How should re-envisioning pastors respond when ungodliness and worldly attitudes surface in the church? Like Josiah, we should repent and seek the Lord on our behalf and on behalf of the church. We must seek spiritual cleansing and restoration. In many cases church discipline must be carried out. Failure to do so may result in the Lord removing the “lampstand” (Rev. 2:5)—the closure of the church. However, when churches respond appropriately, the Lord may grant them an extension of life. These attitudes and actions are at the heart of revisioning leadership.
Pastor should repent of sin in the church holding the churh back. Disciplining the unrepentant, otherwise Jesus mayy remove the lampstand described in Revelation
