Open Letter To This List

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At 18:25 04.11.97 EST, you wrote:
>> I agree with you, if he councils a man that is a different subject or if he
>> councils a couple....but the pastor and a woman alone in the same room
>> for councelling...I have problems with that.
>
>I understand the point here, but I still don't see a need for the pastor's
>wife
>to be in the counseling session with her husband and a sister in the church.
>
>I guess it would help to squelch rumors that may arise, but to me, this is
>just the price of being a pastor. MOST pastors have rumors flying around
>about them, and probably for this very reason.
>
>Can't say I'm totally against a third party present, but I'm really not
>comfortable with the idea. I'm still thinking on this one...any other
>feedback?
>
Okay, here is a scenario for you...what if...the woman makes advances
toward the pastor...
being along with her in the office? And the pastor succeeds in turning her
down and you know
how things happen, she starts a rumor about the pastor that he made
advances toward her. Can
not a ministry be destroyed, a marriage be destroyed by that? It has
happened, and we all know it.
It has also happened that the pastor fell into sin and used his office for
"councelling" women. Stuff
like that can't happen when the wife is present. Doris
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