Bad Leaders, False Accusations & the Fight for Truth in the Church

About this episode

Andrew Selley discusses the challenges of navigating accusations against church leaders and emphasizes the importance of responding with righteousness and integrity.

Can we believe all the accusations we see online? How do we navigate the growing wave of accusations against church leaders? In this session, Andrew Selley addresses the confusion surrounding leadership failures, public criticism, and allegations. He calls the church back to biblical process – urging us to respond with righteousness, integrity, and wisdom. As we face these challenges, let us honour Jesus and His bride in the way we handle these difficult matters. This session forms part of the #BeEquipped series – conversations around current issues facing the church. Explore more thought-provoking messages from this series. This is a Four12 Podcast. About the Speaker: Andrew Selley is the apostolic leader of Four12 (F12) and the lead elder of multisite, Joshua Generation Church. He has been in full-time ministry since 1996. After serving on the NCMI apostolic team for five years, he founded Four12 in 2011. Andrew is based in California, USA, with his wife, Emma, and their daughter, Enyah.

People in this episode

Guest: Andrew Selley

Topics covered

• church leadership
• accusations
• biblical process
• integrity
• public criticism
• truth

Keywords

• church leaders
• accusations
• leadership failures
• public criticism
• biblical process
• truth
• integrity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Four12, Joshua Generation Church

Places: California

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