I just got off the phone with a guy who pastors a church down the road from me. It is the nearest church in proximity to ours (3 mi.), and also in the same denomination as ours. In fact, until the 1960's our two churches shared the same pastor. Anywayyyyyy, this guy called to tell me he resigned yesterday. He's going to a church on the other side of Fort Wayne. At least he owns his own home, so he doesn't have to move as well. He asked if I wanted to take both churches. I laughed. Ha!
And it is so weird.... The former lead singer of the Christian rock band Petra is the worship leader at his new church. I kid you not, I was actually just thinking about this guy the other day. We had seen him in concert some years ago. I was trying to think of performers to line up for next summer and remembered that Petra had come from FW. So I wondered. I just thought that was really weird.
When I moved here there were 5 of us pastors that met together weekly to read Scripture and pray. We soon became fairly good friends, and I enjoyed our time together. Which is odd because I was the last to join the group. I resisted for awhile because, you know, I just didn't really want to hang around with a bunch of pastors. But I finally caved, and now... there are only two of us left from that original group. The new people that have replaced these other pastors (2 of the churches have had several) just haven't seemed too interested in hanging out with us.
So... it will be interesting to see who will be the last one standing. Maybe we should make it a contest. :)
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"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
"Last Pastor Standing"
Someone should market that to CBS.
3 miles?! In the same denomination? Are your churches really so different that you need to keep them separate? If he wants you to take over his church why not just merge them?
The guy from Petra? Really? That's awesome!
Hmm... from Darwin to Last Comic Standing... :)
Mike C.,
I think he was mostly joking, but, yes, our churches ARE that different. In fact, he and I are THAT different. You remember what your old church was like, right? :)
Ryan,
Great to hear from you again. Yes, Petra! Apparently the guy is 62 years old though. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
Nothing better than "Lucas McGraw" on Sunday morning.
Why do I have the funny feeling that there is a target on my back?
Oh, man... I had no idea who or what Lucas McGraw was, so I googled. I wish I hadn'ta went and done that.
It's either your back or mine. Go!
The Petra guys isn't John Schlitt is he?
Mike C.
No - it would be the *other* one - Greg X. Volz.
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