"Let Us Prey"-Hunter Lundy

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I agree with EB. I do not believe that there is restoration to ministry after a minister falls. Restoration into the body, sure.
"A bishop must be blameless..." KJV

There's a situation that took place kinda recently at a church I used to attend... somewhere. The church was pretty much destroyed because the pastor allowed a repentant adulterer into the ministry. The man used to be a pastor and stepped down after the affair. He and his wife began to attend the church for restoration and healing, etc etc. That's great! I am all for that! But the pastor went around asking people if they believed in restoring the former pastor. He never stated that it would be restoration to ministry, so many people were for it.

Lo and behold... He was made a minister in the church. The assistant pastor (a man of integrity and full of the Holy Ghost) LEFT the church! I was upset when I heard this. I wanted to ask WHY!? Why didn't you stay and fight for what is right? *sigh*

Then the pastor removed people from the church board. I'm not sure how that works. The youth leader had a petition going around to get the church to hold a meeting to discuss the events. Then BAM! The pastor removed her from the youth leader position before the meeting could be organized.

The new assistant pastor is... the former pastor that had an affair. Now some of us are wondering if the allegations brought against the pastor years ago were true. He was accused of adultery.

Nothing was proved so he kept his license with the UPCI. This is the pastor that I started a thread over about being removed from the org with no notice. The church was full on Sunday nights. After the accusations against the pastor a lot of people left. The way the congregation found out... The adulteress had the mic and had some things to say... But she denied the affair. It was scandalous.