creativemechanic Posted May 20, 2018 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1,273 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 518 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/22/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) Recently I Heard an interesting mini sermon from a pastor today. hevwas explaining his standard for hospital Christian ministry what he said was- - Some people church hop because they cant submut to authority and so they jump to other churches when they don't like what's being done. If I notice a member of another church starting to frequent my church,I meet and ask them why they're moving. If they don't tell me, I call the pastor and ask him. If the report he has given for their movement isn't a positive , I tell the person to return to their church and only come when they have their pastors blessing. Reason being, people leave for bad reasons and i don't want them bringing their demons to my church NOTE -the replies i heard show people have misinterpreted he. I would never do any investigation in new members, not my place. The pastor is the one who said he did the investigation. i was simply quoting him Edited May 21, 2018 by creativemechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mclees Posted May 20, 2018 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 158 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 1,915 Content Per Day: 0.80 Reputation: 910 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/15/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 hour ago, creativemechanic said: Recently I Heard an interesting mini sermon from a pastor today. hevwas explaining his standard for hospital Christian ministry what he said was- - Some people church hop because they cant submut to authority and so they jump to other churches when they don't like what's being done. If I notice a member of another church starting to frequent my church,I meet and ask them why they're moving. If they don't tell me, I call the pastor and ask him. If the report he has given for their movement isn't a positive , I tell the person to return to their church and only come when they have their pastors blessing. Reason being, people leave for bad reasons and i don't want them bringing their demons to my church What demons? Maybe they are looking for the right church for them. Its like finding a pair of shoes with the right fit. This is why there are a million denominations, and yours is just another one of them. Actually there is no right church. We are saved by personal faith in Chris. God has no pet denomination in His kingdom. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyKay Posted May 20, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 12 Topic Count: 385 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 7,692 Content Per Day: 1.93 Reputation: 4,809 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/28/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2018 2 hours ago, creativemechanic said: If I notice a member of another church starting to frequent my church,I meet and ask them why they're moving. If they don't tell me, I call the pastor and ask him. If the report he has given for their movement isn't a positive , I tell the person to return to their church and only come when they have their pastors blessing. Reason being, people leave for bad reasons and i don't want them bringing their demons to my church So your the church police? Could be personal. I know I myself would be really put out if someone from a church called up my old pastor and ask him why I left. I am an adult after all and my reason for attended one church over another is really no one's business unless I wish to share that with them. You never know. Someone maybe leaving an abusive situation and not wanting to talk about it with anyone just yet. Are you really going to close your doors to people? As for not wanting people to bring their demons to your church? Is your church only for those who are spiritual healthy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne Posted May 20, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 107 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3,820 Content Per Day: 1.30 Reputation: 4,806 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/31/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, creativemechanic said: Recently I Heard an interesting mini sermon from a pastor today. hevwas explaining his standard for hospital Christian ministry what he said was- - Some people church hop because they cant submut to authority and so they jump to other churches when they don't like what's being done. If I notice a member of another church starting to frequent my church,I meet and ask them why they're moving. If they don't tell me, I call the pastor and ask him. If the report he has given for their movement isn't a positive , I tell the person to return to their church and only come when they have their pastors blessing. Reason being, people leave for bad reasons and i don't want them bringing their demons to my church I'll say this kindly. It's not your business why someone is leaving a church. It's certainly not your business to tattle to the pastor and if he is worth his salt, he will not reveal their personal business to the membership. People don't always leave for bad reasons. A lot of people leave for good and valid reasons. If those people decide to share why they have left their church and do it in a non-gossipy way and explain that they are looking for truth, help, or a place to serve, that's fine. There is too much church hopping these days. Some for good reasons and some for poor reasons. Edited May 20, 2018 by Jayne 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 3 hours ago, creativemechanic said: Recently I Heard an interesting mini sermon from a pastor today. hevwas explaining his standard for hospital Christian ministry what he said was- - Some people church hop because they cant submut to authority and so they jump to other churches when they don't like what's being done. If I notice a member of another church starting to frequent my church,I meet and ask them why they're moving. If they don't tell me, I call the pastor and ask him. If the report he has given for their movement isn't a positive , I tell the person to return to their church and only come when they have their pastors blessing. Reason being, people leave for bad reasons and i don't want them bringing their demons to my church Yeah, you are waaaaay out of line with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frienduff thaylorde Posted May 20, 2018 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 17 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 13,256 Content Per Day: 5.33 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 62 Joined: 07/07/2017 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/25/1972 Share Posted May 20, 2018 3 hours ago, creativemechanic said: Recently I Heard an interesting mini sermon from a pastor today. hevwas explaining his standard for hospital Christian ministry what he said was- - Some people church hop because they cant submut to authority and so they jump to other churches when they don't like what's being done. If I notice a member of another church starting to frequent my church,I meet and ask them why they're moving. If they don't tell me, I call the pastor and ask him. If the report he has given for their movement isn't a positive , I tell the person to return to their church and only come when they have their pastors blessing. Reason being, people leave for bad reasons and i don't want them bringing their demons to my church So , say someone was sitting in Kenneth copelands church , and then the HOLY SPIRIT woke them up and they had tried to correct him , but no effect and then they come to your church . you call KENNY and of course HE will say they were not positive and don't submit to his authority . YET the man is a mega false pastor. The key is , learn what the person believes, SEE if they need correction , and if not , all is well. Teach them JESUS and see how they respond . but due to , we have a mega many false pastors and some keep waking up and leaving , my advice is test their knowledge and see and ask what they believe . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 You sound very selfish and nosey to me. I'd tell you to mind your own business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butero Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 4 hours ago, creativemechanic said: Recently I Heard an interesting mini sermon from a pastor today. hevwas explaining his standard for hospital Christian ministry what he said was- - Some people church hop because they cant submut to authority and so they jump to other churches when they don't like what's being done. If I notice a member of another church starting to frequent my church,I meet and ask them why they're moving. If they don't tell me, I call the pastor and ask him. If the report he has given for their movement isn't a positive , I tell the person to return to their church and only come when they have their pastors blessing. Reason being, people leave for bad reasons and i don't want them bringing their demons to my church I would judge them only by what they did at my church. I can't imagine anyone treating visitors like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted May 20, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,020 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,318 Content Per Day: 1.80 Reputation: 16,368 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Online Share Posted May 20, 2018 As others have mentioned there are often legitimate reasons why people leave certain churches. In these years of extreme liberalistic churches, some must leave because their churches now embrace things like gay marriage...or even sometimes a new pastor will come in and you find out that he doesn't believe in the inspired word of God (and he even tells you that). So how can one remain sitting under the teaching of those "pastors"? Love new people coming into church and hopefully they will find a loving church home with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie T Posted May 20, 2018 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 528 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 102 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/26/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) What preacher, if called and questioned, is going to admit he was going way off track with the things he was saying from the pulpit? OF COURSE he is going to blame the couple who showed up at your church. How foolish to even think otherwise. Edited May 20, 2018 by Willie T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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