This blog is very true, but also in other ways. When you have a bad Pastor, Congregations will not get over the damage for decades. In our case, it was 10 years ago when my wife (Treasurer) discovered that he was having an affair with a parishioner, had charged his hotel rooms to the church, and that her predecessor and some of the church Elders knew about it but had done nothing. She blew the whistle, formally notified the Board of Elders, and with the help of the DCE, notified the District to have him removed. We discovered this was not the first time he had done this and had been making sexual advances at young women for years before this blew up. Over a decade later, we still have womem who were hurt by this man. So, yes, Congregations sometimes take a long time to get over a Pastor. As a parishioner, I will forever oppose Pastor as the CEO congregations and will always hold the pastor to a bit more scrutiny and way more oversight than I may have in the past..