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Originally Posted by NobodyImportant
I stepped out of leadership while dealing with this issue. I talked to my then pastor about this and told him that I felt that I should not be in any type of ministerial position until this came under submission.
When this becomes known of the individual, then it must be addressed then. It is truly up to the discretion of the pastor, but my thoughts are as follows:
1) They should voluntarily step down until this is resolved in their lives.
2) They should not be exposed for shame, but if exposed should be welcomed to the church for healing and deliverance.
3) They need to become involved in every activity outside of leadership to re-establish things that have probably been torn down.
4) If married, their spouse needs to be informed since there will be a lot of questions arising in regards to fidelity.
There is much more that could be done, but the main thing is to not disfellowship them since if they are desiring of deliverance, how can that happen if they are not allowed to come to church?
Further, if we cannot reach them in love, how can we protect another who may fall prey to the same temptation? Who will protect us should it be our own selves?
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Those are great examples!
BUT...what do you do if the person doesn't feel what they are doing is wrong?
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