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21 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
A PR statement prioritizes minimizing damage to an institution's reputation. It does its best to distance the institution and its leaders from the wrongdoing in order to repristinate it in the eyes of the public.

Many churches are good at making PR statements.
A statement of lament and repentance prioritizes healing those who have been hurt. It brings the institution and its leaders as close as possible to the wrongdoing in order to bring about deep soul-searching and urgency toward bringing healing to those who have been harmed.
A PR statement ultimately shows a desire for the fear of man, where everything is about image, optics, and saving face before the public's watching eye.

A statement of lament and repentance ultimately shows a desire for the fear of the Lord. Everything - including reputation -
is rubbish in contrast to knowing & honoring Christ. It takes the losses in order to heal & restore those who have been broken and in order to heal its own institutional soul from its sins of failing to do what it should have done instead of showing apathy and indifference.

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