As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
Many Conservative Evangelical churches are now seeing a Biblical call for Plurality of Elders in church leadership.
We are at the end of our constitution Re-Write and anticipate a vote to recommend the new constitution by the Deacon Board in Nov or Dec. Then a 2-4 month education and discussion period, followed by a congregational vote this spring.
“[T]he city… subpoenaed communications, including sermon notes and email, from five area pastors related to ‘HERO, the Petition, Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality, or gender identity.’ The pastors were not involved in the lawsuit but were involved in encouraging people to sign the petition.” CPost
“Pastor Crowley and I had travelled different paths and yet came to the same place. I ‘got out’ because of my convictions. He ‘stayed in’ and fought for his convictions. Who was right? Who was more courageous? Who was more of a ‘fundamentalist’?”
“The success of your ministry isn’t about size or speed, regardless of those ‘large church lists.’ God isn’t going to judge you based on those things because those are human measurements.” CPost
Longevity of ministry has often been a topic for discussion and research. Yet, I think, few studies have been done that focus exclusively on a bunch like SI, conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists.
If you serve as the lead/main/senior/only pastor at your church, answer the question about yourself. Otherwise, answer the question about the church you are now attending.
My suspicion is that we have a good level of longevity. We’ll find out!
“A church congregation that is just feet from Seattle’s second pot store took to the streets Sunday to protest its opening.” Too close for comfort.
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