[Tithesmeister]

Originally Posted by n david

I appreciate this post, thank you.

"In fact, and you're really not going to like this, he doesn't have to have scripture and verse to do so. Period. End of story."

Brother, I jumped to the conclusion that he, as you wrote above referred to the pastor, and not the board, which would be considered a they or an it.

This was regarding guidelines set for those who wish to be involved in a church ministry or on the platform. This isn't about a doctrine being preached. This is simply about guidelines and preferences for dress, appearance and conduct for those who desire to be used in ministry/platform. These may include things which are not sin and as such do not have chapter and verse, but are the preference of the church leadership. I have served on the church board/Pastoral counsel of two churches, so this may not be indicative of how things are done elsewhere -- in those churches, these guidelines were set by the church board.

Brother, if this is supposed to alleviate confusion, I honestly believe it fell a bit short. If you would be so kind as to re-read yours and my posts, I believe you will understand why I took it the way I did. I can't, in good conscience offer a sincere apology for taking your comments at face value.

Your response at the end included: "Oh . . . I forgot . . . You don't need to quote scripture. Just because . . . I guess anything goes."

That is simply untrue and takes out of context my statement.

The comment above was actually an edit of my original post, when it occurred to me that you (apparently) did not believe that your pastor was under any obligation to support his doctrine (teaching) with scripture.

I'm not wanting to be argumentative here, but I'm still unconvinced that you did not, in fact, say what you meant. I do however want to give every benefit of the doubt that you are being truthful. Doctrine and teaching are the same thing. Guidelines appear to me to be awfully close to the same thing as doctrine. Let's just move on?

God bless you.