We are officially a family without a church

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Originally Posted by CC1

Ephesians chapter 4 beginning at verse 11 speaks to the role of the church, pastors, teaches, etc in the christian's life.

This is not to say there won't be a time in a person's life when they are between churches but those times should be few and far between and should not be for an extended period of time.

My observation over many decades is that if folks don't plug into another church in a timely manner they usually start to enjoy pastoring themselves even though it is not the biblical pattern for their spiritual growth.

Who is the pastor's pastor? (Especially if it is an independent church?) Who is the general superintendent's pastor?

I guess for me, since we pastored a Home Missions church for 5 years and an established work for 5 years and essentially nobody above us gave a rip, we were without a pastor all those years except for ourselves. This "You need a pastor" stuff seems like a crock. I wanted a pastor/mentor all that time. But could I actually find someone to make that investment? Ha! Some people are just orphans not by choice. Then, they get used to it.