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In my last posting; I teased the idea of those who seem to enjoy "passing the buck" of all decision making in a church to the local Pastor. The risk; of course besides overloading the pastor with extra responsibilities is that it can make either him or us prideful.
Of course; with any subject there is usually one extreme that is as bad as another. Without some guidelines we risk having a chaotic service; and introduction of doctrines not carefully considered in light of scripture to name two issues.
Church polity; as best as I can understand it; is a set methodology for a given denomination in regard to a Catechism of a certain type; order of events and time scheduling of church services; baptisms; communion; music style; etc. There are individuals who assist with budgeting and who are in charge of various ministries (prayer; community service etc) that are part of the church calendar.
I have some advantage having attended a variety of churches to see different approaches in this area. There are certainly times when I have taken issue with the way things are done; most commonly in regard to prayer and usually the lack of sufficient time and participation which occurs. I have found even where there is a strict set of boundaries there is often small group and other venues where ideas can be given. Generally Pastors don't want to have to tell everyone what to do all the time; as in my church people seem to have the wherewithal to visit the infirmed and elderly; share the Gospel with strangers and participate in weekly prayer meetings and service projects.
I have also found even in the formal worship there are times when I disagree doctrinally enough to warrant sufficient reason to bring it up with a Pastor afterwards. Most of the time it is a misunderstanding. This can occur with small groups whenever we use sources outside the Word itself error can occur. This is why we should never exalt a teacher over God.
In my last posting; I teased the idea of those who seem to enjoy "passing the buck" of all decision making in a church to the local Pastor. The risk; of course besides overloading the pastor with extra responsibilities is that it can make either him or us prideful.
Of course; with any subject there is usually one extreme that is as bad as another. Without some guidelines we risk having a chaotic service; and introduction of doctrines not carefully considered in light of scripture to name two issues.
Church polity; as best as I can understand it; is a set methodology for a given denomination in regard to a Catechism of a certain type; order of events and time scheduling of church services; baptisms; communion; music style; etc. There are individuals who assist with budgeting and who are in charge of various ministries (prayer; community service etc) that are part of the church calendar.
I have some advantage having attended a variety of churches to see different approaches in this area. There are certainly times when I have taken issue with the way things are done; most commonly in regard to prayer and usually the lack of sufficient time and participation which occurs. I have found even where there is a strict set of boundaries there is often small group and other venues where ideas can be given. Generally Pastors don't want to have to tell everyone what to do all the time; as in my church people seem to have the wherewithal to visit the infirmed and elderly; share the Gospel with strangers and participate in weekly prayer meetings and service projects.
I have also found even in the formal worship there are times when I disagree doctrinally enough to warrant sufficient reason to bring it up with a Pastor afterwards. Most of the time it is a misunderstanding. This can occur with small groups whenever we use sources outside the Word itself error can occur. This is why we should never exalt a teacher over God.
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