West Palm megachurch pastor resigns amid debt, résumé exposé

Everybody lies on a resume, right? :thumbs:

Really, this should be a strong warning to all of us in ministry, that everything is public and open to scrutiny.

 

There is a difference between a lie and a whopppppppper.

There was no truth in his story.

Where was he even pastoring after the 162k fraud?

That is a chunk of money . . . big chunk.

 

How disgraceful!

 

what is the point of this post?
are the vultures feeding again?
rather that sling mud, how about a little bit of what is GOOD in our churches?
for example; tonite in our jail ministry we were able to lead 6 men to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.:wavey:

 

Article from the Palm Beach Post:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/pbccentral/content/local_news/epaper/2006/08/26/s1a_FLOCKHART_0826.html

 

Uh, no, everybody does not lie on a resume. Whether you were joking or not, I take offense at the word "everybody".

Huh? There's no difference. One is as much a lie as the other.

 

hmmm

sort of saw this coming with the ABP story on FBC Colleyville mentioning Flockhart. Get ready for some more fall-out, seems long time coming.

I think we need a denominational wide audit of our agencies and pastors for resume "issues." Or at least a major publication from the denom expressing how to review a resume properly.

The sad thing about this is he probably would have been hired anyways (Dr. Hunt is rather...influential) if he had told the truth about his degree situation.

Gee...I wonder if BPNews will ever carry an article on two pastors of larger churches in the SBC being forced out in the last two weeks.

 

:laugh:

You've mistaken them for a news organization!

If this situation happens in CBF or Texas Baptist circles, it will be a front-page story with daily updates and analysis by the inner circle.

 

I am truly sorry to have offended you. I hope and pray that everybody does not lie (whopper or otherwise) on a resume, but unfortunately, even in ministry, people do. SO much so, that people take on a worldly attitude, shrugging it off to say, "everybody streaches the truth on a resume." So I said that, included the winking smiley so it would come across as sarcastic, and then went on to make a point that pastors should remember that EVERYTHING is public and subject to scrutiny.

Sadly, many pastors do lie about their resumes. Degrees get a little wieghtier, numerical growth gets bolder, sometimes volunteer positions become senior pastor positions. I know of a pastor who was a member at a church for 5 years (1995-2000). He left the church because they would not call him as pastor when the pastor left. HE left and pastored another church for 3 years (2000-2003), then accepted a call to pastor the first church. Now, on his resume and church website, he claims to have been a pastor of the church since he first attended there. (1995-present)

The pastorate is not a job. Worldy views regarding how to get a job do not apply (or at least they should not apply).

I would hope the pastors on this board are honest about their resumes. Look how much can be lost when the truth comes out.

 

No, there is no difference. If his story was 90% true and the money in question from the previous church was only $16, there is still no difference.

My sarcastic comment (sarcasm does not translate well online) was not intended to excuse any lie on any resume.

 

Thanks for the apology. I wasn't sure what the thumbs up meant and took it the exact opposite of what you meant.

Now that I understand, no issue! :wavey:

 

Pretty sad story. Sin will ruin lives. Posting this story is right for the same reason why David, Solomon and Abraham's sins are mentioned: because we need to receive a warning.

 

this this true...I had forgotten how near-sighted BPNews tends to be

perhaps we should start a petition to get them to cover the stories so our faithful congregations are not set upon by more vultures

 

it amazes me that a guy with that kind of past and that many obvious lies thought he wouldn't be caught.

I'm with you , El G--what's up with a $162K thief ever serving again? If a pastor did that to our church, we'd shout it from the mountaintops, I would expect, in order to warn other churches about this guy...

Sinning sure is stupid...you'd think we'd learn that, huh?:tongue3:

 

I just pray that we do not look the other way for even more hideous crimes . . .

It is bad enough that we look the other way for flagrant felony theft . . . and academic loss of integrity.

 

Back in college, during Spring 1987, I went to Wyoming with about 40 others to lead revivals in about 12 churches over the Spring Break holiday.

I ended up in a moderately-sized church in Wyoming (I'm not going to post the name or location here) for a week. The pastor had multiple categories of problems that, apparently, the congregation did not recognize until he deserted his family the day after we left to go back to Texas. I won't go into the details because of the innocent abused parties involved, but it makes most other pastoral misconduct incidents look trivial.

About a year ago, I found his picture on the internet: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/cac/fontenot_rd.htm

I still have the King James Bible he gave me to replace my "faulty" modern translation.