Taylor University fired a longtime faculty member, Jim Spiegel, for – among other things – not adhering to the school’s “Life Together Covenant,” a statement all faculty members must agree to.
Two Baptist schools in Texas have sued a charitable foundation they say is trying to misuse millions of dollars in assets.
A longtime faculty member at Taylor University no longer has a job at the Christian school, reportedly after posting a video of a song he’d written titled “Little Hitler” on YouTube.
Darrell Scott, the busy Ohio pastor who leads three different pro-Trump nonprofit organizations, saw the IRS revoke the tax-exempt status of one of his groups.
Jerry Falwell, Jr., has behaved in ways that would have gotten him fired from leadership in most Christian organizations, and many non-Christian organizations.
Falwell: “I haven’t done anything.”
Jerry Falwell Jr. will get $10.5 million as part of his severance package after resigning as president from Liberty University following allegations of a sex scandal.
Jerry Falwell Jr., the embattled president of Liberty University, has resigned from the evangelical Christian university founded by his father.
Jerry Falwell Jr. says that his wife’s affair and the strain of keeping it secret has contributed to his depression.
Unfortunately, in many cases, the longer leaders remain in leadership, the more relaxed they become about their principles and convictions. They lose sight of their original purpose, living disconnected from what they preach to others.
Lessons for Ministry Leaders
For leaders of religious institutions, social media can be another way to share their public messages and a peek into their private lives. But it can also backfire.
