Popular evangelist and megachurch Pastor Greg Laurie has shared his thoughts on Christian leaders being exposed for sinful behavior and talked about the safeguards he has in place in his own life.
Laurie, the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, who preaches to tens of thousands every year at Harvest Crusade events, spoke with The Christian Post this week to talk about the 29th annual Southern California Harvest crusade this weekend in Anaheim and discussed a number of other current events in the news.
During the interview, Laurie was asked to comment on the string of evangelical leaders who have experienced a fall from grace after being exposed or accused of sinful (often sexual in nature) misconduct in some form or another.
“It is a great disappointment to me when a pastor falls,” Laurie said. “A pastor needs to be a good example. He is a spiritual leader. People expect pastors to live morally and to be honest. That is a realistic expectation. They expect it of Christians, certainly they have that expectation of a Christian leader.”
Along with the rise of the #MeToo movement, much media attention has been paid…
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