My Experience Changing Churches

[acerrak]

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[aegsm76]

Great story CC1.
You can always tell a good pastor from a bad, by his love for souls.

[ILG]

I knew of a pastor who would not let a good man start a church in a neighboring community. This man had attended his church faithfully for many years. The pastor was relatively new (five years or so). This man transferred to our church and then my husband allowed him to start the church in that community (you have to have pastoral support to start a church like that or it's no go). This man's son was dying. This pastor made tension between the dying son and his father as the son attended the church of the pastor. Shortly after the son passed away, the man started the church with my husband's support and approval. The other pastor brought accusation charges against the good man (nothing serious but just a ton of diddly stuff) right after his son died. The man decided to pull out of the UPC and started the work on his own. Ridiculous how blind people can get in the name of whatever it is they are trying to protect.

[Margies3]

Originally Posted by kingdomapostle

I admire the maturity shown for both you all and your Pastor. Kudos!!!

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

I admire a pastor that can see beyond his 4 walls....

[Sam]

Originally Posted by CC1

...Finally this last Sunday without telling my wife what I was going to do I went up to my pastor after service and told him what my internal struggle was....
I had dreaded this conversation because in my religious background rarely if ever did a pastor think it was the will of a tithe payer to leave. Especially just to go to another church in the same town. However my pastor lived up to my high opinion of him by telling us "Why don't you take six months or so and go to your daughters church. Tell the pastor you are not making a long term committment yet but want to help out for these months and see how things go". He went on to say that he know that church was a young church that needed elders and established people and it might well be the place God wants me to be, that doing what he suggested would let my wife and myself discover if that was the case, and that if it was we had his blessing and he would always be there for us.

I can't express what a relief and blessing it was for my pastor to handle this situation like he has. It made me love and respect him that much more.

WOW! What a refreshing post!! What a great pastor!!

[commonsense]

Originally Posted by Sam

WOW! What a refreshing post!! What a great pastor!!

Amen

[CC1]

Thanks for all of the great responses to my post. Someone asked if my daughter was being baptized in Jesus name for the first time after having been baptized in the titles and the answer is no. She was baptized in Jesus name as a child by one of the greatest Oneness proponents of the 20th century.

[Monkeyman]

Hey man, just sell your home theater equipment and both churches can be blessed! Just kidding bro, all the best to you and yours!

[MrsMcD]

Thanks for sharing such an uplifting experience.

[houston]

Originally Posted by CC1

Thanks for all of the great responses to my post. Someone asked if my daughter was being baptized in Jesus name for the first time after having been baptized in the titles and the answer is no. She was baptized in Jesus name as a child by one of the greatest Oneness proponents of the 20th century.

Hardwick?