Gloriavale: A Christian Witness In The World

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Are they really christian? How do we judge their authenticity? Is it a safe environment? Are they practicing and living and authentic and safe christian life? How are they actually being a Christian witness in the world? Due to the reasonings behind the Gloriavale Christian community, it may look like it is a negative place to be living despite what has been said about current leader Neville Cooper. A former member of Gloriavale admits that girls have put on weight from being expected and strained to fast, also by being verbally abused by their leaders. The Ben Canaan family living together in Timaru have exceptionally been under severe inspection after past members of Gloriavale come forward with allegations of physical punishments, sexual abuse and brainwashing of …show more content…

They pray to God as Jesus taught, and do this regularly to show the honour the groups have for him. They also do this for God to forgive their sins, in which some Churches have specific readings to their Priests for them to have been forgiven by God. This shows the communication that Christians and the Gloriavale community have with God by praying, meaning that are in one with God and that he is understandable to anything. Christians live according to the teachings of Jesus, showing that they follow him. These teachings are to love God above all, to love others as ourselves, to forgive our enemies, to care for the poor and lowly, and to treat all people as brothers and sisters. The people living within the Gloriavale community also feel a similar way about Jesus’ teachings due to living to the standards of Jesus and to obey him. They believe that God is above everything and that for God to trust in people as individuals they will need to abide everything he does

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