Bible Question:
What scripture would you tell me to read and study over this matter. I don't understand this Pastor gets up every Sunday Morning and act like he mad and gt on everything that someone has talked to him about we were in the 80's and now down in the 40's and talking about buying a bus to haul them in. don't you go out in the highways and byways and compel them to come in and they haven't visits a family to see if they are enough folks to afford a bus and the dollars that will be put in one. Which if souls would get in and be saved. Okay. Grreat ..Praise the Lord. If you don't have Holy Ghost filled youth Leaders and they don't have it in their spirits-what is the ans?. Oh, I fine myself what does the Bible say about all this. Pleas help me if you can. Pastor Glenn where are you?? thanks. Mae64 |
Bible Answer: Mae64 I'm not Pastor Glenn but I do know a little about which I speak. First a Pastor can not preach at people from the pulpit. It will drive people out of the church faster than anything else. That said also know that every time a pastor innocently steps on someone’s toes, the first thing out of the mouth of the convicted person is Pastor was preaching at me. Many Pastors to insure no one can accuse them of preaching at them from the pulpit resist direct personal counseling and hire a pastorial counselors. However this probably is cost prohibited in your case. If in fact this Pastor is preaching from the pulpit things others have talked to him about during the week he needs your prayers that his eyes will be opened to the harm he is doing by preaching at people and that he corrects this fault. If on the other hand he is preaching and convicting people and they are just uncomfortable you need to pray that they submit themselves to his correction and get right. As to the bus issue, each of us are called to be good stewards of God’s money. The word says a man is a fool if he doesn’t first sit down and count the cost to determine if he can accomplish the task before he sets out to do it. A bus ministry while a great way to boost attendance does very little increasing church funds immediately. It usually takes many years of discipling people before they understand and make a commitment to support a ministry. Without having funds readily available a bus ministry should be approached cautiously. That said you also need to understand your Pastor’s heart. Has God given him the direction for a bus ministry? If so God will provide. What you need to do now is pray that God will either change this Pastors heart on the bus ministry issue or show you that this is God’s desire for this church. If God does show you this is His plan you need to get on board and support it and your Pastor. As for bringing in youth without a youth leader that is Spirit filled your right, America’s churches are filled with cold and lukewarm Christians. They have never been discipled, and most remain baby Christians even though they have been saved 20-30 years. The focus of the church has been fill the pews not make Sprit filled believers. That is why so much junk is rampant in the church today. Since you see the problem quite possibly God is calling you to step up and either become the youth leader or to take the present youth leader if you have one and personally disciple them. You need to be praying for the youth, for a spirit filled believer to lead them and you need to be praying that God will use you to disciple others in Christ. Mae64 if I remember correctly you have complained more than once about your pastor on this forum. You need to ask yourself are you praying enough for this Pastor? Are you praying that since God has placed this Pastor over you that you will allow yourself to receive from him and be submitted to him. If you or your church is divided over the pastor how do you expect God to bless the church. Pray for unity, Pray for God’s direction in your lives and the life of your Pastor. Then get behind the Pastor and put all your energy behind him. If you find you simply can’t do that then maybe you should consider seeking God to release you from this church and lead you to one where you can’t back the Pastor. Remember God established and ordained those in authority over us, Paul says we should support and obey them. I pray this will help Be Blessed and Be a Blessing EdB |