Post by StationAdministration on Apr 12, 2006 9:17:26 GMT
Male pastors who find themselves in scandals tend to have fallen in one of the above areas or in a combination of these. Psycho-analysts might say two stem from the first and others believe it is a combination of factors that may lead to one or more being highlighted. Read the article linked below for more reasons.
How do we help our leaders? They need to be held more accountable. Not to each other where they can confess their sins one to another and use it for blackmail etc. and not to a higher up authority such as a bishop or an archbishop or APOSTLE!
In the article below, Gordon MacDonald suggests peer group monitoring as well. He is not qualified on this issue, sadly.
My question would be: "What then is a peer group? Should an EN trans-local apostle jump on a plane to Nashville every time he gets a pornographic email? Perhaps he should before he gets a recall.
Bob Weiner had the same control problems with his leaders. The system demands a pope. Patriarchies want temporal Pappas. A monarchical system demands a king. This royal reality becomes dependent on decree and access to a higher court becomes frustrated, not only by the effort but also by the absurdity of it all.
Perhaps a disciplinary committee separate to the financial and apostolic boards needs to be set up now? The criticism on this is harsh, but vital. Just how do you bring a peer to book?
Sin management amongst executives leads to golden handshakes, continued covering up of sin, tolerance and watering down etc. I am sure those more near the coalface can add to the list. In fact, please do post your observations.
The magazine's survey shows that 12% of pastors have admitted to "inappropriate physical involvement outside marriage." Now if those statistics are perhaps even halved for EN then there is a problem.
I shut up for now.
Here is Christianity Today's topical article this week:
www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/004/12.28.html
How do we help our leaders? They need to be held more accountable. Not to each other where they can confess their sins one to another and use it for blackmail etc. and not to a higher up authority such as a bishop or an archbishop or APOSTLE!
In the article below, Gordon MacDonald suggests peer group monitoring as well. He is not qualified on this issue, sadly.
My question would be: "What then is a peer group? Should an EN trans-local apostle jump on a plane to Nashville every time he gets a pornographic email? Perhaps he should before he gets a recall.
Bob Weiner had the same control problems with his leaders. The system demands a pope. Patriarchies want temporal Pappas. A monarchical system demands a king. This royal reality becomes dependent on decree and access to a higher court becomes frustrated, not only by the effort but also by the absurdity of it all.
Perhaps a disciplinary committee separate to the financial and apostolic boards needs to be set up now? The criticism on this is harsh, but vital. Just how do you bring a peer to book?
Sin management amongst executives leads to golden handshakes, continued covering up of sin, tolerance and watering down etc. I am sure those more near the coalface can add to the list. In fact, please do post your observations.
The magazine's survey shows that 12% of pastors have admitted to "inappropriate physical involvement outside marriage." Now if those statistics are perhaps even halved for EN then there is a problem.
I shut up for now.
Here is Christianity Today's topical article this week:
www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/004/12.28.html