Pastoral
The Amazing Story of a Woman Pastor
Pastor [Name omitted] As I stand at the pulpit of my church this rainy Sunday morning I begin to think back at all that God has rescued me from. Yes this is God’s house and I am a Woman Pastor of this church! Some people do not believe that God can use a woman in […]
Spiritual Abuse Article – A Crying Shame
“A CRYING SHAME: CHARLATANS in the HOUSE” -by J. Lee Grady (-Charisma Magazine). Churches and ministries are employing bizarre gimmicks to raise money. What has happened to our discernment? You’ve probably heard it on Christian television before. An evangelist opens his Bible, reads a Scripture and then suggests that you send an odd amount of […]
Spiritual Abuse
Spiritual abuse is the manipulation of one individual or group of individuals by another individual or group of individuals using religious or spiritual rhetoric. It is a real issue today, with so many people in churches being manipulated, taken advantage of, and brought under condemnation. Such tools as Biblical literalism, fundamentalism, and pyramid style tithing […]
Ten Myths About Church Leavers
by Alan Jaimieson Despite the almost mantra-like status of the statement “people are leaving the church” there still appears to be little understanding about who is leaving, when they leave, why they leave, and what happens to them and their faith after they leave. Of course everyone has their own view on these issues but […]
Bullied Clergy
‘Bullying Clergy’ is a problem that is not being addressed because often our denominations do not know how to handle it. I wrote to my denomination, suggesting that we identify how we can support Pastors and their families who have suffered Spiritual abuse in their local church. I offered that we need to appoint a […]
Pastors-in-Transition
Hi friends, Here’s a summary of my thinking about pastors-in-transition, written mainly from an Australian (Victorian) perspective. It’s too long and yet too brief, and off the top of my head. There are many other angles on all this. ~~~ # A Baptist ex-pastor in another state thought his credentials were current, and happened to […]
The Vancouver ‘Adventure’
I have had a ‘dream run’ in terms of the churches I’ve been privileged to pastor. Narwee Baptist Church in Sydney was an ideal community to begin a pastoral vocation, and Blackburn Baptist Church (now Crossway) in Melbourne an ideal community to stretch my ‘pastoral wings’… And there were several interesting interim ministries along the […]
Many in ministry Did Not Finish
Many in ministry Did Not Finish. What can we do about that? by Gordon MacDonald When you read the results of a race-be it cars, people, or animals-it’s not unusual to see DNF attached to some entrants’ names. The letters-standing for did not finish-indicate those who had to quit. Sometimes the reason is also indicated: […]
What’s wrong with the Church
I wrote: Which part of the dogma do you have a problem with? An ‘exiled believer’ replied: Basically anything that hinders the outpouring of Christs love to the world. Most things that churchies do on Sundays, but I have outlined the main things below that tick me off. Most of them are not written down […]
Story of Spiritual Abuse
The 2nd part of my story This is a point summary only: 1. After 5 years of seeking to discover what Spiritual Abuse (SA) is all about, I have found it * much more widespread than imagined. * far more secretive than ever imagined. 2. Jesus’ words on this kind of secrecy quoted from TM: […]
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