In yet the latest revelation about a pastor/minister's errant conduct a Kentucky pastor of Elevate Christ Church was under arrest for his attempt to line up a sex in a three-way with underage children. I'm familiar with Churches like the one in this article and most are of a new design and format that is called "Seeker Churches". Deviation and errant conduct on Minister/Pastor's part though isn't restricted to Seeker Churches, Catholic Churches or even Christian Churches but in this case it happened to be a Seeker Church. I have worshiped at a powerful and growing Seeker Church in McDonough, Georgia when I lived there called Momentum Christian Church. If you click on the link in the line above and compare it to the link for Elevate Church you can tell some similarities and these are awesome worship experiences Churches and growing in popularity as one of their staples and top efforts is NOT to Offend anyone with their teachings.
In a seeker church you may never hear about what sin is or about Hell or ****ation. Nothing is usually taught or preached that would offend some and many feel that Seeker Churches experience unbridled growth due to the movement of dying Churches and along with other conservative and "traditional" churches making moves to make their music programs more relevant using contemporary music and upgraded music programs along with sound systems that would make a major Rock Band envious. In the case of this pastor though he was caught from a text intercepted by some parents.
In the article I also saw where the pastor owned a local pizza restaurant so either he wasn't paid that well, which I greatly doubt given the church involved, or he was someone trying to achieve wealth and was astute at how to accomplish it best and was a great and dynamic speaker/actor. I'll post under another topic my feelings about that combination. Anyway it goes today Pastors/Ministers and Churches, Christian Churches are more under scrutiny and in the spotlight than ever before and reported abuses are way up compared to years past. That could be a function of the new generation of technology and smart phones as well as the internet because I tend to believe that the abuses have always been there but were not revealed or they were covered up.
This is yet another case of where damage, I believe, has been done to the cause of Christ and while Seeker Church may not strive to offend in this case they have done worse and the whole question comes back to just how qualified (Spiritually Qualified) their pastor/minister was, and is?