What’s next for a Christian leader who has betrayed people and broken trust?
As a pastor who broke trust and is rebuilding it again, Kurt Bubna knows this situation all too well. My conversation with him was sparked by his Facebook post, An Open Letter to Philip Yancey Regarding His Extramarital Affair, from early January when Yancey’s tragic news broke.
So many have opined about Yancey, and understandably so, but most of us know little if anything about his situation, including Kurt and me. So, while this conversation was triggered by that news, it’s an attempt at a measured approach from a perspective that we need to hear—a pastor who’s been where Yancey is.
This conversation focuses on practical help for anyone who is walking through a similar time of rebuilding after sinful behavior, by talking through Kurt’s helpful article, How to Rebuild Trust After You’ve Broken It.
Links
- An Open Letter to Philip Yancey Regarding His Extramarital Affair
- How to Rebuild Trust After You’ve Broken It
- Kurt Bubna’s Amazon author page
- KurtBubna.com
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Karl Vaters produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of five books on church leadership, including his newest, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next. His other books include The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry, featuring in-depth interviews about topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context. He has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience.
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