RAIDER said:
While I do believe there may be a need for this type of ministry, it is hard to believe Dave is starting it. One of the very first steps is making things right to the best of your ability. Has Dave done this in his personal life????????????????
I get the impression (and I don't know if it's right) that Bob Gray, David Baker, etc and trying very hard to get Dave H back "in the ministry" and are doing all of these ministry-like things to push the envelope.
As I mentioned in other posts, Dave Hyles shouldn't be accepted by these people until he admits that he was an adulterer and fornicator, and someone who abused his wife. Moreover, he needs to tell the truth about that baby's death (Brett Stevens?). Merely saying "I have sinned" is NOT sufficient.
I don't believe that he sees himself as the monster that he was... he had troubles with women at FBCH, so they married him off. That didn't help (no doubt he blamed Paula and other women), so they shipped him off to Garland, TX (he promptly carried on with women there as well). He came back to FBCH, Paula left, he began carrying on with Brenda, was exposed there, and he left for Florida, where he started his adulterous ways again.
He has had many changes to turn over a new leaf; I'm very skeptical of his "ministry to the fallen" when he doesn't appear to have repented yet.