#CHURCHTALK 34: Bishop Irabor speaks on indiscriminate Church emigration

Bishop Irabor Wisdom

THOSE WHO MOVE FROM ONE CHURCH TO ANOTHER.

By now, seven (7) things must be very clear to you:

1. Every Church has their own unique strengths and weaknesses.

No church is 100 percent perfect.

One Church is very strong with the Word, but very weak in Prayers.

Another can be good in both the Word and prayers but very weak in Fasting. May be very strong in Fasting but very weak in Adminstration.

There is no church that has Everything.

2. Your Former Pastor and Current Pastor have their different areas of specialization. You cant change it.

Because you were not there when God called them.

You just have to learn how to accept them and celebrate them. They will give account to God not you.

3. All Churches are filled with human beings that must offend you if you get so close relating with them. Dont expect them to function as spirits. It is not possible. 

Even you have your own weakness. 

4. No Church can solve all your problems. You have to become matured in managing the issues of life. Those who go to church only to solve their problem are never stable in any church.

5. Some Pastors have time for their flock, while some are at a level where such assignment must be delegated to others or the flock involved must know the Word of God for themselves, without looking for any Pastor for prayers.

6. All churches have projects that members must sow into periodically and seasonally. Some overdo it, but everyone does it. Some do it monthly, quarterly or yealy.

There is no project-free ministry on earth.

It is God’s own way of blessing His people.

So, dont leave a place because they are building: you will end up going to build in another place. If not a new building, may be a second building.

But the truth is that you are too SMALL to stop the work of God. If you are not there, it will still succeed.

7. Your former Pastor may be one of the best things that happened to you but you never valued him for being too available for you.

WHAT IS MY COUNSEL TO YOU:

Just four (4) things:

1. Be planted and dedicated wherever God places you.

2. You don't choose Pastors.

It is God that gives Pastors.

Stay with the one God gave you.

3. Don't allow your problem direct you to all the churches in town. God can solve it anywhere if you have enough faith.

4. Never leave a place in a way you cannot always visit there.

Because your exit will be far more remembered than your entry.

Irabor Wisdom.

Bishop, Answers Assembly

This article was originally published by Church Gist.

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