pastor shopping?

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>>>>> "Hale" == Hale Anne <HaleA@rs6k.meredith.edu> writes:

    >> if you cannot obey your pastor, then find a pastor you can
    >> obey. ..

    Hale> Since when are we supposed to go pastor shopping?  My pastor
    Hale> is the shepherd over my soul.  As long as he is Biblically
    Hale> correct and sound, I will listen and obey.  Don't think for
    Hale> an instance that God is pleased with someone who changes
    Hale> pastors just because he stepped on someone's toes.  When my
    Hale> pastor (who is annointed of God to preach the Word of God)
    Hale> listens to God and searches scripture, it wasn't that pastor
    Hale> stepping on my toes. It was God trying to get me to follow
    Hale> His will- - not mine.

    Hale> Sis. Anne

So how did he get to be your pastor in the first place unless you
decided to let him?

I was not talking about changing pastors when you get your toes
stepped on; I was talking about changing if his pastoral preferences
that are not mandated by the Bible are such that you cannot agree with
them.  This could be something like not wearing red, when you have a
requirement to wear red, such as a uniform for your job, etc.

The case of a pastor violating a Biblical requirement is different: it
invalidates him being a pastor of anyone at all!

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