Speaking out on the issues will make a church smaller. Pastors don’t get hired by churches to make them smaller.
The size of church shouldn’t matter nearly as much as telling the truth!
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If the pastor gets hired by the congregation, he’ll do what they want and not what God wants.
It’s Biblical.
Barna is correct. Our weaselly cowardly “conservative” pastors rarely speak about the sins of extramarital sex, abortion and homosexuality.
The tax code is not to blame for this squishy seeker-friendly avoidance of sin and damnation. So long as a pastor does not endorse a political candidate, he won’t get hammered by the IRS for simply talking Ten Commandments.
Truth is, modern-day congregations don’t like talk about sin. Too many skimpily dressed chicks and slackers in the congregation are playing house and have abortions, divorces and homosexual best friends. They’ll walk out if the pastor frowns at them the wrong way.
Hard to preach about sin and keep a big church.
Speaking out on the issues may cost you the IRS exemption in this day and age.