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Our blog has been called out for using the term "Sex Offender Ministry" in connection with the current ministry centered at the Four-Way Motel. We used this term, since those connected with it have stated 50% of those who will reside there will be sex offenders. If any found this misleading, we apologize. Again, it's the sex offender element that we find unsettling. We will say a second time, if this ministry catered to former cat burglars, we would have few qualms about it.
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Here are some points that cannot be disputed:
1. The organization "Outreach Reentry Ministry" is registered to Willie Simpson and John Williams and is over 25 years old.
2. This organization began to increase its profile last summer. Why?
3. Offices for this organization moved recently from a local church building in Florence to the old Four-Way Motel in Tuscumbia.
4. According to Chester McKinney (speaking at a very public Colbert County Commission meeting), the Church of the Highlands will be working with this ministry.
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Does this blog have a problem with the Church of the Highlands? No, at least not in the way it's been asked.
It is our opinion that if the pulpit minister for this church spoke on the subject of divorce, alcohol, etc., the 40,000 regular attendees would soon diminish greatly. Please note that's an opinion; however, we encourage anyone to listen to sermons regularly given at any mega-church and then tell us they don't preach a feel-good or uber prosperity gospel...or both.
Thank you, Shoala! I have long maintained that if the "Bible-Believing" churches preached against adultery and divorce the same way they military against....say, homosexuality, they'd fold overnight.
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DeleteIf these sex offenders are getting their way paid, it’s a BIG problem for me. Yes, of course they can be forgiven, but they need to get a JOB and pay their own way like all other tax paying citizens. Do the crime, do the time even if it’s difficult. A true changed person would want to do right and work hard, and they may do just that; then, they may not. I will not judge, only ONE has that right.
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