Not necessarily in that order, but as believers we should not be so quick to say amen nor accept something as true and factual. I can vividly remember that questioning the pastor was something that was discourage in the church or outside of it. I’m not talking about the type of questioning where you had a tone of disrespect, I’m talking about fact finding questions. How many churches have gotten to the point of accepting the misdeeds of their leader and allowing questionable behavior from members and leadership is understood, when no one will questions, argue or explore. When it comes to accountability, someone ought to be ably to ask you a questions about who, what, when, where, why and how.

Someone is trusted when they have shown themselves to trustworthy. In what manner?  Well, they could be someone who is reliable, consistent or good moral character and will do the right thing simply because its the right thing to do. This is by no means a measuring rod of trustworthiness and everyone will have different standards.  A place of diversity is an understatement as it relates to the church.  Some members are passive and will easily trust leadership and other members.  This is not to say that no one in leadership should be trusted, but agreeing with most everything could present a problem. I am only saying that given to time and the fact that many in the church are using the church for profit, members need to use much critical thinking; question, argue and explore. Question what you don’t understand, explore the answers given and definitely explore the word of God, examine it for yourself.

You are going against the grain when you ask questions in the midst of silence. Going along with the majority doesn’t signify correctness. People can be unified in the wrong thing and all it takes is for someone to speak up. When a well know Bishop was accused of having sexual relationships with young men, I wonder where was his ministerial staff? Were there any spirit filled believers in the place to warn those boys or the leader?  When this leader stood before his congregation, the one thing he did not say was…” I am innocent, I did not do this!” Many of his congregants were puzzled at his vague statement and the absence of a defense or a denial of the accusations.  There is a time to question, a time to argue and a time to explore the answers to the questions and the relevance of the argument.

Originally posted 2011-06-12 19:28:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter