Whatever the reason, they often become the loyal opposition, or in some cases not so loyal. Another pastor, a church planter, observes a similar tendency even in situations without a search committee. “The people who were part of the core, the first four families, were among the first to become disenchanted with me. They saw me as their pastor, and as the congregation grew, one of them told me, ‘These new people don’t love this church like we do.’ And when I inevitably spent less time with the