toxic

Before God, we are all equally sinful. But for some of us, for whatever reason, our brokenness is more advanced than that of our other brothers and sisters.

Costi Hinn pulled no punches in comments about pastor Mark Driscoll, who has been in the news again recently due to allegations of toxic leadership.

Four pastors have resigned from Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis in the past month, and five faculty and staff members have recently resigned from its affiliate school, Bethlehem College & Seminary.

These are no longer peripheral issues we can ignore. Politics affects us even when we are sleeping.

We all have limited energy and our family deserves the best “us” we can offer in the midst of work and life in general. Part of that means protecting ourselves from toxic people.

Pastors and other church leaders are often hesitant to deal with toxicity in the church. I get it. It’s just more conflict, confrontation and possible loss of members.

Church bullies have always been around. Here are nine traits of church bullies that can help us recognize them before they do too much damage.