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Originally Posted by Originalist
I am 48 years old. I came to the Lord and received the Holy Ghost in 1980, just 2 weeks after my 15th birthday. I have been at this church for three years and started attending here due to a geographical relocation. I was a member of the church where I previously attended for 17 years. I have a long way to go, but I passed spiritual adolescence long ago.
It is interesting that your default position is to defend the pastor. Why is that? Why do you think I should stay?
Have you read my other threads that describe what my family has been through, and recent comments of my pastor?
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Brother, I get the impression - correct me if I'm wrong - that your history with said pastor isn't warm. If the feeling is mutual there is NOTHING you will be able to do to prevent being what Navy Goat said you will be: sermon fodder. This in spite of any and everything you have tried to do to toe the line. It's just how the machine works.
I would liken it to the practice of seeking the pastor's "blessing".
Some of the older ones on this forum might remember that as being the only way you could ever leave a local church.
If the pastor suspects that you might be a little "inconsistent" in attendance, or a little "weak on the doctrine", you are suspected of "not tithing" or of being disloyal, there is NOTHING you will be able to do to prevent the backwash from your leaving.
Brother, just follow the leading of the Lord. We are a digitized society, but something like this should be done with face-time: man of God to man of God. If he blows you off, do the same.
Seriously, if God has told you to do something, then DO IT. Don't sit and rot on the pew due to fear, apprehension, or being told you are not "ready". From the sounds of it, you've been "in training" for some time.
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