He wants everyone to like him, and worries too much about it. Our pastor is great except when it comes to admin and church discipline.
treasurer got the pastor's son a job, and the pastor is afraid she will get it taken away).among other things. The pastor is on the fence because of many complications (the b.f. This is where the ultimate dividing of the church started more than a year ago. The youth director stayed in his position until his wife insisted they leave the church. We had an issue of child abuse by our youth director (his wife was abusing their child physically at church and home and were under investigation by the state), and the head deacon scolded the "green" deacon's wife for reporting the child abuse. There has been no church discipline in the church except when deemed necessary by the head deacon. The two deacons families do not get along and have had many disputes over the years (prior to the second becoming a deacon). The head deacon has pretty much run the church, the pastor is afraid of him, and the second deacon is fairly "green". As I said before there is a lot more history involved. He wants to handle it personally without the other deacon involved. Our church will not pursue this matter legally at this point because the head deacon is related and is calling the shots. No one else can have access without a court order. According to the bank, due to the Patriot Act, we cannot get access to the bank records because she was the only individual listed on the account. How do we hold her accountable in this situation if she won't turn over the bank records and we have to have a court order to get them without her permission? How do we fight the Ten Commandments being removed in our community public areas if we can't even uphold them in our church? Is this something that I should sit back and be quiet, or should I be doing something (besides prayer)? Help. We have to set an example for our church and community that sin has natural consequences.
I know I have to forgive her, and I feel in my heart I have already, but I also believe we are supposed to hold her accountable. The two deacons are split on what to do because the head deacon is related closely to this treas. treas refuses to turn over the bank statements. The pastor (somewhat with the personality of gomer pyle.golly gee, can it be?) is not doing anything at this moment. She didn't tell the whole truth in her statement to the church however. The pastor then said he advised her to tell the truth because it would be easier on her. My husband asked our pastor point blank if she was stealing, and his answer was "YES". This past Wednesday night, she asked for prayers and forgiveness from the church because she "made some mistakes on the books". Basically there has been no accountablity for this woman because of her relation to the head deacon. treas resigned from all her positions (she was also counting all the money for Sunday School by herself). For two weeks, our pastor kept mentioning that people in our church were being falsely accused. treasurer and denied access to the account. took one of our deacons (we only have two) to the bank to investigate (since the head deacon is related to the building fund treasurer) and the bank manager called the b.f. that there was some strange transactions with that account and the balance was much higher than was being reported to the church. When it was determined to go in the building fund, the teller alerted the asst.
The assistant treasurer of the general fund was at the bank doing business, and the teller mentioned they received a deposit, but they didn't know which fund it was supposed to go into. She had all the statements mailed to her house, and all bills paid by her were mailed to her house as well. The building fund treasurer's name was the only one on her account (no one else has access to this account but her). The bottom line is that our SB church has two funds - general and a building fund. There is so much more to this story, but I have to keep the details limited otherwise this post would be pages long.
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