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Originally Posted by greenbear
Hi. I joined this board a day or two ago. I seldom get things in the right order; I have posted on some threads without introducing myself properly. I greatly appreciate being on this board as I have never before found a church or forum that has this level of profound respect for the Word of God. Perhaps I haven't looked hard enough before.
I didn't grow up in the church, I am mostly self-taught (a great deal from my husband and a lot directly from God's Word) and I tend to be very opinionated and don't like let go of an issue until I feel satisfied that I have the answer.
We don't attend any church. We've tried in the past but we have trouble listening to sermons that are either not KJVO, or are Calvinistic, or deny eternal security, or stress water baptism, or are not premillenial , or have women pastors, you get the idea.
As you might imagine, our walk with the Lord is not thriving as it should as a result of having little or no fellowship for 15 years or so. We have lots of doctrinal knowledge, impeccable understanding of biblical prophecy and a deep thirst for the truth of God's Word. We've tried many churches from Oregon to California to Ohio, where we presently live, but have never found one that we like or that likes us. We would love to hear of any churches in Columbus, OH that might be a good fit.
Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
Jennifer
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Jennifer, I am Tony, one of the other dry cleaners in the forum. I'm over here just 14 miles west of Springfield and about 19 north and slightly east of Dayton. In looking for a good grace-based, dispensationalist, fundamentalist church, try and avoid the Stamite/Bereans if you can, unless they have renounced Cornelius Stam's hyper-Calvinism and his multiversion bible authority. There is a small grace dispensationalist church in town here, about 60 miles west of you. You are in the same area as John Hinton, a very strong and powerful defender of the KJV.
Information@graceimpact.org.
Send an email to the address above or email me off the forum and I can give you their phone number. This is Pastor Richard Jordan's church and ministry. Jordan was president of the Berean Bible Society in the mid 80s for a short time, Stam fired him because of Jordan's insistence on the KJV as the sole Bible for the Bereans. They will be able to give you a list of grace churches in your area.
www.graceimpact.org has a lot of information you will find of a fruitful nature.
I have no problem attending an IFB church but I'm usually denied membership due to my convictions on water baptism and the "great commission". I believe our first responsibility is to our community, and only then worry about Kazakstan or Cambodia. If you compromise on one conviction, comprising the second and third and fourth and fifth is not that hard.
Grace and peace to you and welcome to the forum.
Tony