Miss Manners: Pastor contemplates apology to church member who blasted complaints on social media

Miss Manners: Pastor is upset for being ‘blasted’ by parishioner on social media

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m the pastor of a medium-sized church (about 500 members), with five other ministers on staff, as well. This summer, while I was on vacation, a church member harshly criticized the staff for not noticing she’d been gone for eight Sundays. This young woman blasted us for this oversight in an extended rant on social media.

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Miss Manners: Pastor contemplates apology to church member who blasted complaints on social media

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m the pastor of a medium-sized church (about 500 members), with five other ministers on staff, as well. This summer, while I was on vacation, a church member harshly criticized the staff for not noticing she’d been gone for eight Sundays. This young woman blasted us for this oversight in an extended rant on social media.

Miss Manners: Shouldn’t people let me know when I’m on speakerphone?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m the pastor of a medium-sized church (about 500 members), with five other ministers on staff, as well. This summer, while I was on vacation, a church member harshly criticized the staff for not noticing she’d been gone for eight Sundays. This young woman blasted us for this oversight in an extended rant on social media.

Miss Manners: A young woman publicly blasted my church staff. As the pastor, should I respond?

Miss Manners: She unfriended us before her rant, but it was passed along by other members.

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Should the pastor talk to a member who has taken her complaints about the church to social media?