It is inevitable that he will eventually disappoint you in one way or another. He is human. And prayerfully he will be the first to admit it. A true man of God is humble in his calling and wouldn’t want to be the reason you stay at your church, either. If the Word of God is not being taught, that’s reason to find a church where it is being taught. But if it’s taught in a different style, or you don’t feel you’re getting enough of the Word to grow spiritually, read the second point.
2. Church is about where you serve.
Some friends of mine just received news that their pastor of 16 years accepted a call at a different church a few thousand miles away. He came to California to plant a church on the West Coast and now that he has faithfully done what he was called to do, he is moving his family back to the South where he and his wife grew up to pastor the church in which he was raised and to be near their aging parents in this season of life.
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Once I talked with my friends I heard their reservations. “We came here for his preaching. We need to be in a church where we are fed. We’ll see how it goes. We’ll see if the new guy will feed us.“
If our idea of spiritual food is a 40-minute sermon on Sundays, then we need to learn to feed ourselves, not find another church – or pastor – to do our feeding. It isn’t a pastor’s responsibility to keep you spiritually fed and healthy on a weekly sermon. Prayerfully, you are feeding yourself through regular reading and study of the Word of God, discipleship and accountability from someone other than your your pastor, and service that is shaping you into the image of Christ.
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