{"id":39434,"date":"2021-11-13T19:07:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T01:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=39434"},"modified":"2021-11-13T19:07:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T01:07:24","slug":"my-preacher-oversees-several-congregations-what-do-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/my-preacher-oversees-several-congregations-what-do-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"My preacher oversees several congregations. What do I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Question:<\/h2>\nGod bless you for your detailed explanation of congregational cooperation<\/a>. However, I’m still confused.
\nMy preacher is an overseer of many local congregations in our community. He appoints the preachers of such congregations, takes their offerings, sets up their church buildings, and makes decisions and policies for them. Unfortunately, we don’t have elders in our congregation so he is too powerful to take any contrary view from any member.\n

Please can you advise me on what to do?<\/p>\n\t

Answer:<\/h2>\n

Find a church that is organized as laid out in the way God commanded. See The Organization of the Church<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question: God bless you for your detailed explanation of congregational cooperation. However, I’m still confused. My preacher is an overseer of many local congregations in our community. He appoints the preachers of such congregations, takes their offerings, sets up their church buildings, and makes decisions and policies for them. 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