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How Would Your Church React If Your Pastor Was Arrested?

Orginally published on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 at 6:00 AM
by Todd Rhoades

Northgate Colonial Baptist Church members say they need their faith now more than ever. The church is trying to hold itself together while its popular pastor, the Rev. Kevin Ogle, sits in jail in Walton County, Ga., charged with 11 counts of sexual exploitation of children...

“We’re a family,” said Mike Clifton, head of the church’s board of deacons. “We are there for each other. We keep each other lifted up.”

The 42-year-old Ogle is accused of sending pornographic messages and pictures of himself over the Internet to a police officer posing as a teenage girl.

Ogle’s congregation is praying for their leader and have organized meals for his wife and young children. Members say there hasn’t been a time since the case broke Feb. 20 that they lost hope.

“We felt like we could go forward at once, that the Lord was on our side,” said Evora Price, a member for nearly 20 years.

The night Ogle was arrested, Price and other members were called to the church for an emergency meeting. “As a congregation, and as Christians, we have to focus on what God wants us to focus on,” Clifton said.

SOURCE: The Christian Post (read the rest of the article here)

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 at 3:49 PM

I find it interesting that there’s no comments on this thread, whereas when the Haggard scandal erupted it was one of the longest threads ever. What do you think that says? That it doesn’t matter if we’ve never heard of the guy - hope not!
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Thursday, March 08, 2007 at 10:01 AM

I think Mike Clifton hit the nail on the head when he said:

“I think an event like this, if it is handled in the right way, will make us more cohesive and stronger than we were before,” Clifton said. “I think it shows how weak we can get sometimes if we don’t stay part of the group and rely on everybody - and especially God.”

It sounds like they’re starting off on the right track. I pray they do not follow the example of how not to handle a situation like this set by Agape Christian Fellowship in Ft. Worth when Terry Hornbuckle was arrested and they got the leadership and several celebrities involved in pressuring victims to not report the abuses.

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