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So who, exactly, is "the good shepherd" of Providence Baptist Church? Does Pastor Dean support himself making tents, as did Paul? (Acts 18:3)
Ezekiel has no kind words for "shepherds of Israel" who feed themselves from the flock. (Ezekiel 34.)
Each of the 12,868,606 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints belongs, according to set geographic boundaries, to one of 27,475 congregations.
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-690-3,00.html
Each congregation is led by humble servants of God who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow. They do not aspire to their calling -- they are called of God, by prophecy. And they follow the example of Paul, feeding the flock and not feeding off them.
Could Dr. Dean's concern with "sheep stealing" possibly have anything to do with his source of income?