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Mar 23, 2019
10 Signs that you attend an unhealthy and spiritually abusive church in the wake of Harvest Bible Chapel
As I have been thinking about the events at Harvest Bible Chapel, Mars Hill, Willow Creek and a number of other large congregations that are walking down the same path I have been reflecting on some common traits of dishealth and spiritual abuse. The sad thing is that these behaviors are antithetical to what a healthy church looks like (think the book of Ephesians) and the fruit of the Spirit....
Mar 13, 2015
Closed ministry systems that are deeply dysfunctional
I spoke recently with a ministry leader who had resigned from his church staff position (a large church) because of the dysfunctional culture that he sensed. Having left the "system" he now realizes that it was a great deal more dysfunctional than he thought and he is so glad to be out of it. When we are in a "closed" system that is dysfunctional or toxic we may sense that not all is right but it...
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Mar 13, 2015
Closed ministry systems that are deeply dysfunctional
I spoke recently with a ministry leader who had resigned from his church staff position (a large church) because of the dysfunctional culture that he sensed. Having left the "system" he now realizes that it was a great deal more dysfunctional than he thought and he is so glad to be out of it. When we are in a "closed" system that is dysfunctional or toxic we may sense that not all is right but it...
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Jul 07, 2013
When the church hurts people
A friend asked recently, do you have a book on Christ's love for the church? She is a pastor's spouse who is feeling deep ambivalence about her husband's ministry having experienced deep pain - inflicted by - yes - churches they have served.
She was looking for some reinforcement that Christ does in fact love His bride because her experience with the bride has been very painful and there are days...
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She was looking for some reinforcement that Christ does in fact love His bride because her experience with the bride has been very painful and there are days...
Jul 07, 2013
When the church hurts people
A friend asked recently, do you have a book on Christ's love for the church? She is a pastor's spouse who is feeling deep ambivalence about her husband's ministry having experienced deep pain - inflicted by - yes - churches they have served.
She was looking for some reinforcement that Christ does in fact love His bride because her experience with the bride has been very painful and there are days...
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She was looking for some reinforcement that Christ does in fact love His bride because her experience with the bride has been very painful and there are days...
Jun 22, 2013
Churches and group think
I have recently run into a number of situations where pastors of churches got into trouble with their boards and senior pastor when they disagreed with them or spoke their minds (in appropriate ways).
In both cases, at least at the leadership level there was a high degree of group think with any deviation from the specified allowed thinking patterns labeled as disloyal, sinful and in fact grounds...
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In both cases, at least at the leadership level there was a high degree of group think with any deviation from the specified allowed thinking patterns labeled as disloyal, sinful and in fact grounds...
Jun 22, 2013
Churches and group think
I have recently run into a number of situations where pastors of churches got into trouble with their boards and senior pastor when they disagreed with them or spoke their minds (in appropriate ways).
In both cases, at least at the leadership level there was a high degree of group think with any deviation from the specified allowed thinking patterns labeled as disloyal, sinful and in fact grounds...
Read more
In both cases, at least at the leadership level there was a high degree of group think with any deviation from the specified allowed thinking patterns labeled as disloyal, sinful and in fact grounds...
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