Four Stupid Things Pastors Do That Ruin Their Ministry

Podcast Episode #375

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Pastors and church staff do a lot of great things. Unfortunately, they sometimes do some stupid things too.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

• The internet has made both sermon plagiarism and detecting sermon plagiarism easier.
• Pastor, if you’re plagiarizing sermons, I guarantee you that people know it.
• Church credit cards can be very helpful. They can also be very harmful when abused.
• If you’re currently involved in one of these four danger areas, the first thing to do is to stop.
• Don’t. Do. Stupid.

The four dangers we discuss are:

1. Flirting dangerously with sexual boundaries.
2. Plagiarism.
3. Financial stupidity.
4. Social media madness.

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