Do Ministers Really Do This?

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Or is this just a regional thing?

I probably won't get any answers or if I do, it will be a denial. But....

I was told by a local church's board member that when someone leaves one UPC church for another, the Pastor is called from the former Pastor to tell his version of why that person left. Then it is passed on to the board members.

Board members can't keep anything quiet. They tell their wives and the wives tell other church members.

Then when the "new" person starts the new church hoping for a new start, he/she gets the cold shoulder from the people and the new pastor never brings the subject up to discuss it with the new member.

Please tell me it ain't so....!