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Disclose bible discovery1/5/2024 Minister haven’t arrived spiritually they too needĭo you provide resources? Do you encourage and provide time for them to be a participant in a group or Bible study? Do you encourage spiritual retreat days? Sabbaticals? Development of ministers should include equipping and expecting them to grow like Christ. Many of us are intentional about developing skills related to our team’s ministry work (presentational skills, time management, relational skills, continuing education), but how are you equipping them to become more like Jesus? Is there a systematic time for a supervisor to ask questions about their life? Spiritual health? Their struggles? Can staff expect someone will be inquiring about their soul? About their time with God? About their marriage and friendships?Īre you intentionally investing in holistic care? How you respond to these questions will likely correlate with the likelihood of staff ministers disclosing something before it’s too far gone to rescue them or without collateral damage to the church…ĭo you have built in accountability systems? In these cases, we’re simply delaying the inevitable and becoming (somewhat) complicit in allowing a person’s life to being disqualified from serving in ministry. So, we often turn a blind eye and keep from investigating the stuff we sense is off in one’s life. Most of us as church leaders don’t want to have hard conversations. Implicitly or even explicitly said, “If you disclose…you’re gone…so conceal I also wonder if there was something in the churches they served that While sin and the evil one are powerful persuaders for nondisclosure, Have been different if they would have disclosed (before the sin patterns In the last couple years for their sinful ways, I wonder how the outcomes could Really limits the positive outcomes in a church context.įor the notable national Christian leaders who have been “discovered” Week’s post appealed for us to all to disclose rather than be discovered.Īs discovery of certain issues in one’s life (particularly church leaders)
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