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8 Dangerous Pastors Who Will Destroy Your Church

2. Politically ambitious pastors

In this case, it’s denominational politics.

I’ve known dangerous pastors whose driving force was to become known throughout the Southern Baptist Convention and be elected for high office. The problem is that he will be inclined to use the church to further his goals, even to the point of manipulating programming and misusing people.

The Lord Jesus said, “I am among you as One who serves,” and “He who would be great among you, let him be your servant.”

So, find out if that pastor has a servant heart, and what service he is now doing.

Before writing a letter of recommendation to a children’s home ministry in search of their new executive director, I learned they wanted someone with pastoral experience and administrative skills. In the letter, I pointed out that not only did this candidate have his degree in administration, and not only had he pastored several churches (and every church he serves as interim wants to make him their permanent shepherd), but at the moment, he and his wife were working with children in the inner city of New Orleans through one of our smaller congregations.

No one said, but I’m guessing this last detail is what clinched the deal. It certainly did for me. What is the pastor doing at this moment that reveals him to have a shepherd, serving heart?