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Ambassador Baptist Church
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I am a member of a Baptist church, and I have a question about my pastor's leadership. Below is a list of things he has either done or said during the past year and a half that I have been a member.
- Members joining without a church vote
- Assignment of church officers without a church vote
- Deciding where money goes without a church vote
- Leadership assigned without a church vote
- Missionaries taken on, removed, or sent out without a church vote
- "I'm the pastor, I can do whatever I want."
- "Don't question your pastor."
- "God leads me, so you must follow me."
- "You must follow me because I'm your pastor."
- "Your pastor is asking you to ..."
- "Your pastor needs you to ..."
- "You should serve me."
He also has the following characteristics:
- He travels but you don't. It all about you helping him achieve "his" ministry.
- No one has permission to go anywhere except where he says, when he says.
- He refuses to release the people to God's call in their life.
- He is always training you for ministry but you never graduate because you never quite measure up.
- People leave suddenly and those who leave are leaving hurt.
- No Transparency. He leads a secret life with a short list of approved followers that he will allow near.
- No accountability of leadership to the church body
- Extreme emphasis is placed on the authority of the pastor
- Loyalty to the pastor is stressed
- Decisions are made by the pastor on behalf of the congregation. In many cases, church members have no idea how the church money is spent
How I should respond to these things?
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