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Jeffrey Overstreet
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Jeffrey Overstreet
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It begins this way:
We got it wrong. For quite some time now the Church has made crucial mistakes. We have assumed that Church as we have known it will continue without the major changes you have wanted to see. We have focused more on doctrinal purity than the needs of the poor. We have tried to start new churches based on our vision rather than your needs. We have convinced ourselves that we have been loving you but more often than not you have not received our actions as genuine love. We have held fast to worship practices that keep us entrenched and unable to conceive of the changes necessary to reach your heart with the glory of God. We have caused division in the Church and the world with our beliefs about who is living in sin. We have insisted that you accept certain forms of prayer and non-essential beliefs before we accept you into the Church.
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