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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster
Honestly, I have always thought of pastors as gatherers. It amazes me that I need to get fifteen letters, three phone calls and an audience with the mayor just to talk to another saint of God thirty miles away - SIMPLY BECAUSE I AM A PASTOR!!!
What is it with this culture of fear we have created?
Folks, in my short seven years as a pastor I have learned that you can't keep people who want to leave, and you can't force people to come who don't want to. You also can't keep people out of your church that want to come.
It IS a public place.
Normally the guys that scream "sheep stealer!" the loudest are the worst offenders.
BTW, I do believe in ethics, I just think we go overboard sometimes.
It's as if we think we own people or something, and it's silliness.
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I agree, it's just silliness. Many years ago we were called on the carpet because while visiting in another city we were invited to the home of one of the saints (friends of ours) and we did not call the local pastor first for permission. We lived 75 miles away, I doubt they were going to come to our church.
As adults we are free, white and 21...the idea that we can control people is at best entertaining.
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