Pastors Leading the flock???)

• Messages sorted by:[ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]

On Sun, 06 Sep 1998 22:07:26 -0700 Robert & Patricia McLaughlin
<pmclaugh@sdcoe.k12.ca.us> writes:

>Jerry Welch responded:
>
>Let me let YOU in on a little secret:  There  ARE  Churches  where  
>the Pastor  has out  and out told people  who have to  move for  reasons

>of jobs, etc., that THEIR Church is the only one where that person can 
>get to Heaven from.
>
>And some people are intimidated enough to  stay  when  they  have  
>been called elsewhere because of these type tactics.
>
>Robert McLaughlin observes:
>
>I experienced this first hand at the  church  we  attended  during  
>the 80's.    When we decided to move back to Southern California the 
>pastor expressed his concern  that  we  would  attend  a  liberal 
church  
>and eventually lose our salvation.    I got the distinct impression that

>he thought all of the churches down here were "liberal."
>
>It can't be underestimated the psychological power that the pastor  
>has over his followers.
>
>"his followers", a purposeful choice of words.

Note that when I hear someone refer to a Church, I usually hear  "'That's
Brother (Pastor's name) Church."

POWERFUL indeed.

Jerry Welch

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

_____________________________________________________________________
You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.
Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com
Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]