Why Leaders Fall – a Reason Overlooked

At a bible study, the discussion turned to the many leaders who have fallen to sin and scandal.

There are many reasons for this, but I want to look at a reason commonly overlooked. This is not to diminish a leader’s personal responsibility to obey God himself but to explore corporate responsibility, what we contributed to the crash.

When we expect pastors and other leaders to do our work, we set them up to fall.

Consider a prevalent mentality of our Christian age: I will donate to his ministry, and he can be my bible scholar, he can do my evangelism, he can counsel couples preparing for marriage and facing divorce, he can do the preaching, and he can chart the course for the church. I will support him with some of my money, and he can do the difficult and specialized work of being the spiritual leader.

Sound harmless?…