Pastoral
A Poignant Story About an Ex-Pastor
I’ve just finished dawdling through ‘All the Blessings of Life’ (The Best Stories of F.W. Boreham), and was saddened by this (pp. 254-5). (I hear similar stories most weeks in my work with John Mark Ministries): ‘Mark Rutherford… had been in his first church for four weeks on probation; and the narrowness of the people’s […]
Good Quote for Pastors
Seen on a Facebook page: “Do not let what people think about you effect what you think about them!”
Religious Bullying
From an online friend (2/09): http://www.pathwaysuu.org/sermons/2007/sermon070513.htm Some excerpts: “He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?†(Micah 6:8) . . . Religious bullying involves repeated acts of aggression in which the power […]
Anointing without Character
I try to resist putting too many stories of pastors’ moral failure on this website: but this article wisely summarizes a melt-down of a supposedly ‘anointed’ Pentecostal preacher. Rowland: Feb. 2009. ***** 20/20 Hindsight: What I Hope We Learned From the Lakeland Revival Looking back at what happened in Lakeland, I wonder if we can […]
Spiritual Abuse
A friend advised of a very good relatively new Spiritual Abuse website that is specifically about spiritual abuse within churches. It is called the Church Exiters website, and its purpose is to bring awareness of spiritual abuse, and particularly to bring restoration and spiritual harmony to those so affected. It was launched by a Dr. […]
Workaholic Clergy
Sent by a friend, February 2009 By Tom Huheey Recent research reported by David Briggs, Associated Press religion writer, says that a typical Sunday begins for the pastor at 7:30 in the morning and runs until 6:30 in the evening/ And Sunday is not their busiest day of the week. The national study by Leadership […]
Abusive Behaviours
ABUSIVE BEHAVIOURS AT THE ‘MILDER’ END OF THE SPECTRUM Here are some examples from JMM’s counselling – either personally done/experienced by our clients, or by others. Important note: some of these are not ‘mildly received’ by clients/parishioners who’ve been victims of earlier serious abuse. ***** Pastor who ‘affectionately’ patted certain women’s behinds Pastor who suggested […]
Pastoral Statistics
(Found on a friend’s Facebook site): September 1, 2008 * According to estimates by the Alban Institute in Washington, D.C., at least 17 percent of clergy suffer from stress or burnout. * “The Charlotte Observer” reported. About 1,400 ministers a year call a toll-free hot line of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), which counsels ministers […]
On Christian Leadership Failures
The news of the downfall of a major Pentecostal Christian leader in Australia has most of the Christian community abuzz. And given that the story has been splashed all over the secular media, it certainly has non-Christians talking as well. For those not in the know, it concerns Pastor Mike Guglielmucci who has just been […]
Australian Clergy
From my friend Alan: Some bits and pieces on ministry,which I found both interesting and helpful. 1. Talitha Arnold’s, “Brick by Brick,Sunday by Sunday: Creating God,Creating Still”, worth a read on ministry, sabbaths and creativity. If you are looking for something to reflect, read, wish you also could go to Florence, or be refreshed, when […]
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