Q&A: How to Lead the Church while Avoiding Spiritual Abuse

Question: “… I need some wisdom regarding Church leadership and was wondering what are the clear evidences of spiritual abuse or abuse of authority. I just cannot balance yung thought of wanting people to follow Christ and exhorting them to deny themselves and then yung thought na baka hindi na nabibigyan ng avenue ang mga members to say no sa mga pinapagawa ng leadership… Ang context po ng question ko ay may fear po ako na maging passive or abusive ng authority I want to encourage the members to love and serve the Lord pero at the same time give them an avenue to say no lalo na po if they think na they are not prepared for the responsibility.”