I am sad to say that the leadership has allowed the enemy to distract the attention from the issues at hand and focus in so many different places that they are frustrated and are giving up. The current plan of action is to forget about all of it and just call it a clean slate.

The problem is the issues are there and they need to be dealt with or they are going to end up right back where they are. The emotions are still running high over much of it. Several people have resigned their positions with in the church. This is a Deacon lead church and I know of two who have handed in their letters of resignation. I believe that a trustee and the couple leading the Sr Hi youth group have resigned as well. The Youth Group couple also served on the youth commission and will not be involved there.

There are two sides to this saga as I see it. One side is teaching things that go against the statement of Belief of this church. The other side is up set about teachings that go against the statement of belief being taught to the youth of the church or at the church at all. I will refer to the former as Side A and the latter as side B.

Side B has brought concerns to the SP many times over the past couple of years. There are two issues around this. They what did the SP do about the concerns and why did he choose that course of action. (In many cases it appears that it is in action) Then there is the concern itself. Are they legitimate if so, then action needs to be taken. If the action that caused the concern goes against the statement of belief of the church then action must be taken.

Instead of looking at this as two issues they where addressed at the same time. Creating a ton of high emotions and talking but not a lot of resolution. In a three hour meeting nothing was resolved except that they are not going to deal with this any more.

I agree with Side B and I agree with the Statement of Belief of the church. The teachings that have been going on are not biblical. They are of man or worse the enemy. I am not sure the ones involved even realize that. I think they think they are representing Christ and that they are in the right. I think they have heard a false prophet and that is the root of the problem.

This sets up another problem. The folks that have resigned, I understand why they did but, this opens up leadership positions within the church. Positions that side A will happily fill with people who follow their beliefs.

Should a church alter their Statement of Belief in order to suit newer members and the people who have been lead astray with them? Basically Side A has done a good job of getting people into strategic positions in the past. The number of followers are growing. There has been a call for an all church meeting by side A, the reason for the call is that changes that require a church vote are going to be asked for. The stated purpose was very, very, vague when the announcement was made. That fact is a concern to me.

In the mean time there is a wounded pastor out there with out a job. There is a wounded worship director out there with out a job. I think the pastor is in need of some counseling after all of this. The way this thing ended and the Request for repentance that he wrote show that he is angry over many things. Some of what he wrote I consider slander. I think the time in what was basically a hostel work environment made him an easy target for the enemy. The worship director was threatened via email and they where significant enough that he resigned after receiving them. I hope that someone has come up along side of him to help him through this time.

I really enjoy the class I have been taking and I want to continue to take it. I have met some wonderful people and I have grown from the class. I can not continue to do so if the stated beliefs of the church change.