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Re: Terry Shock Leaving Alexandria
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Originally Posted by votivesoul
How does one pass a church off to another man?
How does a church board and the saints in general not have a vote in who becomes the next pastor?
If it's because of by-laws, who in their right mind would want to attend a church with such by-laws?
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If a church has a lot of confidence in their pastor and loves him or in some cases fears him they will respect his leadership enough to believe that whatever he says is the will of God is the will of God.Particularly in the culture of old time Pentecost and many Charismatic churches.
Likewise my observation has been that most or virtually all church boards are made up of "yes men" who for the most part just endorse whatever the pastor wants to do. Of course there are a few cases where the Pastor does something to anger some board members and then things can get contentious but I know of very few times of this happening.
I am not criticizing the board being folks who support the pastor. If I were a pastor I would want that also. However the board should be charged by the pastor with instructions to bring accountability to him, provide financial oversight with full transparent financial visibility to the board, etc.
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Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
Last edited by CC1; 03-21-2016 at 07:45 AM.
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