“Can the Local Church Leadership Say, ‘We Were Wrong’?” (An Open Letter)

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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane

I have attached an open letter entitled “Can the Local Church Leadership Say, ‘We Were Wrong’?”
Thankful

I read this letter way back when, but it was so convoluted with "who said what to whom at what time" that I couldn't keep track of it.

So I would like to make a general comment.

If you have a ministry or associated organization which has a long and pretty much unrelieved history of contention and strife with fellow christians you might at some point want to look in the mirror and ask yourself if perhaps some of it is your doing.

It reminds me of the movie star who was on her 8th husband, and the reporter was trying to timidly raise the issue of her marital history, and the star said that her only fault was picking bums and losers for companions. "I was too naive and trusting", she said.

I could only smile, ruefully. You would think that at some point a light would go on, and you would wonder, Gee, Is there possibly something wrong with me, that nobody wants to hang out with me? Or is it always the other guy's fault?

As history accumulates, and as turmoil follows turmoil, the math starts to get pretty daunting; I mean the probability that the trouble is always due to the other party and never from you.