Changing Churches

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

I heard Billy Davis say something once that struck me funny.

A family moved to his city, and wanted to attend his church. He met with them, and they started telling him how badly they had been hurt by a pastor, and that he would have to be patient with them and understand that they had a hard time trusting the ministry because of their experiences.

He listened politely until they had finished their soliloquy, and then told them, "That's fine. i totally understand where you are coming from. I've seen a few bad saints come through here who have hurt me, so it's going to take while for me to develop confidence and trust in you too, so we'll just work on this together."

I actually think he handled it correctly.

I wouldn't go to a new church and say that even if it were true that I'd been abused.

Personally, I think letting them know where he stood was good in that I think these people were looking for coddling, etc. On the surface, the way you've explained it, it seems that way at least...