Relevant writes:
The Ashley Madison hack will have a serious effect on churches. According to Ed Stetzer, as many as 400 pastors, deacons, elders and church staff members may resign this Sunday after their names surfaced on the list of users revealed in the Ashley Madison hack.
In a post on his Christianity Today blog, The Exchange, Stetzer said the number is based on “conversations with leaders from several denominations in the U.S. and Canada,” adding, “To be honest, the number of pastors and church leaders on Ashley Madison is much lower than the number of those looking to have an affair.”
Read more on Relevant.
I have no idea whether Stetzer’s guestimate is correct, as I did not wade through the data dump looking for names or “gotchas.” But given that the church has not been immune to scandals or improper behavior, it wouldn’t totally surprise me, either.
So why am I posting this? Well, because I hadn’t thought about this possible fall-out from the breach and data dump.