вЂњYou only could graduate at 10 months if they deemed that you were submitted and loyal enough to them,вЂќ she said.

This ideology set us up for mind control.вЂќД¬laire, who said she put off going to college to take part in the internship, said that after she finished the program the church pressured her to stay on and tried to dissuade her from continuing her education. In 220i, there is a lowercase вЂiвЂ™ to denote that we are not worthy of being called uppercase вЂIвЂ™, that we did not exist anymore. вЂњThe emphasis of the verse was placed on вЂIt is no longer I who lives.вЂ™ The verse was misinterpreted to control us and our will. вЂњThe name вЂ220вЂ™ came from Galatians 2:20, which we all had to memorize during the boot camps,вЂќ said a former intern who attended the program in 2007 to 2008 and asked to be identified as Claire. It has more than 8,000 members spread across five campuses in Louisiana and is opening another in New Orleans, runs a television ministry and supports missions at home and abroad.Д®ven the name of the student ministry was designed to keep the young Christian teenagers under the churchвЂ™s thumb, the ex-interns said. They said the ringleader was his older brother, Joel, who tormented the interns with the help of aides known as вЂњsecond years,вЂќ as well as JoelвЂ™s late wife, Amy, and his current wife, Amie.ДЇounded by the Stockstill brothersвЂ™ grandfather Roy in 1963, the nondenominational Bethany Church grew from having Sunday services in the living room of the family home into one of the biggest megachurches in the country. The former interns - some of whom spoke on the record, while others used pseudonyms out of fear of retaliation from the powerful megachurch, which has thousands of members - said he was aware of what was going on and did nothing to stop it. вЂњItвЂ™s obvious to me now and to the current leadership at Bethany Church that we significantly missed the mark in that program in many ways.вЂќ We also support the Pastor financially through organized church wide efforts or personal efforts, but ultimately whenever and whatever the Pastor needs, the PastorвЂ™s Aide Ministry is available.вЂњWhile there was some positive fruit that came from that ministry, there were also leadership and cultural flaws that led to painful experiences for many,вЂќ he wrote. We schedule the transportation and make all visiting pastors/preachers comfortable by providing small tokens of appreciation and attending to their needs while they are under our church care. We support the Pastor by organizing a following and attending other churches when he is the visiting preacher. We attend to the furnishing of the Pulpit on Sunday and attend to any of his other daily needs throughout the remainder of the week. The Pastors Aide Ministry is a team of faithful. The 1991 pastoral statement sketches several distinct themes that may be of use to. Themes For Pastor Aide Program Pastor Aide Program Themes For Students Pastor Aide Program Themes.

We will support the Pastor by teaching others to reframe from gossip, and not criticize the one who ministers to our souls.ДЇunction: The ministry is to aid and assist the Pastor in whatever needs that he defines. The USCCBs Environmental Justice Program Web site. We seek to support all his efforts and all his acts of leadership and care for our church membership (sermons, visitation, counseling, decisions, and etc.). Mission: To lift the Pastor up in prayer, to plan events of appreciation, to show sympathy for the burden he carries and lighten it as much as possible. Understanding how he humbles himself in serving God and denies himself in giving preference to others, our ministry is ultimately to edify our shepherd which God has placed over our church. Purpose: The purpose of the PastorвЂ™s Aide Ministry is to lovingly serve our Pastor and first family through prayers, planning, encouraging words/deeds, and financial support.