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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I am in the LC. The most detestable thing is the unforgiveness in our church and partisanship.
Certain families are hailed and others are not. Single people are often a little despised. Money is worshipped and so is status while pretending it does not matter to aquire it.
Take care of your families. I was separated from mine for so long , yet as a single person it is always my extended family that takes care of me in times of need and not the LC people most times.
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The most detestable thing is the unforgiveness in our church and partisanship - rarely has this been expressed so succinctly.
I have seen the contrast of unforgiveness; blessing through prayer. Pardon me if I relay this experience once more. About a dozen years ago after I ceased meeting with the LC church in Renton, I was meeting with East Renton Community Church. Something I never expected to see in my lifetime is a dissenting elder being prayed for and blessed in his last meeting as an elder while given an open invitation to return.
In the Local Churches, that is sadly non-negotiable. Elders with dissenting opinions are "squashed like a bug".
Take for example John Ingalls. He left around 1989/1990 and died in 2016 if I'm not mistaken. Yet in following years there is at least 3 examples there have been public speaking against him; December-2018, July-2019, and January-2020. I've always thought the Local Churches would be a better place if the leadership practiced a ministry of reconciliation.
Partisanship-using single people as an example. Never is it so clear as FTTA candidates versus those not interested in FTTA. James 2:2-4 is a vivid example.