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Originally Posted by Terry
Key phrase: properly handled.
Many in my generation were taught either by our parents, serving ones, or through thr Word to submit to our elders. There is a fine line before one has crossed from rebuking, reproofing to something more. When that line has been crossed, can the local church leadership say, we were wrong?
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I have asked brothers why they never came to the aid of another brother being "abused" by TC, and I use the word "abuse" because so many of these brothers have departed in its aftermath. A couple said that if you resist TC, he will respect that and then back down. My next question concerned those who do not resist, but rather take it to heart, or for some reason become silent when oppressed, and this was mostly the case. No one has ever answered this question.
John Myer is probably the most recent victim, or should I say most recent brother to be liberated from a program of abuse. JM just got tired of the need to explain to his congregation why TC belittles him continually in regional gatherings. Is that really how JM was supposed to bear the cross? Perhaps TC's "
joke-pool" just dried up and he must resort to public shaming for laughs?
No, of course not! Remember ... it's all about the maintenance of power,
the good old-fashioned Chinese way.