When Crisis Hits Your Church: 10 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way

Every pastor hopes he’ll never have to navigate allegations of abuse within his church or school. I certainly did. Yet only five months into serving as Lead Pastor, that became my reality. Several months ago, Child Protective Services contacted our church regarding a report involving one of our Academy teachers. Within a week, that teacher…

Pastors, None of Us are Above Moral Failure

It’s different when it’s someone you know. We’ve all seen the headlines over the last several years. Well-known pastors falling into serious moral failure, or revelations that they fell years ago and no one seemed to know. Every time I hear of another of these stories, I hate it. As pastors, we’re called to be…