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1. STATISTICS OF religious people in CHURCH: About 20.
2. CENSUS OF CHAIRS in church: About 40.
3. Type of people or careers found: Ex - missionaries.
4. Socio-Economic Status: Unemployed, disabled or blacks will not feel discriminated or judged in this church.
5. Data of kids: Some.
6. Ages guide of parishioners: 0 - 70.
7. % are men. -.
8. Weekly offering published info: Shoestring budget, running into deficit of $2,000 - $5,000, no Pastor’s salary.
9. Lateness of parishioner getting to church: -.
10. Any other interesting denomination directory information:
REV DR CLIVE SMITH went public and OPENED A PENTECOSTAL CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING 1 Jan 2006.
Clive had his first service High St, having started some 8 months prior with 8 people. There are a couple of Sudanese. Clive pays yearly $1600 for public liability insurance. Put 45 chairs in. Clive has spent from 8am till 10.20am bringing parishioners to church. Clive said he needs volunteer English teachers. 4 men have gotten jobs and 2 women. Church did start at High and Lovett Sts, Rangeville Community Church's old property. The building was "Bethel Hall" at Lovett St. In High St the building was on the southern side of the property and was in the middle of the 3 buildings but the one at end, closest to Lovett St was taken away in 2005 (as part of the deal of selling their former property, Rangeville Community Church asked for their original Methodist church to be kept for their new land). As of start of 2007 church shifted to Laurel Bank Park Hall. Clive preaches 3 times weekly in aged care facilities in 2007/ 2008.
* Clive goes witnessing with Les Lord from Bridge Church 2- 3 times per week in shopping centres.
* Clive has written a large well quoted web site called www.apostasyrevealed.com describing the universal fallen church.
* Clive Smith regularly writes articles about his church for "Church Word", (about 8 churches write each Saturday in a column of the Toowoomba Chronicle).
* Clive Smith has operated as a evangelist with all denominations throughout Pakistan mostly for weeks at a time over a 10 year period of missions work. He has taken several Australians with him on his mission trips. Clive is Scripturally divorced as his non church going wife left him. Over a decade ago. He has grown up children. He is open to re-marriage but is happy to remain single.
11. TIME THERE AND DATE OF RESEARCH of religion: (Editor has never visited. Editor has heard Clive Smith preach 5 times.)
12. Length of service in religion: Allow 2 hours.
13. Directories of this and other churches service times: 10am Sunday’s.
14. Preacher (Pastor or priest or minister): REV DR CLIVE SMITH.
15. Feeling of religious building: -.
16. Directory estimate style of cults or Christian belief in Jesus Christ: Pentecostal teaching with an evangelical twist. Explains parables. Is open to all churches. Does not follow any particular major leader.
17. Dress code so as not to stand out: Casual to smart.
18. Directory how to get there: On Hill St between West and Clifford St.
1. # of people: Twenty.
2. Available chairs: 20 was at the school.
*3. Type of person: All came from caring occupations, Nurse, Music Ed, Residential
care.
4. Socio- Economic Status: Middle.
*5. Kids: Heaps. Half the church. Even 18 yo's were happy in church! An Adult
and Kid Sunday School went from 9am which was brilliant. Had a team spinning
wheel competition for points for guessing letters to bible phrase, kids songs
on CD. Had morning tea. 7 parents & 14 kids ages 2-18 all thoroughly enjoying
it.
6. Ages: 2-55.
7. Men: 50%
8. Offering: not given.
9. Late arrivals: 3.
*10. Interesting info: I traveled and searched for 6 months to find this
church! Often people ask me how I find all these churches. So, how did I find
this church? I knew they were once using the Seventh Day Adventist building
in Hume St for awhile but like many churches they don't advertise and don't
have a yellow page listing. I was at a shop asking directions for the church
but no one knew anything. I kept asking questions, being sure the church was
in a 4 block radius. An old friend came into the shop. They said "Actually,
co-incidentally in my rubbish here I have a hand written contact number from
that church. You have it." Also, half the church are Papuans and there
is a Papuan home group. Retired Pastor Gavin Thompson comes up from Brisbane
to help guide. Had morning tea after church. The Nazarene church are very missionary
minded.
11. Date & Time spent: 29/10/00 8.55am-12.30pm.
12. When service finished. 11.40am.
13. This & other service times: None.
14. Preacher: Michael Schmidt in 2006. (Was none in 2000.)
15. Feeling: Warm, friendly.
**16. Their belief: Potential intern Pastor studied Rheema Townsville
and is not spirit filled but has asked God for the gift. Allowed to raise hands
in church but not speak in tongues, only privately. Known Pentecostals do exist
here. Interestingly they believe in Infant baptism due to Methodist roots and
in full immersion due to Church of Christ roots!
**In 1908 the Methodists and Church of Christ united to form the Church
of Nazarene which are in 130 countries and some 14 in Qld. Identical doctrine
to Wesleyan Methodists. Difference is the way it's governed.
17. Dress code: Casual.
1 . NUMBER OF PEOPLE: 5.
2. NUMBER OF CHAIRS: 5.
3. Type of person: Liberal minded Anglicans.
4. Socio-Economic Status: -.
5. Amount of kids: 0.
6. Ages of people: Mostly older retirees.
7. 20% are men. 1 man, 4 women.
8. Weekly offering published: $10 given in an open bowl.
9. Lateness of people getting to church: -.
*10. Any other interesting information: This would be the most liberal as
well as the most new age group I have came across in the entire web site.
The Anglican Hospital chaplain first lead a meditation session using "Angel"
cards (bought from a non - Christian "Angel" shop on Margaret St.
Called "Messages from your Angels" by Doreen Virtue). We each had
to pick a large card from a fan of them on the table. Mine had a picture of
an Angel and it said her name was "Indriel" (not a biblical name)
and the short message was along the lines of "God needs you to shine your
light on the earth." While listing to a compact disk called "The Sounding
of Cristal" by Igor Sk. We then had to meditate on this for 2 minutes and
then share what we had "received." Then we had to meditate for one
minute on the sounds we could hear and share what these meant. Also, Stephanie
Francis was following a book called "Sadhana. Way to God." We then
had a supper for 30 minutes. We then did a study on a book which said words
like "Spirituality is 70,000 years old but formalised religion is only
4,500 years old." And "Patriarchal consciousness is when you believe
there is one way in religion, politics or life..." The author was Diarmuid
O'Murchu by Gateway publishers. Another lady said she was going to lead the
next sudy in Keltic spiritual belief who believe very much in nature. Stephanie
said she went to St Bartholemews Anglican and said "Pastor Richard is very
conservative and I am very liberal so we are often at blows."
11. TIME THERE AND DATE OF VISIT: 30 March 2003 5pm- 8.30pm.
12. Length of service: 2hr 15 mins. 5pm- 7.15pm.
13. This and other service times: 5pm fortnightly.
14. Preacher: Anglican Hospital chaplain Stephanie Francis - Wickham. (Professional
name is "Stephanie Francis.") (She's married to a Mr Wickham 3/2003.)
(Is from Adelaide in 2000 and is re-married.)
15. Feeling of building: OK.
16. Estimate style of belief: Liberal/ New Age. All Charismatics and other Christians
as well feel that the "New Age" belief is heresy, that it's completely
wrong. That it should never be "entwined" with Christianity as it's
a different belief all together, that it should be rooted out.
17. Dress code so as not to stand out: Casual to smart.
18. How to get there: Travel along Drayton Rd, go past the bridge, turn right
into Colvin St, turn left at Cambooya St until Beatrice St.
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