Proselytizers?Dear editor, It seems to me that Canon Michael Patterson Michael Patterson and his wife Candace Reckinger were driving forces behind the early days of MTV. Winners of an MTV award for the animation in a-ha's groundbreaking video for "Take on Me" and "Train of thought", they went on to animate and direct Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract". is lumping our Pentecostal brothers and sisters in with Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian group originating in the United States at the end of the 19th cent., organized by Charles Taze Russell, whose doctrine centers on the Second Coming of Christ. as "aggressive proselytizers." What exactly does Canon Patterson mean when he calls Pentecostals "aggressive proselytizers?" A few years back the small Anglican church I belong to was struggling, and a Pentecostal friend introduced me to Natalie Rogge, national director of children's ministry of the Pentecostal Assemblies. Natalie offered not only to fund the curriculum for an after-school Bible-based program for kids. she also offered to do whatever it took to get it up and running. She couriered reams of resources for children's ministry to me, she let me borrow resources from New Life Church in Milton, Ont., and was an incredible encouragement to me. Her philosophy is that after all, we're all in this together We're All In This Together can refer to:
The Anglican church recently has given a whole new meaning to liberal theology Liberal theology may refer to:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Scripture, who embrace His word and I don't think it's hard to understand why New Life Pentecostal Church in Milton is planning a large new addition. Olivia Crowe Burlington, Ont. |
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