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Originally Posted by ILG

Now I will step out on a limb and say I think that is an organization wide problem with a few pastors having it right but most heavy-handed on the submission stuff.

When someone is unsure of their position or role, or is uncomfortable in their environment, there can be a tendency toward heavy-handedness no matter what type of group or what setting. That happens even if the group is all one gender, all one age, all one race, and all have fairly equal standing in the community. Look at almost any set of politicians and that becomes blaringly obvious. And the larger the group, the more likely that there will be a pecking order or a dogfight either evident or brewing.