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I can imagine that your pastor would greatly benefit from knowing what was meaningful to you in your last church, but in all kindness, be fair. Let God’s man be God’s man in his own time, style and personality. Don’t treat him as someone who is constantly being subjected to opinion polls and applause meters. Support him. Learn from him. Pray for him. Become someone he values because you honor his honoring of the Gospel.
Remember how hard it is to be a pastor these days. Ordinary pastors feel worthless most of the time. All the emphasis is on the megachurch stars, and the regular pastor feels like a failure. He’s not. He is almost always a faithful man, even if he hasn’t taken 6 weeks of the last year to go to as many conferences to learn all the latest innovations.
This kind of church and this kind of pastor are on the sidelines in many ways. No doubt, there is much that needs to be reconsidered, but I see much in your pastor that you can support. At the end of his ministry, Christ will be central and the Bible will be over, under and in all that he has said and done. That is a precious gift.
Continue to stay in touch, and be sure and send pictures of the new baby as he grows. We all miss you.
peace,
Michael
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