It breaks my heart that a church such as this is still in operation. I attended The Church of ACTS for almost a year. For the durration that I attended, I had the sickening feeling in my stomach (the Holy Spirit) that something was off about the church.
The truth is that it is very much cult like. It is very "hollywood" and intense. The pastor uses this intenisty as a smoke screen for the Holy Spirit's presence. The pastor comes off as a spirit filled man on the outside, however as the layers are peeled away something totally different shines through. Pastor Bill is very stuck on himself. It is very much a monarchy at The Church of ACTS and Christ is NOT king, Pastor Bill Jenkins is. He will say with his mouth that Christ is the center of the church, but his actions are far from showing that.
If you decide to confront these people about your feelings, he (and his wife) will scream in your face, try and itimidate you, DEMAND your total submission on all levels and leave you feeling utterly unheard and extremely shocked at their behavior.
I do believe that there are some wonderful people in that church (although no one ever made us feel comfortable there). I just know down in my soul that the church is SEVERELY dysfunctional and not at all how Christ intended His "leaders" to lead a church.
The love of Christ is seriously lacking in The Church of ACTS. I am praying (along with MANY MANY others) that the things that are going on in that place will be exposed and amazing people will not continue to be mislead. PLEASE join with us in praying for them!
These are not judgements... these are facts. Christ speaks the truth in love (in fact not so loving to the ones who claimed to be anointed in the Bible). I will continue to pray for the pastor and his family, along with the remaining members of the church.