Pastor Appreciation Month

[BeenThinkin]

Originally Posted by AreYouReady?

I agree. That is where it should take all the members of the body of Christ to form a local body. (equal responsibility) No two people should hold all the responsibility of the church building. Gathering for a meeting together takes the hands and the feet, as well as the brain and the heart and soul of a meeting. I agree that there are many God-fearing people-loving pastors out there....I just have not seen any that are Jesus Name in my area as of late.

And...I don't have a problem going to a trinitarian church if the people all love one another. That is where Christ is.

It's just that as a saint, who sometimes has been treated like the excrement from the body to be flushed, I do not appreciate being told that I must conform to a look or style that I object to, then be told I must pay them 10% of my household budget to order me around when it comes to the "pentecostal' look and then disguise that 10% as being given to God, when I know that in some churches, it goes straight into the pastor's pocket.

Oh how I wish that I could find a little church who wants all of the body to labor together for the cause of Christ.

Wish I could tell you where ours is. And I don't know if you are aware of this or not, but there's times we Pastors wish and plead for folks to be more a part, jump in and do their part, help make the church a place that people love and appreciate; not a place that you dread to go to. I've noticed many pictures taken during church and especially during the altar appeal and many of those individuals involved have a horrible look of their face. Looks of agony, crying and wailing and seeming to be in great pain! Why? In my earlier days I went to church and then felt worse after being there than when I arrived. That's not the will of God, in my estimation.

I wish I could share more of my past with you. I am where I am today, partially because I withstood much of what you and others have posted. When you challenge the politics and challenge the "Big Preacher," (and too often his big money), and please believe me I don't mean that to be mean....just a fact, you find real quick that "that wasn't the best thing to do to be popular." Yet, I don't want to linger on this because when I do those with whom I am angry are in control of my emotions and my actions. I can be mad at them all day, angry and frustrated, and they will never know it, but I sure will!

Been Thinkin