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Tag: Harvest Bible Chapel

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Posted on June 17, 2022June 23, 2022

… And Their Manipulative Response

Demonstration of how an elder manipulated documented facts to avoid accountability for his actions. And how an associate and senior pastor remained silent in the face of his lies.

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Posted on June 10, 2022June 29, 2022

Our Resignation Letter to a Former Church…

Tracing unhealthy patterns in this local church and connecting the dots to unhealthy patterns documented at the organizations where leadership received training.

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Posted on April 29, 2022June 23, 2022

Introducing “View from the Pews” – Part 2

An attempt to pierce the echo chamber of church leadership and the ivory tower of theologians by providing a view from an ordinary pew-sitter. Wrapping up with an article on spiritual abuse by Mike Cosper and one on orthopathy by Tish Harrison Warren.

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Posted on April 22, 2022June 23, 2022

Introducing “View from the Pews” – Part 1

An attempt to pierce the echo chamber of church leadership and the ivory tower of theologians by providing a view from an ordinary pew-sitter. Starting with some articles on church leadership by Glenn Packiam and Ike Miller, and a post by Tim Keller on megachurches.

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Posted on March 4, 2022June 22, 2022

The Feedback My Pastor Labeled “Possibly Aggressive” (or How NOT to Respond to Solicited Feedback)

When our former church was looking to purchase a new building, they asked the congregation for feedback. I made the mistake of thinking they actually wanted it.

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Posted on February 11, 2022June 22, 2022

The Molehill that Became a Mountain

A detailed account of how a minor mistake on the part of the senior pastor was severely mishandled by leadership.

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Posted on January 28, 2022June 22, 2022

Prayer of Repentance

A prayer of repentance for the church.

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Posted on January 21, 2022June 22, 2022

A Letter to My Friends at Our Former Church

Describing why we left the toxic, spiritually abusive situation at a former Harvest Bible Chapel (Great Commission Collective) church, with references to our former Acts 29 church.

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