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Originally Posted by servantofmosthigh  Here's an interesting situation I heard through several friends, to which I'll share with you to solicit your thoughts...
An associate pastor has been serving in a church for less than a year. The finance committee discovered that he wasn't tithing. So they brought it up to the senior pastor. The senior pastor confronted the associate pastor about it, and discovered that the associate pastor does not believe in tithing but is willing to start tithing for the sake of appeasing the church. The elders are convening to discuss terminating their associate pastor.
What are your thoughts? Is a pastor's/elder's lack of tithing grounds for termination? While he is willing to start tithe for the sake of appeasing church expectations, he's not convicted by Scripture about it. |
...Did the Associate Pastor present any reasons for his stance? At first blush I would say termination is wrong if he never lied (claimed to tithe and did not) secondly if he is willing now to accomodate the wishes of the Church in this matter and begin tithing, I am not sure why they would still wish to terminate? Just my...
