In Gen 12 the Lord told Abram, "leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you"...verse 4 says.."so Abram left as the Lord told him..."

For me it was more like one word, not audibly heard but felt within every pore of my being...GO...but God the people need me and my wife for healing...GO...but i can't let them down...GO NOW...GET OUT OF THE WAY...

so yes...jacqui and i have stepped down from the leadership of 1st baptist church... what can this all mean? what will become of us... what will become of 1st baptist? well...to all of the above I DON'T KNOW!

however...if i submit to my Lord daily, hourly, moment by minute by second, then He will lead me and my family to a place, a house of worship, wherever it may be and whatever it may look like.

THE REAL REASON FOR LEAVING: God said...that was it, so stop guessing, gossiping and projecting! if that is confusing, call me.

FAUX REASON: the mcdaniels made us do it...we signed an oath in blood...RIDICULOUS AS THIS SOUNDS, SOME MAY BELIEVE IT!!...i am JOKING of course...mrs crockett and i have never pursued going to hawaii outside of a simple prayer, "God should we go to hawaii? uh...let me know...open some BIG doors...if not, well, you know where i'll be"...

I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE!!...yes someone actually said this to our face when we told them we were NOT leaving because of the mcdaniels leaving...if you know me, believe that i am a man of integrity and that the spirit of our livng, breathing Lord, dwells within my fleshy confines, then perhaps He has driven our decision to leave; to be "booted" out by Him for His purpose-or- does that only work when "we" understand or've done the booting?... it should not

GOD IS IN CONTROL: as He works and speaks to those who hear His voice, they will respond and step into new areas of leadership...our responsbility in promoting UNITY in the body is to not spread lies about others or about a movement like CRASH, but rather to trust in the integrity and the personal walk of the individual or group that THEY are pursuing CHRIST...OR picking up the phone or standing face to face and telling that person what you think.