Some Reasons Pastors Fall Into Sexual Temptation

In recent times there has been so much cases of Pastors falling into sexual temptaion and as much as people are quick to castigate them, the simple truth is that they are not immune to sexual temptation. In fact, their positions as ministers place them right in the path of danger.

American Christian writer Jeff Fisher used to be addicted to pornography which caused him to lose his ministry at one point in his life and he says pastors are even more vulnerable to sexual temptation than the average Christian.

According to him, the following reasons could cause pastors to fall for sexual temptation:

The pastor is an authority, he is looked up to, he is on stage and he is usually highly regarded. Broken people with damaged lives come regularly to talk with the minister, many of them desperate for a word or attention.
 

Most pastors are often isolated and unaccountable for their actions as many of them tend to spend time alone outside of their ministry setting especially for small church ministers who are often the only staff member as they tend not to have church leaders asking them about their whereabouts.
 

Many pastors also tend to rarely have protection or policies in place to safeguard them from temptation. Few or no precautions are taken when the minister is counseling someone of the opposite sex. And ministers often go on visitation to homes by themselves.
 

Since most pastors do not have accountability support, it is often difficult for them to be transparent and they tend to not share their sexual struggles with others or even with fellow ministers for fear of losing their position.

The bottom line of this is that pastors should have people they are accountable to which would help serve as a check and balance for them After all, a 'Man of God' is a man first(with all the normal cravings and sexual appetite) before the God-factor takes over him.

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