Helen Keuning's second witness piece is linked below. An important aspect of this particular piece is how she sheds light on the danger of Either/Or thinking when it comes to the abuse scandal in @The_ACNA.There is so much more Both/And going on in this story with @ChurchRez.
"We're attracted by the “poles”.Either Stewart is a perfectly godly man who's enduring the attacks of Satan&the abuses of the Enemy or he's a sick&twisted man who's been masquerading all these years & who cares little to nothing for injustices & is only out to cover up the truth.
"Those are the two poles that pulled at me — from opposite directions and by opposing voices — throughout my last months of service on the response team at REZ (post-Joanna’s Twitter revelations) and during my many months on the BC post-Stewart’s leave in July."...
"The gravity from each is undeniable.
And the truth actually — at least the sliver of it that I see — is much more nuanced and multi-layered."
#ACNAtoo @ArchbishopFoley @frandrewgross @The_ACNA
And the truth actually — at least the sliver of it that I see — is much more nuanced and multi-layered."
#ACNAtoo @ArchbishopFoley @frandrewgross @The_ACNA
"I ask you: Do we actually believe in the doctrine of the inherent sinfulness and fallenness of all men, even men as extraordinarily gifted and spirit empowered and blessed in ministry as Stewart Ruch and William Beasley?"...
#ACNAtoo @ArchbishopFoley @frandrewgross @The_ACNA
#ACNAtoo @ArchbishopFoley @frandrewgross @The_ACNA
"If so, why are we entrusting broken and imperfect leaders with such absolute and unassailable power?"...
"I am here to tell you all that we had a part — all of us on the “Bishop’s side” or the “ACNA’s side” — in creating ACNAToo."...
#ACNAtoo @ArchbishopFoley @frandrewgross @The_ACNA
#ACNAtoo @ArchbishopFoley @frandrewgross @The_ACNA
"This organization was born out of our well-meaning but entirely inadequate ability to care or listen to these two survivors for over 6 months of them engaging directly and privately and repeatedly with us."...
"They gave us time and permission to take their painful story and make a right response. We did not fully do so. Instead, we grew suspicious of them and their requests. We sidelined them from the process.
That part of the story needs to be clear."
#ACNAtoo @ArchbishopFoley
That part of the story needs to be clear."
#ACNAtoo @ArchbishopFoley
Ring the bells that still can ring...that's how the light gets in. (Leonard Cohen).
acnatoo.org/acna-witnesses…
acnatoo.org/acna-witnesses…
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