I have seen pastors do this, after attending a “church growth seminar” or some other such program. One “consultant” locked pastors in their hotel rooms until they “received their vision”. Then they all went back to their churches and ran members away in order to take full control. Another one of the side benefits of purpose driven nonsense.
If you could just get the parishioners out of the parish, everything would be so great.
Control does seem to be the issue doesn’t it?
Locked them in hotel rooms???!?!?!
Did he tell them to do their ‘centering prayer’ etc too?
Those pastors obviously didn’t get their “vision” from God. Their “visions” are like the “visions” of the false prophets mentioned in the Bible. Besides that, God doesn’t speak through visions today. He speaks to His people through the Bible, the Holy Spirit, and other Christians.