tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706370502716265832.post2169458422608582264..comments2023-07-17T08:34:08.931-07:00Comments on Life Under the Sun: Reflections on my first years as pastorStephen Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412126012825720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706370502716265832.post-81975913728963185552009-06-04T17:01:47.756-07:002009-06-04T17:01:47.756-07:00Step four really is true. At my last church (not ...Step four really is true. At my last church (not my current one) the pastor decided that the church was finally ready for a change he identified the day he started... but it was 17 YEARS later.<br><br>The church had essentially written into the church constitution "Commandment 11 - Thou Shalt not Drink." <br><br>It was followed by a contract for Sunday School teachers that said "Thou shalt not attend the Movie Theater."<br><br>He waited on these because the goal was not to encourage drinking and theater going, but rather to help bring the congregation to understand that these actions should be motivated out of conviction in the heart, not rules on paper.Kieflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889489744903349769noreply@blogger.com