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I'm not in the ministry, so probably shouldn't post here.............
but oh well..................
One thing that I've noticed over the years is that the pastors in Apostolic churches tend to form little cliques with each other. And they're usually very careful about forming any real friendships with the saints of their church. Their friends seem to come mostly from others who are in the ministry.
I guess I can understand this, to a point. But on the other hand, are we not ALL called to minister? I would think that if a minister wanted to be successful, he would want to form a strong bond with those he has to work with day in and day out.
Because I have alot of associations with pastors who are outside of Apostolic circles, I can tell you this - in other denominations, there is not that same kind of mentality. Yes, pastors fellowship with one another. But, for instance, in our church, our pastor and his wife both have great friends from here within the church.
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