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Old 04-17-2011, 04:50 PM
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Re: Organized Religion Is Spiritual Welfare
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Originally Posted by kclee4jc View Post
I believe the pastor should have the authority in his church without a board of elders within the church to rule over him. However, if that particular pastor does not have a man of God or men of God in his life to lead him then he has no hedge. Everyone needs someone to be in submission to. Everyone needs a leader and a voice who can speak with wisdom when one's vision is blurred.
The problem is those men of God are not there in that church to witness what is going on. So single leaders having absolute power is a reciple for abuse
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