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You Might Be a Pastor at a Country Church If . . .

by | 1 September, 2014 | 0 comments

10_BP_pony_JNBy Mark Wesner

“¢ there are more horses than people in your county.

“¢ your “auxiliary parking lot” is a cornfield.

“¢ the directions to your church building include the words “covered bridge.”

“¢ you have a church van . . . that you own.

“¢ there”s a hitching post in your parking lot.

“¢ you have two friends in the church in whom you can confide as accountability partners, and one of them is a third-grader.

“¢ you pray that none of your church members” names shows up in the local newspaper”s weekly “Police Blotter” column.

“¢ you pray your name doesn”t show up in the “Police Blotter.”
Mark Wesner serves with Moscow (Indiana) Christian Church.

Michael C. Mack

Michael C. Mack is editor of Christian Standard. He has served in churches in Ohio, Indiana, Idaho, and Kentucky. He has written more than 25 books and discussion guides as well as hundreds of magazine, newspaper, and web-based articles.

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