Who gets to decide when "a man is failing" or "has failed to meet these requirements"?
The Bible is the real power in our church.
The person or persons who get to decide what the Bible means on any given subject are the real power in your church.
“The person or persons who get to decide what the Bible means on any given subject are the real power in your church.”
The Bible isn’t subject to interpretation. It is cut and dry.
The church. It rarely happens, but if a pastor runs off with the piano player, he would be unqualified, and the church would replace him.
If his children are out of control (and still under his authority), in many cases, he could be considered unqualified—again, rarely happens.
According to the Bible, he would be brought before the church and the charges laid before him. He would explain his position or the circumstances, what he may be doing to fix the issue. He would leave, and the deacons, along with the membership would discuss the problem and decide by a vote at some point what to do.
It’s basic church discipline 101 that would be applied to any member. Usually members get away with their faults as long as the church isn’t directly involved, while the Pastor, being the church leader, usually won’t get away with certain issues.