Idea #5: Be sensitive to how the church can help bring healing for past hurts.
After years of #MeToo and different streams of the church asking for forgiveness for not handling the sex topic well, there is a greater awareness today than ever before for how the church has a role to play in healing.
One of the most powerful things I saw on that Sunday at Love Church – and one of the reasons I think there was such a flood of people seeking prayer ministry – is that the pastor stood up on stage and said, essentially, “The church hasn’t always handled this topic well. We have caused hurt. Please forgive us.”
Every pastor will handle that message differently. But it has the potential to help set people free from what might be years of past hurt.
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