Pastors move to withhold/lessen SFC offerings in protest of NAYC

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by BobDylan

The kingdom of God is not the Boy scouts, and pastors are not "troop leaders". As a minister, I have ONE pastor who has real spiritual authority over me. No office in WEC, elected or appointed, has any biblical spiritual authority over anyone. If they are pastors, they have specific authority in the congregation they pastor. If a minister is out from under their ministry, they may have biblical authority over them as their "father in the gospel". But unrelated to that, the only authority a preacher in WEC has over another preacher is administrative, not spiritual.

A hearty amen.

[BobDylan]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

A hearty amen.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by BobDylan

I agree with both of you on this, technically. However my "argument" is that "Hazelwood" and the WEC don't really even try to exercise this type of authority; at least not from my experience.

The thing you describe with apparent dread really exists closer to home- at the district level.

[BobDylan]

Originally Posted by pelathais

I agree with both of you on this, technically. However my "argument" is that "Hazelwood" and the WEC don't really even try to exercise this type of authority; at least not from my experience.

The thing you describe with apparent dread really exists closer to home- at the district level.

I know many man who have experienced first hand this type of authoritative manipulation at the district level. I also know of some foreign missionaries that said (unbiblical) authority has been excercised.