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Originally posted by btb87
I've never heard that before, and that's a great quote. I personally think another reason for so many churches (and once again, just my lil' ol' opinion) is that many times, people can't (or won't) sit under leadership. Too many Chiefs, not enough Indians. It's always easy to say what you would do if "I was the Pastor." Leading people is hard work - even harder many times in the church.
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Unfortunately, there are too many "chiefs" that don't understand that the purpose of being a "cheif" is not to keep "indians" ignorant and in their place, but to assist people in their development into fellow "chiefs". In other words, being a good church leader means being able to allow people to grow and question things without becoming offended and taking it personally and relegating that questioning of doctrine to heresy. Anyone that thinks that the purpose of attending church is to blindly accept what the leadership says is sadly mistaken. It is to learn. . . and you cannot truly learn if you are afraid to question things, even if you eventually prove yourself to be wrong. Many denominations probably wouldn't have split if instead of people becoming offended by their differences in interpretations they had been open enough to seek the truth instead of seeking to control the "indians".