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[thesouthparkmisfits]

Been neglecting this account lately but I wanted to introduce 2 new little guys :D

I couldn't be bothered to use a character creator website so I just used tfbw

Meet Jaguar aka Jasper Montague, the owner of South Park's Raisins and side character for the future!

And Bodi Dubble! They won't show up much since they don't live in South Park, but they are significant to someone's life if you can guess who ',:]

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HERE THEY ARE MY LIL GUYS

I am not the best at making character sheets but I hope these do!

MORE INFO ON BOTTOM

SECONDLY

I shall be making a sideblog for my South Park ocs!

I felt it was important to not bog this account with my South Park ocs (as much as I love the lil fuckers), since I want to continue making more art of the more central characters in the show. However, if it's something like picrews or something similar, they'll stay here as I think they're fun! Plus, it makes things less confusing for me personally :P

And so, the account is named @thesouthparkmisfits ! It's going to be reblogs for now, but over time I will make art, short comics, and even answer asks and drawing requests for them if possible! I wanna show off my ocs to the world, and I wanna interact with others' ocs as well on that platform.

See you there!

[branto795]

TSPMCASTRO2024

[bantennews]

Les Pencak Silat di Kota Serang, Alternatif Sehat dan Produktif Melawan Gadget

SERANG – Di era digital ini, anak-anak dan remaja di Kota Serang tak luput dari fenomena gadget. Banyak yang menghabiskan waktu luangnya dengan bermain smartphone, mengabaikan permainan tradisional dan pengembangan keterampilan. Melihat hal tersebut, Les Pencak Silat Tapak Suci Putera Muhammadyah (TSPM) Unit Khusus Sayap Merpati hadir sebagai solusi. Didirikan pada 29 Juli 2023 oleh Tuti…

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I got the same result, though honestly, I'm not impressed with the quiz.

And looking at their breakdown of differences in denominations, I'm not impressed with that either. They put Nazarenes as "a.k.a." under Methodists, and while we do go back to the Methodists, being Wesleyans, there's a reason we're not Methodist. We have theological differences, and we're actually supposed to be close to the Salvation Army.

The questions are also limiting. Like, when should Christians worship? In my denomination, there's one church that meets in the afternoon of Wednesday in order to reach the community it's in. Sunday mornings do not work for that community, so worship was adjusted. We do not have in our manual a strict rule of when church services must be held. In other questions, there wasn't enough nuance in the answers that more accurately defined what my denomination believes.

And one of the biggest problems is that many people will end up with the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, since looking at their belief chart, the TSPM has only so many confirmed beliefs. There is no way to counter this, as there is no "no solid theological stance" or "it varies with the denomination" option. The test even skips over some beliefs the chart has listed. And the chart doesn't even list other questions that would separate denominations- the ordination of women being one of them.

So I think there are going to be a good portion of Christians who take this and get TSPM. I think Catholics will dodge it, though.

Someone explain how I got communist???

anyways, reblog with your results

[charitydingle]

The Slumber Party Massacre — 1982, dir. Amy Holden Jones

[kiempujs]

[squaresoneastasia]

Evangelicalism in China

By Elizabeth Mueller

As the evangelical movement in the U.S. grows and morphs into a cultural and political force influencing a considerable swath of public opinion, I wanted to research the existence and relevance of this phenomenon in China. In this blog, the term ‘evangelical’ refers to a person whose Protestant Christian faith focuses on the good news of salvation brought to sinners by Jesus Christ. A mega-church is any Protestant Christian church having 2,000 or more people in average weekend attendance.

Modern China’s middle class has become a stronghold for evangelical Christianity. As the middle class emerges from a wealthier and more educated society, its members look to Christian churches to fill some void as the CCP’s ideology loses traction with the public. Over 50% of attendees of mega-church service have a university degree, which is in line with the demographic of U.S. mega-church-goers. Chinese evangelicals are likely drawn to the faith’s fellowship and comprehensive moral system, which both appeal to Chinese traditions of ritual, community, and morality.

While evangelical Christianity is often associated with the middle class, it also holds great attraction for the poor and the working class because of the aforementioned traditional values along with associations of prosperity and low barriers to membership. The frequent adoption by preachers of the “prosperity gospel”, which associates commitment to the Christian faith with economic success, appeals to lower class members seeking upward mobility and middle-class members seeking affirmation and justification for their successes. There are few barriers to entry, with only the embrace of the church’s refrains and path to salvation necessary for attendance.

Evangelical Christianity poses challenges for China, a country that is officially atheist and wary of Western threats to power, as the fastest-growing faith with at least 93 million followers (as of 2018). It is difficult to determine exact numbers of religious groups in China due to the widespread underground nature of these religions in opposition to government rule. Studies estimate that fewer than 30 million of the more than 93 million Chinese Protestants worship in ‘registered’ churches.  

Protestant Churches can be registered under one of three government supervisory bodies for Protestantism. I will focus on the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) as it seems to be the most influential in the news lately. The TPSM relies on three principles first established in the mid nineteenth century: self-governance, self-support (financial independence from foreigners), self-propagation (indigenous missionary work). The movement was revived in the mid twentieth century to pledge church allegiance to the newly established PRC and to remove foreign influences from those churches. Under supervisory organizations, the government manages religious leadership appointments, selection of clergy, and interpretation of doctrine. For any Protestant church to register under the state-sanctioned organization, religious leaders must receive training to adapt doctrine to government and CCP ideology.

The current administration, under President Xi Jinping, has taken renewed interest in cracking down on house churches, or underground independent congregations. During the Cultural Revolution, from 1966 to 1976, religious freedom was effectively banned, including the TPSM. Chinese Protestants were driven underground for fear of persecution. Officially, Chinese citizens have religious freedom, but the government regularly destroys churches or removes steeples and crosses in a campaign that reflects fear of Western Christianity as a threat to the CCP. Today, the TPSM supports the oppression of congregations held outside of registered churches.

As recently as 2018, there have been reported bombings and shutdowns of Protestant churches. In January of 2018, Chinese police used dynamite and excavators to demolish the Golden Lampstand Church, which had a congregation of more than 50,000 in the city of Linfen. Human rights critics described this event as part of a national effort to regulate spiritual life in China. In December of 2018, authorities interrupted a gathering at Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, seizing materials, taking cell phones from attendees, and ultimately closing the church. In March 2019, Xu Xiaohong, the chairman of the National TSPM Committee gave a speech at a CCP convention, stating “Anti-China forces in the West are attempting to continue to influence the social stability of our country through Christianity, and even subvert the political power of our country…For individual black sheep who, under the banner of Christianity, participate in subverting national security, we firmly support the country to bring them to justice.”

Golden Lampstand Church before and after demolition.

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[thesouthparkmisfits]

Immortalizing a certain someone :)

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Foto bareng bu Dullah biar ketularan suksesnyah 😗😗 InsyaAllah 👠🍀 • • • #miladTS #tigaserangkai #benumberone #gointernational #TSgoviral #tspm #education #businesswoman #workingmom (at Multazam Hotel)

[yhwhrulz]

Pastor Zhang Shaoji was the pastor of the Nanle County Christian Church, a Three Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) affiliate in Henan, meaning it was sanctioned by the Chinese government.

[moviesludge]

ladyphibes replied to your photo “Your fridge when you have roommates ”

I recently enjoyed a horror fridge in THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE. And the horror fridge in VISITING HOURS has some surprising contents!

@ladyphibes TSPM is on my watchlist and I saw VH a while back before I was looking for the fridges. Thanks for the tips! I will look into this

[multimediosiempreutil]

Farmacia de turno en Oncativo viernes 2/7/21 (en Oncativo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ1ane-tSPm/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thenyaner6000]

28, 35?

28: Random Inside joke?

TSPM

35. One little thing that makes you smile?

When the microwave beeps acknowledging my pizza rolls are done for me to eat all day

[kiempujs]