So some guy writes a blog, here, criticising the way in which the NewSpring Church leaders carry out the business of their church. the church gets leaders get upset and encourage their security team to go after him!
Now, I had not heard of a a church requiring a security team before so that’s new on me. The rest of the story appears to come straight from a Scientology “how to deal with dissenters” guide.
I found out about this through the, quite brilliant, reddit.com. To quote two comments…
covertPixel
TLDR: Church members including those working for the church create a fake twitter account parodying a man who criticizes their methods. They use this to suggest he's a homosexual. They then find out he's trying to adopt a child and use their influence to sabotage the adoption.
Read it, it's ruthless.
physicsnick
Suggesting he was a homosexual is hardly the worst thing they did. They invited a serial killer to his house, and put out an open invitation for a swingers party, posting his home address. They sent a forged resignation letter to his boss. They gave his phone number to dozens of telemarketers. They signed him up for homosexual magazine subscriptions. They harassed his son. And the church denied any knowledge of these events, despite the fact that several church leaders and many church-goers were following the fake twitter account.
The part that bothers me the most is how the people who attend that church did nothing. If I found my church and pastor was doing this shit, I would, I don't know, find a different church? Maybe read one of the dozen Bible verses where Jesus promotes private prayer and do that instead? At the very least, stop donating money?
Anyways read the full story here.
Super churches… Scary things if you ask me.
