Many pastors have the image of being agents of change in their congregations.
They do so under the mantle of the Old Testament prophets who, by the power of their words, sought to ignite a people to love and loyalty to their God. The prophets seldom succeeded. They called for a new day, complete with images of a new heaven and a new earth. What they often got was more of the same old way of doing things. Prophets of change are seldom welcomed.