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Ted Haggard

Alas another fallen leader…… Ted Haggard, one of TIME magazines 25 most influential Christians in the U.S. I dread to think of the fall-out and disillusionment it will cause. (For more information about this click here Christianity Today.)

This and other incidents of the past show the heady dangers of high-profile ministry. Pastors are human too and we all need to take heed lest we ourselves fall. At the same time lets be encouraged that there are many others who like Billy Graham, Jack Hayford, and George Verwer, stayed faithful to God too.

Yet I can’t help but notice that it is the Pentecostal-Charismatic stream that seem more vulnerable to such falls? Is it something about the culture, the pressures and expectations, or the kind of spirituality upheld? Or what?

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prayer breakfast

The church elders and staff were in my home this morning for breakfast and prayer. It was a good time of open sharing, and getting a kind of big picture of the church’s spiritual condition and needs, in a relaxed and “unboardroom-like” atmosphere.

From the open sharing I feel challenged about the need for making continual improvements in all spheres of ministry; the need for more love and prayer; and for us to give up our personal rights, just like Jesus the servant-leader.

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