"Changing Churches"
The children’s pastor of our church got paid half of what the other pastors did, while his wife worked beside him full time for no pay. They were extremely good at their job and were the most appreciated children’s pastors we had had in twenty years.
The senior pastor came to me informing me that they were behind on their bills and wondered if I knew of any way that they could earn a little extra income on the side. An opportunity came available that would catch them up in just a few months and they started working a few extra hours a day with gratitude.
A couple of weeks later the pastor announced from the pulpit that the children’s pastor had found a part time job, and the church was cutting their salary in half. This was also how they found out that their income had been cut.
Lori and I found this to be extremely deceitful and disappointing. This got Lori and I looking around for another church, settling on a new Vineyard Church that had just started up. With our firm belief in grace and eternal salvation I still have never been to an Assemblies of God Church since.