GIVE PEOPLE A BENEFIT OF DOUBT
#MINISTRYMATTERS GIVE PEOPLE A BENEFIT OF DOUBT!!! (Wisdom Key To Managing Relationships In Ministry) By Pastor Bimbo Animashaun Dear Minister, don't always preempt people or interpret their innocent and innocuous actions out of context — this is a basic rule in managing relationships in ministry. Learn to hear from people. Learn to give people a benefit of doubt. A couple of months ago, I taught at our Weekly WORKERS' SPECIAL TRAINING (WST) on the topic, "THE DANGERS OF ASSUMPTION IN LEADERSHIP." From ministry experience, I realize that a lot of people assume what is not real and true, including ministers thereby developing ill feelings against innocent folks. Many precious relationships in ministry have hit the rocks because of this grave error; many father-son and friend-friend relationships in ministry have been fractured because of this colossal error. Yet the Word tells us very clearly: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. This