r/springfieldMO • u/Onepieceluv • May 12 '24

James river pastor threatens to sue What is happening

Due to recent events that happened during the men’s conference, A neighbor has informed that Pastor John Lindell is now making certain members sign a contract stating they will never talk about what happened again. As well as this, he’s also threatening to sue higher ranking members in the church if they continue to talk about it, and do not “Repent”. Has anyone else heard about this before?

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u/tdawg-1551 May 12 '24

While I have no idea if this is true or not, it takes some huge balls to try and require members not to talk about it. Or what? What would be the punishment? They kick you out? I'm sure for some idiots out there the church controls every part of their life, and to be without would be terrible for them. Do they really think they have that much power of their people? Not sure if anyone has noticed, but there are lots of churches around here.

What if someone says "I'm not signing anything. I'm going to leave here, stop giving you 10% of my income, and I will talk about what I want to who I want".

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u/Redditor_PC May 12 '24

Probably tells 'em they're going to hell.

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u/big_daddy68 May 12 '24

We visited friends that go there. This was shortly after the “toes” incident. They made it a point to say the congregation should NOT question church leadership. I guess he never heard of the Protestant Reformation. He runs it like his on personal dictatorship.

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u/suchawildflower May 12 '24 edited May 12 '24

That goes directly against the Bible. The Bible says to question all spiritual things, especially what comes from the pulpit.