After I started researching all this the pastor’s son announced he was going to school to be a minister. Because that is what I am doing, I asked him about it. He was vague about it and mentioned that he was going to Todd White’s Lifestyle Christian “University.” This was a red flag to me so I did some research and it isn’t really a university, but it has the same cost associated with a university. I had hoped to find out that at the end of the course there would be some sort of degree or licensing attached. There isn’t. Anyway, after attending the first course he came back to our town to share his gratitude for the congregation donating to his “tuition.” Essentially he shared that it’s essentially just a week long conference followed by street ministry. No one is taught the word, nor how to address objections with the word. It’s just go up to random people and tell them Jesus loves them. He even admitted that when people asked “Why?” that he didn’t know how to respond, but just quoted John 3:16. Simple theology that he was completely unaware of. The whole sermon was bizarre with him walking around in the back during worship acting like a security guard and occasionally coming up to people and without permission touching them and praying on them. Scripture was absent. He taught a “binding” prayer and encouraged us to do it all day everyday. Let me say that I have had experience with the occult and it sounded exactly like a spell. There was a lot more, but let me finish this long winded rant by saying we’re now looking for a traditional Baptist church to go to.