Hand me down Churches

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On Tue,  1 Sep 1998 00:30:56, -0500 LSVH37A@prodigy.com (MRS LAURA M
ALLEN) writes:

>BROTHER JERRY:
>And is it only me or does anyone else notice that there are a lot of
>"family churches" where the Pastor's son(s) are ministers and what a
>coincidence, God called them to take over their dad's Church?
>
>ME:
>Wow--what a coincedence.  And I guess you don't think that God does 
>that...so we won't even bring in our "Bishop" (retired pastor) and 
>his son (Brother Jan), who was called to be our pastor?  Not to 
>mention Brother Jan's grandfather, great-grandfather, and greatx2x3 
>Grandfather.  
>____
>In His Service,
>Joshua Allen
>Apostolic98@hotmail.com 

I don't even know these people, Josh, but you've proven my point.   And
I'm not saying that it's impossible, but I find it odd (and not just
slightly) that the Church sometimes appears to be an inheritance and not
a calling, and no, I am not specifically referring to the people you are
talking about.  God's ministry is not a "hand me down".

I would ask: when it came time to "audition" a new Pastor, who was
allowed (if anyone) to audition?

Jerry Welch

www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2810/

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