Glorious Finish by Daniel Henderson

Author:Daniel Henderson [Henderson, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2020-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Practical Transparency

A final and very practical dimension of integrity is what I call “functional transparency.” Having no areas of our life that are “off limits” keeps a leader from constructing an “out of sight” compartment of any kind that might eventually destroy his integrity. My friend Vance Pitman, pastor of Hope Church in Las Vegas (and also one of our national leaders in The 6:4 Fellowship), shares his practical guidelines for protecting his integrity:

1. Give someone other than yourself passwords to all email, phone, & social media accounts. Ask them to check messages periodically.

2. Always seek counsel when making decisions. Your perspective is always limited, your input is never enough, and your flesh is always deceitful.

3. Never travel alone. One hotel hallway can destroy years of testimony.

4. Be in a small group.

5. Have someone who does life with you regularly ask you hard questions about your devotion to Jesus and your family. This should not be an out-of-town “board” to which you can easily lie.

6. Have all email go through your administrative assistant.

7. Regularly check your work-life balance. If you are unsure, ask your wife—she’ll know.

8. Don’t do ongoing counseling with the opposite sex. Meet once and connect them with someone who can walk with them.

9. Don’t counsel the opposite sex alone. I invite their small group leader to join. If they’re not in a small group, invite a leader who can connect with them after the counseling.

10. Involve your wife when hiring your administrative assistant. Give her absolute veto authority—no questions asked.

11. Never handle money. I cannot sign a check at our church. If someone hands me a check on a Sunday, I walk them to an usher or offering bin.19

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