'many survivors of clergy sexual abuse have never received an apology or any acknowledgement of the harm they suffered.
but at the may 3, 2024, meeting of the general conference of the worldwide united methodist church in charlotte, north carolina, the following resolution of apology to all survivors and their families was approved.. .
“the united methodist church apologizes for the times we allowed our desire to protect the church to outweigh our desire to care for victims and survivors of sexual misconduct.
Have any measures been put in place now at grass roots level to help prevent abuse of any kind , not just sexual abuse?
I know that other denominations now have taken this issue very seriously and things like bullying in the church or even spousal abuse are also looked at .
Making apologies and acknowledging mistakes is a start but lessons need learning and every effort made to prevent these things happening.
I get CofE updates regularly and this was part of the latest
hello all.. i could use some help identifying the title of a wt book that i read back in the early 90's.
it was an older book when i read it.
i wish that i could recall more than i do.
Thanks guys . I don't take things personally but l would like to engage, politely, with someone who has a different view on things .
Maybe l could learn something. Who knows l could be wrong , l do believe in miracles lol .
I get that it's sometimes better to agree to disagree and move on . Done that a few times .
Jan from Tam
the watchtower characterizes christians not affiliated with the watchtower corporation as vomit eaters and filthy whores: .
“how well they pictured the spiritual drunkards of christendom at the present time!
besides actual wine and intoxicating liquors, there are other things to intoxicate the priests and preachers in christendom so as to induce drowsiness in them, to make them reel, to confuse things before their religious vision, to induce them to belch out the vomit of spiritually filthy things” - w59 3/1 pp.
Yes l know NOW that there is an Australian Tamworth.
I organise a local Fete and joined a " local " fb group to advertise it . After asking if anyone would like a stall a nice lady kindly pointed out that it was a bit far to travel for an afternoon.
Jan from Tam
hello all.. i could use some help identifying the title of a wt book that i read back in the early 90's.
it was an older book when i read it.
i wish that i could recall more than i do.
I never give down votes. This is the only forum where l have seen the option to down vote .
If someone does give me a down vote l do wonder who it was and why . I would rather that the person tells me why they disagree.
Jan from Tam
hello all.. i could use some help identifying the title of a wt book that i read back in the early 90's.
it was an older book when i read it.
i wish that i could recall more than i do.
Did they walk 500 miles and then 500 more to be the men to walk 1000 miles to bring it to your door?
Jan from Tam
the watchtower characterizes christians not affiliated with the watchtower corporation as vomit eaters and filthy whores: .
“how well they pictured the spiritual drunkards of christendom at the present time!
besides actual wine and intoxicating liquors, there are other things to intoxicate the priests and preachers in christendom so as to induce drowsiness in them, to make them reel, to confuse things before their religious vision, to induce them to belch out the vomit of spiritually filthy things” - w59 3/1 pp.
Hi Not Former , where are you ? I'm UK
Jan from Tam
the watchtower characterizes christians not affiliated with the watchtower corporation as vomit eaters and filthy whores: .
“how well they pictured the spiritual drunkards of christendom at the present time!
besides actual wine and intoxicating liquors, there are other things to intoxicate the priests and preachers in christendom so as to induce drowsiness in them, to make them reel, to confuse things before their religious vision, to induce them to belch out the vomit of spiritually filthy things” - w59 3/1 pp.
So what is the Org's attitude to Christendom now. How do they describe us ( as in myself and my friends in Christendom) ?
Jan from Tam
2024-05-may-03-announcement.
https://pdfupload.io/docs/faad3e3dtranscripts for 2024 governing body update #3englishhttps://pdfupload.io/docs/ce4ae1d8germanhttps://pdfupload.io/docs/3bf805be spanishhttps://pdfupload.io/docs/a4e3fd3b frenchhttps://pdfupload.io/docs/d37d5822 russianhttps://pdfupload.io/docs/71fe8f28 grandpa!
Just caught this in the section about the lost Bible translation. Pot , kettle, black comes to mind .
"This was a time when you could not say what you think too openly. "
Jan from Tam
2024-05-may-s-147-dress and grooming-announcements and reminders!.
https://pdfupload.io/docs/4d0d5bcf.
grandpa!.
Wing Commander I'm with you .
I seem to remember someone in the Bible saying something like it's not what's on the outside it's what's on the inside that God judges .
Now who was that? Mmm .
Jan from Tam
there are assignments on the life and ministry school now where they are suggested to just talk to people without giving a witness.. they are supposed to practice starting conversations with strangers and listening to them to talk about whatever they want to talk about .
there is an assignment this week where the conversation ends without giving a witness.
jws don’t look like jws anymore and now they don’t actually preach.. you could get bearded men with sweaters or other such tops and women in pants or slacks coming upto you in the park or on the street and starting a conversation with you.. then you hear them listening to you and talking about whatever they think that you wanted to talk about .
Yes no zombie , it is good to be part of a group / community. As a Christian l am biased of course , and would say don't be scared of joining a church group . But even so l would say exercise caution and really find out about the group that you are thinking about joining .
Jan from Tam
