Would You Ever Challenge Your Pastor?

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Originally Posted by pelathais

It occurs to me that I am bringing a lot of my own baggage to this discussion (and AFF in general) lately. It must be the holidays. I have to relive some rather painful stuff every year and then I am forced to sit quietly by while rank sinners (read: "Holiness Preachers") are publicly praised by local and district leaders - even national leaders, knowing full well that most of those heaping the praise were fully cognizant of the crimes.

I pray that your path is rewarding for you, Jermyn. Life really is too short to live with a bunch of nonsense, biting your tongue all of the time. Though, I trust that the pastor you left was kind and well intentioned. Why these guys; guys who would otherwise be truly great men, feel the need to kowtow constantly to the angry rabble within the org is beyond me.

I have family and friends who have recently left the same church as you did (if that's the church you're talking about). These are "6th Generation" Apostolics, FWIW. It's funny. They're adopting a "lifestyle" consistent with the "1st through 4th Generation" of Apostolics and thus, are being pushed out of a self proclaimed "Apostolic Church."

They're dropping the man-made "standards" that some of their grandparents adopted. For this, they too must find another church and another pastor.

Keep posting, brother.