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Making decisions without destruction Does leading a church set up an impossible choice between running an efficient, well-maintained program and being sensitive to the needs of suffering people? Can one leader do both? For many leaders, the answer is not clear. Especially in days when the conflicting demands of institution and individual whipsaw pastors back and forth between office and...

Theological risks are taken according to the “law of right and wrong.” The objective—theological purity—admits no compromise. Resolution need not be blunt or hasty, but the risk to achieve the right must be taken regardless. Following the law of right and wrong is not a simple matter, however. The decision, the goal, may be clear, but how to achieve that goal with the fewest casualties may not be as obvious. One pastor recalls: “I made a decision, based on my understanding of 1 Timothy 3, that prospective
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