During his first week on the job, the church hosted a revival meeting. An evangelist arrived and a week of nightly meetings began. At the conclusion of the first meeting, the evangelist issued a call for people in attendance to come to the front to make decisions for Christ. Suddenly my friend noticed the senior pastor walking to the front. I was a young kid fresh out of seminary, and the pastor I'm under goes to the front of the church and announces he wants to become a Christian.
Few battles are worth going to the wall for.
Not the color of the carpet in the church or the kind of church van and often not even doctrinal distinctions. Real burdens reveal the importance of the battle. An Indonesian friend tells of churches being burned in Jakarta. Frankly, this is a country where the church has divided every which way but loose. The luxury of an affluent society affords this kind of immaturity.