As a general rule, if you’ve fallen in a way that is notorious, you should take your place in the pews. You should not return to a public position in the church or a church organization.
If you are in a public position, and you know you are skating toward the edge, you should step aside quietly and work out your issues out of the public eye.
People in the ministry face pressures and temptations that most of us don’t face, and won’t understand, and they have the additional problem that their mistakes are therefore more public. It goes with the territory. If you mess up publicly in a way that you can recover without bringing disrepute, fine. Some have been able to incorporate what happened into their ministry. But beyond a certain point, you should not try to hold on to your position, but go get a job like anyone else.
marron ; totally agree
the ‘fallen’ should not be trying to re-enter a leadership position.PERIOD