Crouching at every door | WORLD News Group

By Kevin Schaal | August 31, 2018

This is an important article.  I am planning on writing on this subject next week.  With the Roman Catholic Church in the news this is also a problem we must face.  Baptist Congregational government can be a problem–but it can also be a solution.  Read this one and then stay tuned.  (KSchaal)

Sexual abuse is a problem in both Roman Catholic and Protestant churches—and here are three environments in which Protestants are especially vulnerable. . . .

But evangelicals should recognize that clerical sex abuse is widespread, and some evangelical and fundamentalist churches do cover up problems and pass them on to others. Although the decentralized nature of Protestantism makes statistics very hard to find, we’ve particularly found opportunities for abuse and cover-ups in three kinds of situations.

(1) Some congregations have dominating pastors with unchecked authority.

(2) Evangelical culture has a conference and lecture circuit with celebrities and quasi-celebrities who come to cities for weekend workshops and one-night lectures that provide opportunities to sin and go, leaving behind casualties.

(3) Megachurch leaders face the ordinary temptations but also extraordinary pressure to cover up problems, knowing that a sniff of scandal will summon packs of critical reporters.

Source: Crouching at every door | WORLD News Group

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