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…
Author: Ryan Gilbert
Christ-follower, husband, father, TCU/SWBTS Alum, Doctoral student at Midwestern Seminary in Kansas City, and Lead Pastor at Raintree Community Church in Lee's Summit, MO.
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…