Over the weekend I had a piece about the XXX church and Focus on the Family.

http://jeffberg.typepad.com/smartpastor/2006/08/what_james_dobs.html

The XXX church people went to the FOF offices and here was their experience.

Update: After three phone calls to Focus on The Family and no call backs, we decided to go to Focus while we were in Colorado Springs today. The lady at the front counter happened to be at the church we spoke at yesterday in the Springs. We met at least three other people who were there who had great things to say about our talk yesterday. We could not get through to the person we needed, so we were told to take the "Focus Tour" and check back in a hour. We enjoyed the tour and checked back in an hour. We got a guy named Ken who came and told us that there were people that because of their constituencies they were unable to support us. He told us that was coming from the top down. That is their standard responce. For those who don’t know what constituencies are. It means that people that support them will come to Focus expecting one thing and they can not support other ministries that do not hold up to the same values and beliefs. The same guy will tell you that Focus is not a Political Movement either…go figure! We tried and it looks like they will not be our friends after all. I do wish we had as many constituencies as they do. Yes constituencies is the word of the day. Look for a center box with constituencies coming soon.

Link: x3blog…the ramblings of xxxchurch.com: Can’t We Just Be Friends?.