Why we never hear of scandals in evangelical/Protestant churches?

[MagdalenaRita]

About a year ago a young adult male who was working in the children’s dept at a local evangelical church was sexually abusing the young children. It barely made local news.

I think alot of it is the Catholic church has always been the voice of morality in the world, so when there are problems or sins found out, it makes the news.

Protestant churches are very diverse in their beliefs to the point of not really being a large enough threat to the world.

 

[mdgspencer]

Frankly, I would prefer not to hear of scandals in another Church.
The fact that we hear so much and so exclusively about this may reflect the fact that anti-Catholicism is the last accepted prejudice in the West. There are those who like spreading such news about Catholicism but do not so much speaking so–or, rather, speaking at all–of other churches or groups
(Not that this being made public isn’r warranted, and it may lead to great reform in the Church.)

 

[midori]

I went to a Baptist university for undergrad. Although there were a number of churches near campus, I’d bet 9 out of 10 of the Baptist students were drawn to one particular Baptist church. Among those who didn’t go, for whatever reason, it was likened to a cult more than once. I’m sure the pastors there were extremely charismatic, and were followed as enthusiastically for their own personalities as they were for the content of their preaching.

But it was discovered they weren’t practicing what they were preaching. I never asked the details,because I wasn’t interested in rubbing the salt in the wound, but I distinctly remember many of the students being absolutely crushed and literally in tears, crying because they had been betrayed by Image vs Reality, and they had discovered their beloved leadership had feet of clay…

It was a healthy reminder that we don’t follow men. We can admire them, and emulate them— but if we discover a flaw in them, we shouldn’t be surprised, because we don’t expect men to be perfect in this life. We follow Christ, because if we follow anyone else, we’re going to be disappointed at one point or another. And it’s been an issue ever since the early Church–

Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you.

Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, “I am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ.”

Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?