JoeFromLB
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Joe, You're correct! Sorry, My Bad! I meant to say 2007, guess my brain is in a time warp! It has been a few years since any regular service, and locals have said repeatedly that they rarely see anyone there.
Also, local pastors have said that Pastor Lawless has not participated in any of the gatherings for local pastors. He has been repeatedly invited, but has never responded. They have used the term that he has "isolated" himself from the religious community here in Tracy.
Thanks for your correction to my brain blip!!1
No problem!
There's also been some discussion about the particular beliefs of this church.
A link on their website opens to a chart called "Trail of Blood" which attempts to show that the real Baptists go back all the way to 251 AD. This particular belief includes a repudiation of Protestant churches, which originated during the time of the Reformation in the 16th century. What his church thinks about Catholics I would rather not comment on!
http://www.biblepreaching.com/chart.html
So you have a pastor who probably would have little or nothing to do with other denominations outside of his "Missionary Baptist" tradition. Of course, this is merely an assumption on my part.