MAMA'S BABY, "PASTOR'S" MAYBE?!

SCENARIO: "PASTOR' has sown the "chosen seed" outside of the "chosen womb", and the newest and youngest member of the congregation just happens to be "pastor's" spitting image, right down to the vertically curved big toe nails. Should this "revelation" be publicalyy addressed, and should this child be publicLy claimed andacknowledged! Should they be forced to leave the congregation like Ishmael and his mother? This is a huge taboo topic, but it's as common as snub-nosed"Gators" in the pulpit

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Permalink Reply by Clara Crawford-Milton on July 10, 2009 at 10:24am: Wow! That very incest in in my home church. Not only is it the pastor but he is the first cousin of the mother. I truly breaks my heart. It was downplayed by many for years and now it has surfaced as a known fact. For almost 10 years it has been a hush hush. God is sooooo dissatisfied. Now that the grandmother is no longer here, the church wants to dig it up. Was their obedience (silence) to the grandmother or is it God they should pay reverence to? I think this happens more in churches than we realize. God is ready to clean the house starting at the top. Charity starts at home and spreads abroad. So does holiness. if a pastor is enganges in such activities, what can he say to his members? Where is the deliverance in the church? Until we can live transparent lives, and commit to seving the body and livinging as God's Word says, this will continue; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Barbara MacKenzie on July 16, 2009 at 9:01am: What is done in the dark always comes to light. No matter what happens to the "pastor" the child is the innocent in the whole situation. The "pastor" needs a coming to Jesus day!! How can he be the example of what you should be like if he isn't living right. The congregation should follow him as he follows Christ. But how is he following Christ? The situation being swept under the rug will never take care of it. It will only cause it to fester and have the potential to break up the church. Something has to happen. It cannot be ignored because it gives the impression that it is okay and other men/women in the church will follow the example they are giving. You are gonna have to pray the spirit of adultry out of your church!!!; ▶ Reply to This