Scandalous: Thoughts on the Clergy Abuse Crisis

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Stan Guthrie

By Stan Guthrie

Over our 35 years of courtship and marriage, Christine and I have been encouraged and helped by countless members of the clergy. Unlike some friends, who have told us heartbreaking stories of abuse by their pastors or elders, we have been consistently blessed by those charged to keep watch over our souls (Heb. 13:17). I can only hope that our story is the more typical one.

Reading the headlines, however, you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise.

About Stan Guthrie

Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers. Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's €œTell Me More,€ WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio'€™s €œNew Day Florida.€ A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
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