I think there’s a major difference between an incident of personal sin, as in the case of your former pastor, and a pattern of abusive behavior in a leadership position, as has been reasonably attributed to Mr. Driscoll. This is leaving aside questions of Mr. Driscoll’s “content,” so to speak, because his actions as leader would be intolerable even if I agreed with everything he taught.
I would be much more likely to join a congregation led by a person who had sinned and repented than one led by a person with a seriously erroneous concept of leadership.
Nicely reasoned and expressed. You’ve persuaded me. That is a first in the history of the internet, is it not?