Store Contact Links Donate. Complete Thru-the-Bible Teachings. Most Recent Teachings. Teachings Sorted By Topic. Miscellaneous Teachings Prophecy, Holidays, etc. And Will! Genesis Verse by Verse Bible Study. Genesis 1 Verse by Verse Bible Study. Genesis 2 Verse by Verse Bible Study. He Didn't Say That! Genesis Sunday Sermon. Go FIGure! Genesis , 24 Sunday Sermon. The younger Courson has been an assistant pastor there for almost two years. The elder Courson, 49, will work as right-hand pastor to his longtime mentor, the Rev.
Chuck Smith, leader of the huge Southern California congregation with satellite television and radio broadcasts reaching all over the world, said Peter Courson. Local followers can hear him daily at a. The Costa Mesa church is the mother church of several thousand smaller Calvary Chapels, including Applegate Fellowship, all over North America, he said.
Jon Courson was called to the Applegate in by a handful of hippies who were recent converts to Christianity and wanted someone to teach them and grow in the ways of God, said Peter Courson.
Jon Courson, then 23, was pastor of a church he'd started in San Jose. Starting from scratch, he built the Applegate Christian Fellowship into a sizable following of 5, to 7, attendees each week, the largest in Southern Oregon, Peter Courson said. It was the simple love of God's word that caused it, said Peter Courson, not any attempt to promote himself.
Just show up and follow the book and do the rituals and collect the donations. Passing your pulpit along to your sons seems to have become fairly common in prosperous megachurches over the last years.
Was it always so? Somehow it lacks the signs of divine leading, IMHO. He attempted to pass it on to his family which has been a disaster. Many of the mega church founders are reaching retirement age so we are beginning to see transitions in many of these churches. Church government which allows for the pastor to appoint his successor often leads to this kind of situation.
Not all mega churches have this church government. Also, the issue of succession to children is not limited to mega churches. It does occur in smaller churches, again where church government invests most of the decision making with just the pastor who chooses his own successor. This is not even remotely a text about how to choose pastors or elders. Apparently context does not matter.
Cherry-picking and twisting scripture will lead you far… away! People repent, change, grow. This is the tip of only one iceberg. Genesis , Numbers They have violated a sacred trust — and they have harmed a sheep that belongs to the Chief Shepherd 1 Pet.
I know an individual who embezzled money from a bank. He received probation before judgment, but he is not allowed in the banking industry the remainder of his life. He has gone on to be successful in another business.
I used to listen to Christian radio a lot for a time decades ago. Jon Courson rubbed me the wrong way. This was also true of an ad for Searchlight: both the promotion and a sample of him speaking. The statement reminded me of the abusively controlling church that I had been involved with earlier. John The Roys Report seeks to foster thoughtful and respectful dialogue.
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