Title: Is Public Shaming by the Church Legal?
GutterRat - May 30, 2006 09:05 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE |
A female member of the Watermark Community Church, a non-denominational evangelical church in Dallas, Texas, reached out to her pastor after her husband had an alleged affair with another woman.
But when the husband, identified only as "John Doe," failed to reconcile with his wife, he said the church's minister, Todd Wagner, shamed him from the pulpit.
And the minister didn't stop there. When the husband tried to resign from the church, Wagner allegedly threatened to mail a dozen letters — half to Watermark Community Church members and the other half to members of other churches who know and have worked with John Doe — detailing the alleged affair. |
Wut do you think?
Addicted2~Jesus - May 31, 2006 03:10 AM (GMT)
Well I voted yes, but readin the snip it you have there, I think the guy is goin a lil over board. I do think we should call sin sin an be done wit it, I don't think we should keep chasin after someone an beatin em on the head. All we can do is show the right path, it's then up to the person to choose to follow it er not, Jesus said if they won't hear you, shake the dust from your feet as you leave. Not sit there an launch artillery shells at the town.
clayman - May 31, 2006 01:19 PM (GMT)
This is just wrong. Any wonder people don't want anything to do with Christianity? This preacher sounds as bad as Fred Phelps. The preacher's the problem, not the accused adulterer.
It's crap like this that really gets my hackles up. :urgh:
sf49erfan - May 31, 2006 03:23 PM (GMT)
Does this pastor not remember when Jesus asked the person who is without sin to throw the first stone and they walked away?
LynnMcG - May 31, 2006 04:15 PM (GMT)
I can't remember where it says this...Maybe Ephesians? I know Paul wrote it. It says if we have a problem with another person that we should bring it to their attention. If you can't reconcile then you bring it before church elders...but not the whole friggin congregation!
My pastor was just talking about how people get hung up gossing (SINNING) on "big" sins forgetting their own "smaller" sins. Sin is sin is sin. There's no measure for sin.
clayman - May 31, 2006 04:32 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (LynnMcG @ May 31 2006, 10:15 AM) |
| My pastor was just talking about how people get hung up gossing (SINNING) on "big" sins forgetting their own "smaller" sins. Sin is sin is sin. There's no measure for sin. |
:amen:, Sister Lynn! :amen: !