Hurting LeadersOne of the Toughest Leadership Calls
I actually wanted to title this, "How to Survive a Sheep
Attack". But wait a minute, You may say, " sheep don't attack".
Your right, in fact they don't have the nature to attack, but they do have teeth.
Then you may ask, what are they if they are not acting according to their nature. Or you may ask, what are they when they are no longer
eating grass, but chomping on,,,,, you....!!! I learned a great lesson
from years of pastoring, if they are not eating grass, they may not be
sheep. Wolves are carnivorous, sheep, herbibivorous. Ask any Pastor in
America, the sheep have teeth.
Thousands of Pastors have been forced to
resign without having done anything wrong. Without Charges. Somc by
Organization Policy, Some by church infristructure power block many by
taking a coviction centered moral stand that roused the carnal. The
experience is devistating. It is like going through a divorse with
hundreds of people at once. I am just about to recover. It has only been
11 years.
In a church chat area another Pastor and I were sharing what we
had been though and were suprised to have hundreds of other ministers
enter the conversation. All wiped out. All wondering if they would ever
recover. There are many wounded warriors in the woods. But the
Organization, which I am proudly a member of pulled the chat subject off
the web. We were removed from our churches and removed from the pages
where hundreds of crushed desperate warriors clung in fellowship, where
healing was growing between these great broken hearted men of God. We were
not trying to run the organization down. Merely rebuild our lives. I
realized, we are an embarassment to them. They want us to stay in the
woods.
With thousands of new Ordained Ministers coming into the
Denominations every year. We are expendable. We are fodder for the Church.
I don't mind. I love to do things for My Lord. But wait a minute. Why are
the carnal and the manuplators left in charge of God's Work. In one year
24 ministers in my district were forced to resign their pastorates,,,
Without charges of wrongdoing, unethical behavior, or immorality. Many
because they were causing growth in their church. In most cases it was the power block that
ran the church that had them removed.
Many leaders have suffered from a
"sheep attack". Many have lost their pastorates, many their reputations,
and many,,,, have lost their enthusiasm about staying in the ministry. I
call it Motivational Disorder. All that drives a Man of God is what flows
through his heart. If he loses heart he has lost his only resource beside
the Lord to continue in the battles. All ministry is a matter of the heart.
God holds our hearts in the palm of his hand.
He held Johns heart in His
hand while he sat on Patmos. If ever there was a time the churches needed
John it was then. Watch this page to read others struggles and healings.
Click here to submit your experience. Your mail will be handled
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announce on the front page when we have lots of new data. Many old time
saints need to help renew and restore hurt ministers.
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