David Hind and "pastor" Susan's self-praise is so sickening that I can hardly bear to watch their whitewashed history of ONE Church, formerly Trinity Life Church Leicester (Assemblies of God).
I have recently been following the David Platt documentaries, and although this is a different situation with different issues, there are some interesting parallels with Hind and One Church. In 1980, Lon Solomon became the senior pastor of McLean Bible Church, a massive megachurch in Virginia. In September 2017, David Platt was confirmed as the Pastor-Teacher, later "Lead Pastor", replacing Lon Solomon by being the sole candidate offered to the membership. Platt has been busy systematically destroying McLean Bible Church in Virginia since his appointment. Some brave people have been challenging him for years, and after a great struggle, the upshot is that Platt is now totally exposed as a wolf and a charlatan. Platt's method of resisting his accusers has been very enlightening. He immediately surrounded himself with "yes men" giving key positions only to those who would back him. Lon Solomon has been eerily silent during Platt's wicked tenure as pastor. He has not commented or offered support to those who were being systematically spiritually abused! The situation is even worse with Brian Niblock. He has openly supported Hind's folly from day one. I remember him saying that he did not want to be "the grumpy old man" in the church criticizing the new pastor. It is biblical to speak out about false teaching and danger to the flock, even if we are unpopular for doing so. (Ezekiel 33:8-9).
As I watched the documentaries about Platt I remembered the bizarre way in which David Hind was appointed as pastor of TLC and the so-called "family meeting" when it was announced that the much-loved assistant pastor Peter Buick was rejected by the elders. Several people spoke up in protest, but all to no avail. The three elders had made an "executive decision" and were determined to reject this godly man as pastor. The humiliation of Peter Buick at this meeting is something I will never forget. I found it so distressing that I decided never to attend another "family meeting" at TLC again. The next thing we knew, and to everyone's utter surprise, David Hind had been appointed as the new pastor. This was basically a fait accompli - and orchestrated on Brian Niblock's watch! I wondered whether this had been their agenda all along
The very day Hind began in his role as pastor at TLC, we knew that something was wrong. One of his first acts was to ask people to put their offerings into envelopes and to put their names on their donations. It was not very long after Hind's arrival before cronyism set in and he employed his friend from Nottingham AOG as Musical Director. The existing worship team suddenly left the church and were never seen again! Before long we had to endure infantile party games during worship time. This was the final straw for us (my friend and I) and we did not return. Hind's ecumenical associations with Churches Together and the infamous Adam Simmonds, Northamptonshire PCC followed. The appointment of Adam Simmonds as Director of Trinity Life Church and the lottery fiasco was par for the course. The compromise of entering into an ungodly agreement with Big Lottery and their worldly values was in my view due to Simmonds' unholy influence. Although Simmonds may have been the source of the temptation, Hind and his cronies failed the test. (2 Corinthians 6:14). There followed visits from false teachers Mark Stibbe, Benny Hinn, and others. More recently NAR false teacher Simon Braker infiltrated ONE Church complete with alleged first-person words from the Lord. The list continues. Susan Hind decided that she should become a "pastor" despite the clear biblical directive against aspiring to such a position. (1 Timothy 2:12). Hind's false teaching on women pastors, tithing, and false prophesies about imminent "revival" are huge red flags. The list goes on and on!* As you can see, my history of ONE Church differs considerably from Hind's whitewash.
* See Further Links for full details.
- LOTTERY FUNDING: UNGODLY APPROVAL OF GAMBLING
- PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST PROHIBITED AT OPEN HANDS AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING BIG LOTTERY FUNDING
- TLC WAS OBLIGED TO DEMONSTRABLY BELIEVE AND ABIDE BY UNBIBLICAL SECULAR EQUALITY VALUES AS A CONDITION OF SECURING LOTTERY FUNDING (2 CORINTHIANS 6:14)
- THEOCRACY: UNBIBLICAL TOP HEAVY LEADERSHIP (ACTS 15:22)
- NEPOTISM: SENIOR FAMILIAL APPOINTMENTS
- ROCK MUSIC VERSUS WORSHIP
- CHURCH GROWTH BASED ON THE MEGA CHURCH CAMPUS MODEL
- VIOLATION OF THE SCRIPTURAL BLUEPRINT FOR AUTONOMOUS CONGREGATIONS (ACTS 14:23)
- HOST TO FALSE TEACHER/PROPHET MARK STIBBE IN 2011
- VALIDATION OF ARCH DECEIVER AND NECROMANCER BENNY HINN IN 2014
- INVOLVEMENT WITH ECUMENICAL CHURCHES TOGETHER IN 2014
- ECUMENICAL ALPHA COURSE
- ENDORSEMENT OF ECUMENIST BILLY GRAHAM
- ENDORSEMENT OF SMITH WIGGLESWORTH'S FALSE END TIME REVIVAL PROPHECY
- ADAM SIMMONDS ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF TWO OF MY POSTS IN FEBRUARY 2014
- BLATANT SATANIC 666 DISPLAY AT OPEN HANDS 6 DEGREES COFFEE HOUSE
- SUSAN HIND UNBIBLICAL APPOINTMENT AS PASTOR (1 TIMOTHY 2:12)
- SIMON BRAKER - NAR CONNECTIONS
- FALSE TEACHING ABOUT TITHING
- FALSE PROPHECY OF IMMINENT MASS REVIVAL
Don't tell us how well you have done David Hind. Some of us remember what happened and see your folly continuing. The Lord sees it. There will be accountability! (Galatians 6:7).
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