I am grateful for the insights that my friend Ray Carroll shares regarding any “timetable” we might attach to restoration for those that have experienced a moral failure. It is a marathon, not a sprint.
You can read his cautionary words of advice here: http://fallenpastor.com/long-fallen-pastor-restoration-take/
Update 3/23/16
While the spirit of grace and hope runs deep in the efforts of Willow Creek Presbyterian church leaders to restore Tullian Tchividjian after his fall, this is a prime example of “too soon”.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/march/tullian-tchividjian-confesses-second-affair-coral-ridge.html
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Roy serves as the Executive Director for PIR Ministries. (Pastor-in-Residence) Our Mission: to partner with God and the Church in the work of pastoral renewal and restoration, to cultivate new hope for healthy ministry lives. To that end, we build relationships with pastors and churches to promote a culture of ministry health, provide a process of restoration when a pastoral family has experienced a forced termination of their ministry and, provide proven resources and tools that assist pastors in the challenges they face in ministry life.
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