Ryan McElrath, 40, now former high school pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, pled guilty to use of a facility & means of interstate commerce to persuade, induce, entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual acts & has been sentenced to 252 months in prison.

Yes, I believe someone can realize this occurs by accepting someone’s testimony. I think it would help if the testimony is made as relatable to the hearer as possible and the hearer is open and curious.

Thanks for the webinar and addressing the topic. Lament is woven through scripture, and I agree that it’s been ignored in the modern church. You discussed lament as a part of worship. I’ve been encouraged by this song from an album called Lamentations. bifrostartsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/o-god-...

For all the talk of having the 10 commandments in classrooms, I cannot recall the last time I have seen them displayed in a church.

I have witnessed partial recognition of vague sin or harm from individuals in church leadership. The church and members miss out as God repeatedly states his desire to show mercy and compassion to those who repent.

19If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good things of the land;
20but if you resist and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword.”

Despite a thoroughly corrupted and diseased state, there is a path toward wholeness.

18“Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.