Church Hurt at its Worst

Artrelle Raydine Merriwether Hunter

Description

Chaplain Artrelle Raydine Merriwether Hunter’s book, Church Hurt at its Worst captures her personal hurt and betrayal at the hand of her childhood church and its leadership. Chaplain Hunter candidly shares what she saw and how it made her feel. Her conversational and unorthodox “in your face” manner will keep you riveted by the fact that she is a Chaplain who speaks “real talk” and uses “real language.” Church Hurt at its Worst doesn’t just blow the whistle on the house of God, it uplifts and teaches you through the word of God on how to overcome hurts inflicted by God’s people and how to forgive.”50 character min., 4,000 character max. Main description is preferred if only using one description

Sujets

• Betrayal
• Spirituality
• Hurt
• Church

Informations

• Publié par: True Perspective Publishing House
• Date de parution: 07 septembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781735027562
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

By Artrelle Raydine Merriwether Hunter
Copyright 2020 by
Artrelle Raydine Merriwether Hunter
Published in the United States of America
ISBN 978-1-7350275-4-8
All rights are reserved solely by the author. The author declares that the contents are original and do not infringe on the rights of any other person .
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form except with permission from the author .
All Scriptural references and quotations are taken from Bible Gateway/Bible hub versions - KJV, NKJV, NIV, ESV, AMP, AMPC, ASV, TLB, MSG, NLV, NLT, used by permission .
Acknowledgements
First giving Honor to my Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ who is my true everything. Had it not been for The Father, that gave His only begotten Son and through His love, His compassion, His grace and mercy, His peace, His joy, His strength, His salvation, His hope, His glory, His sacrifice, His blood, and knowing you for who you are; this day would not be possible. It is your Holy Spirit living in me and your Word in the scriptures that gives me life, ability, knowledge and wisdom that I can share and express my true hurt as you my God witnessed on Calvary. Through my living testimony as first a Christ seeker that others reconcile their lives back to the same cross that gives us life and gives it more abundantly than we can ever think or ask. So, I thank you matchless King-for being my bread of life that through it ALL, you are truly my ALL and ALL!!!
This book is dedicated To: My loving dear daughter: Lamenah Merriwether , my cornerstone and kind son: Lonnie Moses Merriwether , my beautiful mother: Julia Mae Merriwether and my concerned caring brother: Darryl Van Curtis Merriwether . My beautiful granddaughters, Laurelle (Ellie) Grace and LaShelle (Shellie) Faith Garcia , affectionately known as my Tinkys . Although none of you knew of my intent to write this book, I dedicate it to you for always supporting me, uplifting me and believing in me through all the hurt. You listened and heard my cries, saw the tears and you genuinely felt sorry and expressed that God will My pain was sometimes on the weight of your shoulders when Mama departed. I thank you for praying for me and adding to the peace that I needed. I love you all to life and I thank God for us being a part of each other. Our family circle will always be surrounded in and with the love of God.
A Personal Thank You
I thank God all the time-But I must publicly thank the person who made him known to me:
I honestly must say openly that I truly THANK the illustrious and esteemed Bishop Joseph Nathaniel Williams Sr.; Founder and Pastor of the Christ Church International of Jamaica, Queens, New York. I received my deliverance and became saved under your prophetic and prolific teachings and I am sorry that I left so prematurely in 2005. I never left or lost the fact that you made Jesus and the scriptures plain to me and that led me to a new life with Christ. I personally, professionally, privately and publicly Love Him. I never left the Word! So, Thank you awesome Man of God. I see you as a man of valor, distinction, Integrity, faith and most importantly, servant leader. It is by His grace and His mercy you introduced Him to me back in 1997 and I joined a great ministry under your leadership in 1998. You offered Romans 12:1-2. I pray your understanding and forgiveness that I was misled and did not stay. BUT PRAISE BE TO GOD I DID NOT STRAY FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT!!!
Ephesians 1:11-12 - In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory .
Just a few more scriptures that describe the character, your mindset, your attributes and a vessel and true and faithful servant. Blessed be the name of our God and God bless you Bishop!
Ephesians 4:11 - And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Isaiah 55:4 - Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people .
1 Timothy 5:17 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine .
Thank You
To Rev. Jose Torres , President of United Chaplains, State of New York for having a vision of Chaplaincy and to expand God s kingdom. You truly embody the teachings and the importance of being a chaplain for the people of God.
To Rev. William T. Armstead , Pastor of First Church of God in Christ, Queens, NY for operating as the clergy liaison for NYPD. Thank you for encouraging me to take a more active involvement in the 113th and also introducing my husband and I to the civilian police academy.
To the entire 113th Precinct for being a bridge of officers in every capacity and in every unit-I can t list each name independently but you all know who you are. You are not just about the uniform or blue but about community change, diversity and putting the people first. Your first line is to help. That is so greatly appreciated. If I may say especially to my dearest Det. Tanya Duhaney (Community affairs advocate) you are the pillar of what it means to go above and beyond.
To my sistah Tracie Michelle , you are my family, my friend and confidant. I extend to you my most vigorous thanks for first encouraging me for so long to write and put my story out there. You have inspired me so much and I truly thank you ever so much. As an author of so many books, I appreciate that push and how you inspired me with Godly wisdom, pure family friendship and most of all love.
To my dearest Dorothy N. McCain , accomplished author and entrepreneur, I thank you because as your book came out, I was already in the process of writing. Speaking with you further inspired me and you shared how I should pursue and complete my story as well. That was touching and moving.
To my brotha Minister Neal Wright , first for being a true and longtime old friend from when we were kids. You have believed in me for oh so long and you have told me time and time again, write your book, preach God s word, and always study His Word/Bible. You have taught me kingdom values and shared your capacity of ministry and from the bottom of my heart I appreciate your kind and caring spirit and most of all your brotherly love for me and the God we serve. I can hear you my sister just do it .
To my friend for life Rev. Patricia Williams , I can t even begin to express the gratitude I have for our friendship and journey together. We ve been friends from knee high and you ve allowed me becoming your child s godmother. But the gift that God has placed on your life is exemplary. What can I say, you knew this even before I saw it coming? Bless you my love and thank you most of all for always being there always listening always understanding and always saying, continue on Gods path.
To my bestie, Susan Ann Bobian of 50 years since knee high toddlers. We ve been through a lot, the fire, the storms and survived it ALL. Thank you for believing, entrusting, and buying me my first pair of red bottom shoes and told me I want you to preach in these! I did that October; there are so many things I can thank you for; so let me thank you now for everything. You have been a true and righteous friend. Who can ask for a better one? One Love Sue Bee! I simply love you to life and know I love you endlessly.
Family Value
Family is forever, I thank God for all of you; and being a part of Merriwether, McCain, Foster, and Hunter! Love you ALL .
I just simply need to thank my loving aunt who offered me Jesus in 1996, and told me that nobody and no-one would or could ever change me other than Jesus. You said so come on and go to church with me and I did. Shortly after, I attended my first women s conference with you and there is where I experienced a real breakthrough. Gaynelle Merriwether you were absolutely right! And I will never forget it! Thank you and may God continue to spare you! I sincerely thank each one of you with all my heart and with all my love and with all of Christ Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!
A Humble Thank You
To The Church congregants/members. Thank you always for your love, gracious and kind support down through the years. How you would turn out in numbers when I preach. You would show up at any event to always support me with words of encouragement. To my dearest Spiritual mother - you know who you are - a Jesus gem, thank you lovely and godly lady. I can go on with a list of so many of you and you know it. I believe each of you know who you are, and how much I truly love you ALL. To those who I have had the pleasure serving with on the Compassionate Ministry Team, thank you for sharing the same compassionate God!
Expressions
To the nurturing Pastor Sean Cort and his company , True Perspective Publishing Hous e . I truly cannot thank you enough for your insight and your professional expertise. Your concepts and the context you brought into making this project happen was outstanding. This would not have been possible without your effortless passion, assistance and awesome work in bringing this to pass. I just thank God for the late esteemed Bishop Williams for this connection and wonderful introduction.
A Special Thank You
Richard S. Hunter : To my God fearing, kind loving husband of 14 plus years and the best man known to God that one woman could love for the past 20 years. Thank you for choosing me as your wife. I don t take this lightly and I don t take it for granted and all our family and friends know all too well. I have myself a winner in you. When God made you, He really broke the mold. I couldn t thank God for a better husband,