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Sunday 25 November 2007

Let me say upfront that I think there are serious issues with the churches who do pay a minister to be the “professional Christian.” He is the one with all the answers, he is seen as more holy than others, he is the one that does all the work of (or makes all the decisions for) the church. A system is created that separates the paid leadership from the rest of the believers. In fact in some churches this separation is codified and the necessity of not allowing the laity to access the Pastor ever is stressed. A cult of personality usually forms around these guys and the future success of the church rests on the continued success of him. This is not church. This is a business or more accurately a circus. Sure some good things might come out of these churches, but they should be classified as “Christian organizations” instead of churches imho. Unfortunately the way most churches are these days, they could not exist without someone in that roll. In order to alter the perception that there is a paid guy to be the professional Christian, the entire structure of church would have to change. So even having this conversation without rethinking church structure is impossible. Julie Clawson

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