I plan on talking to my OPC pastor about this tomorrow, but it's very late here in Virginia so I haven't spoken with him yet. As some of you know I am a member of an OPC we attend in the evenings, but it is a far drive from our home so we have continued to attend an evangelical SBC about 4 minutes from our home. We have attended there for 3 years or so and this church is where I first got introduced to Reformed theology (by a pastor who left and now an USAF Chaplain) and became serious whatsoever about Christianity.
Increasingly, my mother and I have become aware of the lack of leadership. We have two ruling elders and one interim elder. The church is not solely ruled by the elders but also by a board of sorts that essentially makes all the decisions for the church, with the approval of the elders. One elder is a kind man but has personally informed me he does not talk to anyone about their sins, in case it makes them uncomfortable. This was after a woman publically confessed to group of our church that she was gambling extensively.
The reason I am writing this is because the Worship leader (officially: creative arts pastor) is the public face of our church. He runs the social media for the church and directs how every service is run. In the past I shared him with my discomfort with some of the elements of the services (altar calls and skits) and he told me to my face I had a spirit of legalism. Now, with the country wide protests he is making frequent posts about it and spreads propaganda. Recently I called out one of his posts because it accused a Richmond city police officer of spitting on a man using a video that seemed to clearly show the officer not spitting on the protestor. He told me and someone who agreed we were just wrong and asked me if I thought it was good the police was spitting on people.
I know for some the answer seems obvious: leave the church and either make the long drive to the OPC four times a day or attend another church in the mornings. I am only seventeen and my mother is not yet ready to just leave the church due to friendships. Any advice is welcome. A Reformed Baptist church (LBCF) is also close to our home and I am considering just attending there in the mornings. Thank you.
Increasingly, my mother and I have become aware of the lack of leadership. We have two ruling elders and one interim elder. The church is not solely ruled by the elders but also by a board of sorts that essentially makes all the decisions for the church, with the approval of the elders. One elder is a kind man but has personally informed me he does not talk to anyone about their sins, in case it makes them uncomfortable. This was after a woman publically confessed to group of our church that she was gambling extensively.
The reason I am writing this is because the Worship leader (officially: creative arts pastor) is the public face of our church. He runs the social media for the church and directs how every service is run. In the past I shared him with my discomfort with some of the elements of the services (altar calls and skits) and he told me to my face I had a spirit of legalism. Now, with the country wide protests he is making frequent posts about it and spreads propaganda. Recently I called out one of his posts because it accused a Richmond city police officer of spitting on a man using a video that seemed to clearly show the officer not spitting on the protestor. He told me and someone who agreed we were just wrong and asked me if I thought it was good the police was spitting on people.
I know for some the answer seems obvious: leave the church and either make the long drive to the OPC four times a day or attend another church in the mornings. I am only seventeen and my mother is not yet ready to just leave the church due to friendships. Any advice is welcome. A Reformed Baptist church (LBCF) is also close to our home and I am considering just attending there in the mornings. Thank you.