Some of you who read this will be my friends and colleagues
in my local Methodist circuit. I regret
any pain I am causing you, but after much heart searching I feel i am making
the right choice in leaving. I have been
with you for sixteen years and was supported by you at a difficult time in my
life. However I consider what I believe,
to be undermined by the increasing way in which words and phrases dear to me
and underpinning my faith are used to mean something other than I believe. In this way the gospel is watered
down and becomes unrecognisable. This is increasingly the case in all the main
denominations. It has taken me a long
time to come to this decision and I have thought long and hard on the
consequences. I have found great
blessing in my time as a local preacher and will particularly miss the small
congregations who have always received me gladly. I do not know if God is
calling me to continue as a preacher, if so He will provide the listeners. I am content with whatever He has in store
for me. I pray that you will have ears
to hear and eyes to see and follow Him with all your strength. Farewell.
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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