qwerty said:
I had hopes for the new pastor, but since he is approving this, I have little faith that FBCH will be able to change. This is in direct opposition to what he said in the question and answer session when he was a candidate where he was going to continue with the current ministries abroad, but was going to focus on "Jerusalem" first, then "Judea and Samaria" while quoting Acts 1:8. The church (Jerusalem) in in shambles and he is paying a man to sit out on the East coast. Again, if the church leadership, especially the deacons and the new pastor, held its many "pastors" and "Bible teachers" accountable this would not be an issue. Lapina, Moore, and the lot of them should have all ready been directed to the door; hate to say such a thing because I know all those men personally and have many wonderful memories as co-laborers, but when it comes down to it, they chose to stay, get paid, and remain with someone that perverted the scriptures.
I can't get past your last sentence. Exactly because they chose to enable, I feel like they were dishonest with me, for the thirty years I have known them, and the years we all served together, especially. I just can't get over the fact that these men looked me in the face every day, consciously aware of, and making an effort to conceal gross sin.
I remember trying to get answers, and being arrogantly blown off, derided, or treated as if I was somehow inferior to the other assistant pastors (Maybe I was, since I was an unpaid assistant pastor...don't get me started on that). I had committed to stay home from the mission field to train HAC missions students in a church planting setting for life. I even saved the church well over a million dollars in contract work and getting various co.s to donate supplies. Yet I was talked to like I wandered in off of the street, when I pointed out problems. I wish that I could give them the benefit of the doubt, but I can't...because not one of them ever offered me an explanation, letter, phone call...nada... Then I find out that they sent people to the members of the Chapel I pastored, to tell them I had 'gone over seas as a missionary' and that they should join another chapel (numbers) across town. Just this winter I finally helped them reorganize, with a man that I discipled there leading them, thank God! I really can't think the best of Moore any more...sadly.
Anishinabe