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Home For Members For Pastors/Leaders Helpful Secular Sites Contact Us Suggest New Links Our Purpose Advertise on L/C Frequently Asked	I think suspending David Benke was a terrible thing.  He was being a witness for Jesus Christ and there is nothing wrong with that – where ever you, whenever you can, etc. Christians of every faith should be allowed to come together and worship Christ.  It is Christ's church, not the Lutherans, not the Baptists, not the Catholic, but Christ's church.  It is true that there were people from other faiths at the New York gathering, but if we, as Christians, cannot attend and express our faith and belief in the one true God, and declare His son, Jesus Christ as the only way to salvation and heaven, then we are being unfaithful to our calling.  Did not Elisha pray to God in heaven amongst the prophets of Baal?  Was he wrong to pray to God because the prophets of Baal were present?   The devil is trying his best to divide God's people when we should be one.    I am an LCMS Lutheran. Mary Skrha