Neither shall they
say, Lo here!  or,
lo there! behold,
the  kingdom
of God is within
Luke 17:21


General Conference Cathar Church | Assembly of good Christians

Dove is Love

Background Sheets

 

The good Christian in the world
The good Christian in the home
The good Christian in practice
The good Christian in general
The good Christian in politics
The good Christian in percentage
 
 
 
 
 
 

The good Christian in the secular world

- We are a house church movement. Homes NOT churches.
- We do not own property as a church. Personal property ok.
- We do not accept tax exemption schemes. Period.
- We pay taxes like any citizen, if taxes are required.
- We do not register with the civil authority.
- We do not use any form of government issued I.D. cards.
- We do not usually contest criminal charges laid by the State.
- We do not, if convicted, accept parole. 
- We do not, as a rule vote. 
- We do not hold elective office.
- We do not serve in the military or in law enforcement.
- We have provided free educational tuition for 900 years.
- We provide complete grants and scholarships for university. 
- We have provided free health care for 900 years.
- We provide the ancient right of Sanctuary for 40 days.
- We take no oaths. We say "yes" or no" or decline an answer.
 



The good Christian in the home
      under renewal

- We do not generally own telephones or automobiles.
- We, like the Amish,  generally have no electricity in the home.
- We have an average three children per family (adherents).



The good Christian in practice
 

- We recognized all baptized members as ministers of religion.
- We have no paid clergy. Limited donations accepted.
- We take no collections at service. (Except in emergencies)
- We do not take tithes.
- We have  the strictest donation limits of any church.
- We charge for no course, seminar. Knowledge is free.
- We do not charge for any religious service performed.
- We do not charge for any ministerial services performed.
- We provide  financial support to indigent baptized members.
- We practice weekly Lord's Supper only.
- We baptize adults only, not children.
- We do not hold marriage ceremonies.
- We accept some "non canonical" scriptures  for spiritual edification.
- We are a completely nonresistant, pacifistic peace church.
- We allow all baptized members an equal say in policy.
- We  decide by connects.



The good Christian in general

- We are not pro technology. We are not Luddittes either.
- We are largely vegetarians or vegans. 
- We record an average per annum income of $9,000.00
- We provide an annual income of $3,600 for the moderator.
 
 
 
 
 



The good Christian in politics

     This is a topic under review 

None of course ever affiliated with us as baptized members!
But...there have certainly been favorites. 
You may find them interesting...

American Politicians

Theodore Roosevelt, President
Franklin Delano  Roosevelt, President

Canadians Politicians

T.C Douglas, Leader, New Democratic Party, Sask. Premier
Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Liberal, Prime Minister of Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The good Christian in percentage

(among adherents/baptized, youth/adults)

- We record  100% literacy . (est.)
- We record    98% abstention from tobacco. (est.)
- We record    95% abstention from alcohol. (est.)
- We record    85% without  physical telephones,
- We record    42% have Internet connections
- We record    30% charitable giving of total income
 
 
 

That fully one third of baptized Cathars come from previous life experiences as law enforcement/security/intelligence officers  and  current or former inmates.

85% of Cathars do not own physical telephones,  but 42% have Internet connections.

Excluding farm vehicles, nearly 95% of Cathars doe not own automobiles, but 60% know how to drive
 



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