Pastoral Ethics

“A husband and wife team of pastors from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, are now facing tough questions after selling their longtime church to developers then splurging on a million dollar luxury lakefront home while telling their members that God now wants them to worship in ‘micro churches’ held in their homes.” - Christian Post

“Barely half consider clergy to be trustworthy, and only slightly more regard them as ‘honest and intelligent.’ Remember these are people who attend church at least once a month! Among those who seldom or never attend church, the respective numbers on those questions are 23 and 30 percent. The obvious question is why?” - BreakPoint

“Tullian Tchividjian has returned to ministry and has started a new church in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.” - Christian Leaders

“Relatively few, however, know someone attending their church who has sexually abused a child (3 percent) or sexually assaulted someone (3 percent) but has not yet come to light.” - BPNews

Related, in Christiantiy Today: 1 in 10 Young Protestants Have Left a Church Over Abuse

“Trinity Baptist was among 10 churches named by Greear in a Feb. 18 report on sexual abuse to the SBC Executive Committee.” - BPNews

“The questions are many: What sins need to be reported? When is it to be done? How is it to be done? Certainly, not every sin a minister commits is to be reported to church leaders. …There are three categories of moral failure that should be reported.” - TGC

“Among both Christians and Americans more broadly, 84 percent perceive nurses as having “high” or “very high” honesty and ethical standards….Doctors and pharmacists, as well as police officers and accountants, also outrank pastors.” - CToday