The incidence of Christian leaders admitting to losing their faith seems to be increasing. There is no hard and fast rule that once one becomes a Christian, there is no way of rescinding that decision. Remaining a Christian is purely by choice. Recently on ABC News evening broadcast, a couple of Pastors also claimed they had lost their faith after reading the Bible. What is bizarre about these defections is the fact that these Pastors deceptively choose to continue to lead their churches.
Very soon, as the awkwardness of this trend continues, most Churches will refrain from accepting as Pastors and leaders of their congregations, these Pastors who go to seminary schools simply to become Pastors. Most of them are not believers to start with. They look upon the position as “regular” jobs. The Pastor is not simply a position to be filled. Most of these pastors pursue the positions and titles to gain prominence and respect within the community. The power that comes with the title is incredible. The congregations, no matter their estate in life, willingly submit to these men, believing their profession of faith is true, and expect them to do what is required of them as pastors to shepherd them in their desire to serve and worship the Lord.
Nowadays, people have learned to fake God’s authenticity. They make their congregants believe that God does not relate with them on a personal level any more, but any person with strong leadership qualities are authenticated by God. Their sermons are mostly made up to suit the temperament of their listening audience. They don’t seek God’s approval; they clamor for the honor and acclamation of men, because they don’t live in obedience to God’s will. That is why the churches are littered with myriad scandals of sexual abuse of children, women being raped, sodomy, cheating, stealing from the collection bowl and totalitarian leaders unapologetic of their baseless behaviors. The acts of present day pastors make Hophni and Phinehas look like Sistine Chapel choirboys.
The people who are drawn to the churches by the bizarre antics of these faithless leaders have no chance of growing spiritually because they are not exposed to the right teachings of the Church. The Holy Spirit uses the right Pastors, those who are called according to the purposes of the Lord, as conduits for revelations and doctrinal interpretations to edify the Church. And the ignorance of those short-changed by these pulpit fads exposes them as cannon fodders for their depravity.
But their reason for staying in their positions as pastors seems to have been picked from a Saturday morning cartoon page. Seriously.
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I do hope this article was submitted by a volunteer writer and not a paid staffer for it contained several grammatical errors and was a bit difficult to read in a few spots. That aside, it said really nothing new. A great unasked question should have been, "Have the members of such congregations suspected this?" It takes two parties for fakes to flourish -- the phony pastor and a congregation having such little discernment that it takes perhaps an outsider to blow the whistle and expose the phony.
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