It's the same as we do here on FR; but a bit more private.
First; determine as to whether the P/E disagrees with the churches/denomination's PUBLISHED stand on the matter.
If they match; you AIN'T gonna win!
Second; we sit down and examine where we disagree and WHY.
Who knows?
You might be holding the minority opinion on the matter in that church.
Remember:
2 Timothy 3:16-17 King James Version (KJV)
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
(I doubt that 'tradition' has been given this supreme standard; but who knows.)
Els, I was attending a church in Fairfield, CA some years ago. There was a youth pastor, who I thought was pretty cool. Suddenly, him, his wife, his brother and his parents just disappeared. After a few months, I finally asked the pastor what happened to all of them. He said they were asked to leave, over a MAJOR doctrinal difference. They did not accept the deity of Christ. They thought he was just a mere man, and they would not budge on it. For a minute, I thought I was in the INC. They don’t accept it either. You talk about the tares among the wheat.
So, in your church, if you have a disagreement with your preacher or elder on a faith matter...What do you do?
“It’s the same as we do here on FR; but a bit more private.
First; determine as to whether the P/E disagrees with the churches/denomination’s PUBLISHED stand on the matter...”
And this is why since the 1500s, the Protestants have been in a constant state of schism, devolving and falling away, disunited from Christ’s Church, breaking up into thousands of disparate pieces. There is no argument on their part for being “...one, holy, catholic and apostolic church”.