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Same could be said about allowing them to be church members with guard rails up and someone being with them at all times
Wives, Sisters, and Daughters, Please Speak
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Ahhh, got it. If you’d only said you were a woman I might have picked up on the snark, but you threw me a curve with the addition of the unmarried thing.
I was assuming too much with my church discipline comment, since you correctly pointed out that the first stages of discipline are to be carried out with great discretion and behind the scenes (and members would essentially be unaware except for a select few), whereas the end stage of the unrepentant member is brought into the open before the church. Thankfully, I have only been part of overseeing that process twice, and both times it never got past the personal and private stages.
Wow! When you're wrong, you're REALLY wrong! You should check who said what instead of just flying off the handle like that!
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Yeah well, I typically post, at a glance without much if any contextWow! When you're wrong, you're REALLY wrong! You should check who said what instead of just flying off the handle like that!
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"I want to stop here and ask everyone who still attends church to give this post to their church leaders. That harmless, 'I love Jesus' former child sex abuse offender is most likely NOT who he says he is. It’s time to wake up and apply tough love to any of these offenders who come into our churches.
"[Matthew 10:16] says to be innocent. It doesn’t say to be clueless. It’s time to wake up to the wolves who are child sex abuse offenders."
"[Matthew 10:16] says to be innocent. It doesn’t say to be clueless. It’s time to wake up to the wolves who are child sex abuse offenders."
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Here is a wife who spoke out, speaking truth to power.
"The ultimate shaking of my faith happened when I was advocating for the abused and the needy in the church I was at for over 25 years and a regional pastor stood in the pulpit and talked about how abuse is being elevated in the church.
"As if talking about abuse and advocating for the abused was a liberal thing. And he encouraged those in abusive marriages to stay. He made fun of the number of people that go to him who are asking him advice on divorce because they were being abused. He encouraged the congregation to turn the other cheek and take the abuse instead of calling out those who are abusing God’s people.
"And instead of calling this regional pastor to repentance, the pastors at Calvary Boise defended him and continued to platform him. They defended their own. They defended power. That was very telling to me."
"The ultimate shaking of my faith happened when I was advocating for the abused and the needy in the church I was at for over 25 years and a regional pastor stood in the pulpit and talked about how abuse is being elevated in the church.
"As if talking about abuse and advocating for the abused was a liberal thing. And he encouraged those in abusive marriages to stay. He made fun of the number of people that go to him who are asking him advice on divorce because they were being abused. He encouraged the congregation to turn the other cheek and take the abuse instead of calling out those who are abusing God’s people.
"And instead of calling this regional pastor to repentance, the pastors at Calvary Boise defended him and continued to platform him. They defended their own. They defended power. That was very telling to me."