Pastor's Facebook lists rile congregation
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That a pastor would keep lists like that on Facebook is a little flabbergasting (and fortunately, a spoof).
But that a pastor would keep mental lists like that isn’t surprising, unfortunately.
I’ve heard church members referred to as “high maintenance” and such (not at my church). Inevitably a pastor will recognize someone as an end-times-freak, or needing a lot of work and counsel; that’s just wisdom in dealing with people. But to think in cavalier and condescending categories is totally out of line with 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 and 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12.
But that a pastor would keep mental lists like that isn’t surprising, unfortunately.
I’ve heard church members referred to as “high maintenance” and such (not at my church). Inevitably a pastor will recognize someone as an end-times-freak, or needing a lot of work and counsel; that’s just wisdom in dealing with people. But to think in cavalier and condescending categories is totally out of line with 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 and 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12.
Michael Osborne
Philadelphia, PA
[M. Osborne]…I’ve heard church members referred to as “high maintenance” and such (not at my church)….It’s called reality.
Lee
[Lee]Certainly, it’s reality, and not one simply to be ignored.[M. Osborne]…I’ve heard church members referred to as “high maintenance” and such (not at my church)….It’s called reality.
What I object to is what happens when a minister gets in the habit of thinking of his people as simply high maintenance (or whatever) to the detriment of his working to move them from Point A to Point B in Christlikeness.
Michael Osborne
Philadelphia, PA
My wife has an expression she sometimes uses with her staff :
Think before you speak, but don’t speak all that you think.
Think before you speak, but don’t speak all that you think.
Dick Dayton
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