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Re: What do you think of this?
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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea
...The meetings, the witnesses ... the phone calls, the letters, the whining, etc ... wasted a lot of his time ... and I believe of others ...
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Your father handled it differently than mine did, apparently. My father never brought charges against a single man, nor did he disfellowship any other churches. He would put in a polite phone call when someone came to our church, but never demanded it from other pastors. (Who didn't usually offer it anyway.)
As for being territorial...when you have seen lives damaged by selfish men, it does create some protective feelings on the part of any pastor who cares about the congregation he is supposed to look after. Territorialism is underscored by men who care so much about increasing their personal kingdoms that they spend more time wooing members of other churches than they do evangelizing a fresh harvest.
Are you a pastor?
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