Jim on July 30th, 2008

This is disappointing. Ryan, who was an intern at SGM’s St Pete church, posted his story last week.
I wanted to feature his story as a post, but as he’s using his name, and naming names, I needed to do some work behind the scenes. I asked for an email from his wife to hear her [...]

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Carole on July 21st, 2008

As I read through Jim’s last post (Mick Jagger and CJ Mahaney on Leadership), many thoughts were tumbling around in my mind.
As I was sitting here sorting through my reactions and responses to this post, I realized something… I have talked about the authoritarian leadership SGM practices, I’ve referred to it many times, but [...]

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Jim on July 19th, 2008

Ok-I won’t be quoting Mick or CJ, but you get the point…
I haven’t forgotten to address SGM’s polity statement-It’s coming.
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“Arrogance and an overbearing spirit is never acceptable in elders. Popish demeanor reveals pride in the heart. Pompous and tyrannical treatment of subordinates almost universally attends positions of authority in “the world and in human institutions. [...]

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Jim on July 15th, 2008

I’ll be going through Dave Harvey’s “Polity” booklet soon. This is part of Sovereign Grace Ministries “Perspectives” series, and should be considered their official statement on their position.
You can download a copy here
Many are aware of recent changes to the SGM leadership structure, and many are not. It seems that each SGC has handled [...]

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