You all received the "Letter from Grace Leadership" last Thursday. Chairman Carl called us "to refocus our attention
on the mission God has called us to fulfill. . . to strengthen our community and covenant
together to serve God's Kingdom. As leaders, our role is to direct that passion
to pursue a greater purpose. But, as a body, we cannot fully embrace our calling
without personal and missional alignment among church-wide
leadership---including staff, elders, teachers, and volunteers. Achieving such
alignment will involve wisdom and possibly some difficult decisions to get us
all moving in the same direction. . . For this reason, we ask for your prayers that
this can be accomplished wisely and lovingly in the best interests of all
concerned."
Carl's "wise and loving" guillotine, wielded "in the best interests of all concerned" to
accomplish "personal and missional alignment" and get us all "moving in
the same direction" fell on Bible teacher Rick Byrd the very next day. We expect more such blows.
"Difficult decisions"? These
decisions aren't hard for the EBOE. Just hard-hearted.
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