; comprehensive; including all humankind; all inclusive; broad minded.'

Having been raised in church, it was always implanted in my mind that the Protestant Church (which includes ALL churches NOT labeled catholic) was totally separate than the Catholic Church.  Oftentimes, I would hear preachers preach against the idolatry in the Catholic Church because they prayed hail mary prayers and to other dead saints, or because of their reverence for the pope.

BUT, if you look at the structure and organization of ALL Protestant churches, they are EXACTLY the same as the Catholic Church!

Why is that?

Because the Protestant Church was 'borne out of' the Roman Catholic Church!!!!!

So this is how the Catholic Church claims to be universal...and the Protestant churches-again, meaning EVERY church outside of the Roman Catholic Church-by the very nature of their practices inside of their churches (i.e., the ordination of bishops (mini-popes), the clergy wear, the hierarchical system in place in church leadership, etc.) PROVES that the Protestant Church IS a direct extension of the Catholic Church.

Just look at the similarities of the entire hierarchical systems of the catholic and the protestant church!

Organizational Chart from a Major NON Denominational Church

(Notice that the 'members' are not even listed on this chart!)

With that being said, we need to pay very close attention to the Vatican and what's taking place there.

I posted the above interview with Dr. Gina Messina-Dysert, a Catholic (feminist) theologian and activist who teaches at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and Tavis Smiley.

Here is the other half of that interview:

I want you all to pay VERY close attention to what Dr. Messina-Dysert is saying - her observations of the pope stepping down.  Also, listen to what she says about change in the change and the 'catholic' church having to repent.

I found it very interesting that Smiley and Messina-Dysert spoke on THE MASS EXODUS from the church as well.

Plainly put, the observations made here regarding the Catholic Church can be directly applied to the ENTIRE organized church system as well.

Why?

They are all one and the same!

The pope stepping down-whether it be amidst alleged scandal or due to his inability to provide quality leadership-as well as the obvious consensus that the church MUST change...a revolution must take place...as well...

All of this are signs (if you will) of a definite change to come....however the tide turns after the pope steps down does indicate to me that it is VERY possible that the next pope to take the papacy could indeed be the last...

The next pope could very well be 'him.'

(Not saying that assuredly, its just an observation...)

And no matter what your religious beliefs, your religion, your denomination....you need to understand that whatever happens at the Vatican will have a ripple effect on the ENTIRE organized church system.

EVERY LAST CHURCH....

How does this affect the church in the Western world?  Here in the U.S.?

Well, we should also understand that when the Catholic Church was emerging after the Early Church fathers were martyred that terms 'bishop' and 'pope' were used interchangeably.

They meant the EXACT same thing!

DO you know what that means?

That means that every person with the title 'bishop' is-in essence-a 'pope' of that church.  Or denomination.

Now, if THE Pope of the ENTIRE church system steps down...what do you think will start to happen universally to all the other 'mini-popes' - all the idols - that have been allowed to step up as 'the voice of God' for the people???

People, pay close attention to the Vatican.  The Catholic Church and YOUR church is not that far removed or not connected....

What happens there, happens HERE.

Aren't You TIRED Of Recycled Prophecies?

We all have heard them, that is, if you have went to any church service, any prophetic conference, etc. where a so-called prophet is in the house.

Most of us would be in the audience with sweaty palms, in heavy anticipation, praying that the 'man of God' or the 'woman of God' would call on us to 'give us a word' in season.

Then they would 'call us to the front,' or maybe they will walk over to us...to give us 'a word!'

"There is a paradigm shift going on in your life!"

"You're Next In Line..."

"Dance for Your Miracle!"

"Step Into Your Destiny!"

"I See A Wedding Gown..."

"You Are Called Into The Ministry!"

Then we would get all hype and emotional.  Some may cry.  Some may run.  Some may dance.  Some may literally holler.  

Some may even fall 'slain in the spirit.'

We all had our way of 'receiving' a word from the Lord.

If we are HONEST, most of the prophecies that are going forth in the church TODAY are the SAME exact prophecies that were being peddled around in the church TEN YEARS or MORE ago!

Smh (for those of you who don't know...that means Shake My Head).

Now...I don't claim to be an expert in the prophetic or anything, but in the Word of God, God would send His prophets with a word, and then that was that.  And right now, I'm in the Old Testament.  

God didn't send 10 prophets to tell ONE person the SAME WORD, to 'give confirmation,' or to remind folks of what He said years before.

Folks WITHOUT the HOLY GHOST remembered what God said.  They just chose to accept it, believe it....or reject it.

(I can say that because the Holy Ghost was not given until the Book of Acts.)

So how is it that IN THIS DISPENSATION, AFTER God has poured out the Holy Ghost in the Book of Acts, with all this holy ghost floating around, that folks TODAY need 50 prophets (and I say that VERY loosely) to come to them with THE SAME WORD?????

Uhhhhhh???????

THAT is NOT the Spirit of the Lord that is sending 100 prophets to you with the same 'word' confirming what you THOUGHT you heard God said 5 years ago.

And let's play devil's advocate and say it WAS God...where is YOUR faith????

Why is it that YOU don't believe the Word of the Lord?

Why do you need 'confirmation' of what He told YOU?

I wrote two blogs entitled I Need Confirmation, Part 1 and I Need Confirmation, Part 2 that sheds some light on the whole 'practice' in the church of folks 'needing confirmation.'  That whole practice actually can open you up to serious spiritual danger and error.

You see, the enemy knows you seek after a sign, much like Gideon needed God to 'send confirmation' of what God told him.  So the enemy WILL send 'confirmation,' over and over again...in the form of 50 'prophets' who all say the exact same thing you thought you heard way back when!

You cannot be duped into believing a word is from God just because more than one person came at you with that word, or you got a sign, or you dreamed of it.  

Folks are so desperate for 'a word' that they will receive anything, thinking it's a word 'from the Lord.'  I touch on that in I Need A Word From God, too.  (Can you tell I am very passionate about this topic?)

I have to be!

I have seen way too many cases where even well-meaning folks gave off prophecies-recycled prophecies-in efforts of trying to 'encourage' believers.  People, you CANNOT just say any old thing and try to play it off as a word from God, even if you meant well!

I have seen folks go off and get married because they got off, recycled prophecies...those marriages ended in divorce and mayhem....EVERY last one of them!

Read this 'recycled' prophecy I saw someone post on Facebook this week:

I'm hearing WEDDING BELLS and my heart is leaping for joy!

Ladies, some of you I already know personally that God has sent someone good and favorable your way, but more shall have that testimony soon the Lord is saying.  He is saying some of you will not have time to wipe the tears as that counterfeit exits your life before the real thing shows up.  Your mind will tell you, "It's too soon!'  But your spirit will pose the question, 'What are you waiting for?'  Get ready!"

You will see God is not finished with you, but there is some 'growing together' stuff that must take place.  So he's sending that man to enhance your life as you compliment his and learn and grow in oneness.  This is the season.

Get rid of the grudge, the bitterness, the attitude or else you won't even recognize him when he arrives.  Today the Lord is saying is your day. It is written in the heavens that if you delight in Me you shall have the desires of your heart.  Take delight and await the manifestation of the promise!

Wow.  Ok.  Where can I begin?

First of all, I heard this EXACT same prophecy-almost verbatim-back in 2004 when the enemy was trying to get me to marry this gay preacher/pastor.  SMH!

From MORE than one person!!!!!

Let's just suffice it to say, that was NOT God!!!!

Second of all, let me dissect this a bit, if I can.

This 'prophet' said (b/c GOD DID NOT SAY THIS!), that your 'mind will say it's too soon, but your 'spirit' will say 'what are you waiting for?'

This prophet spoke of the spirit saying that when in actuality, it is the SOUL that would undoubtedly say that.  How can I say that?  Because when one is born again, our minds are to be renewed.  We are NOT to ignore the promptings that influence our minds...because our minds ought to be renewed; we are to have the mind of Christ.

The soul is the seat of our will and our emotions...and it would be the SOUL that would 'tell us' to 'go for it' as it pertains to participating in a premature marriage.  We know that it takes time to discern a person, to know a person...and it is utter foolishness to up and marry someone when you hardly KNOW them!

Yet, this person is claiming that God is putting His stamp of approval on folks marrying all willy nilly, using NO wisdom.

I tell you....I have seen folks get this prophecy, then they went off and married Blow Joe who they knew for like 2 weeks.  Or they married the DL preacher.  Or the pastor who was struggling with drugs.  

And NOT ONE of those marriages that were prompted, if you will, by a 'recycled prophecy' have made it....

NOT ONE!!!!!

Another one of the recycled prophecies is this 'paradigm shift' I have heard over and over again...

Essentially, a 'paradigm shift' is 'a radical change in underlying beliefs or systems.'  A change in one's thinking.

Paradigm Shift is a scientific phrase introduced to by a scientist named Thomas Kuhn back in 1962.  Before 1962, no one was using this phrase in the church.  Oral Roberts wasn't 'healing' folks in the old tent meetings, telling them there is a paradigm shift.  A.A. Allen wasn't selling his book on prosperity in the 50s, saying there is a paradigm shift.  

Now, I can understand the whole evolution of things, the element of change.  Change is inevitable.  It's how we all grow.  

But what charismatics have done was taken a SCIENTIFIC term and tried to apply it to the spiritual.  

So now turn on any 'christian tv channel' and the preacher is talking about 'paradigm shift.'

Some people who I even respect still uses this term.  

But here's the thing...it's just like when Obama came on the scene talking of change.  It won him not one, but TWO presidential elections.  

But if the people don't make moves toward change, embrace change, flow with change, then there will be no change!

Same thing has happened in the so-called church:  folks been screaming all decade about a paradigm shift...but they still embrace organized religion, an antiquated church system in which God is no longer a part, and IGNORE the call to COME OUT of the harlot church....

So that's why the enemy got to keep sending folks to pump them up telling 'a change, a paradigm shift, is gonna come...'  But then those same folks resist change.  

Just like in politics, the people may WANT change, but the 'powers that be' keep stopping real change from going forth.  (But that's another blog for another day!)

Which brings me to my point.  

WHY are recycled prophecies needed anyways?????

Aren't you TIRED of the recycled prophecies??????

When folks reject TRUTH, then they are by default embracing a LIE.  DECEPTION.  And the enemy will help you dig yourself DEEPER into the grave of deception and error.  

When folks consistently reject something because it is not what they want to hear, then God will leave them to their own devices...

The enemy keeps sending recycled prophecies to folks who have rejected TRUTH-THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.  God has given folks over to STRONG DELUSION....so they cannot receive the truth.

This is the danger of recycled prophecies, people.  And also, of making major life decisions off of 'recycled prophecies.'

I could go on, dissecting other 'recycled prophecies' we have ALL heard, but I don't have that kind of time.  

Next time someone comes at you with a prophecy that has been recycled, don't listen to your soul.  Or your heart.  Or the next 43 people who give you the same word...

Take that thing to GOD HIMSELF and WAIT ON IT...see if its God.  Examine it.  Just like I did above.  God is not gonna get mad if you do....HE WANTS YOU TO!!!!!