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Originally Posted by Terry
That's usually how it works. The one in authority role almost never seeks reconciliation for their actions or their speaking. You or I as the non-authority ones would be expected to "take the cross". When you say taking the cross, it is usually intended to be "not making an issue".
I think the brothers could care less if the cross is taken or not. That's a matter between the individual and the Lord.
What the brothers really care about is "not making an issue". If there's an unresolved matter and a brother is exercised to use the prayer meeting or prophesying meeting as an opportunity to "tell it to the church", that's not the type of conflict resolution the brothers are willing to entertain.
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The LC view of authority is based on some kind of notion that for a leader to make a compromise or admission of any sorts would undermine his authority. LC elders and leadership thus adopt a “take it or leave” it attitude. The ‘lesser’ party must be the one to make the compromise.
In the LC, I observed quite a few problems occur that the elders should have addressed and they failed to anything. It seemed to be that they didn’t want to have to make a difficult decision. Rather than use their position as a leader to present a solution, they instead used their position to reinforce their level of authority, to make sure that both sides knew that they didn’t have to take any action if they didn’t want to.