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Originally Posted by CC1
There are independent Pastors who hold themselves accountable to either a group of Elders in the church or a group of other ministers. In my case our pastor is held accountable by a group of Elders in the church who are not "yes men". They see all of the books, know all of the finances, can ask hard questions about both church operations and personal matters.
However I do know there are a lot of independent churches who have no accountibility in place and I agree that is bad.
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I kinda liked the church I visited today and plan to visit it again next week. But it is far from me and they only hold services on Sunday mornings. If it were up to me, there would be Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday evening services-- with prayer rooms open and hour before each service.
I don't know if they don't have a prayer room, but I know they don't advertise a time of pre-service prayer. So maybe I won't make the drive all the way out there again for a church that doesn't make corporate prayer a priority. Maybe I can start it, but again, they are so far.
What I might have to do is join an Apostolic church (Cleveland has a TON of them-- small to large), sit in the background, and don't say anything to anyone, don't participate, etc. It's been too long since I've had physical fellowship and accountability.
So then, once I start to fellowship with them, they will ask questions, I will be honest and I will probably cause confusion-- which is one of the main reasons why I left my last Apostolic church that I loved.
Maybe since they won't know me, if I join plainly stating up front that I disagree with them but need to be a part of a body of believers, maybe they will tolerate me, knowing where I stand, and keep the new converts away from me.
I don't want ANY interaction at all with a new convert to an Apostolic church!
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