While speaking at Dr. Walkers funeral his grandson (don’t know his name) said: I believe in the Holy Spirit and I believe in the Holy Catholic Church.I am puzzled at that. He said some good and funny things about Dr. Walker________________Recorded Sermons @ www.pastorwiley.com
This is part of The Apostle’s Creed, the oldest creed of the Christian church. In this case, it is the catholic church with a small C. The word catholic means universal, and the catholic church (small C) is the universal church or the ecumenical church—the full body of Christ, including all believers in Christ, usually considered to be made up of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Protestant denominations.The Apostle’s Creed dates back to 140 AD and has a few English translations. The version from the 1662
Bro. Walker and Mt. Paran were NOT plain ol’ southern Pentecostals. Bro. Walker wasn’t even born in the south, but in, I believe, North Dakota. He lived in the south (Cleveland, I imagine), due to his father Paul Haven Walker being a leader in the Church of God (I believe he was even Asst. General Overseer).Walker was progressive to the point of controversy. Certainly, Mt. Paran was probably 20 years ahead of the general Church of God in terms of outward adornment and the such. Further, when he took in members, he did not read the Church of God teachings, but accepted them as members if they were saved and wished to join.If you stripped away all the negatives and immorality of Earl Paulk, replacing it with a strong moral life and solid, doctrinal preaching, you would find that they both had world-class artistry (music, theater/plays, and the such) represented in their churches, were unconventional in many ways with the Church of God (Earl Paulk was raised in the COG), and were uber-progressive.Bro. Walker is by all measures one of the best pastors ever. Even today, there are things that he did and ways he went that I may be years behind on fully accepting. But as they say, you can’t argue with results. He wasn’t preaching a watered-down gospel, and yet he was the largest church in our denomination for years (even today, it’s one of our largest).
Sorry, I missed the explanation in the Sticky area above…________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/