Dino Rizzo, who took a sabbatical in July 2012 and then resigned from the senior pastorship of his church two months later, is now going back to work for the Association of Related Churches (ARC), working with church planters, church leaders and churches in transition that he co-founded.
Rizzo stepped away from the pulpit at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, La., last summer, saying he had not felt like himself spiritually, physically or emotionally for several months. At that time, he also said that his physically exhausted, spiritually depleted state had affected his decision-making, his family life and his ability to lead effectively.
Although it was unclear why Rizzo chose to resign at that time, he did ask for forgiveness from those he disappointed as a pastor. He told the congregation that his wife and three kids were on the path to “healing and hope.”
Greg Surratt, president of ARC, has revealed Rizzo was “involved in the early stages of a brief but inappropriate friendship with another woman.”
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