Cranky Christians July 4, 2009
Posted by Dan R. Dick in Devotional Reflection, Mission of the Church.Tags: Christian discipleship, Mission & Purpose
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From a letter I received in 1998 from a church member in a congregation where I was providing consultation and mediation:
Our pastor doesn’t understand us. We are a good people, and we don’t want to change. We’ve gotten along fine for years and everyone was happy until he came and started changing things. He is making us change our worship. We sing songs that nobody knows. He makes us say prayers other than the Apostle’s Creed. He doesn’t do the offering right. And he doesn’t do communion right. He lets little kids stay in the sanctuary, ruining worship for everybody. He doesn’t care what we want. All he wants to do is make us try new things and he disrespects all the old things. There is a easy solution to our current problem. He needs to leave us be, and we need a pastor who knows how to run a church.
