Bible Discussion Thread

Meetings; conclusion.

Other things meetings involve are activities for all ministries in a church as well as work in the local community. Due diligence should be given to those familiar with charitable organizations; for instance before deciding to serve at a particular charity; for instance. In the past I have seen how the Pastor didn't know that the founder and leader didn't believe in the concept of the Trinity. More seriously; another group wasn't even preaching the Gospel as to repentance from sin; just a general "feel good" message to international students. Thankfully the Pastor decided not to go back there again. I would say from my own observations that churches tend to be myopic as to those already established rather than making any active efforts to support those who are currently having small groups and or prayer groups or wish to start doing that. Such things as evangelism as well are often ignored; when there are individuals who are already doing that and have experience to offer in that area. Again; often laypersons don't attempt to open up dialogue and it is partially their fault that these things aren't being incorporated into the regimen. There are cases where the establishment have their own itinerary. I would venture to say that the lack of prayer that I have seen in many fellowships is why there isn't more openness. Pastors and laypersons should be able to confess things to one another and support each other moving forward. There are times when asking for a public vote may not serve the best interests of the church. I saw where a committed couple that would come to pray before the service was voted out because their musical venue was considered "boring." Fortunately the replacement person who was rather immature in faith showed some signs of growth eventually but not all things should be a popular vote. My pastor now had to be told not to play certain music from bad ministries that he trusted the music director on as well.