Some leaders avoid confrontation, afraid of losing people. Some are especially hesitant because those who need confronting are the big givers or influential in the church or community. Others are afraid of hurting the feelings of someone who may have been with them a long time. As a result the pastors lose the God-given authority to protect and feed the sheep entrusted to them. When I first entered a pastoral position, a wise man warned me: “Stay in your authority, or someone else will take it from you and use it against you.”
!!!!!!!! Stay in your authority or someone will take it from you and use it against you****
