However, when he gets recalled from his office he will be an ordinary Christian again, not higher than
any other member of the congregation.
You will find that
other members of the congregation will come up to you and tell you how «different» your reading was from any they have heard.
The focus on ministry as spiritual direction requires the pastor to become the servant of all, the person who enables the ministry of
every other member of the congregation.
Don't get God confused with
the other members of the congregation.
So she wrote a check and left it on the alter along with the gifts of
the other members of her congregation.
Church member Casey Kitchens said she and
other members of the congregation are outraged by the church's refusal to marry a black couple, a decision she says most of the congregation knew nothing about.