Pastoral
Screams in the Desert
When my ministry adventure faltered, I found spiritual help from unexpected direction. by James Walters, guest columnist My grand ministry adventure out west was not turning out the way I’d hoped. My wife and I were so excited. With a sense of God’s leading, we packed our stuff and moved 3,000 miles away from our […]
Wikipedia article on ex-pastors
Ex-pastors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex-pastors See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Croucher
Clergy abuse focus shifts to Baptists
Clergy abuse focus shifts to Baptists By ROSE FRENCH Thursday, February 22, 2007 The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The victims advocates who dogged the Roman Catholic Church over sex abuse by its clergy have now turned their attention to the Southern Baptists, accusing America’s largest Protestant denomination of also failing to root out molesters. […]
Uncovering Churches That Abuse People
Uncovering Churches that Abuse People The following questions come from the book: Recovering from Churches That Abuse, by Ronald Enroth, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervon, 1994. ——————————————————————————– 1. Does a member’s personality generally become stronger, happier, more confident as a result of contact with the group? In an abusive church, the use of guilt, fear, and […]
Pastors’ critics
From a blogger at a pastors’ conference this week: ‘The opening plenary featured Brian McLaren, who talked about the challenges of pastoral ministry and what has been helpful to him as he’s faced criticism and difficult times. It was a well-done presentation of universalizing some of his personal experiences and applying them to the audience […]
Clergy Choosing Orthodoxy
Growing number of clergy choosing ordination as Orthodox priests 1/21/2007, 1:22 p.m. ET The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Detroit is emerging as a national center for the rebirth of Orthodox Christian churches, which have deep ethnic roots in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Social scholars say the churches are growing in […]
How Close Are You To Leaving Ministry?
Why do pastors leave local churches? A new book gives us some insights. In their book, Pastors in Transition, Dean R. Hoge and Jacqueline Wenger give us some results from a recent Pulpit and Pew research project. Among the main reasons pastors are calling it quits: –preference for another form of ministry –the need to […]
Ted Haggard’s Sin
Sightings 11/30/06 Ted Haggard’s “Sin” — Jon Pahl Now that some of the dust has settled from the unfortunate fall of evangelical leader Ted Haggard — who has confessed to being a “sinner” to his congregation — we can achieve some longer-range perspective on what it all means. I agree with Martin Marty that Rev. […]
Minister’s Own Rules Sealed His Fate
The following article appeared in today’s New York Times. It is an interesting look into the oversight and accountability structure set up in Ted Haggard’s church which, ultimately, resulted in his dismissal following his confession of sexual immorality. It unpacks a bit about the responsibility we have to ‘protect’ the church from ourselves (interestingly, Ted […]
Sex, Lust and Guilt
The War Within: An Anatomy of Lust [Name Withheld] Driving through Wisconsin on vacation this summer, a Leadership staffmember passed a huge sign in the middle of the bucolic countryside. “Naughty Things for Nice People,” it proclaimed, and as if to prove it, a gigantic cuddly bear peered out from beside the words “Adult Novelties.” […]
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