iluvnet:

I am just wondering why the office of a G.O cannot be rotated? Is democracy foreign to the church? I have seen a church where the G.O's office is permanent while other officers are rotated every 2 years.

Please lets have mature discussion and let everyone of us learn.

iluvnet:

So, if you get into the wrong book of the G.O or his wife, you are bound to be removed from that post within 2 years as it is the G.O that prays about the new officers and no one can either confirm or reject any particular officer.

goshen360:

@ image123,
The poster raised an important question and that is the purpose of this discussion. The poster said, why do the GOs rotate the pastors and they themselves are not being rotated? Why must it be only the pastors only,if I may amplify the question. You and I have given same biblical position that spiritual leaders are ordained by God and cannot be rotated but the point in the question remains,since the pastor in branches are also ordained and sent by leading of the holy spirit,why are they the only ones being rotated? Except something is wrong somewhere.

Image123:

Goshen,i've NOT said that spiritual leaders cannot be rotated. Whether they are rotated or not is no big deal to me. What i've added is that the 'accused' non-rotated leaders have biblical references to support their practice. Kings were never rotated in Bible days, but high priests were. They are both spiritual leaders. It's not rotation or non-rotation that makes us more acceptable to God. It's Christ Jesus. According to the OP, foursquare church rotates. Well, their founder wasn't rotated. It did not hinder God's move.

goshen360:

I also support the highlighted statement of yours. Spiritual leaders cannot be rotated as I didn't see any of such practices in the bible but why do these spiritual head rotate their pastors? The church is not to be managed like worldly system but these GOs have made it like worldly system hence, there shouldn't be need to rotate their pastors since they themselves cannot be rotated. I hope you get my concern?

eyen nyin:

Because it is a Dairy Farm, with the Chairman/CEO and a board of directors and registered with the CAC, they have the workers and farm branches scattered all over with their cows. The workers send the milk to the head office. the board does whatever it likes with it.

goshen360:

First of all, I want to thank you for this kind of thread. [b]I have many burden I have carried in my heart for long and the Lord is leading me to begin to put some teachings together. [/b]This thread is one of the things am putting biblical teaching  about. One of the problem in the church today is that, when you are not famous or have a voice in the body of Christ, people easily look down on you even when you speak the truth and for that reason, I cannot bring up some teachings here on Nairaland.

To respond to your thread. The Church today is doing business out of the great commission of Christ and this is UNBIBLICAL. It is unbiblical in the sense that, Jesus never commanded us to go establish Churches while we create a worldly kind of system whereby branches are made to bring all generated tithes and offerings to headquarter Church.

Secondly, Apostle Paul established many churches and he never oversee any of them to be under him as the one that created such churches. Today, men have become greedy and institutionalized the Church. Yes we are doing the work of God but with worldly standard or worldly methods hereby creating ungodly burdens on God's people. We have a standard in the word of God and Acts of the Apostles is the foundation of the Church of God and nothing different should be built on a foundation except we are trying to write another bible.

To the main question now. If the Church had done things in the right biblical way and based on the foundation, there will be no need for general overseer in the first place and not need for institutionalization of the Church organization. Should a Church establish branches? Yes but not bringing them under an institutionalized headquarter.  The Church is not a democratic settings. Spiritual leaders are ordained by God and MUST not be replaced or rotated. So now that the Church had adopted the worldly ways of doing godly things, why should we be replacing or rotating the pastors and not rotate the GOs as well? Is it not a partial ground to change a pastor and not change the GOs since the pastor are put there by the leading of the Spirit, except something is wrong. I hope you catch my tone and see what am talking about? This Church is not a worldly organization but the Church herself had made it like a worldly organization and institution.

I am willing that we talk maturely about this subject but I might be out if insults start to come in. I am beginning to see a lot of errors on Nairaland where new generation of Christians are not willing to accept any other biblical truth because it is not taught by their denomination or spiritual head. Hence, they strongly oppose any other truth coming outside their denomination and taking such truth as false. Folks here are also ready to defend their spiritual leaders to any length even when such leaders are wrong. I can point you a lot of things the Church is doing today that are very unbiblical but I will rather wait till appointed time.

I will stop here as other things will come up when others contribute.

God bless you.

iluvnet:

new generation of Christians are not willing to accept any other biblical truth because it is not taught by their denomination or spiritual head
God bless for all the bolded and the quoted above. Whenever you try to talk maturedly to some christians about some unholy and unwholesome practices in the church, you are labeled heretic or disrespectul to constituted authorities and the supporters of the G.O will promise you hell and brimstone. Please, if you are being to show us the truth, please go ahead and show us and don't bother about whose ox is gored. God bless you.

jedisco:

Look at the Roman Catholics and [size=14pt]Anglicans[/size]. Nobody rotates their bishops, (although some may move to head a new diocese) Archbishops, Primates or the Pope. Infact they have cannonical powers and can prefere any priest to any post and are expected to be obeyed.

mrmayor:

@goshen,

Churches except the Orthodox one are all registered as [size=13pt]Private Concerns[/size],
For the Anglicans, their Bishops and Arch Bishops are elected/Chosen by Council Of Bishops. The Rt.Rev can on stay in Office Bishop for not more than 10years after which he must Retire.