The Church Boss | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 3, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 14.

The Church Boss.

We have heard much of political bosses. The church boss is less widely known to fame. His existence, however, is beyond dispute; and he makes himself powerfully felt in some localities. The church boss is generally a layman who carries into ecclesiastical relations the same aspirations for leadership which find expression in political or military life. He is willing to fight in the army of the Lord, but he wants to wear epaulets. Of all existing forms of church government, the worst that can be devised for any single church is a monarchy—a one-man power. There are churches that suffer greatly from this form of oppression. We have seen them wilt and die under its bane.—Christian Register.