Mooney Guns for "Secret" Meeting in Detroit?

[MissBrattified]

I agree with Bro. Mooney; the secretive meetings and gathering of people to discuss what "shall be done" about current issues is nonsense.

Let them line up in front of the general board and picket and expound and plead and publicly declare a preaching strike or whatEVER--but there is no need to be secretive unless you are trying to draw people away from the organization or work some mischief behind the backs of others.

MOST of the time, what is done in secret needs to be hidden for a reason. I certainly don't teach my children to be secretive or to conceal their thoughts, words and actions. So adults even moreso need to learn to be bold and express themselves forthrightly and honestly, without subterfuge.

I did NOT appreciate how the WPF handled their mess, and I don't appreciate anyone else who exercises dishonest tactics.

Now. That said. I have no idea what the secret meeting in Detroit was about, whether it had anything to do with the organization or not, and whether "secret" is the correct term for the event. "Exclusive" is not the same thing as "secret." But, it obviously wasn't public. I have to be a little suspicious of people who exclude anyone or any group who can offer dissension or an opposing viewpoint.

I hope the men who organized the meeting were prayerful and not divisive in any way. I hope they didn't negatively discuss their elders in any way. I hope they didn't deride or mock older men of God or their doctrines. I hope they were exceedingly respectful in their discussions or planning or whatever it was they were gathered to do. ...because to do otherwise would be to alienate God from the entire process, no matter what the core motive might be.