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A New Jersey pastor has ordered his married church officials to either delete their Facebook accounts, or resign from their positions in the church. According to the AP, the Rev. Cedric Miller asked about 50 officials to delete their accounts in order to set an example for the church -- which has been rife with marital discord, the pastor claims, due to social networking sites. Miller told the AP that, over the past six months, he has counseled about 20 couples in the 1,100-member congregation of the Living Word Christian Fellowship Church in Neptune, New Jersey. The problems, he says, stem from married men and women reconnecting with old lovers via Facebook. Miller, who had suggested in the past that couples share their passwords, will also be deleting his own Facebook account.This isn't the first time Facebook has been blamed for marriages going awry. While social networking sites can, and often do, contribute to infidelity, we wouldn't place all the blame there. After all, people have been unfaithful since the beginning of time, which, despite what some may tell you, predates the invention of Facebook.
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Subscribe to commentsJonathanNov 21st 2010 11:35AM
The Bible instructs the Pastor or under shepherd to "Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds" (Proverbs 27:23). As one Pastor to another I applaud Pastor Cedric Miller for the stand that he has taken at the church of which God has made him overseer. Many will question the wisdom of such a command, and even his authority to issue such an edict. Let me assure you that this pastor has acted wisely and squarely within the bounds of his pastoral authority. That same passage goes on to say "For riches are not for ever:..." (Proverbs 27:24) When pastors care more the souls of their people than the tithes of their people and trust God for their living the world will immediately heal. My prayers are with Pastor Miller that God will continue to give him holy boldness as he feeds the flock of God.
Bishop Franklin
lakeland_depotNov 21st 2010 12:51PM
@(Unverified) Spend more time worrying about saving souls the proper way than trying to bully people and run their lives!! I really wonder if he has something to hide too!!?!!
RickNov 21st 2010 4:40PM
It's not facebook that is the problem it's the lack o maturity in using it. We teach our children that you can say and do what you want because we are a free country. They take it on face value and believe it. Privacy is just that Private! Unfortunately folks today like to air their family disfunctions in malicious ways to include hard times in relationships. This allows for those waiting in the wings to treat facebook as a fantasy world where anything is possible, everything goes and accepted. It's easier to live in the facebook world until someone says something that you don't agree with and then you feel you have the right to blast them like your in a competition to win by beating them down with your opinion. This creates a hostile situation that our children see everytime they sign on. If you want to do it the right way take it from Americas Children and put an age requirement on it. I do agree with the preacher if he has church officers representing him not behaving then he needs to send a loud and clear message.
PatNov 21st 2010 4:15PM
As a born-again Christian, I use facebook to stay connected to family and friends, but most importantly to spread the Good News of the Gospel and God's word, I also use it to daily encourage those that I know. I also get encouragement daily from those who love and serve the Lord, to include many pastors who minister through Facebook. The congregation can choose to follow the edict of their pastor, however, Facebook is not the problem. Closing their accounts will only push them to find other ways to follow sinful passions and desires. What needs to be dealt with is the "root" cause of why they feel they need outside of their marriages to try to find fulfillment of their desires.
tinaJan 18th 2011 3:18PM
A pastor who sees the problems in his congreagation as the fault of something in the natural world is way off base. It is a spiritual problem and is, 99% of the time, due to sin in the spiritual leadership of the church, beginning with the pastor.(For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12.) He needs to fast and pray and ask God to reveal to him the spirit(s) operating within his congregation that is causing so much strife and division. He also needs to ask God for revelation as to how he contributed to this problem......stop blaming natural things for spiritual problems.....pastors are the last to take the blame for anything....admitting their part in these problems would tarnish the image they worked so hard to create....