Music Minister, Jerry Cornish, commented on the following article:

7 things I learned in choir rehearsal | Pastor Joe McKeever
Jerry Cornish, Music Director, Eastridge Park Christian Church, Mesquite, TX on
January 18, 2017 at 3:33 pm said: Thanks for the article. I am using it to encourage our church choir.


Pastor Joe MCkeever has many wonderful articles. Cornish and Pastor, Pastor Pants On FIRE, Scott Wooddell, should read this article as well:

https://joemckeever.com/wp/lie-us-pastor/
Don’t lie to us, pastor

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Joe

“Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices” (Colossians 3:9).
“Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord” (Proverbs 12:22).
Lying is almost unforgiveable in a pastor.
1. Do not lie to us about your resume......


Tell us the truth, pastor.


2. Do not lie to us about your testimony....


3. Do not lie to us about your ministry.



To our everlasting shame, the term “ministerial exaggeration” has entered the language. If anyone should tell the unvarnished truth, it should be those disciples of Jesus Christ entrusted with the truth of God in the gospel of salvation.......


I once organized a conference and invited in a professional to speak. We charged admission, so the actual number attending was not in doubt, something like 250 or so. But the guest speaker promptly put in his newsletter that we had packed in a thousand people for his seminar. I wondered if he did not know that some of us read his newsletter and would catch that. The only conclusion that made sense is he did not care.
Do not lie to the church about where you went, how you spent your time, whom you saw, what was said, and the plans that were made.
All you have is your integrity, pastor. Lose that and you’re gone.


4. Don’t lie to us about finances.....


He who is unfaithful about money can be counted on to transgress in other, bigger ways also (see Luke 16:10-12).


Give us pastors whose integrity is blameless.

Let us take seriously Christ’s honor, the people’s respect, and our personal integrity to the point that we always do the honorable thing....




Falsehood belongs to the attackers of the faith, not its citizens nor its defenders.
Let’s get this right, preachers. Everything depends on it.

Everything.
Cornish lying about his qualifications and intentions from day 1 and continuing to lie in order to get a paycheck out of this precious congregation is dividing this little church. The pastor lying about and attacking anyone who dares to share concerns or ask questions is tearing this church apart as well. This church is in crisis and without drastic changes, especially in the leadership the doors will soon close. Satan is the Father of Lies and he is in that church and driving away the good Christians that used to dwell there away in droves. A holy war is indeed at hand and I will fight to save that precious place.