Why Have Standards For Church Workers? (Part 1)

HIGH STANDARDS RAISE AND MAINTAIN THE OVERALL STANDARDS OF A CHURCH.
God requires high standards for pastors and others involved in ministry because they are examples for the congregation and they represent the church in the eyes of people in the community (Titus 2:3,4; 1 Peter 5:3). If Sunday School teachers or Youth Ministry workers do not have high moral standards in their personal lives and homes, it brings down the standards of the entire congregation. The students who sit under the influence of these teachers are impressed more with their teacher's lives than with their words. The teacher might say it is important to be holy for the Lord, but this will sound hollow if that teacher is involved in carnal and worldly things and if they do not exemplify the things which are preached from the pulpit. Young people are already powerfully enticed by the world. If their teachers are worldly, they will be doubly encouraged to go in that direction and they will be even more worldly than their teachers. If the teachers watch PG-13 movies; the kids will watch R-rated ones. If the teachers wear skirts one inch above the knee, the kids will wear skirts two or three or four inches above the knee. A church absolutely must set forth and enforce the highest moral standards for its workers in order to raise and maintain the standards of the entire church.