If the leadership at the top had responded to the pandemic by supporting liberty of conscience and promoting the health message, I wouldn’t be up at six in the morning writing this article.
Read moreAn Accurate Timeline of The Village Church / Michigan Conference Saga
After Ron Kelly’s closing argument that relocation was not a logical remedy for a pastor accused of bullying and fomenting dissent, MISDA doubled down on their defamation and fired him.
Read moreMark Howard’s Broadside Video Against Vine & Kelly
Ron Kelly was removed from his position because he was insisting on the due-process rights of not only Dr. Vine, but all local SDA church members, from arbitrary disciplinary action by a distant conference.
Read moreLeadership, Controversy, and Transparency: Reflections on Elder Vine, Church Governance, and Religious Liberty
I consider both of those actions to be poorly considered efforts to achieve an end without the benefit of bringing the laity along. Questions and even accusations in return were predictable and unavoidable once that approach was taken.
Read moreEurope is Watching The Village Church and Michigan Conference Saga
I know many brothers and sisters all over Europe and I can assure you that in every single country there are brothers and sisters who are following this whole situation closely and are outraged by the recent events.
Read moreRon Kelly's Son Speaks About His Father Getting Fired By the Michigan Conference
They have attempted to cripple a church that was thriving and doing God’s work. They have done this DIRECTLY against the wishes of those who attend that church.
Read moreThe Broken Bride – Trampling on Human Conscience
Why does this matter? Why do I speak thus? Because the WHO is seeking global authority to declare actual or potential pandemics, and the legal right to impose vaccine mandates upon every human on planet earth.
Read moreAgainst Abuse of Power
They fed themselves, but they did not feed the flock. They had decent salaries, a solid retirement plan, good health insurance, tax breaks, and yet they did not feel grateful to God for these things.
Read morePart 2: Thoughts on Conrad Vine and His Critics
The question on the table is, Why would a highly esteemed SDA evangelist with the audience and influence of Mark Finley have done this? Does he really believe Conrad Vine is a tare or a piece of chaff in the church?
Read morePathway to Paradise Speaks Out About Conrad Vine, Ron Kelly and the Shaking
Yet today, both of these men have been aggressively de-platformed, cancelled, and silenced by the very church that they have given their lives to build up.
Read moreVillage Church Meets For The First Time Without Their Pastor
After Francis’ statement, Head Elder Tom Wilson stood up and made this clarification, “Pastor Kelly has been transitioned out of the state of Michigan (not just the Village Church).”
Read moreDid We Miss Something?
There was another aspect to Conrad’s sermon that that seems to have been passed over. Freedom of conscience. Free will to choose. The bedrock, the foundation of the present truths that we hold most dear as a Church.
Read moreD’Sozo Camp Meeting 2024 Report (It's Pretty Good)
If more men in our church would stand boldly in the face of persecution to speak the truth, they would not be able to single out people like Dr. Vine and shut them down and silence the truth so easily.
Read moreDo We Oppose Vaccine Mandates Because of “Conspiracy Speculation”?
Is the Conrad Vine controversy just politics, or is there an eternal spiritual principle at stake?
Read moreOpen Letter to Elder Jim Micheff and Michigan Conference Officials
For you to now cancel Dr. Vine strikes many of us as collusion with the forces in this society that aim to abolish our religious and free-speech liberties and allow only voices that concur with the “anointed.”
Read moreExchanging the Truth For a Lie, or Bait & Switch?
Is our persecution now coming from within the church? Are we beginning to exchange the truth for lies? Have we become victims of Satan’s "bait and switch"?
Read moreDisappointed and Seventh-day Adventist
Few events in SDA history have caused more dissention, polarization and criticism than the GC ADCOM Covid response. Plainly put, for many Seventh-day Adventist members the sentiment is that our collective world church, as an organizational body, fell on the wrong side of history.
Read moreWhat is a Parachurch?
A parachurch is a Christian organization that operates independently of a specific denomination, but works alongside the church to support its mission. The term "para" comes from a Greek word that means "beside" or "alongside".
Read moreIs Conrad Vine Still Speaking at the Village Church Symposium?
There are 1,683,331 hits (and rising) on YouTube on the Conrad Vine story. Again: 95% of the comments are supportive of Conrad. That is a lot of Adventists around the world.
Read moreFresh Details About The Conrad Vine Viral Story
The underlying issue is whether the GC can unilaterally set aside our religious liberty and liberty of conscience on any given issue. I say no.
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