This has been on my mind alot recently.  I have often thought why does society cater to the minority and why in the world does our church cater to the minority.  Of course we could say that Jesus tells the parable of the man leaving the 99 sheep to go after the one lost and I suppose we could try to make a case for catering the minority out of that parable.  However that is not what that passage of scripture is speaking too.  It is speaking directly to the shepherd going after the lost.
I suppose what really got me to thinking about this is the desire to drill in Alaska.  When watching the news one evening there happened to be conversation on whether to drill in Alaska or not and my step dad who has worked in Alaska many times stated they don’t care whether we drill there or not.  He said this because one of the people in the debate said if we drilled we would be taking out the food chain for a select group of eskimos.  Well this got me to thinking why do we cater to the minority.  I mean think about it.  I am not saying the majority should rule everything but why do we change laws, rules, the way we do things, our way of life, based upon what the 20 percent might say.  Why is it that at times we do not make decisions in our churches based on what 20 percent might say as opposed to what the other 80 percent says.  I am not sure if I am making sense.
I often wonder though why do churches in particular get so caught up into this. Â I have seen churches divided because a minority of the people did not agree with a decision. Â I have seen pastors leave a church based upon a minority of the people that wanted to make it difficult for him. Â I have seen elders boards totally ignore a direction the majority wanted to go and instead go the direction of the minority. Â These decisions are usually made for the sake of unity and I understand that to a certain point.
 This is coming from someone who resigned from their former church for the sake of unity.  I even allowed for half truths and lies to be said about me for the sake of unity.  For the sake of unity I allowed myself to be thrown under a bus and for things to be said about my family that no one should have to sit through nor endure.  All of this for Christian Unity, and all of it coming from not the majority but the minority.  I watched as friends left a church because the minority ruled it and I even at times backed the minority for the sake of unity. Â
Here is what I don’t understand.  If we realize that progress will not be made by continuing to listen to the minority then why in the world do we still allow the minority to rule our churches.  Why is the minority the loudest voice that is heard?  Why do we make decisions that compromise the majority and in the end we chalk it all up to unity?  I really do not know the answer.  This is me just thinking through how we do things.
I really feel as long as we allow the minority to rule all we do we will not see progress. Â I suppose the flip side is what if the majority refuses to move ahead? Â God does promise that in the MULTITUDE of counselors is wisdom.
