Open Letter To This List

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On Tue, 4 Nov 1997 08:43:50 -0500 (EST) Harrell01@Aol.com writes:
>It should be that the congregation as enough faith in their leader 
>that he can properly counsel a member of the opposite gender without
being led
>into temptation. It's his job as a pastor. 

I don't believe it has any thing to do with faith in the leader.  It is
more a lack of faith in the world.  When my husband and I first began
working with young people, we were told that my husband should not
*counsel* a young girl, nor be alone with her in a car/church van/etc. 
This was not done for the girl's protection, but my husband's.  After
all, they knew they could trust him, they had *faith* in him.  We know of
a situation in a local church, where one family's life has been
irreversibly affected, because of an accusation of *sexual molestation*
by a young girl.........though no formal charges were ever made, and no
wrong was ever done.

Kathy Barnett
kathrynsbarnett@juno.com