See below. A congregational meeting made sense, and this was timely. People are hurting. We want answers. However, when one sister posted a comment asking if Scott, the resigned elder, would be there, this comment was deleted. No one would have known except... the deacon who deleted it accidentally deleted the original post as well, and then posted to announce its deletion and reposting.
If it could be somehow justified, it was still very clumsy. Very, very bad optics, when sensitivity and transparency are critical.
We were told later that this sister was disciplined by the leaders in some way. Whether that was a talking to or something else, I don't know. I only know that my wife stopped me from asking the same question. I wanted to know, and at least at this stage it made sense to know.
The next night's meeting was pretty much a sham. I cover this in my explanation to the elders for leaving.
Published Sept 25, 2017 (by Ross Levin, a deacon)
Tuesday night
congregational meeting - 7:00 pm
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Dear HBC Members,
Pastor Leake (on behalf of the Elder Board) just sent an important message to you titled "A Time for Unity" which mentioned a meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, September 25th. The meeting begins at 7:00 pm. See you then, and in the meantime (and always), please pray for unity within the body of Christ at Hope, and for our hearts to be focused on glorifying our Lord, as is our sole purpose, both individually and collectively. |
One of the young sister's at church then posted an email asking if Scott would be there to speak about what happened as well. Those of us who got the previous email got her question as well. No answered followed. However, later that evening...
Published Sept 25, 2017 (by one of the sisters)
I would like to know if The Baraos will be at the meeting. I think it's very important for both sides of the issue be heard and discussed so that we, as a body, can properly learn and grow from this situation.
Published Sept 25, 2017 (by Ross Levin, a deacon)
Oops! The
message accidentally got deleted.... reposting for your info. :)
Dear HBC Members,
Pastor Leake (on behalf of the Elder Board) just sent an important message to you titled "A Time for Unity" which mentioned a meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, September 25th. The meeting begins at 7:00 pm. See you then, and in the meantime (and always), please pray for unity within the body of Christ at Hope, and for our hearts to be focused on glorifying our Lord, as is our sole purpose, both individually and collectively. |
If you logged onto the site, one thing was apparent. The sister's comment, tacked on to the original email was gone.
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