{"id":4653,"date":"2010-12-13T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=4653"},"modified":"2023-07-05T09:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T13:22:38","slug":"abusive-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/abusive-leadership.htm","title":{"rendered":"5 Signs Ministry Leadership Has Turned Abusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadly, spiritual abuse can happen in churches when leaders fail to heed the warning in Romans 12:3 to not think more highly of ourselves than we should. Being in a position of leadership doesn’t mean we are better than someone else. It doesn’t give us the right to control others according to Jesus (Mk. 10:42-45).<\/p>\n

Signs of Abusive Leadership<\/h2>\n

You can know\u00a0church or ministry leadership\u00a0has moved from biblical leadership to abusive control when:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0 People are emotionally demeaned.<\/div>\n

They are consistently or persistently criticized or belittled, made to feel worthless and guilty even when they aren’t.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0 People are spiritually denigrated.<\/div>\n

They are made to feel that only the leaders know what God wants, that their spiritual experience can never measure up.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 People are socially denied.<\/div>\n

They are expected to spend all of their free time with church people and not to look beyond leadership for counsel or input.<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0 People are mentally dismissed.<\/div>\n

They are not permitted to make even little decisions in their own spheres of ministry, needing approval for every change no matter how small.<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0 People are physically dominated.<\/div>\n

\u00a0They are given mandates on what to wear, eat, watch, listen to, read, etc., or face ostracism.<\/p>\n

In essence, when leaders lack respect, trust, and mutual-submission with their members, abuse is likely to be present.\u00a0 When leaders begin to control rather than serve, abuse is likely to be present.\u00a0 Instead, we need to exhibit Christ-like behavior with one another. Jesus came to serve, not be served.\u00a0 — 5 Signs Ministry Leadership Has Turned Christ-like<\/a><\/div>\n
You might also want to read: Servant-Oriented Leadership<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sadly, spiritual abuse can happen in churches when leaders fail to heed the warning in Romans 12:3 to not think more highly of ourselves than we should. Being in a position of leadership doesn’t mean we are better than someone else. It doesn’t give us the right to control others according to Jesus (Mk. 10:42-45). . . . Continue reading 5 Signs Ministry Leadership Has Turned Abusive<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t