Saturday, October 3, 2015

Interesting observations from the Post article on pastor Olive's 'Common Ground' church (now our community joke)

If the selection of jokes from last night is any indication it's going to entertaining following the follies of pastor Olive and his 'Common Ground' (no 's') church. If you didn't hear, he is moving his 'Recovery' church into a bar, the Bamboo Room in downtown Lake Worth. This is NOT A JOKE. It's the absolute truth. He's going to put up a sheet so his flock can't see the bar stocked with liquors, spirits, mixers, and cold beer. A sheet. Again, this is NOT A JOKE.
Remember church service attendees: Stay behind the curtain and don't forget to tip your server.
Before I continue, here is the broad and eclectic adult beverage selection at the Bamboo Room. If you would like to rent the venue for weddings, anniversaries, or any other special event use this link to get more information. The Bamboo Room is an iconic Lake Worth establishment and we're all excited to have them back up and featuring live music once again.

You can follow the Bamboo Room on Twitter; click on the Follow icon in the Tweet below:
Here is the Post article by Kevin Thompson. The owner of the Bamboo Room has this to say about pastor Olive having church services in the venue:
“Let’s face it, we’re a nightclub and most of his people are in rehab or just getting out of it,” Minton [David Minton, the club’s managing partner] said.
And. . .
     It took about three weeks, with the club owners — on a handshake deal [emphasis added] — agreeing to rent the space for $450 every Sunday, — a 50 percent discount from what is normally paid.
     “I know they don’t have a lot of money and I wanted to help them out,” Minton said.
Now it gets really interesting:
     At the time [of the 'War on Jesus'], Olive had said it appeared churches were being singled out and was quoted as saying Lake Worth wasn’t tolerant of Christians living a public life downtown.
     Olive now downplays what happened.
     “All those problems are behind us now,” he said.
Go to the 1:20 mark in the video below and learn about the "targeting [of Christians] in Lake Worth, FL"; this video was published on March 11th as pastor Olive was ramping up his 'War on Jesus':
Just a month ago the 'War on Jesus' by pastor Olive was still on:
GOBA (Greater Orlando Baptist Assoc.) is pastor Olive's church "planting" partner.
An actual blog post in response to pastor Olive's silly claim of 'persecution'.
Think about all this as you look for a church to attend Sunday morning:
1 John 4:1—Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.