DrMatthew L Stevenson III
Here is the advice I just gave a Senior Pastor From Another City; Never allow a member of your congregation to intimidate you because they are a big giver and they threaten to leave! There is nobody there that is beyond being replaced. When People threaten to leave as a means to scare you into doing what they want you to do, promoting them, giving them responsibility that they are not prepared for, HELP THEM LEAVE. Write them letters, pack their boxes and make their transition smooth. Your vision and GOD is too big to allow one talented person to dictate where the Lord is leading you as the chief architect of that house. You CANNOT put a DENT in the ocean, its way too big!