Mike Hintz

An Open Letter

Over 10 years ago, the Hintz's world imploded. Mike, father of 4 young children and a youth pastor at a large church in Des Moines, Iowa, confessed to a crime that shocked the church, his community and especially his wife Sharla. Mike had an inappropriate relationship with a girl in his youth group. No one saw this coming. A mistake like this would have been the end of most marriages. Certainly an end to any future contributions to ministry. And yet, miraculously, Mike and Sharla are still married and doing great- over 10 years later. This is Mike's story. In this interview, Mike is brutally honest about his sin, and the long, difficult road to recovery.