Satire and Seriousness: More Emergent News...

Trying to get back to my pre-Blog review conversation, I found this bit at Rev. Mikes-House-of-Homiletical-Hash:

Local Emergent Church Recedes

Rancho Buena Vista Community Church, until recently called Vista Journey, has "receded" from the "emergent" church movement, according to its pastor, Andrew Hardy. "Actually, Rancho Buena Vista Community Church was always our name. We only changed it for about six months while we were trying to 're-vision' ourselves in a way that would reach out to the 'postmodern' culture," said Hardy, making heavy use of air quotes. "Yeah, we were really into that whole 'emergent' thing for quite a while. But it got old real fast. Like I'm really gonna preach in a recliner for the rest of my career! I finally decided 'emerging' wasn't for us, and so I called a meeting of the 'Vision Keepers,' our fancy name for an elders board. We just decided to go back to being a regular old receding church."

Let me encourage those who are prone to comment here to go to Rev Mike's site and see the comments.

I also want to thank Derek and Tim for the good conversation going on about "things emergent" here.  Both good guys, with deep faith, insight and Christian conviction, they come from different ends of the spectrum in terms of life experience.  One of the great things about this blog thing is that I know them both personally and they have never met (and would likely never meet), but through this forum we are all enriched by their good conversation.

Keep at it, guys, and I'll be back with another post on Monday to keep the conversation lively.

Comments

[Rev Ahmed John Bello]

Dear Beloved in Christ,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, knowing the truth and the truth have set me free. Having known the truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God´s mercy and glory upon my life.

I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you, having seen your contact from the Internet. I am Barrister Rev.Ahmed John Bello, the legal adviser to Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

These couples were good Christians, they were so dedicated to God they acquired a lot of properties like lands, house properties, etc.

As their legal adviser, before their death, the husband Mr. Morris Thompson instructed me to write his WILL. Because they had one daughter who also died with them. some of their properties in London(England)have to be sold and the money be given out to a ministry for the work of God. As their legal adviser,the documents for the properties were in my care. He gave me the authority to sell the properties and give out the fund to the Ministries for the work of God.

I sold these properties after their death, And as matter of fact, after I sold these properties, I realized more than 20,000,000.00 Million British Pounds plus), and what supposed to be the percentage interest of my right legal fee was firstly deducted by me out of the total amount realized from the sold properties, this was base on the initial agreement between me and the owner of the properties before his death. Therefore the total amount left to be invested into God's
work as instructed by the owner, is 20,000,000.00 Million British Pounds only. But Instead of giving the main fund out for the work of God as instructed to me by the owner before his death. I converted the fund to myself with the intention of investing the fund abroad for my personal use. I was afraid of putting the fund in the Bank, because I have to give account to the bank on how I got the money. I then
packaged the fund in consignments and deposited the consignments with a security company. I did not want the management of the Security Company to know the content of the consignments, therefore I registered the content of the consignments as Gold Bars. Now, the security company believes that what I deposited with them was Gold Bars.

I had encounter with Christ when Pastor Benny Hinn was reaching on television concerning Ananias and Saphira in Acts 5:1-11. After hearing the word of God, I gave my life to Christ and became a born again Christian. As a born again Christian, I started reading my bible and one day, the Lord opened my eyes to Ezekiel 33: 18 and 19.From the scripture, I discovered that the only way I could have peace in my life is to do what is lawful and right by giving out the fund as
instructed for the work of God by the owner before his death.

I have asked God for forgiveness and I know that God have forgiven me.

But I have to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God by giving out the fund to the chosen ministry or charitable organisation for the purpose of God's work as instructed by the owner before his death.

After my fasting and prayers, I asked God to make his choice and direct me to a honest Christian or the chosen ministry that deserves this fund by his Grace. I then came across your address on the Internet as I was browsing through a Christian site, after my fervent prayer over it, then i nominated you, and I then decided to contact you for the fund to be used wisely for things that will glorify the name of God.

I have been able to move the consignment containing the funds to Amsterdam(The Netherlands) and i have notified the Security Company where I deposited the consignments that contained the fund in Amsterdam(The Netherlands), that I am moving the consignment abroad.

So if you know that you will use this fund honestly and wisely for things that will glorify God's name, then do contact me by return mail,i will then furnish you on the process of claiming the consignmant.

You should also forward to me your Telephone Number for easy
communication between us.

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.

Yours in Christ.
Barrister Rev.Ahmed John Bello.
PROJECT FOR GOD'S WORK
PRIVATE EMAIL:ahmedbello00@yahoo.fr