Originally Posted by ttpaba
I understand your frustration in that I am a TPCer. I know you are hurting as am I. But I don't understand how your post says "believe me any wrong-doing on the part of a board or a saint can and will be dealt with by God." but wasn't any wrong doing by TB able to be handled by God? Why wouldn't you trust Him to handle your pastor but you trust the board/saints will be handled by Him? I'm really curious why you are even on this forum if you feel it is divulging, and has busy bodies along with misguided opinions of what should or shouldn't happen or what the congregation should require of the board.
It's my opinion that this forum is exactly what is needed. I have my own set of issues and I don't have all the political knowledge. The church is so scary to me right now because so many have formed such strong opinions and many without basis. I come here and read and question because I as you see from my previous incorrect post don't have the correct info, I thought I did! I've been at TPC,,,, let's just say over a decade. I didn't know who the board members were, I didn't know there was a petition, I didn't have a clue anything was up. Up til the point the week before TB resigned. The week before I knew something was up because of the "jackal" talk. I thought that was related to people tearing down a young couple in the church with unfortunate circumstances. I had no idea!!! I know a lot of people are putting their trust in 3 board members to do what's right. I know a lot of people are disgusted at the allegations they hear with no proof. Maybe they've heard word of some proof? Who knows cause it's a mess. The church will likely not even resemble it's former self within a few short months. It's likely there will be branches that fall from the tree and re-root elsewhere. It's likely some will fall, others will grow stronger. Spiritual innocence will be lost, wisdom will be gained, friends will split hairs and friendships will be lost all the while others will be started fresh. Life is going to continue but in the meantime I know I need to calm down, take some breaths, pray, study, be faithful, bless where able, apologize when mistaken and continue to develop into the person I want to be.
I respectfully disagree that TPC doesn't owe any divulgence to the apostolic community.
Don't we have a responsibility at the very least to like faith people to warn them of a predator among us? What about a child molester? What about a thief? A wayward minister? A whore monger? Doesn't the Word teach us to "mark them". Here it is, Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. Ok so how do we mark them? Do we tattoo it on their head? Do we cut off the offending member? As far as I can tell we notify each other which requires communication. Ideally first hand, complete, intelligent communication. But since we all can't be where the offender goes to give first hand knowledge we communicate. Unfortunately the least informed and least intelligent of us are part of the process so it gets all mixed up. We that pride ourselves in our faith can't be like some that turn their heads from indiscretions or cover it up so that it continues on. We cringe at modern media handling anything because they have their own agenda that doesn't have our faith's best interest at heart. So we all have to figure our part of this thing out. Are we original members? Are we the "new church" members, are we scape goats, are we victims, are we on the path of an offender? What will we stand for and not? Where are our fence poles? I set mine, you set yours and hopefully if our fences align we can live peaceably but if the guy down the street claims to be a leader and I know him to be an offender I'm going to warn you. If the guy down the street is a leader and a group of offenders make a move on him, I'm going to warn you. If there's a whole lot of mess going on and most is veiled in secrecy but effects mine and your's lives, I'm going to discuss it with you. Some say trust the board!!! Really? I trusted the pastor! Some say trust the pastor!!! Really? He's gone and for what reasons I don't know. Right now I trust Jesus and I am attempting to clear a path for the future that is guided by the Lord. I'm a thinker, I'm driven by seeing things from numerous angles. I rarely align myself totally to any group due to experiences I've had. I need input, I need to have a sounding board, I need interaction with people that have gone through similar experiences. Does that make me or them a busy body? Does any one post make or break a person's ideals? Are we guilty of some horrible injustice? I think not. Change is hard, if I had a pastor I'd go to him but I don't, If I had people I could trust in the church I'd seek them out. I don't have that or should I say I can't tell the difference right now because of the mess. What I have is this outlet/inlet and Jesus.
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