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My friend and
colleague Stafford
Moses noted the way clergy resist
being moved by their bishop – and wondered why.
He received a really useful response from Jennie Liebenberg
“I always thought
it was because clergy are human, thus can't have ALL the gifts needed in a
parish... so they give all that they are for however many years to their
parish, then the bishop sees that the parish has grown in certain aspects and
now needs a priest with different gifts to equip them further. And similarly,
there's another parish that could grow further into the fullness of Christ by
YOUR leadership”.
2 comments:
Cynical me says, "If only these were the reasons ministers were moved, but I somehow don't think so, hence resistance".
I agree with Wessel. I knew a parish that was too lively, so the bishop put a dead priest there to kill it.
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