When your pastor is the problem

Link: ChildrensMinistry.com:.

Children's ministry was Ann's* life, and her first year at a new church was a honeymoon. All her requests were granted. Then, when her ministry started taking off, the honeymoon soured. Her senior pastor became a dictator, telling her who she could and couldn't talk to, demanding blow-by-blow descriptions of everything she did, and even criticizing the way she dressed.

"I couldn't reason with him," Ann says. "And his decisions weren't always in the best interests of the children and their parents."

As Ann's ministry grew, her jealous senior pastor felt like he was losing his authority. So he cut out some of Ann's flourishing programs and said she was too aggressive.

After Ann resigned, her male replacement-whom she had trained-did everything she had tried to do but the senior pastor had blocked.

AREAS OF CONFLICT

Unfortunately, Ann's situation isn't unique. If you've been in children's ministry awhile, you've probably had at least one tough experience with a senior pastor. And if you're a newcomer to the field, it's bound to happen to you eventually. Everyone's negative situations differ. But they all threaten your ministry to children.

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