Kung Fu Pastor, She Thinks She Speaks for God, and a Pastor Speaks Out and is Iced Out: S6E31

Welcome to the Unlovely Truth. I'm your host church safety advocate and coach Lori Morrison. I help ministry leaders assess and address the 12 critical safety issues that exist in every church. Our churches need to be the safest places in our communities, so my mission on this podcast is to give you actionable steps to make your house of worship a true sanctuary in your community. Let’s investigate the unlovely truth about real crime stories happening in real churches. I've got three cases to explore today, so let's dive right in. 

 

Important points from this episode include:

• Kung fu pastor
• "She's the voice of God to you" - not!
• Pastor speaks out and gets iced out

 The Bible verse that I want to read today is Ephesians five 11. 

It says in the NLT. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness. Instead. Expose them. 

That doesn't need a whole lot of exposition or explanation. Not only are we supposed to not do things that are wrong. If we see somebody. Doing evil things. We're supposed to expose them. And I know it's so easy to think. Well, I shouldn't get involved. I don't really know what's going on. But  if you see something, say something. Make sure other people are aware of what's happening, just say what, you know. I bring up your concerns. Ask for a committee to be formed, to look into things. 

Now, if we're talking about anything where a minor is being harmed, you need to call the police. Any, anything that could be criminal behavior, you need to call the police and let them deal with it. But if it's somebody that's being, you know, emotionally abusive as, as a teacher of something, 

 

You need to bring that up. 

That person needs to be. Corrected. Maybe they don't realize what they're doing. And they can fix that. That'd be great. If not. And they don't need to be that type of leader. They can serve in other ways. 

So as we're coming to the end of 2024. I just want to give you encouragement. Yes. We've talked about a lot of tough stuff. This season. But getting that out in the light, keeping it from being hidden, bringing it up to the proper people. That's what we're called to do. And I am here to help you. So have a Merry Christmas, a happy new year, and we'll keep on fighting the good fight in 2025. 📍  

 Let me know what you thought of this episode. You can send me an email@loriattheunlovelytruth.com or message me on social media. Because I absolutely love it when people are willing to jump in and have hard, but impactful conversations. Because that's how we're going to strengthen physical, emotional, and spiritual safety in all of our churches. 

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Read more about today’s cases:

 

Kung Fu Pastor

 

"She's the Voice of God to You"

 

Pastor Speaks Out, Gets Iced Out

 

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