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I continue to mull over the situation in our church. The board of directors (nine people) has chosen this individual. It takes a 2/3's vote of the board to recommend him to the full church. It then takes a 2/3's vote of the present membership in good standing to bring him on board.
It looks like Karol and I will be leaving the church regardless of the outcome. The discussion and vote will occur Sunday evening of August 10th. Whichever way it goes, I don't see how we can stay.
I feel it is my responsibility to speak up against this insane decision. Sometimes life offers us the choice to make a bold move, I cannot turn away from this. I feel like I'm Gary Cooper in the movie "High Noon." Except I don't have the faint hearted wife that Gary Cooper did.
The problem is, once I have stated my position, with all the persuasion I can muster, the well will be poisoned. If my view prevails, I will have made enemies and it will not be fun to remain in the church. If I lose, then there is no alternative.
We have been there a few years and will miss the friends we have made. However, I don't think Jesus would say that a church is meant to be a social club.
Our previous pastor, to paraphrase one of his sermons, told the congregation that if they were unhappy at his church there are 77 other churches in the area.
That means we could visit a different church each week and not repeat any church for a year and a half.
Boy, this is upsetting.
On the bright side, this will give me enough material to blog for a month. Stay tuned.
Posted by Ted at August 1, 2003 9:42 PM