A rather disturbing scene took place at our church yesterday morning. Before he started the sermon, our pastor said he needed to address some rumors that had been circulating about the recent resignation of the church's associate pastor. He explained exactly why he had decided to confront this pastor and how a mutual decision had been reached that the associate pastor should resign. Now Zach and I haven't been at the church very long, so we never knew the associate pastor at all, but we have no reason to doubt Pastor Morton's version of the story. However, it seems that some in the church have been slandering the pastor and making him out to be "the bad guy," so to speak.
So far, this wouldn't have bothered me much...I think the pastor was working within his biblical role to admonish his flock about this issue and to try to set the record straight. What bothered me was that several men in the congregation engaged in a brief verbal argument with the pastor and each other right there in the middle of the service! I wanted to cry out "This is not how the body of Christ should be behaving!"
Brothers and sisters in Christ, please pray for our church. My heart is breaking for this group of people who have a wonderful, godly man trying to lead them but seem to let their own selfish desires rule their behavior. Zach and I do believe this church is the place God would have us worship right now, but we would love to see the members of the church grow in maturity and discernment.
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