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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5558285" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>My father was a Church of Christ minister for over 40 years.&nbsp; Because the C of C doesn&#039;t have a central office, its congregations are independent, he had to negotiate a contract with local church leadership in each congregation he served.&nbsp; If a congregation had members who had a bit of local pull and they decided they didn&#039;t care for his style of preaching, or they just decided they wanted to go a different direction, he was dumped.&nbsp; A few times with outright lies so that they could justify their decision to other congregations.&nbsp; He knew plenty of ministers who experienced the same thing.&nbsp; Some ministers are very adept at playing politics and stay awhile.&nbsp; Others mention something in a sermon that strikes someone the wrong way and they are soon gone.&nbsp; Christians aren&#039;t any less human than non Christians.&nbsp; Faithful Christians strive to do the right thing, but they can and do fall short at times.&nbsp; My grandfather, a well driller and preacher for over 50 years, used to say if you let a hypocrite stand between you and God then he&#039;s closer to God than you are.&nbsp; One thing is for certain in my mind.&nbsp; Those who make an issue over money so much that it keeps them from seeing the good done with the money have an issue that they should give a strong look at.&nbsp; For their own sake.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5558285, member: 24302"] My father was a Church of Christ minister for over 40 years. Because the C of C doesn't have a central office, its congregations are independent, he had to negotiate a contract with local church leadership in each congregation he served. If a congregation had members who had a bit of local pull and they decided they didn't care for his style of preaching, or they just decided they wanted to go a different direction, he was dumped. A few times with outright lies so that they could justify their decision to other congregations. He knew plenty of ministers who experienced the same thing. Some ministers are very adept at playing politics and stay awhile. Others mention something in a sermon that strikes someone the wrong way and they are soon gone. Christians aren't any less human than non Christians. Faithful Christians strive to do the right thing, but they can and do fall short at times. My grandfather, a well driller and preacher for over 50 years, used to say if you let a hypocrite stand between you and God then he's closer to God than you are. One thing is for certain in my mind. Those who make an issue over money so much that it keeps them from seeing the good done with the money have an issue that they should give a strong look at. For their own sake. [/QUOTE]

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