I was in a service one day and the man of God said the members shouldn't advice him when they feel that he is not living up to expectation, rather they should go on their knee and pray. I want to know the proper thing to do in such situation.

Bro men of God nowadays thinks they have reach the peak of spirituality but don't worry they will be surprise on the day of judgment. The same thing in Catholic churches, a man will leave his brother at home which he has wronged to come and confess in church for him to be prayed for. If you are confessing for a reverend father to pray for you then who is the reverend father confessing to, to be prayed for. Or reverend fathers no de sin?

Walk up to him after service, most preferably wen he is alone and give him ur piece of mind....... Its now left to him to yield to correction or not.

But personally speaking, any pastor/teacher who cant yield to correction but wants to be correcting pple is not fit to be in such position.

Yes of cos you can call it to his attention privately if he doesn't take it then you have done your part.
If he asks you to go on your knees and pray it means that he is saying " tell God then if God thinks I am wrong God will come and tell me". Which is a sound of pride.

Orubebe01:
I was in a service one day and the man of God said the members shouldn't advice him when they feel that he is not living up to expectation, rather they should go on their knee and pray. I want to know the proper thing to do in such situation.

No one is above corrections.

Might be he had been adviced in the past in a rude or insulting ways by some members who are not spiritual about why the pastor is doing what and why.

It is not wrong to correct or advice a pastor but it should be done with respect. But where you can see him doing the opposite of what the Bible requires of him , you can leave his chuch.

paito bebo

call him to order. no one is above mistake

Most men of God these days in Nigeria got so much pride flowing in their blood streams.... They can never accept corrections from men like you brother

It is better to advise the pastor...you don't have to go to him directly, you can talk to people around him.

go try am make pastor use you do the next topic for church ... " Trying to advise the pastor "

who are you to advise a man of God? Get on your knees and pray for him. If he didn't change, then it's about time you changed your church.

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Who is a man of God? Aren't we all unconscious of where we were from before birth and where we are going after death. But for peace to reign on earth the religious beliefs introduced. And as humans we all tend to do mistakes and anybody can correct anybody regardless of who you are,only that some people's mind have been structured to a certain state and made gullible that they can't confront their human pastors. Let us remember according to Karl Marx that "religion is the opium of the masses" which only replaced the reality which the government cannot renders and which cannot be acquired with one's strives, hence the resolving to the religion and subjected self to a follower of a spiritual leader who then enslave your soul and spirit and making himself as a superior even to the extent of calling himself a god who don't sin when actually he sins more than you do, not to mention any sin and name of any of them as I have analogy of a lot of them. One pastor in his church always even praise a yahoo yahoo boy and relegate a regular teacher of government secondary school when everybody knows what the yahoo yahoo boy does for a living and that the teacher is acceptable in the face of the Lord according to the bible - just because the wire wire guys pay the pastor well and the teacher had been owed by government for long and unable to settles him. Some of the self claimed men of God commit adultery and fornicate with their female church members while some of them are gay.

So, whenever you discover that a pastor has gone wrong you should feel free to confront him and discuss it with him that is if he would bury his ego and yielded. At worst he ask you not to come to his church again.


#myhalfword

Always speak your mind. You say your mind you die, you know say your mind, you die! Say your mind and die.

is the pastor not human? People worship their pastors and are so afraid of doing what is naturally proper

Touch not my annointed


Even when he fvcks your wife and sisters, remember, "Thou shall not judge"

Why should you advise a Pastor when he's next after God. He can't do any wrong. The moment a person is proclaimed a pastor, he can't do any wrong. He's half spirit/half human. Even asking this kind of question may annoy God.

ignis:
who are you to advise a man of God? Get on your knees and pray for him. If he didn't change, then it's about time you changed your church.

Who is he to advise a man of God? I thought all Christians are men and women of God, and the same Holy Spirit that dwells in the pastor also resides in the church member? If your class teacher solves an equation wrongly, would you keep quiet or politely bring it to his attention?

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Orubebe01:
I was in a service one day and the man of God said the members shouldn't advice him when they feel that he is not living up to expectation, rather they should go on their knee and pray. I want to know the proper thing to do in such situation.

Galatians 6:1 ESV /
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

James 5:16 ESV /
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

1 Timothy 5:1-25 ESV /
Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, ...

Aonkuuse:
Bro men of God nowadays thinks they have reach the pink of spirituality but don't worry they will be surprise on the day of judgment. The same thing in Catholic churches, a man will leave his brother at home which he has wronged to come and confess in church for him to be prayed for. If you are confessing for a reverend father to pray for you then who is the reverend father confessing to, to be prayed for. Or reverend fathers no de sin?

which kind off point yarn u dey vomit from your mouth?

befor u advice any pass-top, try make u sabi quote verses oh, corz he will try to out-smart u with qoutation to make his mistake look right, bt if u sabi verses u are good to go, corz onah go dey wine onah self, anybdy wey first taya na im win..........lol

Advising your pastor is like a grandchild advising his grandfather

In Africa pastors know it all
In Africa elders and spiritual leaders know it all

Hence you hear statements in Yoruba film when referring to a pastor or any spiritual leader that

EJE KALOBA ENI TOMOJUWALO
While the Muslims and the traditional worshippers Will say ejekalo ba eni tolorun gbe ile aye lowo

Feeling and knowing is two different things.

That person should make sure and known not feeling before he advise

what does your guts tell you

Yes you can.

Apostle Paul condemned Peter when he was isolating himself from Gentile Christians because he did not want to anger Jewish Christians.

Read Galatians 2:11-14

Also, all these reverence for Men of God, is it right?

Jesus said. "All of you are brothers!" (Read Matthew 23:6-12) Notice how Jesus tore down the Pharisees.

Is it not by your faith you are standing?

It is not wrong to advice a pastor when he/she does wrong. If we inculcate the habit of doing so in churches, it will go a long way in reducing some of the wrong doings of pastors

For Naija na sin o

Why You Should Criticize Your Pastor
October 9, 2013

Jared C. Wilson

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
— James 3:1

No, your church leaders are not above criticism. Sometimes they deserve it and need it. Here are some reasons you should criticize your pastor(s):

1. They don’t preach the gospel.
As in, they actually don’t preach Christ’s finished work. Not that they don’t emphasize the points you would or they don’t present the gospel the way you prefer or they don’t give an altar call or they miss this angle of the good news or that one or they don’t preach like Carson or Keller or Piper or Chandler — but that they actually don’t preach the gospel.
(Titus 1:9; Galatians 2:11-14)

2. They are regularly engaging in sins or unhealthy habits that would disqualify them from the office.
He’s cheating on his wife or engaging in other sexual immorality. He’s a drunk. He has no self-control. His reputation in the community is terrible. He’s inhospitable. He doesn’t know how to teach. He’s violent. He’s domineering or emotionally, verbally, or otherwise psychologically abusive. He’s argumentative. He’s greedy. He doesn’t take care of his wife and kids. He got saved recently. He does not submit to his authorities. He’s arrogant. He’s undisciplined or lazy. He doesn’t rebuke those who contradict sound doctrine, won’t correct heresy or protect the flock from wolves. He himself teaches doctrine in contradiction to the tenets of the historic Christian faith.
(1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-

Well, that’s pretty much it. But that’s a lot and can be applied in a variety of ways.

Now, just because you are allowed to criticize your pastor doesn’t mean you are allowed to do it any way that seems right to you. So when criticism is merited, how should you criticize your pastor?

1. Gently.
2. Personally and privately, first. If necessary, personally and with witnesses, second.
3. Humbly.
4. Respectfully.
5. Graciously and lovingly.

And it bears mentioning that there are ways to have conversations with your pastor that sharpen him and encourage him toward improvements of various sorts without criticizing him. And there are ways to make suggestions without criticizing or complaining (but be sure you’re actually doing that, not being passive aggressive).

And it bears going the other way, too. Why should you not criticize your pastor?

1. He just kind of annoys you.
2. He’s not your best friend. (Or, for the ladies, his wife isn’t yours.)
3. He knows how to teach but he’s not as dynamic or animated or interesting as you’d prefer.
4. He makes decisions that aren’t the result of sin or unhealthy habits but are simply decisions that you wouldn’t make if you were in his shoes.
5. You think every critical thought needs to be expressed or that being the “loyal opposition” or “devil’s advocate” is normal.
6. You don’t understand something he’s done or said. (This would be cause to ask questions, not lodge complaints.)
7. He’s not ____________ enough. (See: political, creative, extroverted, entrepreneurial, rich, poor, outdoorsy, indoorsy, scholarly, etc.)
8. A bunch of other stuff the Bible doesn’t condemn or forbid.

This may all seem a little burdensome when you feel like you ought to be able to say whatever you feel however you feel whenever you feel it. But your pastor bears similar burdens. Keep in mind that he likely has multiple people with “helpful suggestions” speaking to him every week. Measure your thoughts out appropriately, choose the right hills to die on, and pray for your pastor. He needs it.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
— Hebrews 13:17

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
— Galatians 6:1-2


https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/gospeldrivenchurch/2013/10/09/why-you-should-criticize-your-pastor/