Reformed Churchmen: Another Harvest Bible Church (MacDonald's) Out

Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Another Harvest Bible Church (MacDonald's) Out

L to R: T.D. Jakes, James MacDonald, and Mark Driscoll

Another story emerges about James MacDonald’s trouble over the ER2 issue with T.D. Jakes and others. A fourth church has pulled out. Three other churches are out: Detroit, Chicago and Prescott. Not, a fourth is out.
Foundationally…and MacDonald exists because…? Another sectarian…? Another Baptacostal Pastorpreneur…? Another ventriloquist claiming, “I’ve got a better and higher way…?” Again, vetting and discernment is ordered up at RA.

Should one even care about this outfit, Harvest Fellowship? Or, James MacDonald? For Confessional Anglicans, or Confessionally Reformed people for that matter, people with backgrounds, they won’t find much with the MacDonald’s (or Mahaneys, Mohlers, etc.) of this world.

Yet we follow all-things-American. Purpose Drivel, a testy name that plays off Rick Warren’s Purpose-This-Purpose-That-and-Out-Purpose-All-Others, puts the report forward at: http://www.purposedrivel.com/2012/05/fourth-church-kicked-out-of-harvest.html.

Fourth Church KICKED OUT of Harvest Bible Fellowship

Boy the stories about punitive pastors are just multiplying! Surely this is what Jesus meant when he said "it shall not be so among you."Blood Stained Ink reports that there has been another church leaving Harvest Bible Fellowship over the Elephant Room and related controversies. Only they didn't do it voluntarily. They were unceremoniously dumped.

“… There is hope amidst the suffering. Loved ones, we have hope. And for our church, as I am studying the passage, I am amazed at the pertinence of God’s Word. Can I just tell you that? I am amazed that God sees what we are going through, and a year in advance knew that we would be in this passage. And with the suffering that we are going through as a church – if you were here last week, you heard about the sufferings that our church is enduring. That we have a sign out there that says: “Harvest Bible Chapel.” And did you know that we are no longer a Harvest Bible Chapel? Because our denomination decided they wanted to kick us out. And why did they want to kick us out? Because they wanted to choose to embrace, to invite and affirm somebody who teaches false doctrines about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and about the Trinity. And so because of that loved ones, I don’t know about you, but I’m perplexed right now at this situation. I’m confused. I’m discouraged. And I’m grieving over this.

read more at Fourth Church “Kicked Out” from Fellowship via “Catapult?” at Blood Stained Ink Praise God for the courage of the leadership there! May God raise up more men like that!