Four Stupid Things Pastors Do That Ruin Their Ministry

Episode #375
October 27, 2017
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Podcast Episode #375

Pastors and church staff do a lot of great things. Unfortunately, they sometimes do some stupid things too.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

  • The internet has made both sermon plagiarism and detecting sermon plagiarism easier.
  • Pastor, if you’re plagiarizing sermons, I guarantee you that people know it.
  • Church credit cards can be very helpful. They can also be very harmful when abused.
  • If you’re currently involved in one of these four danger areas, the first thing to do is to stop.
  • Don’t. Do. Stupid.

The four dangers we discuss are:

  1. Flirting dangerously with sexual boundaries.
  2. Plagiarism.
  3. Financial stupidity.
  4. Social media madness.

 


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