Part 1 of series: Code of Ethics for Pastors: A Commentary The National Association of Evangelicals has just released a new Code of Ethics for Pastors. This three-and-a-half page document features five major admonitions for ethical behavior: Pursue Integrity Be Trustworthy Seek Purity Embrace Accountability Facilitate Fairness. Under each category, there are several statements of clarification or application. Why has the NAE created this Code? According to the NAE Press release: With a desire for pastors to make sound ethical... Read more
Do We Have a Leadership Problem? Or a Follower Problem? Or Both?
“I don’t know if America has a leadership problem; it certainly has a followership problem.” So writes New York Times columnist David Brooks in his recent column, “The Follower Problem.” According to Brooks, “To have good leaders you have to have good followers — able to recognize just authority, admire it, be grateful for it and emulate it.” But we don’t have good followers today, and this is a significant problem. Brooks gets into his subject from a... Read more