Church Leadership

“Currently, clergy are considered mandatory reporters in about half of all states. But even those laws vary because of the unique nature of pastoral care. Some states that include clergy as mandatory reporters exempt pastors from that requirement if abuse is disclosed or discovered during ‘pastorally privileged conversations.’” - Church Leaders

“Admitting they had ‘made mistakes,’ members of the elder board spoke to Harvest Bible Chapel’s congregation and promised big changes are coming to the Chicago area megachurch. ….a whole lot of people are going to be resigning from positions of leadership—including all five members of the executive committee of the elder board.” - Church Leaders

“As clergy live longer and stay in ministry longer, the average age of Protestant senior pastors has risen to 54—a decade older than 25 years before, when the average age was 44.”

Douglas Wilson: “[T]he evangelical church is still (thank God) predominately heterosexual … but our culture of evangelical leadership is thoroughly gay. We have chosen as a template for leadership one that selects for softness, as though we wanted representatives for Herod’s courts (Matt. 11:8).”

“The key verse for this discussion is right in the middle: verse 11 says, ‘Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.’” Cripplegate

“There is a tradition within fundamental circles of pastoral brutality, such that the pastor’s role is to heap a weekly load of guilt upon the sheep, compel them to the altar, and inspire such fear that their lives will never again be the same—until the following Sunday.