Church Voices

Anne Jackson over at flowerdust.net wrote a post about one of the most current publicized Christian leaders to fail. However, in it she points out a tremendous failure of the church that has been swept under the rug.  Apparently Ted Haggard attempted to cooperate with God in changing his heart by seeking help from other church leaders, but those he turned to did not “carry each other’s burdens” but in fact made things worse by their actions and advice (read her post to get more details).

I’m not saying that Haggard didn’t sin or that he isn’t at fault, but he did what few Christians actually do today by sharing his struggles with other Christians and the church failed him. 

Lord, provide your people with mature believers to come alongside each other and carry each other’s burdens when the Shepherds of the church fail to feed, protect, and care for the wounded.