04-19-2008, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by etexas  ...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...  | I was at T4G conference and met a new brother-in-Christ, a lay elder, who was telling me about his church's situation.
From what he tells me, the associate pastor believes that tithing is an Old Testament concept, and no longer applies to New Testament Christians. But he's not dogmatic about it. It's the senior pastor who is pushing the agenda to terminate him.
I told the brother that it sounded to me that the bigger issue is not the issue of tithing, but that the senior pastor doesn't have good relations with his associate pastor. Otherwise, the senior pastor would drop this issue. | The good news for the Associate: tithing may very well be an OT standard
The bad news: the NT standard is to be more generous, and give more than the tithe.
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