Transfer of our Pastor

 

Last week our pastor announced that he asked for a transfer from the church. That was shocking news to some believers. Let me introduce our current pastor. Our current pastor is here for the last 7 years. Normally a pastor will get transferred every 3 years. Now he is transferred to a good church. We hope that he will get a better income and a better place to live. And the pastor is very interested to move out. There were mixed reactions to the news. I would like to share with you some of the reactions to the transfer order.

Few said that they wanted to stop the transfer as they feel the current pastor is very good at handling the difficult situation. Moreover few new believers are coming to the church. They are afraid of what would happen to the new believers, who are mostly dependent and attached to the old pastor. They put up the matter to the Senior pastor who is in charge of the transfer and said that "people should look at Christ, not the pastor as the pastor cannot save them. They (believers) should rely on Jesus and should follow Jesus. What nice advice.

Few said earlier we had pastors who said weird things about the believers. They spread rumors about the believers. The current pastor is good at keeping the secret of the believers with himself.

Few said pastors used to visit houses and know about the family situation and share the same with other believers. Which ultimately led to the fight amongst the believers. The current pastor is avoiding such practices and he is trying to unite the church together. He is a good pastor, isn't it?

First, our council members decided to ask the senior pastor to stop the transfer. They talked about it to the senior pastor. After the announcement of the transfer again some members tried to contact him. He asked them to meet him at his office. Then the council members got together and discussed whether we should go to the meeting. Then one suggested as the current pastor is happy about the transfer, it is a waste of time and money. One suggests that it would create a negative effect if our efforts would not yield any positive result and the incoming pastor comes to know about our efforts to retain the current pastor. Then the council decided to tell the senior pastor that we are interested to meet him only if he reverses the transfer order. He refused to reverse the transfer order and the meeting canceled.

Some are concerned about the new pastor. How is he? How will he preach? Does he have the ability to sing as the current pastor? Would he be able to teach new songs to students? How he gets along with the believers. There are many questions.