CONFLICT
In 1996, I was called to serve as pastor of Pryorsburg Baptist Church, located near Mayfield,
Kentucky. The Pastor Search Committee had informed me that the church was currently
experiencing a time of great unity, harmony, and growth. They further told me that my call was
unanimous. They said that the church had grown to the point that the last pastor had resigned, a
after a three-year tenure, because he had been promoted to Dean of Students at a nearby Baptist
college and could no longer serve as pastor of a church of this size.
I arrived at the church ministry field on a Saturday and preached the morning and evening
services on the next day. On Monday evening, a member came to my home and informed me
that the Pastor Search Committee had lied to me on several accounts. He said that my call was
not unanimous, and that he had voted against me because he "did not like it that that Pastor
Search Committee had rammed me......
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