The story has been repeated a thousand times. Young person feels the call to serve God, and to minister to people. Young person finds that the Westernized "YMCA" Country Club church with Tithes and Offerings as Membership dues is the only avenue to pursue that call. X years later, said Pastor is out of ministry because X, Y, or Z, and all of these are due the Country Club mentality preventing them from actually ministering. Just found out another friend (who from all accounts was a TREMENDOUS Pastor), just left the ministry. He didn't leave his church...He left the ministry. God did not design the church to resemble what we have turned it into. The change is coming...be prepared...
Monday, December 19, 2011
And it continues....
The story has been repeated a thousand times. Young person feels the call to serve God, and to minister to people. Young person finds that the Westernized "YMCA" Country Club church with Tithes and Offerings as Membership dues is the only avenue to pursue that call. X years later, said Pastor is out of ministry because X, Y, or Z, and all of these are due the Country Club mentality preventing them from actually ministering. Just found out another friend (who from all accounts was a TREMENDOUS Pastor), just left the ministry. He didn't leave his church...He left the ministry. God did not design the church to resemble what we have turned it into. The change is coming...be prepared...
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