‘I’ll Tell the World I Hate My Pastor’

Having been an honorary complaint box for several years as an Assistant Pastor and relative to a Pastor I loved this blessed Hymn!

Thanks to Tim Ellsworth who posted this little Jingle over on his blog @ www.timellsworth.com

I have a favor to ask of you.

If I ever, EVER post something derogatory about my church or my pastor, would you please take a baseball bat and sock me upside the head?

It’s become chic for people who have complaints about things at their church to post their grievances on the Internet, for all the world to see. I’m not going to provide any links, because quite honestly, these sites don’t deserve the attention. These online forums are a haven for gossip, rumors and outright lies spread by cowards who hide behind the anonymity of the Internet.

I can’t begin to fathom why these people think this is an acceptable practice, and I challenge anyone to find scriptural support for it.

There’s an appropriate hymn that fits the situation – “I’ll Tell the World That I’m a Christian” – with a slight adaptation:

I’ll tell the world, I hate my pastor.
The name of Christ, I’ll gladly shame.
I’ll tell the world, I hate my pastor.
At his feet I’ll place all the blame.

I’ll post online, how I despise him,
How he’s not like the one before.
I’ll gossip, lie, and spead some rumors,
Making it clear that him I abhor.

I’ll moan and gripe, and bear false witness.
I’ll slander him, his family.
I’ll spew my filth, while caring only
About my selfish wants and needs.

I’ll not go find a church that I love,
Where I can labor happily.
I’ll stay right here and raise a ruckus,
And spread my venom, anonymously.

Oh tell the world, you hate your pastor.
It’s classy and so loving, see.
Oh tell the world, you hate your pastor.
And show them all your unity.