A Good Business Decision?

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Recently, a pastor friend, with a heavy heart, related the following experience at his church:

"The trustees made a good business decision that devastated the church spiritually. It has taken twenty five years for the church to recover from it."

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  1. Anonymous7:09 PM

    Moses made a good decision but because of the Church's whining and belly aching it took them over 40 years to see the promise land.

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  2. Anonymous9:58 PM

    Was it a good decision that the wrong people made, or a bad decision that the right people made? Churches often get caught up in 'who made the suggestion/decision' NOT 'what will benefit the people.

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  3. Shannon1:21 PM

    Wow, this post really resonates with me right now. My board and I made a decision in our last board meeting to venture into a new business that would really bless the ministry. That next Wednesday I called my board members into my office and told them that I didn't think the decision we made was the best for the church (people).

    I just couldn't get a peace about it and they were all very cooperative and we decided right then and there we would not pursue it any further. I firmly believe if we would have gone with our decision, the church would suffer spiritually. Thank God he stopped us!

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