I would provide a link to this site, but it is down, so I include the entire text. This was written by a member of a discipling/shepherding church in defense of discipling. Authority The critics feel that the shepherding/discipleship paradigm in (church name deleted -.Ed) is fostering an abusive environment. They feel that church leaders

Reform in the ICC has been underway for quite some time, however, all such efforts have been called ‘divisive’ and ‘slanderous’. Very few of these efforts have been publicly acknowledged – and even those few have been acknowledged only after public pressure. The first efforts were lead by Jerry Jones when he left in 1986.