I have mun into a few good pastors since I left Living Word. It seems to me that one of the traits that is most common among them, is they are volunteer pastors, usually called LAY pastors. By Lay pastor it usually means not a graduate of divinity school, (which means they don't really hold the slant and twist of any paricular school's version of theology) and the most important common trait, they are unpaid. They get up and go to work for a living and they spend the rest of their time toiling for the people for free.
I recall one old guy in a church in Decatur Georgia, he ran the OVERCOMERS ministry, which was before Celebrate Recovery, but similar, only better. He refused a pay check, he was retired an don social security and pension, he didn't want pay for wha the did. He helped lots of people with serious problems and without any need for them to spend most of their lives praying for him and ministering up.
Another guy I know, in his seventies, he is sent to various churches that are going under by a large Pentecostal denomination, but he doesn't get paid, he is self taught, he has read the bible cover to cover every year of his life since his teens.
There are enough good ministries around that nobody has to sign up to the stupidity that is Living Word Fellowship. There is no excuse for anyone lording it over anyone, and there is no reason that anyone should believe their BS when they are told they are supposed to bow and scrape to leaders.
I recall one old guy in a church in Decatur Georgia, he ran the OVERCOMERS ministry, which was before Celebrate Recovery, but similar, only better. He refused a pay check, he was retired an don social security and pension, he didn't want pay for wha the did. He helped lots of people with serious problems and without any need for them to spend most of their lives praying for him and ministering up.
Another guy I know, in his seventies, he is sent to various churches that are going under by a large Pentecostal denomination, but he doesn't get paid, he is self taught, he has read the bible cover to cover every year of his life since his teens.
There are enough good ministries around that nobody has to sign up to the stupidity that is Living Word Fellowship. There is no excuse for anyone lording it over anyone, and there is no reason that anyone should believe their BS when they are told they are supposed to bow and scrape to leaders.