Not every leader is like your experience. Do not let your bad experience become your expectation. I have a Bible College at our church. One of my key teachings in Pastoral Theology and Leadership is teaching young ministers that there are 3 essentials to being a minister of Jesus Christ. #1 is integrity. 2 is credibility and 3 is loyalty. Without integrity you have no credibility. Without integrity you have lost the right and ability to minister at the table of Jesus Christ.
In my short ‘ministry’ career stint in the COG I did not have a problem with leadership. I thought they did the best they could. I think the majority of the ministers in the COG feel the same. I always knew ‘who you know’ or ‘who you are’ makes a difference. It is a natural reflex, in church or in business. Good or bad it is real, it is life.There are bad apples in most bushels. That is a shame too, but that to is life. I think most in administrative positions are ‘company men (and women)’ or they would probably not be there if they were not. That doesn’t make them bad. Some let personality get in the way and then I am sure make ignorant decisions. Ignorance is not a sin, but could definitely cause wrong decisions. ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
I spent years blaming Ignorance trying to not believe the worst. Today I blame selfish ambition. The more corpses you have you can use them to build a staircase up the System.
My husband & I went through an experience many years ago with a well known minister that hurt us very badly. I had always highly respected this man, and it was very disappointing. I became cynical for a period of time and had the attitude of, Show me you’re a man of God. Then God gave us a man as our pastor who was the epitome of integrity. Serving under him for several years restored my faith in ministers. Leaders are just like other ministers/men. Some are the best of the best, and some you wish you’d never met. Some are wonderful, and some are not. Becoming cynical is a natural response to being hurt or taken advantage of. But please spend time in prayer and ask God to show you your way out of this attitude. Becoming cynical and seeing the bad side of church/ministers is what led my son away from the Lord. It’s a dangerous place to be spiritually, and it lessens your effectiveness as a minister________________More of Him…less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name
Centralized government breeds corruption.Not only in Cleveland, but everywhere else it exists________________Charles A. HutchinsSenior Pastor SPWCCongregational Church of Godwww.spwc.church
Not every leader is like your experience. Do not let your bad experience become your expectation. I have a Bible College at our church. One of my key teachings in Pastoral Theology and Leadership is teaching young ministers that there are 3 essentials to being a minister of Jesus Christ. #1 is integrity. 2 is credibility and 3 is loyalty. Without integrity you have no credibility. Without integrity you have lost the right and ability to minister at the table of Jesus Christ.
Depends on who you ask________________Charles A. HutchinsSenior Pastor SPWCCongregational Church of Godwww.spwc.church
In my short ‘ministry’ career stint in the COG I did not have a problem with leadership. I thought they did the best they could. I think the majority of the ministers in the COG feel the same. I always knew ‘who you know’ or ‘who you are’ makes a difference. It is a natural reflex, in church or in business. Good or bad it is real, it is life.There are bad apples in most bushels. That is a shame too, but that to is life. I think most in administrative positions are ‘company men (and women)’ or they would probably not be there if they were not. That doesn’t make them bad. Some let personality get in the way and then I am sure make ignorant decisions. Ignorance is not a sin, but could definitely cause wrong decisions. ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
I spent years blaming Ignorance trying to not believe the worst. Today I blame selfish ambition. The more corpses you have you can use them to build a staircase up the System.
My husband & I went through an experience many years ago with a well known minister that hurt us very badly. I had always highly respected this man, and it was very disappointing. I became cynical for a period of time and had the attitude of, Show me you’re a man of God. Then God gave us a man as our pastor who was the epitome of integrity. Serving under him for several years restored my faith in ministers. Leaders are just like other ministers/men. Some are the best of the best, and some you wish you’d never met. Some are wonderful, and some are not. Becoming cynical is a natural response to being hurt or taken advantage of. But please spend time in prayer and ask God to show you your way out of this attitude. Becoming cynical and seeing the bad side of church/ministers is what led my son away from the Lord. It’s a dangerous place to be spiritually, and it lessens your effectiveness as a minister________________More of Him…less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name
Centralized government breeds corruption.Not only in Cleveland, but everywhere else it exists________________Charles A. HutchinsSenior Pastor SPWCCongregational Church of Godwww.spwc.church
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