Your congregation is in the throes of a huge conflict surrounding the pastor s ministry.
Folks are badly divided.
Mistrust has become so severe in a polarized situation that even your strongest lay leaders have thrown up their hands and stopped trying to bring warring factions together. At the conclusion of her sermon last Sunday, your pastor announced her resignation to accept a new call in a distant city. A young woman seeks counseling for depression and feelings of deep guilt and confusion. In the first session she blurts out a sorrowful tale of being seduced by her pastor into a sexual relationship while she was in a very vulnerable state. She further confides that she knows of several other women who have also been victimized by this clergyman.