Four things not found in the New Testament:

  • Current prevailing concepts of “pastor;”
  • Current prevailing concepts of “tithing;”

  • Current prevailing concepts of “worship;” and

  • Current prevailing concepts of “ministry.”

Each of those is needed to sustain the others.

Yet take away even one of them, and the whole edifice of “church” as we’ve come to know it collapses …

Leaving, perhaps, the beginnings of church as the New Testament actually commands it.

May God bring forth those with the courage to pursue what’s authentic, as He defines it …

Rather than remain stuck in post-Biblical human traditions.