Robert Jeffress Accepts NRB Broadcasting Honor With Call to Faithfulness, Warning: 'None of Us Is Immune' to Moral Failure

Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas and host of 'Pathway to Victory,' accepted one of the highest honors in Christian broadcasting at the National Religious Broadcasters convention — and used the moment to deliver a sobering warning about the fragility of pastoral integrity. 'None of us is immune' to moral failure, Jeffress told the audience, reflecting on the weight of ministry leadership in a week that saw two other prominent pastors — Acts 29 VP Tyler Jones and evangelist Ted Shuttlesworth Jr. — fall to confessed adultery. The NRB award recognizes decades of faithful broadcasting ministry, but Jeffress chose to point beyond his own accomplishments to the accountability structures and spiritual vigilance that every leader in Christian ministry must maintain. His remarks struck a chord at a convention already buzzing with concern over the pattern of pastoral failures that has shaken evangelical confidence in its institutions.