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ZNP, I could not echo what you said any more than what you said. Too many saints have suffered condemnation via persona non grata. I recall a testimony a family friend gave me. He left the recovery in 1990, but attended Francis Ball’s memorial service in 2007. He told me how another brother regarded as persona non grata came to the memorial service. Even after 30 years, this brother (MR) was still being shunned by his former co-workers. Not just in the recovery, but among all Christians, we need a spirit of reconciliation 70 times 7.
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Thanks, I got this message via a PM and thought I could respond here. When I was in Houston the elders were trying to intimidate me, I had previously shared about the experience in the meeting where I was rescued by the testimony of an 11 year old brother after the meeting (this is on the Berean site) and from Paul's word in Galatians that he didn't give place to them for an hour, and then they called me into a meeting and told me I had two strikes against me. Since I didn't know how or why I assumed I would get the third strike as well, so from then on I spoke with the thought that this may be my last testimony. So, since that didn't reign me in they arranged hospitality at the next Training in Anaheim and I stayed with the two Salassie brothers in hospitality. At the time one of these brothers was an elder (not Freddie, the other one). Every time I tried to speak during those ten days he told me to shut up. It was a miserable training. But after a couple of days I came to the meeting and there was a paper bag with a note that it was for me. That small gift while I was being "shunned" was another salvation. To me these words and gestures came straight from the Lord as a salvation.