About Us
About this ministry:
Mike & Beth Clegg
Absolute Reconciliation Ministries
Heber Springs, AR
www.absolute-reconciliation.org
We both, being raised in eastern
Arkansas, grew up up in traditional
protestant churches and during this time many tenets of
traditional church doctrine were brought into question such
as “once saved always saved”, the rapture, and the “age of
accountability.” These questions although harmless, initiated
deeper study and caused several upsets in traditional church
life.
Our journey intensified in 1982 when Beth and I lost our
firstborn child. We had well meaning family and friends tell us
God needed an angel so He took our son, or God in His
mercy saved us from some horrible fate that our son would
experience should he had lived. At this point we realized that
was not a God that we wanted to know or worship. We did
not go AWOL on God but we did put off our religious suit for
a while. We began to study and seek God and we began to
know Him and His ways in a different way realizing our
picture of Him my not have been very accurate.
We came to realize He was loving, inclusive to all men
making them His own, and the Gospel was not “believe and
be saved” but “you are saved – so believe!” We also came
to understand it was acceptable to know God by experience
rather than what had been written about Him. That is not a
sacrilegious statement for many people read the Bible all
their life and yet never experience God. Words may tell us
about Him but do not adequately convey the love of God –
only His love reflected from our heart to others can do that.
A primary focus at this time for us is knowing God rightly. We
have said God is so holy and untouchable and because of
sin, He cannot look at His creation when this is far from the
truth. God is Holy and that holiness is not tainted by our sin
but His holiness envelopes our sin consuming it and
removing it from us. The holiness of God does not keep Him
away from us but draws us to Him fully bringing us into
Himself. We have presented a “mis take” of the image of
God. We have made that image from doctrine rather that
from the Christ who represents Him. It is as if we are looking
at God through circus mirrors distorting the true reflection of
God and more to our detriment, how we perceive God to be
is how we respond to each other in that if we think He is sin
seeking then we are quick to bring judgment to our
fellowman. So, getting a true picture of God and His Christ is
an ongoing passion in presenting the Gospel for all mankind.
A few years ago I asked God to let me hear His heartbeat.
This request brought about more changes and challenges.
Now, we are enjoying the journey in that we don't have to
fight the devil, there is no begging in prayer, or fear about
what the world is coming to. We don't have to defend Him in
doctrine and we can be at peace knowing He is orchestrating
His plan for us. Yes, we still want to hear His heartbeat more
and more and we both think that request is still changing us
and for that we are grateful.
We have been married over 30 years and operate a
ministerial website detailing the absolute reconciliation of all
men by Father God. We conduct occasional home meetings
and take part in various conferences enjoying all types of
ministry realizing it takes the full body to bring about God's
heart in demonstration of love to His creation. Mike holds
ordination with Interfaith Baptist Convention and a Bachelors
of Arts in Theology degree awarded in June 2011 from
Corner Stone University of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Beth
has ministered at conferences around the area and is skilled
at getting to the heart of the matter on issues that women
face in life and turning the focus away from the problem and
to the Christ in them.
Mike & Beth Clegg
Absolute Reconciliation Ministries
Heber Springs, AR
www.absolute-reconciliation.org
We both, being raised in eastern
Arkansas, grew up up in traditional
protestant churches and during this time many tenets of
traditional church doctrine were brought into question such
as “once saved always saved”, the rapture, and the “age of
accountability.” These questions although harmless, initiated
deeper study and caused several upsets in traditional church
life.
Our journey intensified in 1982 when Beth and I lost our
firstborn child. We had well meaning family and friends tell us
God needed an angel so He took our son, or God in His
mercy saved us from some horrible fate that our son would
experience should he had lived. At this point we realized that
was not a God that we wanted to know or worship. We did
not go AWOL on God but we did put off our religious suit for
a while. We began to study and seek God and we began to
know Him and His ways in a different way realizing our
picture of Him my not have been very accurate.
We came to realize He was loving, inclusive to all men
making them His own, and the Gospel was not “believe and
be saved” but “you are saved – so believe!” We also came
to understand it was acceptable to know God by experience
rather than what had been written about Him. That is not a
sacrilegious statement for many people read the Bible all
their life and yet never experience God. Words may tell us
about Him but do not adequately convey the love of God –
only His love reflected from our heart to others can do that.
A primary focus at this time for us is knowing God rightly. We
have said God is so holy and untouchable and because of
sin, He cannot look at His creation when this is far from the
truth. God is Holy and that holiness is not tainted by our sin
but His holiness envelopes our sin consuming it and
removing it from us. The holiness of God does not keep Him
away from us but draws us to Him fully bringing us into
Himself. We have presented a “mis take” of the image of
God. We have made that image from doctrine rather that
from the Christ who represents Him. It is as if we are looking
at God through circus mirrors distorting the true reflection of
God and more to our detriment, how we perceive God to be
is how we respond to each other in that if we think He is sin
seeking then we are quick to bring judgment to our
fellowman. So, getting a true picture of God and His Christ is
an ongoing passion in presenting the Gospel for all mankind.
A few years ago I asked God to let me hear His heartbeat.
This request brought about more changes and challenges.
Now, we are enjoying the journey in that we don't have to
fight the devil, there is no begging in prayer, or fear about
what the world is coming to. We don't have to defend Him in
doctrine and we can be at peace knowing He is orchestrating
His plan for us. Yes, we still want to hear His heartbeat more
and more and we both think that request is still changing us
and for that we are grateful.
We have been married over 30 years and operate a
ministerial website detailing the absolute reconciliation of all
men by Father God. We conduct occasional home meetings
and take part in various conferences enjoying all types of
ministry realizing it takes the full body to bring about God's
heart in demonstration of love to His creation. Mike holds
ordination with Interfaith Baptist Convention and a Bachelors
of Arts in Theology degree awarded in June 2011 from
Corner Stone University of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Beth
has ministered at conferences around the area and is skilled
at getting to the heart of the matter on issues that women
face in life and turning the focus away from the problem and
to the Christ in them.
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