I was a Pastor for a number of years meanwhile struggling with a Same Sex Attraction. I fought the struggle but during a weak time in ministry I succumbed to the temptation and had a moral failure.
After a few years I confessed to my District and to my wife. We entered a restoration program. We have walked the journey of restoration and are preparing to go back into my ministry. I am preparing to speak about the journey that we have been on. I am speaking about the fact that I journeyed through a struggle, that I had a moral failure, but I am not planning to identify the failure.
What are your thoughts on this? How open would you expect your Pastor to be? What questions would you ask?
I look at Paul's journey and when to this day we have no idea what his thorn in the flesh was. I do not want our ministry to be built on the sin that was committed but on the life that Christ has restored.
Hoping to dialogue with others who have journeyed, who have journeyed with someone, or simply willing to dialogue about this. I want to prepare myself for those challenging questions that may come my way.
After a few years I confessed to my District and to my wife. We entered a restoration program. We have walked the journey of restoration and are preparing to go back into my ministry. I am preparing to speak about the journey that we have been on. I am speaking about the fact that I journeyed through a struggle, that I had a moral failure, but I am not planning to identify the failure.
What are your thoughts on this? How open would you expect your Pastor to be? What questions would you ask?
I look at Paul's journey and when to this day we have no idea what his thorn in the flesh was. I do not want our ministry to be built on the sin that was committed but on the life that Christ has restored.
Hoping to dialogue with others who have journeyed, who have journeyed with someone, or simply willing to dialogue about this. I want to prepare myself for those challenging questions that may come my way.