Resisting Church Authority Abuse 1
Channel: Larry the guy from Michigan
Date: 04/08/2023

What authorities does a church congregation have? What authorities does the pastor have? What authorities does the administrative structure have? There is considerable confusion in this area and the confusion is often taken advantage of by those bent on reshaping the Church in wrong directions. This series of presentations addresses very specifically a number of significant limitations on the power of pastors and conference presidents and authorities which the local church has but which it may not know it has.

Presentation 1 is an introduction, but following presentations will offer a full list of resources, references, and page numbers. To the ramparts believers, and defend your congregation! Work together with pastors and church leaders but know the obligations the church has toward its members!

00:00 Introducing the series
01:11 Matthew 28--Authority rests in the membership
05:01 Can the pastor arbitrarily dissolve the church board?
05:45 Can the conference arbitrarily dissolve a church?
07:24 Can the pastor arbitrarily remove church memberships?
09:24 Have members so threatened been removed or was the board dissolved?
10:19 Be encouraged
11:10 What's next in the series

"Print" Version: https://www.fulcrum7.com/blog/2023/8/3/resisting-church-authority-abuse-part-1

Larry Kirkpatrick also offers the Open Hands audio Podcast twice a week at https://subscribestar.com/larrytheguyfrommichigan, which addresses the rapid increase in soft totalitarianism enveloping our world.

He has been engaged in pastoral ministry since 1994, serving several congregations. He has authored books including Real Grace for Real People, and Cleanse and Close. He has been plenary speaker at symposiums and a presenter on several continents. He presently serves as pastor of the Fremont and Muskegon MI Seventh-day Adventist churches. Every morning he shares short Bible devotionals for those who want to start their day with God.

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