Written on another board -
Is it true that the f&w are the only ones: who love and serve God; who are like family to one another, who can stay in the homes of their brethren all over the world; who minister without expecting pay; who live a higher calling in their service to Christ?
NO, this is NOT true. If you have believed these things, please do not continue to repeat them, because they are NOT true. Repeating those statements is to tell lies. I once told those lies. That was before I investigated for myself, instead of relying on what others told me.
I have been outside the f&w and in association with other believers also outside the f&w on a consistent basis for 26 years. (Consistent meaning meeting together at the very least twice a week, usually about 5 or 6 times a week, and at the most 24/7 for a week or more.)
Here is what is really TRUE about other believers outside the f&w. I have found:
1. People who love God with their whole heart, mind and strength.
2. People who love each other and consider one another family.
3. People who love believers outside of their chosen denominations, and also accept them as their brethren.
4. People who actively love non-believers and believers who live carnally.
5. People who love the poor and those who seem unlovely, even those, and sometimes especially those in the world.
6. People who are able to stay in one another's homes all over the world.
7. People in ministry who spend many thousands of hours in unpaid ministry...literally (meaning they not only do not expect pay, but they do not get any pay) and still love and long to do more.
This is the truth. I have absolutely no reason to lie, and some very good reasons to speak, and encourage others to speak, the truth.
