[returnman]

Originally Posted by CC1

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 with the pastor with instructions to bring accountability to him, provide financial oversight with full transparent financial visibility to the board, etc.

This is right on. There is currently one that is being passed to a son this year that I fear will not be best for him or the church. I hope it works out though. There will 3rd and 4th generational passing of churches. My personal opinion is that it is completely wrong and should only be a last resort. It goes along with the idolizing of men so prevalent in certain movements. It also goes hand in hand with how most oneness churches will not disclose the amount of tithes in an annual business meeting. That is another discussion but just another example of the control the pastor has.