Persecution at NewSpring Church. Not the First or the Last.
As some of you may know recently me and a friend went to a local seeker sensitive “church” called The Wave Church located in Virginia Beach, VA. While there we shared the Gospel with a lady there and to make a long story short we were met with amazing amounts of hostility from Steve Kelly the churches pastor and were escorted by security off the campus.
You can listen to the entire story located in the second hour from start to finish on Pirate Christian Radio by clicking here.
That was almost a month ago? So why bring it up now?
Because recently there were some incredibly serious allegations against Perry Nobles church NewSpring Church.
So what happens when someone so much as blogs about these pop-culture untouchable self appointed men of God in way that they do not approve of?
Harassment.
Stalking.
Verbal assault.
Gay Porn sent in mail.
Family harassed.
Mocking.
and yes even having a long awaited adoption ruined.
Shocking? Yes…Incredibly.
However the question needs to be asked. Should this sort of behavior be expected?
These boys who pretend to be pastors of human beings are quick to come up with new ideas but never are they willing to defend them. They would rather be a bully. It’s easier. This is why you have never seen an academic debate of their methodologies because they are unable to defend any accusation honestly. It’s much easy to set-up fake twitter accounts and try to destroy ones family.
Ken Silva had an issue like this before. For writing blogs against Richard Abanes and Rick Warren where instead of Abanes being a man, he played the bully and tried to take down Ken Silva’s entire website by contacting the web host.
I do believe as the proclamation of the Gospel grows in the United States these ‘churches’ will be exposed for who they truly are and more and more persecution will come to anyone who tries to stand up for the Gospel.
This is nothing more then a start of a new version of catholic tyranny.
Just remember what the Bible says about reproof in Proverbs:
“Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.” – Proverbs 9:8
NewSping is a classic example of a scoffer, just as so many seeker driven best life now pastors are.
Here is the entire account of the incident according to James Duncan - Read Here
Here is the statement sent out at NewSpring – Read Here
Tags: James Duncan, NewSpring Church, Pajama Pages, Perry Noble, Stalking, Twitter
December 6th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Thanks for the update, Marcus. You are in my prayers daily, brother.
December 7th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Not good. Well…. maybe it is. As you said, these churches will be found out for what they really are. But for that pastor's family? Ohhhh, that is very sad.
These are the types of "people in the church" that atheists and agnostics keep citing for hypocrisy (the back-biting and such). Unfortunately, this sort of behavior gives our atheist friends good reason for scorn. I do hope they understand that this sort of thing occurs DESPITE the teachings of Christianity, and not BECAUSE of the teachings of the Bible. I also hope the extreme measures taken by the church leadership will shock some of their congregants into the realization of the type of "church" they've become involved in.
Also, I second Kim's post.
December 8th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
http://www.opc.org/nh.html?article_id=217
December 12th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Now I'm confused. Is this blog by James Duncan or Marcus Pittman. What is each ones connection to the New Spring story?
May 8th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
There are some very Godly people that are members and staff members at New Spring Church. You probably should not post articles like this making blanket statements about the church. If you have a problem with some one who claims Christ, don't talk about them on a blog. confront them. by the way i admire James Duncan, and i'm from anderson so don't think i'm partial to either party.