Pastors who don't show up!

Possibly you have heard the joke about the mother who kept trying to get her son up for church on Sunday morning. After she finally woke him up she said, “Son, you have to get up. It’s time to go to church.” He answered, “But mom, I don’t want to go to church today.” She replied, “Why not!” He answered, “Well, I don’t like to go to church. I don’t like the people, they don’t like me, and it is boring. I just don’t want to go.” Finally the mother simply responded, “Well son, you have to go because you are the pastor!”

This is not a joke in some churches. For example, a church I know of has several pastors on staff and they do not show up for many meetings of the church. In fact, they even miss many Sundays or come in very late.

In a case like this, what should happen? Should the elders deal with it? Should the Senior Pastor? Should the congregation rise up and simply say, “Enough is enough, if you are a pastor then you need to show up!”

Scripture says, …not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near (Hebrews 10:25, nasb).