Responding to the Great Distraction

For years I assumed that criticisms of pastors and other church staff was just part of leadership. Indeed, no leader to my knowledge has ever been spared the verbal or written jabs of the critic.So my advice has been for the leader simply to move on; to focus more on the vast majority who are supportive of him than the relatively few not-so-well-intentioned dragons. Now I'm not so sure my former advice is sound. The level and frequency of criticisms toward pastors and other leaders has increased significantly in the past several years. The Reasons Behind the Great Distraction I...