My Lord! What an outpouring of grief, anger, compassion, love, judgement, ignorance, self-righteousness & faith (most in God; some in self)! Some of these expressions of faith (in God through Jesus Christ) have been so helpful & encouraging to my wounded spirit. Some of the expressions or judgement & self-righteousness have been just heart-rendering in their ignorance. But, Momma always said the best thing about ignorance is that it's curable (PP, if you're reading this, you may have a clue who I am, cause I made the same comment in an email to you a few years back). My sincere & heart-felt prayers go out to Pastor Paul, Meredith, Alicia & Aaron, as well as my ALCF church family and each & every person who has been touched by the ministry of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as shared by Paul Sheppard. This "moral-failure"/resignation has impacted me on many levels, but none so powerful as the affect on my prayer life. I stand so convicted that neither I or the Church can afford our namby-pamby prayers of the past. We really have to pray like we mean it to contend & intercede on behalf of our leaders, ourselves, our families, our church family, our communities, our government & the world at large. Spiritual warfare is real, strong & unrelenting & our prayer life MUST respond in kind. I don't know the details of the future, but I know this: God wins in the end! I trust that The Lord is not through with Paul Sheppard in furthering God's Will being done on this earth as it is heaven. After Biblical restoration is completed, my hope & prayer is that Pastor Paul will be restored to the ALCF ministry as a wonderfully human example of what God can & will do with broken & cracked vessels such as Pastor Paul, myself & everyone reading this post, to name a few. To God, and God alone, be the Glory!
Part I of III have lived in many States in the US and also abroad, hence have been to many churches and sat under a variety of teachers. As I prayed and processed this in front of God, I would like to share my thoughts...I first heard Pastor Paul preached in 2005 and started attending ALCF in 2009. From 05 to 09, we have noticed real growth in Pastor Paul in the quality, depth and insights of his preaching. As per our observations, Pastor Paul uniquely delivers Scriptures with grace, humor and truth without watering down key doctrines or entice people with empty human promises. Some might have mistaken other motivational presentations as preaching done by some TV evangelists. On the contrary, Pastor Paul's preaching is distinguishably Christ Centered yet without leaving out human responsibilities. Having been to churches with pastors who care more about the duties of a CEO rather than shepherding the flock, I wouldn't describe Pastor Paul that way..How often do you hear your minister keep reminding you of Forgiveness of Sins, the process of Sanctification, God's Redemptive Plan, Love, Truth & Grace, as revealed in Scriptures? Maybe others (I don't know everyone at ALCF) might preach based on emotionalism, but in all fairness, I can't say that it is Pastor Paul. On the other hand, I would agree that ALCF can benefit from stronger teaching in different Theological and Doctrinal concepts without becoming Legalistic or Dogmatic.As far as I know, Pastor Paul has been a humble servant; not a lover of money as far as I can see, doesn't possess a wardrobe full of expansive designer clothes, jewelries, nor live in big luxurious houses, nor drive fancy expansive cars. (members of ALCF, feel free to correct me if I am wrong.) The congregations are not impressed by such things but by his humility, gentleness and sincere preaching of the Word. He gave of himself fully in each service and doesn't hold back. To me, he doesn't promote legalism nor cheap grace without repentance. I believe that we as Christians have a lot to learn from this incident. Pastor Paul himself has admitted that he has committed moral failings. The fact is he has fallen and in a non-mistaken way, has to be dealt with and disciplined by the body at ALCF. The question is how to restore the fallen, even though that someone is as well known, well loved and gifted as Pastor Paul.Continue with my comment next....Part II of IITW
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I was devastated to learn of Pastor Paul's resignation. I live in the Washington DC area and have been listening to Enduring Truth for a few years on the internet. I started listening to him when I was going through a "midnight of the soul" season in my own ministry and life. God used Pastor Paul to restore joy to my ministry in a time when the difficulties and challenges of pastoring had almost caused me to give up and quit! When I was not able to download current messages onto my iphone I searched the internet to learn of his confession of moral failure. My spirit was greatly grieved and I cried! I cried because of the impact his resignation will have on the Kingdom of God. I cried because Pastor Paul's acts of "moral infidelity" could easily become a stumbling block -- especially for young converts and others who may not be spiritually mature enough to accept that "All sin and fall short of the glory of God." I cried because once again, the devil got a foot in the doorhold and will use the weaknesses of a man to attack the church, attempt to diminish it's witness and create division in the body of Christ.I am praying for Pastor Paul's full restoration. Inspite of human failure, he is an anointed man of God and God is not finished with him yet -- or any of us -- for that matter. Out of this test there will be an even greater testimony!!! For those of you who are throwing stones, be careful. They might come back to hit you in the head.I am praying for the entire Sheppard family, the church family, the Body of Christ and especially for those who are discouraged and dissillusioned by these current events. "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called to His purpose for them!" Ro. 8:28 2ff7e9595c
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