Quran-Burning Pastor Terry Jones Previously Ousted by German Congregation
Quran Burning Fueled by Pastor Jones' 'Personal Need for Recognition'?
Meet Pastor Terry Jones
Dr. Terry Jones pastors the Dove World Outreach Center. He proclaimed September 11 to be International Burn a Koran Day. While his congregation only numbers about 50 souls, some 11,702 Facebook friends "like" the plan. It is noteworthy that Dr. Jones is also the author of "Islam is of the Devil."
Even though the planned Dove World Outreach Center Quran-burning event has been denounced by General David Petraeus and virtually any and all politicians currently in office, Terry Jones stands firm. His action and message, he contends, are in keeping with the tenet of "transforming Dove from a local church to an apostolic church with a world vision" (as outlined by the church's website).
The Evangelical Leadership Problem
Simple minds with an anti-Christian bias will be quick to lump the members of the Dove World Outreach Center together with the countless evangelicals who oppose the act. That highlights the problem -- just as apologists for Islam frequently cite it in that religion's defense -- found in the absence of central leadership within the evangelical Christian movement.
While Catholics have the Pope, who is the undisputed leader of that faith community, evangelicals form a much more loosely knit canvas of groups that include the Christian right, Evangelical left and a host of splinter groups. While some evangelical faith communities have a semi-central leadership group or figure, even within this movement there is quite a bit of flux.
Case in point is the ousting of Kip McKean by the International Churches of Christ. McKean initially emerged from the mainline Church of Christ and translated his faith and leadership abilities into a campus ministry that eventually became the Boston Movement. This church grew into an international phenomenon that saw many faithful come to Christ. It also led to abuses of power and leadership, which came to a head in 2003.
The International Churches of Christ subsequently removed their figurehead from his position, disbanded and then re-connected under decentralized leadership. After a few years of attempting to fit into the new model, McKean left the faith community he helped found to start a new ministry, which is currently referred to as City of Angels International Christian Church. At this time, Kip McKean is seeking to duplicate the ICOC's growth and message.
The Checkered Past of Dr. Terry Jones
Pastor Terry Jones may currently lead the Dove World Outreach Center, but he does not have an unblemished past in evangelical circles. The German Evangelical Alliance is quite familiar with Jones, seeing that he led the Cologne Christian Community (Christliche Gemeinde Köln) until 2008, when he was booted from his position for what the Alliance terms "untenable theological statements and an addiction to personal recognition."
In evangelical church-lingo, the latter would be defined as "pride," which is an immediate precursor to a fall (as was the case with McKean and also Jones).
The Alliance has issued a press release condemning the Quran burning by Jones and urges the faithful "to recognize that fighting fire with fire only builds a bigger fire." Of course, under the United States Constitution, the Quran burning event is a perfectly legal act, bringing the American public once again to the crossroads where that which is legal intersects with that which is ethical.
Who wins?
Sources
http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Burn-A-Koran-Day/134718123226530?v=wall
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39048161/ns/us_news-security/
http://www.doveworld.org/about-us
http://www.disciplestoday.org/
http://www.nae.net/news-and-events/469-press-release-nae-urges-cancellation-of-planned-quran-burning
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Greetings and blessings from Pakistan,
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I am a Dr, and pastor Shahid naveed from Pakistan , I have been running a prayer group for last few years, for this , we go Door to door visit and share the word of God. we are required prayers of yours to extend this Gods work, for more and more in Jesus serve , We don’t have regular financial resources. So we do translation work to run our ministry. If you have translation work kindly give us. We are able to do translation English in to Urdu and English in to Punjabi, We request you kindly start church works with us ,we are required church affiliation with your church, for encouragement in Lords work , please keep us in your prayers. And so do help in these matters, in Jesus name,
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If this preacher were to be a follower of Jesus Christ, then the thought of burning that book in the first place would never have blossomed in his thinking. I do not agree with muslim belief, or their actions. People have used and made the pentacostle belief a laughing joke of which it is not. Jones says he prayed, and his proported sign from God is the moving of the planned mosque. I do not agree with their plans either. As a pentacostle and a believer in being a christian I know for a fact this man is in error. He forgot to read 1 Corinthians 13.
excellent report Sylvia
i say...go for it pastor..i, for one, am tired of being pushed around by a group of people who came HERE to change OUR country to accommodate them!!!
the ground-zero mosque has offended and provoked thousands of AMERICANS but muslims ignore that provocation.
but they threatened and intimidate US because of a book..
This just proves how retarded that terry guy is, how can you even call yourself a man of god when you go around burning muslim's holy book. you should be ashamed of urself terry, and i'd suggest you to check that tiny barbarian mind of urs out.
HOW CAN I DONATE MONEY FOR THIS GREAT CAUSE
The koran is a piece of tree crushed and made in to paper and ink from the printing press put some words into it. If all the worlds Muslims eyes are opened and understand the fact that it is a piece of wood from a tree,then why all the hulla bulla for just burning a piece of wood.
I think it was Yahoo! news that reported he stole money from the congregation in Germany and was turned in by his daughter. You would think this guy would be embarrassed into doing some more praying and coming to a better conclusion about the righteousness of his plan.
This so called preacher needs to have his head examined and the news media need not cover his heinous act...If he has no coverage then what he does has no impact but if you give him coverage you are condoning what he does and says!