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No... you're wrong. You have to be commisioned by a church organization. I had many friends in the Assembly of God who were missionerys. Real ones. To africa, el salvador. They dont go and come back. they come once a year to go to the churches of their denomination and ask for money. Most are hard working. Otherwise, you 'd have every sleazy snake oil salesman out using Jesus to get money. And countries need to know WHO YOU ARE AFFILIATED WITH. Too many scams going on. Speaking of the Duggars, their organization is known to belong to a suspect group.The Duggars are con men and women. A church can take young people on missions trip. Its not the same. You need a credentialed pastor..I had two sons who were pastors and you need credentials.Funny my son's resigned from ministry, because some ministries were playing fast and loose with money..

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He may, depending on why you parked. LOL

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Yes but to use a church org. As your church, they want you to have everything in order. Or they would just send people by the droves. ...Being a true missionerys is a calling. The ones I know are good hard working intelligent people. And they have degrees from reputable colleges. Not home school mom. Yes God used a jack@$$, But he likes to use the qualified.

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They should just ask Josh Duggar for advice. Lord knows he's been doing a lot of missionary work, recently.

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Unfortunately TLC (which it must be repeated stands for "The LEARNING Channel) woulnd't give Jesus his own reality show so He (the lazy slacker) had to relinquish making a public spectacle of everything He (supposedly) stands for to Imitation Christ-like byproducts willing to exploit his name for sanctimonious notoriety.

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Grifting is hard.

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BeckyLB...That was amazingly eloquent, funny and my hubby and I relate! Thanks for the post...you may have won the internet today!!

WELL DONE!!😁😁🙌🙌🙌🙌

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You don't think SATAN has any part in this???

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I don't care if it rains or freezes'Long as I got my plastic JesusRiding on the dashboard of my carThrough my trials and tribulationsAnd my travels through the nationsWith my plastic Jesus I'll go far

/ D - / G - / D - A - / 1st, 2nd / D A D - /

Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus Riding on the dashboard of my car I'm afraid He'll have to go His magnets ruin my radio And if I have a wreck He'll leave a scar

/ D - - - / - - A - / D - / G - / D A D - /

Riding down a thoroughfareWith His nose up in the airA wreck may be ahead, but He don't mindTrouble coming He don't seeHe just keeps His eye on meAnd any other thing that lies behind

Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus Riding on the dashboard of my car Though the sunshine on His back Make Him peel, chip and crack A little patching keeps Him up to par

When I'm in a traffic jamHe don't care if I say "damn"I can let all my curses rollPlastic Jesus doesn't hear'Cause he has a plastic earThe man who invented plastic saved my soul

Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus Riding on the dashboard of my car Once His robe was snowy white Now it isn't quite so bright Stained by the smoke of my cigar

If I weave around at nightAnd policemen think I'm tightThey never find my bottle, though they askPlastic Jesus shelters meFor His head comes off, you seeHe's hollow, and I use Him for a flask

Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus Riding on the dashboard of my car Ride with me and have a dram Of the blood of the Lamb Plastic Jesus is a holy bar

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Daggers?

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Too stupid to bother deleting, but definitely saved for Sunday.

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Most Christians don't care about those formalities, they're more concerned about the people doing the Mission work. I do find it interesting though how people are so involved in this. I just think if you don't like it, don't support it. End of story. The obssession of others regarding this , is what's so Amazing and strange. I really have a hard time trying to understand it. Why do they care? Very strange and petty I think.

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The way I look at it is, assuming God exists, the last thing he'd want is for his followers to sit around on a day off, patting his immortal backside saying "You're so awesome, God!" I mean, God already knows that, he's omniscient and and omnipotent.

No, God would want us out there doing our very best to emulate Jesus. Jesus didn't sit around saying "Hey Dad, you're super great, all my thumbs up!" Nah, Jesus was out there healing people, saving prostitutes from being stoned (in the bad way), teaching people to forgive and forget.

Just think of how silly the following image would be.

Two people standing in front of God for judgement. He turns to the first one and says "So, I see here you've done many decades of good things. You helped the poor, didn't judge, treated your enemies with kindness. That's all good, but one little problem...you never told me how awesome I am. Sorry, got to send you to eternal damnation for that one."

Then, God turns to the other guy and says "Well, it looks like you're a depraved murderer who killed for the fun of it. You've raped, tortured and mutilated hundreds of people with your bare hands, and inspired others to do the same. The world is worse for having you in it...but, yaknow, you were in church every Sunday. Since you thought I'd forgive you, well, my hands are tied. Welcome to Heaven bro."

If THAT's the game God's playing, then yeah, ya'll will find me chilling in Hell.

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I really got a"Leave Britney Alone!" kind of vibe from this one, Doc.

Side not on that, did you know Chris Crocker, the guy who did the "Leave Britney Alone!" videos, is now a gay porn star. Crazy, huh?

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... cash only, no accredit.

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