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Originally posted by Stratos:
By 'the Church' I meant the leadership, not each individual believer. Sometimes the leadership in a religion, as in politics, forgets the message they're following.
Sorry I should have clarified that. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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The leadership of the church ARE individual believers. Most Church leaders are the furthest thing from rich, and are well underpaid considering their time, skills, education and position.
They are of course no more perfect than any other believer, and "forget" just like any other imperfect Christian does.
What is different is our expectation of church leaders. That somehow, in Christianity - though perfection is not an objective - the leaders need to be Jesus, instead of merely pointing the way to Jesus.