Re: [RR] New program question?

[4nichols]

Was reading old e-mails and just couldn't let this one go.    How this works in our church is like a dictatorship.  Umm, last time I checked, the pastor's power was held in check by the board and deacons/trustees.  This would therefore make the church an oligarchy or a republic.  The pastor is elected by the body and the same with the board.  The board then checks the pastor's power.      What ever th pastor wants he gets & most people are too chinken (no backbone) to stand up & speak up against anything they disagree on (including the board & deacons) .  They are afraid of getting lectured from the pulpit.  Is this the pastor's fault?  Don't blame him for the lack of courage in the members.     Over the 23 years I have attended my church I have seen a lot leave over the years.  If everyone was still here we would have at least twice+ the amount of people we have now.    I still believe in a Democracy & in the USA it still works.  It wouldn't, if we were a democracy, but we aren't in the literal sense.   You saw Communism fall in Russia.  According to History dictatorships do not work at least I didn't think so Right, they don't.  The people end up unhappy and revolt.   until we got into this discussion about Springfield. And that's just low.   Democracy for a wide-spread and diverse group as the Royal Rangers just would not work.  It would be like the UN getting votes from countries when the UN doesn't have a headquarters or regular business meetings.  In a word, chaos.   Brooks Nichols Royal Ranger Appalachian District