Comments on: Kingdom Harassment? #MeToo https://youthministry.com/kingdom-harassment-metoo/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Thu, 28 Jun 2018 15:42:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Tony Myles https://youthministry.com/kingdom-harassment-metoo/#comment-453217 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:26:33 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=59775#comment-453217 In reply to Chris.

Hi Chris, I’m so sorry you have been wounded like this. I have as well. If you have a moment, I hope what I wrote here can serve you: https://youthmindev.wpengine.com/personal-growth-becoming-a-battlefield-medic/

In the meantime, I’m pausing to pray right now for your heart, your wife and family. Thank you for being the best you that you know how to be for the sake of the Kingdom. May God keep working in you and through you. Praise Him for His amazing-yet-flawed-yet-beautiful-yet-scarred-yet-healing-yet-imperfect Church.

]]> By: Tony Myles https://youthministry.com/kingdom-harassment-metoo/#comment-453216 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:24:20 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=59775#comment-453216 In reply to Mark Corbett.

Thank you, Mark. I believe you’re spot on – we are all capable of not only receiving this but also dishing it out. My hope is we recognize both and get healthier for it. Blessings!

]]> By: Chris https://youthministry.com/kingdom-harassment-metoo/#comment-452498 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:38:05 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=59775#comment-452498 The last church I worked at definitely did this to me. They finally ended up saying I had one month to double youth group attendance otherwise they would fire me. After 2 weeks, they fired me (even though the attendance was in fact growing). Lots of the leadership reached out to me to let me know they didn’t agree, but that the chairman of the board had a personality that was difficult to disagree with, so in the end it was really only his decision. This all happened while my wife was 7 months pregnant with our second daughter, leaving me without unemployment pay and leaving my wife on unpaid maternity leave. Because I couldn’t risk this again for my family, I did end up leaving the ministry and became an actuary. There are still politics in corporate America, but it feels so much less personal, and no one can tell me I can’t attend my church anymore or rely on my church family for support if my job is in jeopardy. I have found people in corporate America are much more respectful of my faith than as an employee of the church. I have chosen to volunteer at the church I attend now, and it is the perfect set up for me! That’s my story.

]]> By: Mark Corbett https://youthministry.com/kingdom-harassment-metoo/#comment-452469 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 23:36:21 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=59775#comment-452469 This is a good article which points out that leaders can abuse their position in power in ways other than sexual abuse. In every case, It is also true that there are many levels of abuse. Often abusive leaders should certainly be removed from their position. But in some cases confrontation can lead to repentance and transformation before it gets to the point. I’ve seen example of both. Thanks for sharing.

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