“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’?” which is addressed to Bill Buntain, Dan Sady, and Dan Towle at “A Faithful Word.” The “Introduction” to the letter explains some about the contents of this very lengthy open letter and describes the audiences I am addressing and why. It also explains how the catalyst for my deciding to write both the letter to AFW and the letter to Lyndol Butler was the recent Christian Research Journal in which CRI says “We Were Wrong.”


Please note that the “Lyndol letter” (which is referenced in this letter to the Local Church Leadership) can be found at:

http://localchurchdiscussions.com/vB...read.php?t=619



Thankful

I liked this one sentence,

"Your AFW Judgment gives me opportunity to demonstrate, before others, that when the Local Church (LC1) leadership is confronted about their sins, they cannot say they were wrong."

To me this is one clear distinction between a genuine believer and a false prophet/false teacher and false brethren. A false teacher is intentionally deceiving you for personal gain, they cannot admit to their sin without forfeiting the personal gain. Likewise, false brethren are trying to bring you into bondage. Again, they cannot say they were wrong without losing all personal advantage.