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Reasons I Shouldn’t Pastor | When the Church Hurts
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When the Church Hurts. A blog dedicated to people who have been harmed by Church. January 18, 2012. Reasons I Shouldn’t Pastor. I’m continuing to sort out exactly what I want to be when I grow up. I used to be absolutely certain about my calling to the ministry. My future was defined and I was set. A fw years behind the pulpit cured me of that confidence. I was told by a friend that I don’t have what it takes to pastor. So, the question remains: am I done? Posted in Watchman's Posts. On January 22, 2012.
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More the “Why?” than the “What?” | When the Church Hurts
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When the Church Hurts. A blog dedicated to people who have been harmed by Church. January 28, 2012. More the “Why? 8221; than the “What? I was going to comment on Watchman’s comment on the last post, but nothing like pretending a comment space is really a great place to write a full-on blog post. So, I decided to pick it up here. I feel like we(the church)’re missing something, and won’t find it until we ask a different question…”Why? 8221; A much harder question to ask is “Why? What would Jesus do about?
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Ed’s Story | When the Church Hurts
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When the Church Hurts. A blog dedicated to people who have been harmed by Church. March 1, 2012. Watch the video. It is well worth your time. Ed Dobson was a mega-church pastor. ALS forced him to give up the pulpit. It was then, he discovered his purpose and identity. Click Here: Ed’s Story: My Garden. Posted in Watchman's Posts. Laquo; Reasons I Should Pastor: Crack Dealer. Fired Mars Hill Church Pastor Releases History. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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Reasons I Shouldn’t Pastor: Artificial Calling | When the Church Hurts
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When the Church Hurts. A blog dedicated to people who have been harmed by Church. February 15, 2012. Reasons I Shouldn’t Pastor: Artificial Calling. A friend of mine wrote a very personal reflective post about the contradictions he perceives in people who rail against pastors who see their jobs as a jobs instead of callings. What he points out is that these people are actually paid professionals that tend to add to the system that they criticize. Read the post here. Doesn’t the money determine a pr...
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Reasons I Should Pastor: Crack Dealer | When the Church Hurts
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When the Church Hurts. A blog dedicated to people who have been harmed by Church. March 1, 2012. Reasons I Should Pastor: Crack Dealer. Previously on ‘Why I Shouldn’t Pastor’:. Dictatorship of the Weak. Peter Rollins posted another incendiary thought that resonated with me as I look back at ministry. Check it out here – http:/ peterrollins.net/? Within the post, Rollins writes:. Isn’t that what we are looking for when we abuse substances? Aren’t we looking for escape? For far too long, pusher preachers h...
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OUR book | When the Church Hurts
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When the Church Hurts. A blog dedicated to people who have been harmed by Church. Would you like to be a part of OUR book? Botolff and Watchman are writing a book together. But it’s not our book, it’s OUR book. Although we believe we have enough information from our two stories alone to fill a few books, we have decided to pursue stories from other clergy who have been forcefully terminated from their ministry positions. We want this to be OUR book. See “The Report” page),. Will you be a part of OUR book?
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Watchman | When the Church Hurts
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When the Church Hurts. A blog dedicated to people who have been harmed by Church. I worked for several years as a staff minister at a church. One day, out of the blue, I was asked by my senior pastor to resign. That started a really difficult couple of months for my family and I. I was suddenly unemployed and unsure of what God was calling me to do. I’m not here to complain. I’m here to learn and to listen. Watchman and his wife live in Michigan. He is a contributor at the following blogs:. You are comme...
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Familiar Story | When the Church Hurts
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When the Church Hurts. A blog dedicated to people who have been harmed by Church. November 26, 2013. 8220;Not all churches are bad, but the ones that are have no problem being as bad as they can be. ” Ugh… this poor guy. Check out Rob Fee’s story on Vice.com – http:/ www.vice.com/read/i-spent-a-decade-working-for-churches-and-it-was-the-worst. Warning: the story appears on Vice.com. Links are usually either awesome or traumatizing). Laquo; Fired Mars Hill Church Pastor Releases History. 8221; th…. Get ev...
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The Report | When the Church Hurts
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When the Church Hurts. A blog dedicated to people who have been harmed by Church. JOURNEY TO HOPE CONFERENCE. A Transition to Hope Journey Group Theme Conference. Sponsored by and presented at Western Theological Seminary. Oct 22-23, 2007. Consultant and author Peter Steinke: Our culture’s systematic failings become our church’s systematic failings. The leaders in our churches are as relationally dysfunctional as leaders in secular society. 7% are the result of immoral choices. There is a secretive proce...
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