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1 | Urgent and swift help needed!! | Eph 6:12 | Hank | 5829 | ||
Theresa, while it is impossible to know all the things that may or may not be going on in your church, and consequently any suggested remedies that anyone on this forum can legitimately offer are necessarily general ones. If your pastor tells you he is not any more responsible to the flock than you and your husband, he clearly is abdicating his sacred vow that surely he must have taken when he was ordained as a pastor. He should lead the movement to put down heresy in the congregation with whose spiritual feeding he has been charged. Are there other factors in this equation, perhaps? Does the troublemaker, for example, wield a heavy hand over the pastor and the congregation because, for example, of financial or political power? You mention that this person is a "founder" of your church. It's sad to say that "founders" can, and do, come to think of the church as "mine" instead of the Lord's. Vanity has been around a long time....Another question popped into my mind when I read your plea. To what extent are other members of your church irate about what is happening? Your husband is a deacon. What do the other deacons think about this? Is the offender himself currently on the deacon board? I don't know what your church's government is. In the church I attend, the local congregation is autonomous; that is, we are not governed by church hierarchy....If the majority of your congregation is either neutral on this issue, or supportive of the person you clearly see as a heretic, and you and your husband can no longer tolerate the conditions, clearly you have no viable choice but to absent yourselves from this church and seek another, with the guidance of the Spirit, that is more in line with your convictions. That's precisely what my wife and I, along with some 40 other members of a church of about 200, had to do some four years ago. The issues were not the same as yours, but the principle is the same. I might add that not for one moment have we had any cause to regret the decision we made. If anything, we rue the fact that we did not make it sooner than we did. Please don't construe my words to mean advocacy of flight over a valiant effort to effect reconciliation. Pray earnestly over the matter and do everything you can to mend the breach short of sacrificing your honest convictions. Try to rally as much support for your cause as you can. Suggest a meeting with the parties involved, including the troublesome person, the deacons, and your pastor. Try to bring everything out into the open and deal with it firmly and frankly, but in the spirit of Christian charity. Then, having done all, if the situation continues to prevail, for your soul's health you and your husband would probably be wise to cast your nets in another pond. I shall remember you and your church in my prayers. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Being a Deacon or Board Memeber! | Eph 6:12 | Grace7044 | 30488 | ||
IN our church this is a simpler thing..I can't understand if you don't have the calling on your life to be a deacon why would you do it because the Pastor or you was vote in. I would not put my Name on something if I feel I was not able to do. an its to today as they have living wifes and that would be a NO No..am I wrong or confused? thank. |
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3 | Being a Deacon or Board Memeber! | Eph 6:12 | Makarios | 30588 | ||
Greetings Grace, Here's a verse that may help you.. "These men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach." 1 Tim. 3:10 So if a person is elected to be a deacon and passes the "test", then I believe that it is safe to assume that they are fulfilling their calling as deacons if they are contributing to the church and able to remain above reproach. However, I can see where this calling may be called into question if a person was not entirely above reproach or if there was no "test" to prove their qualifications as deacons. But of course, your pastor would be the one to seek in these matters. Blessings to you, Nolan |
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