Leaders of the Lord's Recovery

[alwayslearning]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Are you serious?!?

Am I serious that Ron should man-up and have face-to-face fellowship with Steve Isitt? Yes! Do I think he will man-up? No! Manning-up is not Ron's strong suit. If it was he would have tried to oust Philip Lee from LSM or resign instead of working under him.

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by alwayslearning

Am I serious that Ron should man-up and have face-to-face fellowship with Steve Isitt? Yes!

My home can be a venue for face to face fellowship between brothers Ron and Steve next time brother Ron visits the NW. Am I serious, yes. Do I expect it will happen, no. But with God all things are possible.

When a brother such as Steve has been offended by an elder or even a co-worker, ideally they should have their conflict resolved brother to brother with a unbiased brother serving as a witness. However in the local church culture, it's not 1-1, but 10-1. That's a wolf-pack environment. How do you expect a relationship to be reconciled in such an environment? There's no possibility of having an impartial witness, because all witnesses have partiality towards the elder/co-worker. With Ron and Steve, I would be no exception. Which is why my suggestion is to go to a non-LSM/LC Christian congregation and see if there's a brother willing to bear the responsibility as an impartial witness.