Imagine this: a pastor's wife telephones an Elder in her church to inform him that her husband (the senior pastor) has been psychologically, sexually, financially, socially and spiritually abusing her for years and she has just fled to a shelter. He listens to her story at length, letting her talk out as much as she… Continue reading How to rebuke a wicked man – a lesson from Paul
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Avoid being deceived by the abuser, put him out of the flock (advice for pastors Part 3, by Ps Jeff Crippen)
(Luke 15:21) And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' Having educated himself about the nature, mentality, and tactics of abuse (entitlement, power-control, justification), the pastor will be enabled to recognize abuse when it is described to him… Continue reading Avoid being deceived by the abuser, put him out of the flock (advice for pastors Part 3, by Ps Jeff Crippen)
