denomination. Over the years, he has been deeply involved in his local church as well as his denomination. He is a churchman in the best sense of the term. With tears in his eyes, he told me how badly neglected he was feeling. He recently had undergone surgery, and the pastor did not make a hospital visit nor telephone nor even write a personal note. The man was crushed: “I feel as though I don’t have a pastor. He is too busy with administration and preaching to care about people. I’m not the only
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