I checked out the Fallen In Grace web site referenced in post #47. It is a useful resource for understanding the warped mentality of advocates for restoration of fallen pastors. There are a lot of articles by Dave Hyles there, with a lot of weird stuff. In this article, he blames the people of Miller Road Baptist Church for the failure of his first marriage. He brags about how his dad Jack helped fallen pastors get back in the ministry, and how Jack brought hundreds of fallen people to FBC-Hammond. No wonder they had so many scandals there.
www.falleningrace.com
In another article, Dave gripes about the bitterness of church members who have been betrayed by a fallen pastor and do not want to forgive and allow that pastor to be restored. He says that when congregations struggle after the moral fall of a pastor, it is mainly the fault of the bitter church members, not the pastor who fell.
www.falleningrace.com
I would think that anyone who reads this stuff would want to avoid any churches that identify themselves with Dave's rants and that have this policy of restoring fallen pastors. But hey, that's just me.