Bible Question: When a church is starting should it not grow from 6 people within 6months?The church we are involved in has not seen any new faces ever.The Pastor lives here and not too many people can get along with her. |
Bible Answer: Dear donnag, Your letter struck me much like if it had been a girl writing a question like this: I'm having problems with my boy friend, she wants to have sex before marriage. Quite naturally I would want to deal with the gender issue before premarital sex. I've been in a few 6 membered churches and it was very good, because it was so much like a family. Now if your church is not close and people cannot get along with the pastor, that is not normal. Possibly there is more than a small problem with the very nature of your congregation's authority structure. I don't want to say a woman cannot be a pastor, for I have read some convencing arguments for the possibility of women in governing authority, but you must admit it's not an easy argument to support with Scripture. So if it's not working, just move on. You don't have to call it a cult, or even say they are wrong; just find that place where your heart says family. mrk |