Pastor! Pastor!

About the Book

Pastor! Pastor! is a fictional microcosm of what is going on in many orthodox churches today. Rev. Bert Davenport is trying his best to mediate between the two factions in his church. “If we don’t modernize . . . my kids are leaving the church.” Progressives clamor increasingly for change. “Your doom and gloom sermons gotta go, Bert. The sanctuary gotta be gussied up. And while we’re at it, you need to look more like a twenty-first-century pastor than one that’s stuck in the ’50s.” “If that loud, raucous music comes into our church, you can kiss out tithes and offerings goodbye, preacher . . . We’re outta here.” Bert Davenport is amendable to change that could put a stop to his members exiting rather than entering the sanctuary. But his calling to preach the Word remains firmly ensconced in his psyche. Come hell or high water until God tells him otherwise, Bert’s going to preach salvation. “The church’s function on earth,” he intones over and over, “is to teach men principles that help them live profitable on earth and prepare them to meet their Maker when their time comes.” The fissure widens and gets ugly. Davenport finds himself facing expulsion from his church via a court civil suit. The pressure intensifies; innuendoes and accusations increase. When Bert’s job-like situation becomes intolerable. God steps in with his miracle.

About the Author

Pastor, Pastor is Katie’s 8th book. Born Catherine Scott McNeill in Glasgow, Scotland. She was eight years old when she, with her parents, and her siblings immigrated to the United States. She was brought up in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from Northwestern High School in 1935, with a summa cum laude. Catherine met and married Gilbert Hinton Watson in 1939. Seven children were born to this union. She turned 100 in 2017. Catherine (Katie S Watson) entered Eastern Michigan University as a 51 year old freshman. She earned a B.S. degree in education and a MS degree in Library Science. She then worked in the Detroit Public School system until retiring with Gilbert to South Carolina. She worked as a homebound teacher for the South Carolina Board of education for several years before she fully retired. She still conducts and teaches a bible study in her home which see leads and prepares lesson handouts. Her books are written in the Christian genre. Gilbert her husband entered a theological seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. Their combined ministry focused on started churches in Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Arizona, Missouri and Michigan. Gilbert passed away in 1992.