June 08, 2008
Church Pirates
Ed Young, founding pastor of Fellowship Church is Dallas, recently addressed the issue of Church Pirating in a recent staff meeting.
Church Planting is a very different thing from Church Grafting. Most churches start by grafting (to get by illicit gain). Unfortunately, some leaders justify their actions by some kind of “Robin Hood” philosophy. It’s wrong, it’s sin, and they will have to answer for the collateral damage that they cause.
Having been a pastor where a staff member pirated a church from the platform of influence which I afforded him, I know perfectly well the damage that is caused. In my case, the Pirate repented both to me personally and publicly. May God’s grace be with them.