{"id":109895,"date":"2024-10-14T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/uk\/?p=109895"},"modified":"2024-10-14T10:56:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:56:01","slug":"when-a-christian-leader-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/uk\/resources\/announcements\/2024\/when-a-christian-leader-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"When a Christian Leader Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two desperately sad announcements were posted a few weeks ago, by Trinity Bible Church in Dallas and the board of OnePassion Ministries:<\/p>\n

The elders at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas regretfully announce that effective immediately, Steven J. Lawson has been removed indefinitely from all ministry activities at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas.\u00a0 Several days ago, the elders at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas were informed by Steve Lawson of an inappropriate relationship that he has had with a woman. The elders have met with Steve and will continue to come alongside him and pray for him with the ultimate goal of his personal repentance. Steve will no longer be compensated by Trinity Bible Church of Dallas.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The board of OnePassion Ministries mournfully announces that just recently Steven J. Lawson confessed to the board that he has had an inappropriate relationship with a woman, a sin that has disqualified him from ministry. In response Steve has resigned from all his duties at OnePassion Ministries\u2026 Steve has confessed and regrets the damage he has caused to his family, the church, the reputation of OnePassion Ministries and most of all Jesus Christ.\u2019<\/p>\n

No doubt many of us have benefited greatly from Steve Lawson\u2019s preaching and writing ministry. To hear of his removal from ministry under these circumstances is a grievous shock. The devil loves to use the public fall of the Lord’s servants to make other believers stumble or sin\u2014we are not ignorant of his designs (2 Cor. 2:11). With that in mind, let\u2019s make every effort to respond to this news in as godly a way as possible. What effect should this sad news have on us?<\/p>\n

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  1. We should mourn with those who mourn. We are all joined to one another and so when one part of the body suffers, we all suffer. We should grieve with Steve\u2019s family and the family of the other woman involved, their churches and friends in their pain, praying for the Lord to sustain them and give them grace to forgive a sinner who has fallen, confessed and repented.<\/li>\n
  2. We should guard our own hearts. \u2018Let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.\u2019 (1 Cor. 10:12). Let\u2019s redouble our own efforts to keep ourselves from sin. Voddie Baucham put it so well: \u2018The wisest man in the Bible fell into sexual sin, the strongest man in the Bible fell to sexual sin, and the godliest man in the Bible fell to sexual sin. For me to think I\u2019m above falling into this sin is to think that I\u2019m wiser than Solomon, stronger than Samson, and godlier than King David.\u2019 How we need to pray for the Spirit to preserve each of us.<\/li>\n
  3. We should pray all the more earnestly for protection for our pastors and all in leadership in ministry. The devil is a roaring lion, constantly hunting for prey (1 Pet. 5:8). Do you regularly pray this for your pastor and elders?<\/li>\n
  4. We should remember that a fallen Christian is still a Christian. A believer who falls and repents is to be forgiven, whatever the consequences of their sin might involve; he is still a brother and is to be treated as a brother (Luke 17:3; 2 Thess. 3:15).<\/li>\n
  5. We should beware of the particular temptations and sins that come with hearing of the fall of a Christian leader, and pray for God\u2019s grace to resist them:<\/li>\n
  6. Cynicism: \u2018They\u2019re probably all doing that and are no better than him\u2014you can\u2019t trust anyone in leadership.\u2019<\/li>\n
  7. Pride: \u2018I have never done that, so I\u2019m better than him.\u2019<\/li>\n
  8. Complacency: \u2018I would never do that, so I\u2019m better than him.\u2019 He who puts his armour on should not boast as one who takes it off. (1 Kings 20:11). Wait until you\u2019re safely in heaven before you start talking about things you would never do. Robert Murray M\u2019Cheyne was one of the godliest men of his generation, but he said that the seeds of all sins were in his heart. A little water and the right conditions and who knows what poisonous fruit our hearts could bring forth. Make sure you have close friends who will keep you accountable.<\/li>\n
  9. Self-righteousness: we can be like the Pharisees exulting over the woman caught in the act of adultery, because it makes us feel superior when we find some poor, wretched, fallen brother or sister in a worse state than we are. What did the Lord say to people with that spirit? \u2018Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.\u2019 (John 8:7) We may not have committed this <\/em>sin, but how many other sins are we guilty of? How many other <\/em>sexual sins have we committed, even if not this particular one? How many times has the Lord in his grace turned you back from this very road before you got to the stage this man reached?<\/li>\n
  10. We should guard our conversation against the temptation to gossip and empty speculation. Trinity Bible Church and OnePassion Ministries have wisely said as little as possible about the details of what exactly happened. They have said enough and the people who need to know more do know more. Our sinful hearts may want to know more, but we need to accept that it is none of our business. We should avoid trying to read between the lines of what has been publicly stated. In fact, in the absence of more information we have a duty to assume the best as far as possible. Although a few more details have come to light since the news broke, there is a great deal that the general public doesn’t know and doesn’t need to know. Love always hopes (1 Cor. 13:7). Why would we fill the vacuum by assuming the worst about a fallen brother? Why not assume the best? Let\u2019s assume, until we know otherwise, that this brother was convicted by the Word of God and the work of the Spirit so that he confessed this sin of his own free will instead of keeping it a secret, that he is genuinely repenting of what he did and that he is humbly submitting to whatever his elders are counselling him to do. Let\u2019s hope that this \u2018inappropriate relationship\u2019, although clearly serious enough to disqualify Steve from continuing in ministry for the time being, was not as sinful as it could be.<\/li>\n
  11. Let\u2019s commit not to talk about this subject or think about Steve Lawson without praying for him and his family, and the woman with whom he had this relationship and her family. Let\u2019s pray that his repentance is indeed genuine, that his wife and family will be given the grace to forgive him just as God in Christ forgave them. Let\u2019s pray that the cause of Christ will be furthered because this terrible situation is handled in a biblically faithful way, so that instead of cover-up and self-justification there is repentance and grace and loving discipline. Let\u2019s pray for the restoration of a fallen brother, even if that means he never stands in a pulpit again. Let\u2019s pray that no Christian will fall into this sin, using this man\u2019s fall as an excuse for doing so.<\/li>\n
  12. Many Christians, when they hear about the fall of an eminent Christian leader through whom God has blessed them, begin to doubt the legitimacy of his teaching and the reality of the blessing they gained from his ministry. But in the end every minister of the gospel is a weak earthen vessel that the Lord in his grace and power chooses to use to build up his people (2Cor 4.7). That any<\/em> blessing ever comes through a sinful human being is a testimony to the greatness of God\u2014God can draw a straight line with a bent stick. Paul spoke of some men who preached Christ for sinful motives, even out of envy and rivalry, but was able to say that the main thing was that Christ was preached and he rejoiced in that (Phil. 1:15\u201318).<\/li>\n
  13. Above all we should be so profoundly thankful of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, without which every one of us would be lost. \u2018If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?\u2019 (Psa. 130:3) The Lord Jesus lived a life in which he never once, in thought, word or action, had an inappropriate relationship with anyone\u2014instead he related with perfect integrity towards everyone. On the cross he suffered and died to atone for Steve\u2019s sin, whatever it was, and all his other countless sins, and all the sins of all of us his people so that we might be forgiven. \u2018If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared<\/u>.\u2019 (Psa. 130:3\u20134)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Warren Peel is pastor at Covenant Christian Fellowship, Galway, Ireland, and a trustee of the Banner of Truth. This piece first appeared on the Gentle Reformation blog<\/a>. It was first published here on 20 September 2024 and last updated on 14 October 2024.
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