For God, so Loved the World...
LGBT™ ...An Inclusive Ministry that's here for All People.
What about the next part that says, ...that He gave His only begotten Son, that "Whosoever" believeth on Him, should not perish, but have ever lasting life. (John 3:16) This is perhaps the most memorized and quoted scripture on the planet, yet people don't "be-leave." People choose to fit those words (believe and have everlasting life) to their own personal values, beliefs, ideologies, prejudice, hate and judgment. So because a person says they believe, without any real evidence, they assume they will have everlasting life, or go to heaven. Yet, live a life that constantly affirm the influence and will of the devil. A person can not work their way into Heaven by doing good deeds. It's not by works Beloved, it's by Grace! God's Grace that we are delivered from dying and given an un-earned ticket to heaven.
If you study this popular scripture, you will learn that the word perish does not mean, vanish or die a physical death now. The word perish or die, comes from the Hebrew beyom (in the day) along with the idiomatic expression, mot tamut (dying you shall die). It's just like our western human phrase, "For the day you do, you’re a dead man.” The expression, “you’re a dead man” or “you’re dead!” is a modern day idiom indicating that someone is destined to die. He’s not yet dead, but his fate is sealed. It’s become a certainty.
What we can learn after studying this popular scripture deeper, is that perish, refers to; separation from the life that was originally designed for man (a life of perfection where they were not to see death.) After Adam's disobedience, a death sentence was pronounced and declared. People who continually practice sin, separate themselves from God. It is certain that mankind would live a life doomed for death. Jesus came to do away with Spiritual separation from God and restore mankind to eternal Life with God by "Faith" according to Romans 10:9-10. Once a person "Believes" and accepts Jesus, they are "Born Again" and the influence of the flesh no longer control their impulses and actions. Beloved, this means they don't practice sin! Yes, Believers are human. We've inherited a sin nature through Adam's transgression and constantly find ourselves battling with doing the right thing (avoiding sin.)
Believing and accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, pushes one towards living Godly. You actually want to, and try to live right daily, and when you miss it in your humanity, you quickly repent and ask God to forgive you... not to return to, nor continue in that which you've turned away from. God says, if we confess our sins, or come to Him humbly contrite, asking His forgiveness, He is Faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness! I like the itemized version of what God says in 2 Chronicles 7:14. [Read at your convenience.]
Funny thing about having an Inclusive Church Environment... and yes, some people do come, just to test the veracity of our loving, non-judgemental, Inclusive Culture. Let me tell you Beloved, if this is you, please save yourself the embarassment and the waisted trip, because you will stand out like a sore thumb! We won't harass you but we will notice you and invite you to a unique treat, prepared just for our doubters.
f8thHOUSE is very serious about the lives of All Marginalized Groups and People.
That said, we aren't by any means condoning "sin" within f8thHOUSE Campuses or meeting venues, held anywhere, by our Members or Staff. Like any Church, sin is the culprit and that is the one thing we do not endorse here in f8thHOUSE. We are adamant that all God's People should have the opportunity to work out their own soul salvation. Like you, everyone should be able to go into a Church, repent, get saved, praise God and fellowship among other Believers with out being judged. It's bad enough being Marginalized by society because you're different Beloved! Guess what? In f8thHOUSE, we're all simply the same!
As in any traditional Church, a sensible person just would not disrespect the Church by going naked, dressed in daisy dukes, bikinis or swim suits, spandex, muscle gear, shirtless, bare feet, caps or only in underwear. You would not bring weapons, pornographic material, radios, promotional material, opposing religious beliefs, work tools, cameras, video recorders, board games, water balloons or even have their cell phone volumes turned up while in Church.
The same reigns true for how people act in Church. Good people just don't come to Church acting un-becoming, un-Godly, or un-ruly. They don't curse, yell or disrupt the service. Good people don't go into Church, making out, rubbing or touching one another with sexual under tones, passing phone numbers or soliciting Members.
This is just a short list of common taboos that people just know not to do in Church.
f8thHOUSE is not far removed from those expectations and more. We operate on a higher level and plane here at f8thHOUSE Ministries. f8thBELIEVERS operate in excellence! Every Member, Guest and Visitor are held to the high standard of Worship... Honoring, Blessing and Praising God!
Of course, first and foremost, we go to Church to get our Spiritual needs met. Let me preface that fact by saying; "there's not a soul in the HOUSE who can separate the simultaneous organic passion we express daily, blessing one another and others through our unique Pay-8-Forward and 4s Cultures." Our objective and second nature is always to that end, one of perpetual organic Blessing. Really, you should see and experience this in action...! It's an Inescapable Perpetuation of Generosity, highly contagious and simply beautiful! We DO NOT, at ANY TIME, judge others because they are different. That being said, we, do not flaunt our differences , use our differences to gain sympathy or to receive special consideration. Every Member empathize as MisFiT and Misunderstood Masterpieces™.
All we ask, like any Church, is for our Members and Guest, to Respect and Honor God. Just like they expect people to respect and honor them. Anytime our Members and Guest come together, the expectation is honor and respect, remember, we are different... it's who we are and how we act, contrary to what society think, say or believe "RECEPTED" individuals to "be!" We recognize that f8thHOUSE is a sanctuary and sometimes, a shelter for people trying to figure things out in their lives. Sometimes we attract people who try to test or interrupt the system and that happens sometime, in hospitals. However, there are those who ardently hate the premise of any Godly lifestyle of "inclusion" or the sight of anyone or any Group loving their neighbors as themselves! Let me say, our Staff is highly trained on recognizing such disruptions and will kindly help you to a private area where our Ministers can assist you with the personal influences that may have lead you to act out of character. (They will also give you a special treat for choosing to visit our HOUSE.)
That is why this critical Ministry was created. LGBT™ was named and appropriately created by God. He spoke clearly in a Vision to our Founder about this Outreach, describing in detail how to create and develop this unique Ministry.
Like most who stumble upon this page, at first glance upon the name, one would think it's an exclusive "Gay" Ministry but it is not Beloved. LGBT is a Ministry that's focused on improving the Personal lives of "All" wounded, hurt and damaged people who have been bullied, ostracized, forgotten, rejected and Marginalized, just because they're different. At the same time, LGBT is designed to help challenged Believers easily acclimate to our infectious Inclusive Culture. Every candidate learns through this orientation, how to "Let Got Be True" in their everyday lives. (Rom 3:4) Yes, LGBT is in the Bible and is the catalyst towards incredible New Beginnings!
This is but yet the first step to becoming a productive Member of f8thHOUSE Ministry's Inclusive Culture.
There are a lot of people who want to be a part of f8thHOUSE Ministry's LGBT Community for obvious reasons and ultimately end up missing the whole point of our Inclusive Culture. Just imagine what would happen if the obvious were so... you already have a Group of different People, who have been singled out by society and the Church... If this were an exclusive Ministry for the LGBTQ Community, we would then be guilty of Marginalizing yet another Group within an already Marginalized Group. That's not God at all Beloved!
LGBT™ was actually created to orient and prepare individuals for the unique nuances of an Inclusive Culture. If you're not a "Rudolf", organically... you might feel a little out of place in an environment where everyone's equal and striving to work out their own soul salvation, we just have no time to judge or point fingers at one another. You shouldn't either, if your heart is right and you truly love helping people win in life. In that case, f8thHOUSE will be a perfect home for you. As quiet as it's kept, those individual's private, secret sins are worst than the rejected people they're judging. Oooooops, I'm sorry, not trying to point you or anyone out, but you know the saying, if the shoe fits...!
You know, "Rudolf" couldn't pull the sleigh alone. Without a Team of reindeer, the sled would have never left the ground. Everyone in f8thHOUSE aren't Rudolfs Beloved, some are supporting reindeer or Team Members who help Rudolfs discover and move in Purpose. "Rudolfs" are special Misunderstood Masterpieces, who undoubtedly had it harder than others. Most times deeply... wounded, hurt, bullied, ostracized, forgotten, rejected and Marginalized for being different from those very others, sometimes their closest friends, family members and peers.
The Expectation
We have a pretty solid, three point curriculum that highlights key areas, which strategically awaken and prepare potential Members to the realities of being a part of a truly Inclusive Spiritual Culture. It addresses; what to expect, what we expect and how to expect Miraculous moves from God that expose people to unexplainable possibilities through Faith and Belief. Our three points of Expectation rest within these three pillars...
• Why it was established.
• How it meets the needs of All People.
• The glue that sticks everyone together.
1. Why Established
LGBT™ was established to give hope and direction to the Rudolfs of the world... The forgotten, ostracized, bullied,
rejected and unique MisFiTs of society, often excluded by Churches because of their differences. It also serves
to orient and prepare individuals to easily FiT into the unique nuances of our contagious Inclusive Culture.
2. Meeting the Needs
LGBT™ meets the needs of all people by first accepting and understanding the unique differences of those people.
This strengthens our bonds through Specialized Diversity Lessons that actually benefit every Member. Learning
and Teaching unique Cultural practices among different Groups, empowers the whole and forges an "E Pluribus
Unum" Family. This familiar Latin phrase means, "Out of Many, One."
3. Glue That Sticks
This final pillar is perhaps the binding mixture that permanently snaps these human fixtures together, to form an
ensemble of harmonic souls perfectly FiT for God's service. Once everyone comes to the realization that they're
all actually the same... The "E Pluribus Unum" kinship is formed. When different types of MisFiTs finally see one
another as a Gallery Of Misunderstood Masterpieces, they instantly see the value within their brethren and come
to accept one's individually wrapped package of differences. This is done by attending LGBT (Let God Be
True) Orientation. They can choose to attend one of two classes, either; three Sunday morning, forty-five minute
classes (known as f8thUP™) or one, eight hour Saturday class. After completion, each graduate is given a
certificate, our proprietary membership pin and extended our right hand of Fellowship, becoming an
Official f8thCRUSADER™.
Congratulations, you have just completed our unique "Let God Be True" (LGBT), New Member's Class.
If you study this popular scripture, you will learn that the word perish does not mean, vanish or die a physical death now. The word perish or die, comes from the Hebrew beyom (in the day) along with the idiomatic expression, mot tamut (dying you shall die). It's just like our western human phrase, "For the day you do, you’re a dead man.” The expression, “you’re a dead man” or “you’re dead!” is a modern day idiom indicating that someone is destined to die. He’s not yet dead, but his fate is sealed. It’s become a certainty.
What we can learn after studying this popular scripture deeper, is that perish, refers to; separation from the life that was originally designed for man (a life of perfection where they were not to see death.) After Adam's disobedience, a death sentence was pronounced and declared. People who continually practice sin, separate themselves from God. It is certain that mankind would live a life doomed for death. Jesus came to do away with Spiritual separation from God and restore mankind to eternal Life with God by "Faith" according to Romans 10:9-10. Once a person "Believes" and accepts Jesus, they are "Born Again" and the influence of the flesh no longer control their impulses and actions. Beloved, this means they don't practice sin! Yes, Believers are human. We've inherited a sin nature through Adam's transgression and constantly find ourselves battling with doing the right thing (avoiding sin.)
Believing and accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, pushes one towards living Godly. You actually want to, and try to live right daily, and when you miss it in your humanity, you quickly repent and ask God to forgive you... not to return to, nor continue in that which you've turned away from. God says, if we confess our sins, or come to Him humbly contrite, asking His forgiveness, He is Faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness! I like the itemized version of what God says in 2 Chronicles 7:14. [Read at your convenience.]
Funny thing about having an Inclusive Church Environment... and yes, some people do come, just to test the veracity of our loving, non-judgemental, Inclusive Culture. Let me tell you Beloved, if this is you, please save yourself the embarassment and the waisted trip, because you will stand out like a sore thumb! We won't harass you but we will notice you and invite you to a unique treat, prepared just for our doubters.
f8thHOUSE is very serious about the lives of All Marginalized Groups and People.
That said, we aren't by any means condoning "sin" within f8thHOUSE Campuses or meeting venues, held anywhere, by our Members or Staff. Like any Church, sin is the culprit and that is the one thing we do not endorse here in f8thHOUSE. We are adamant that all God's People should have the opportunity to work out their own soul salvation. Like you, everyone should be able to go into a Church, repent, get saved, praise God and fellowship among other Believers with out being judged. It's bad enough being Marginalized by society because you're different Beloved! Guess what? In f8thHOUSE, we're all simply the same!
As in any traditional Church, a sensible person just would not disrespect the Church by going naked, dressed in daisy dukes, bikinis or swim suits, spandex, muscle gear, shirtless, bare feet, caps or only in underwear. You would not bring weapons, pornographic material, radios, promotional material, opposing religious beliefs, work tools, cameras, video recorders, board games, water balloons or even have their cell phone volumes turned up while in Church.
The same reigns true for how people act in Church. Good people just don't come to Church acting un-becoming, un-Godly, or un-ruly. They don't curse, yell or disrupt the service. Good people don't go into Church, making out, rubbing or touching one another with sexual under tones, passing phone numbers or soliciting Members.
This is just a short list of common taboos that people just know not to do in Church.
f8thHOUSE is not far removed from those expectations and more. We operate on a higher level and plane here at f8thHOUSE Ministries. f8thBELIEVERS operate in excellence! Every Member, Guest and Visitor are held to the high standard of Worship... Honoring, Blessing and Praising God!
Of course, first and foremost, we go to Church to get our Spiritual needs met. Let me preface that fact by saying; "there's not a soul in the HOUSE who can separate the simultaneous organic passion we express daily, blessing one another and others through our unique Pay-8-Forward and 4s Cultures." Our objective and second nature is always to that end, one of perpetual organic Blessing. Really, you should see and experience this in action...! It's an Inescapable Perpetuation of Generosity, highly contagious and simply beautiful! We DO NOT, at ANY TIME, judge others because they are different. That being said, we, do not flaunt our differences , use our differences to gain sympathy or to receive special consideration. Every Member empathize as MisFiT and Misunderstood Masterpieces™.
All we ask, like any Church, is for our Members and Guest, to Respect and Honor God. Just like they expect people to respect and honor them. Anytime our Members and Guest come together, the expectation is honor and respect, remember, we are different... it's who we are and how we act, contrary to what society think, say or believe "RECEPTED" individuals to "be!" We recognize that f8thHOUSE is a sanctuary and sometimes, a shelter for people trying to figure things out in their lives. Sometimes we attract people who try to test or interrupt the system and that happens sometime, in hospitals. However, there are those who ardently hate the premise of any Godly lifestyle of "inclusion" or the sight of anyone or any Group loving their neighbors as themselves! Let me say, our Staff is highly trained on recognizing such disruptions and will kindly help you to a private area where our Ministers can assist you with the personal influences that may have lead you to act out of character. (They will also give you a special treat for choosing to visit our HOUSE.)
That is why this critical Ministry was created. LGBT™ was named and appropriately created by God. He spoke clearly in a Vision to our Founder about this Outreach, describing in detail how to create and develop this unique Ministry.
Like most who stumble upon this page, at first glance upon the name, one would think it's an exclusive "Gay" Ministry but it is not Beloved. LGBT is a Ministry that's focused on improving the Personal lives of "All" wounded, hurt and damaged people who have been bullied, ostracized, forgotten, rejected and Marginalized, just because they're different. At the same time, LGBT is designed to help challenged Believers easily acclimate to our infectious Inclusive Culture. Every candidate learns through this orientation, how to "Let Got Be True" in their everyday lives. (Rom 3:4) Yes, LGBT is in the Bible and is the catalyst towards incredible New Beginnings!
This is but yet the first step to becoming a productive Member of f8thHOUSE Ministry's Inclusive Culture.
There are a lot of people who want to be a part of f8thHOUSE Ministry's LGBT Community for obvious reasons and ultimately end up missing the whole point of our Inclusive Culture. Just imagine what would happen if the obvious were so... you already have a Group of different People, who have been singled out by society and the Church... If this were an exclusive Ministry for the LGBTQ Community, we would then be guilty of Marginalizing yet another Group within an already Marginalized Group. That's not God at all Beloved!
LGBT™ was actually created to orient and prepare individuals for the unique nuances of an Inclusive Culture. If you're not a "Rudolf", organically... you might feel a little out of place in an environment where everyone's equal and striving to work out their own soul salvation, we just have no time to judge or point fingers at one another. You shouldn't either, if your heart is right and you truly love helping people win in life. In that case, f8thHOUSE will be a perfect home for you. As quiet as it's kept, those individual's private, secret sins are worst than the rejected people they're judging. Oooooops, I'm sorry, not trying to point you or anyone out, but you know the saying, if the shoe fits...!
You know, "Rudolf" couldn't pull the sleigh alone. Without a Team of reindeer, the sled would have never left the ground. Everyone in f8thHOUSE aren't Rudolfs Beloved, some are supporting reindeer or Team Members who help Rudolfs discover and move in Purpose. "Rudolfs" are special Misunderstood Masterpieces, who undoubtedly had it harder than others. Most times deeply... wounded, hurt, bullied, ostracized, forgotten, rejected and Marginalized for being different from those very others, sometimes their closest friends, family members and peers.
The Expectation
We have a pretty solid, three point curriculum that highlights key areas, which strategically awaken and prepare potential Members to the realities of being a part of a truly Inclusive Spiritual Culture. It addresses; what to expect, what we expect and how to expect Miraculous moves from God that expose people to unexplainable possibilities through Faith and Belief. Our three points of Expectation rest within these three pillars...
• Why it was established.
• How it meets the needs of All People.
• The glue that sticks everyone together.
1. Why Established
LGBT™ was established to give hope and direction to the Rudolfs of the world... The forgotten, ostracized, bullied,
rejected and unique MisFiTs of society, often excluded by Churches because of their differences. It also serves
to orient and prepare individuals to easily FiT into the unique nuances of our contagious Inclusive Culture.
2. Meeting the Needs
LGBT™ meets the needs of all people by first accepting and understanding the unique differences of those people.
This strengthens our bonds through Specialized Diversity Lessons that actually benefit every Member. Learning
and Teaching unique Cultural practices among different Groups, empowers the whole and forges an "E Pluribus
Unum" Family. This familiar Latin phrase means, "Out of Many, One."
3. Glue That Sticks
This final pillar is perhaps the binding mixture that permanently snaps these human fixtures together, to form an
ensemble of harmonic souls perfectly FiT for God's service. Once everyone comes to the realization that they're
all actually the same... The "E Pluribus Unum" kinship is formed. When different types of MisFiTs finally see one
another as a Gallery Of Misunderstood Masterpieces, they instantly see the value within their brethren and come
to accept one's individually wrapped package of differences. This is done by attending LGBT (Let God Be
True) Orientation. They can choose to attend one of two classes, either; three Sunday morning, forty-five minute
classes (known as f8thUP™) or one, eight hour Saturday class. After completion, each graduate is given a
certificate, our proprietary membership pin and extended our right hand of Fellowship, becoming an
Official f8thCRUSADER™.
Congratulations, you have just completed our unique "Let God Be True" (LGBT), New Member's Class.
Though most people say, that sounds cool and they would love to be a part of a Church that doesn't judge people, some just can't get past their personal hangups, bias, prejudice or judgments. In most cases, inherited from family or peers. Of course, mature individuals have no excuse for making bias choices that go against the Love of God towards others. What about the greater sin, of judging others without reprisal? I'm just saying! One thing everyone loves about f8thHOUSE is the overwhelming, never ending, reckless love of God duplicated by our Members toward every living, breathing human being, unbiased and unapologetic. It's very thick and quite infectious. One of the things you'll probably recognize when visiting our Campus, are people wearing wristbands that read... "WDDTH." These letters define the acronym; "We Don't Do That Here." Our Founder and Pastor, is so passionate about non-judgement and inclusion that he created this cultic practice... checking and self policing one another to prevent gossip, murmuring, hearsay and rumors. Whenever a Believer hears or is approached by another speaking divisive anything... they just reach over in a light tone, whispery saying; "We Don't Do That Here." With the intention of creating a culture of non-judgement, Pastor Dan reminds us through various sermons the Christ like lifestyle demonstrated by Jesus Himself during His walk among us here on earth. It's an amazing thing to behold– seeing so many in unison towards non-judgmental inclusion. You'll have to visit f8thHOUSE, to Experience this awesome Spirit of love and "oneness." The most important part of our unique Culture is how The Holy Spirit moves freely with many Miracles, Signs and Wonders following... whenever and wherever services are held. It's literally about meeting the needs of others throughout f8thHOUSES anywhere in the world!
Lives are actually being improved, turned around and changed for the good! Personal needs are being met, new jobs are found, financial blessings appear miraculously, sickness... completely healed, people receiving homes, families restored, members receiving and driving the cars of their dreams... completely paid for, and people forgiving others for any and all manner of offenses in an organic, natural and common fashion. It's a different kind of Church with a different and unique Inclusive Culture. And even with all the good that comes out of f8thHOUSE Ministries, there are still those who still, just don't get it. They have personal hang ups that they just can't get past and it blocks them from experiencing their Greatest "them." Something our Members wouldn't trade for anything.
It may come as a surprise, but not everyone completes this class... That's because not everyone is FiT for an environment of Inclusion, and that's ok Beloved. Even though many adopt and find f8thHOUSE to be quite the asset and an incredible addition to their lives, there are a small number of people who will never FiT in. Not because of The Beautiful Masterpieces that call f8thHOUSE, Home, but because of their own personally wrapped and adopted value package of exclusive differences that they've yet to understand, condemn, abandon or change.
FYI: That exclusive, evil attitude is the reason people go on to live un-fulfilled lives, full of troubles. (Psalms 88:3)
This isn't true for those who love God and strive to live Godly towards others. (Psalms 34:14-17)
Lives are actually being improved, turned around and changed for the good! Personal needs are being met, new jobs are found, financial blessings appear miraculously, sickness... completely healed, people receiving homes, families restored, members receiving and driving the cars of their dreams... completely paid for, and people forgiving others for any and all manner of offenses in an organic, natural and common fashion. It's a different kind of Church with a different and unique Inclusive Culture. And even with all the good that comes out of f8thHOUSE Ministries, there are still those who still, just don't get it. They have personal hang ups that they just can't get past and it blocks them from experiencing their Greatest "them." Something our Members wouldn't trade for anything.
It may come as a surprise, but not everyone completes this class... That's because not everyone is FiT for an environment of Inclusion, and that's ok Beloved. Even though many adopt and find f8thHOUSE to be quite the asset and an incredible addition to their lives, there are a small number of people who will never FiT in. Not because of The Beautiful Masterpieces that call f8thHOUSE, Home, but because of their own personally wrapped and adopted value package of exclusive differences that they've yet to understand, condemn, abandon or change.
FYI: That exclusive, evil attitude is the reason people go on to live un-fulfilled lives, full of troubles. (Psalms 88:3)
This isn't true for those who love God and strive to live Godly towards others. (Psalms 34:14-17)