Devilish “Narrabeen Baptist Church” in Sydney, Australia, banned a single Christian man from the possibility to communicate with single Christians women, in order to protect the single Christian women of the Baptist Church from the single Christian man, because the Baptist Church believes that the single Christian man is potentially dangerous to their women.

(http://narrabeenbaptist.org.au)

The Narrabeen Baptist Church in Sydney, Australia, does not want to segregate out single-again widowers in the age bracket 18-30, but the church does want to segregate out never-married single real Christians who seek to marry. In fact, the Baptist Church desire to protect its flock from the dangers of single marriage-minded Christians who want to “communicate with Christian singles of the opposite gender” is so strong, that the church bans the single marriage-minded Christians from any opportunity to “communicate with Christian singles of the opposite gender”.

By banning Torsten from opportunity to communicate with single Christian females, the Baptist Church deprives Torsten opportunity to marry. God wants to bless Torsten with marriage, but satan wants to destroy every opportunity for Torsten to marry. Satan therefore induces the pastors of churches to excommunicate, ban, restrict and persecute Torsten, so that Torsten never can obtain opportunity to communicate with single Christian females.

The dialogue with Narrabeen Baptist Church in Sydney, Australia, is read chronologically from the bottom upwards beneath, with the most recent email at the top:

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Narrabeen Baptist Church.

Hello Leon Stead,

I seek opportunities to fellowship with also other single Christians - especially single Christians of the opposite gender. The reason I seek opportunities to communicate with Christian singles of the opposite gender is that I am a Christian heterosexual male. Many churches around the world, especially in northern and western Europe, heartily welcome homosexual marriages but ban heterosexual Christians who declare homosexual acts as sinful.

In spite that I inquired also specifically about opportunities to communicate with single Christians of the opposite sex (I am of the male sex), you insist to restrict me from communication with females so that you can protect your females from me, since I am in your mind potentially dangerous to females.

Shame on you for banning me from opportunity to communicate with single Christian females!

Like a typical pastor-devil, you deprive the real Christians opportunities to marry.

I will of course not be visiting the Narrabeen Baptist Church under your devilish control.

Regards,

Torsten Nenzen

Hi Torsten

I hope this email finds you well this afternoon

Your reply email to me is right to point out that I wrongly inferred that you were requesting information about 'Christian Singles Ministry' - my apologies.

Similarly you mis-interepted my reference to 'single-again' - I added that phrase out of compassion with the consideration that you might be a widower.

Let me applaude you on your convictions about the permanency of the marriage covenant.

As to your questions:

Our Community Groups are diverse - some are just young adults - some are single sex groups - most are mixed both by gender and generationally.

Sadly - all of them are winding down for the year to resume again in late January - so it is not an ideal time to join a Community Group

The nature of your request - to communicate with singles of the opposite gender - has got me thinking that perhaps the best way for you to start that process with us would be to join the Men's Community Group that I run on a Tuesday Night. That probably sounds counterintuitive - but they are great bunch of Christian blokes who love studying God's word and sharing their lives together. They are a great support to me and I can imagine that that kind of thing would be a good place to start in building relationships at NBC.

I'm sure you would appreciate that I would want to be wise and careful about the way in which I introduce someone I don't yet know to this flock

- and given that I only know from an email, I'm sure you will forgive and fully understand my hesitations and my desires to be protective [Torsten comment: “segregate people out”] at the outset.

Let me know if you'd like more information about the Tuesday Night Blokes' Community Group

Blessings abound

'through Him and for His name's sake'

Leon Stead

Snr Pastor

Narrabeen Baptist Church

Hi Leon Stead,

Thanks for replying to my inquiry.

As I openly declared, I do specifically seek opportunities to speak with, fellowship, and socialise with Christians, and it is my hope to find a Christian woman to marry. This does not imply that I seek a Christian Singles Ministry to attend. But I do specifically I seek opportunities to communicate with also Christian singles.

I believe that marriage a relationship and institution of life-time commitment in love towards each other as man and woman, and therefore, I can never accept divorce as an option. For those Christians who are, as you said "single-again" if interpreted as divorced, I also believe that God does not sanction re-marriage apart from the death of a spouse. Just so you know where I stand in regards to marriage; I do not support pastors who bless re-marriage of divorced Christians. I guesstimate that 0.1% of church leaders in reality value Christian marriages as a life-time institution.

To the practical side of opportunities to communicate with Christian singles of opposite gender, are your community groups of all ages, or are the community groups segregated into young adults groups? I am older than 30, and I search for a right woman of God in the age range 28-38. At Narrabeen Baptist Church, when are the opportunities for the people attending your church to communicate with each other?

Best regards,

Torsten Nenzen

Hi Torsten

Thanks for your email

Whilst we do have a number of people in our Church Community who are single and single-again - we have intentional not created a ministry to singles. The reason being that we are wanting to integrate people into the whole church family. In the past we have found that some ministries unhelpful segregate people out.

Those who are single don't take long to find other people who are in a similar chapter in their life.

There are a number of community groups that meet weekly that you would be welcome to attend. None of them are designated as 'singles' groups.

We do have a reasonably large 18-30 group that meets up at various times.

This too is made up of single and married people.

If you are in this age bracket then you'll find Narrabeen Baptist to have a very active group of young christians.

I hope this is helpful

Blessings abound

'through Him and for His name's sake'

Leon Stead

Snr Pastor

Narrabeen Baptist Church

M. 0415 515 439

Dear Narrabeen Baptist Church,

Hi.

I am a Christian single man here in Sydney. I seek a Christian community in Sydney where I also might find opportunities to fellowship, socialise, meet and talk with other Christian singles.

Are there opportunities in your congregation where also single Christians can meet and communicate - and build relationships?

Are there fellowship groups, community groups, cell groups or small groups that I can attend?

Best regards,

Torsten Nenzén

Email: torsten@nenzen.net