Questions to ask Potential Pastor's

Sometimes truth hurts?

To call what I've posted (your quoting of me) as slanderous, doesn't make it so, friend. Any wise person can see this.

Not one word of my post was slanderous. Just sayin'. "What if?"

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How old in the faith are the members of this church said preacher refers to as "babes?"

 

Apparently old enough to have moved on to solid food since Paul was rebuking them for their carnal behavior.

(1 Cor. 3:1-2)

Barnes, Gill and Calvin all agree. (too much to post here)

 

Not Corinth. I was referring to the pastor who said he had babes in his church.

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Huh? The pastor was Paul. I must have missed something. :laugh:

 

Ahhhh logistics.....just call UPS.


I'll get out of your way.

 

I've said nothing slanderous. Nor is there a chip on my shoulder. Just having dialogue and telling the truth here. Sometimes it just plain hurts! You can't just say "you slandered" and lo and behold it's like a magic wand, friendm, and it makes it "so". If my statements are too tough, I apologize. :thumbsup:

There is nothing for me to backoff about, but since you're offended, I'll digress for your sake that you may be at peace.

Again, not a word I said was slanderous. And I still love ya man!!!!


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Why is Sunday morning the only place this can happen?

What if the pastoral staff strategized their message calendar to maximize their opportunity to communicate life changing truth to people to draw them into a deeper walk?

A good pastor knows how to draw people along and welcome them into deeper study and, in turn, growth. This doesn't mean all he does is preacher happy-dappy, feel good sermons...there is a way to feed babies meat...but you can't start off with steak and expect them to gum it to death. You have to help people grow. No Christian starts off able to consume all 5 courses of the meal.

This is unnecessary.

So did the writer of Hebrews. Who in the thread is saying we should keep people on the baby food? Who? Show me?

What I am saying is that there is a time and a place for people to dine out and get the hearty food. Sunday morning is too big a front door to launch into a detailed theological exegesis of deeper topics. Rather I would encourage pastors to develop their ministry beyond Sunday morning and help grow people through involving them in deeper studies throughout the week.

Who doesn't agree with this? We need to be feeding people. I'm saying the vast majority of Christians aren't ready to be given a five course meal and a good pastor knows how to help them grow.

 

That's his business then. You know where you shouldn't go.

Maybe he is trying to do something where he can start growing people. I don't know, I wasn't in the convo. I'm just asking us to be charitable to this fellow.

If someone comes to me and wants to ask questions about the church where I serve I welcome those questions. Hey, I'll take them out to eat and talk about over dinner. Yet if in the conversation I'm gonna do two things: 1) see if their heart is knowledge or service, 2) be careful about uncovering an ulterior motive.

True story, when I was serving in another church we had a great young guy show up and ask a bunch of questions about our church. He said he wanted to join. So I sat down and talked with him. Everything started off fine then he drove to figuring out how we dealt with money and several controversial issues. My discernment-meter went off and I thanked him and sent him on his way. Found out months later he was trying to get dirt on our church and senior pastor to write an expose. Crazy right? Well that's what really happens out there.

BTW, I've had good conversations with honest people trying to join to church. I seriously, seriously love talking about it if the people are earnest Christians.

 

Honestly, I'd find a church that needs servants the most. Right now, given technology you can listen to your favorite theologians, pastors, & teachers within moments of clicking a download button. You can have world class teaching every day of the week, several times a day.

Why not find a church with a hard working but under staffed pastor who wants to reach the community and go help him?

The key to spiritual maturity is being able to feed themselves and serve joyfully Christ's Bride.

 

Amy,
Good post......usually we are not seeing things the same way.
So I want to take this opportunity to thank you for a good post. :wavey:

 

I drive 11 miles one way. Curvy roads, no street lights, in the country, by myself. Husband doesn't go to church right now.