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Thanks for your continued input on the perils of the Church of God since you are no longer part of it. BTW, according to one of our officials, the average attendance of the Church of God weekly, around the world, is approximately 15 million. Membership is about half that. That doesn't sound small to me. Could we be bigger? Yes! Could we also be smaller? Yes!

JPJ preached a revival in the church the ole timer growed up in when he was a young'un. He was on a cot, an would preach layin on his side an leaned up on his right elbow. Sometimes he would throw his pillow at folk (no, I aint jokin) an tell em to run with it. Ever time I seen him do it the feller what caught the pillow would commence runnin the aisles. He used a different scripture ever night, but the preachin was basically the same thing:Women with short hairWomen wearin pants, gouchos an coulottesWomen wearin jewelryFolk not tithingFolk layin outta church services Preachers letting their wives tell em what to preachBallgames, movies, pool halls, places a the worldBackslidden Christians

He came to my church for revival - my Dad went once and told Mom he wasn't going back to the revival (Mom NEVER missed). I didn't really understand why - for some reason I thought running around with a pillow was holy - when JPJ said it.I learned otherwise.Chalk one up for Dad

I have never seen that statistic. But, you can not single the Church of God out with a stat like this. According to the Hartford Institute for Religious Research, 177,000 (59%) out of 300,000 churches in the US average between 7-99 in attendance. In their report, the average size church, across the board, is 75.

Most folks were scared of JPJ. Scared of running...scared of not running. As a teenager, one night he walked over his mother begging him not to leave the house that night & go out & party with his friends. He was shot in the spine that night & never walked again. He was later saved. He had a faithful wife who did the driving and everything else involved in taking care of him and traveling in a camper to revivals. He would throw his pillow at people and tell them to run for him (because he couldn't.)He was certainly unconventional and a lot of people didn't like what he did...but some did. What he preached about was what most all COG preachers were preaching about in the 50s and 60s. He stayed busy most of the time from what I can recall. I don't actually remember going to a service. I think my dad said he had a red hot testimony. Different strokes for different folks.. More of Him...less of me.http://twitter.com/camiracle77http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name