MCF (Melbourne Christian Fellowship) and BCF (Brisbane Christian Fellowship), you were a standard bearer in the modern day return-to-Biblical teachings move, despite your earlier cultish ways. Come back to Scripture! Give up Vic Hall’s heresies which are simply not in the Bible. We implore you. We miss you. The Body of Christ needs you. ForContinue reading “So, what are we saying MCF?”
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I am Truman
I realized today, or re-realized it, that I am Truman from the movie The Truman Show. The show about the poor guy, played by Jim Carey, who is living his entire life in a reality TV show. And he’s the only one that doesn’t know. Don’t worry, I’m not going delusional. I don’t have TrumanContinue reading “I am Truman”
How the cult of 1992 actually began
The cultish new theology all began, as far as I can remember, with a new emphasis on Headship, Family Order and a seemingly innocuous little booklet on Abraham and Sarah from Vic Hall. We had just been doing ‘fatherhood’ with the interim regime for three or four years and it seemed like the next step.Continue reading “How the cult of 1992 actually began”
The cult of MCF: Part II (post-1992)
The pre-1992 period at MCF (Melbourne Christian Fellowship) and BCF (Brisbane CF) was characterised by a wonderful restorationist word, originated by William Offiler (USA) and tested academically by Jeff Hammond (Melbourne), albeit delivered to us by a less-than fully multiple eldership and a womanizing top dog whom was unmasked in 1988. What happened next wasContinue reading “The cult of MCF: Part II (post-1992)”
The cult of MCF: Part I (pre-1992)
There was always something cultish about MCF. For us plebs inside we rationalized it in two or three ways: (1) about the commitment level: as simply ‘taking a stand’ for Christ, or about the stories of control, shunning or womanizing, (2) we didn’t believe the stories or (3) just accepted that nothing’s perfect. But pre-1992,Continue reading “The cult of MCF: Part I (pre-1992)”
What it was REALLY like at MCF
I’ve already blogged about what we went through but I’ve only begun to pour out what it really felt like. Firstly, you couldn’t find a more committed congregation than MCF (Melbourne Christian Fellowship). Lovely people. At every event. Every Bible Study. Every working bee. Great camaraderie. Great culture. Except we were all hideously constrained. WeContinue reading “What it was REALLY like at MCF”
So what was the new MCF theology?
The new theology, under Vic Hall, at Melbourne Christian Fellowship (MCF) was essentially a huge over-reaction to ‘dead works’ (Heb 6), i.e. works one does of one’s own volition that may or may not be perfectly in-line with God’s will. The over-reaction was to make everyone seek God’s face via an elder. On almost anything.Continue reading “So what was the new MCF theology?”
What do I mean about a ‘Satanic-level of inactivity’?
I claim there’s a Satanic-level of inactivity going on at MCF/BCF. What I’m alluding to is the fact that no one there has any plans. Seriously. Yes, they find activities that are kosher. Like endless sport and holidays. But starting a business or stewarding a ministry is like living in a communist country. At ourContinue reading “What do I mean about a ‘Satanic-level of inactivity’?”
How hurtful was it?
Some of you must be thinking how silly this all is. Well, it isn’t. We were taught, at MCF (Melbourne Christian Fellowship), gradually, like lobsters boiling alive, that we had to give up all prerogatives. Anything that could be an idol. Of course we all immediately assumed it was the very thing we loved. SessionContinue reading “How hurtful was it?”
Why am I blogging this?
As I mentioned in an answer to PW’s comment, I feel a need to NOT have this just ‘forgotten and swept under the carpet’. I have indeed lost the best 25 years of my life. I can never be young again. Yes I have a family and am now happy in a new church. ButContinue reading “Why am I blogging this?”
Open Letter to Melbourne Christian Fellowship (MCF) 