It seems that Thomas has decided that he can slander the Atlanta Church of Christ. He has judged their move to separate into four congregations as ungodly.
The clip in question is here.
Transcript:
Just three hours away[from Savannah, Ga], there’s another church, a huge church, that at this moment is breaking up into different regions. You know, when things scatter, you know that’s not of God. When things gather, you know the Lord is working. And what you have right here is a great deal of confusion that’s worked it’s way through the whole batch of dough.
Why is he telling his congregation this? By what authority does he judge this breaking up as being ungodly? If you ask any of the elders why they are doing this, you will find that it is being done for the members of each region.
More to the point, why is criticizing Portland and it’s ‘World Missions Evangelist’ slander when he can critize Atlanta with impunity?