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

Before anything else, let me say this: protecting children and vulnerable people must always take precedence over protecting a church’s reputation.  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…

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…