Grace Point Stories. We will not be silenced.

Matthew 18 Stories

These stories are being shared publicly because after confronting the two individuals directly, and bringing witnesses forward there has still been no change. According to Matthew 18 we are at the step bring it to the church. Since many people aren’t allowed on the premises of the building and people are not allowed to speak up, this is how we are going to the church. Our goal is to bring justice to those who have been hurt and remove the wicked leadership from the church.

If you have any questions, please send us an email. There are multiple people who are praying over these stories and the information so that we can represent the gospel well.

This is an ugly situation, but we are trying our best to love God’s people well and bring a revival to our church and community.

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What is this page for?

We believe in the truths of the Bible and the love of Christ. We serve a perfect God in a world full of imperfect people.

Everybody has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. In this case, the sin and evil within the church are unimaginable and have come without repentance.

We also believe in the guidelines of Matthew 18 for confronting brothers and sisters in sin.

Matthew 18 instructs us to confront the brother or sister in sin directly. If there is no repentance, we are to bring one or two others as witnesses. If there is still no repentance, the matter is to be brought before the church.

We cannot even count the number of families and individuals who have been spiritually and emotionally abused and manipulated.

Many people have confronted the sin, brought witnesses with them, and gone to the church with no success.

We want people to be able to share their stories with the intention of saving the church from the wicked leadership.

As someone who has personally attended the church for many years, I have come to love so many of the staff and elders. It breaks my heart to see how many people have been hurt and have left the church.

We pray that the corruption will end and that Grace Point can be revived. Hopefully this page is not needed for long. We want the church to succeed. We pray for R and H that God would bring them to repentance and heal their hearts.

What is next?

Our goal is not to talk bad about these individuals but to see change in the church. While no leader is perfect, there are biblical requirements of those who take on the call to Shepard, and those are not being met (especially behind closed doors).

We firmly believe that R and H need to be removed from their positions. They are not fit to be in these positions. We see that by looking at the requirements for a pastor in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 and from the multitude of people who have been emotionally, mentally, and spiritually abused by them.

The church only has 3 official board members and 3 official pastors left. R is included in this group and is head over every single person. No board member has the ability to remove R and H from their positions.

We believe that R and H need to be removed and the laws and bylaws of the church need to be changed so that this can never happen again. Over the past year, 5 elders, over 10 staff members, and at least 30-40 families have left the church. The elders and staff members tried fervently to protect the people of the church and were met with threats for them to loose their jobs, reputations, and threats of being sued. They faithfully served the church and we are so upset that they are gone.

We pray that the Lord will raise up new pastors and elders.

What is this page for?

We are here so that people can speak up anonymously without fear of R and H. They can silence the few but they cannot silence the many. we believe that due to the large number of people who have come forward, there will be no option but for the church to act.
When stories are submitted we will do the following. All steps are optional to the person who submits their stories if they do not feel comfortable with them. We would encourage people to report themselves but are happy to assist if you do not feel comfortable doing so.
1. Post the story publicly so it can be brought to the church (as we said before, the only way for these things to be brought to the church is through the internet)
2. If these stories are first hand about the finances, the information will be brought to Attorney General so that they can use the information in an investigation
3. Stories will be reported to the SBC
4. Any stories involving minors being @bu$ed will be reported to CPS.
We will be reaching out to the elders of grace point.
If you believe their are other steps we should be taking please feel free to email us at Matthew18stories@gmail.com

Resources

Attorney General: 855-224-6446

CPS: Call 1-855-OH-CHILD or 1-855-642-4453. You can report anonymously and with no evidence.

SBC:

1. Abuse in the church: There are two options to report an instance of abuse—by phone at 202-864-5578 or SBChotline@guidepostsolutions.com.

2. General report https://www.sbc.net/contact We are aware that the SPC has been involved recently with no luck. The narrative and stories have been twisted and they have not heard things firsthand. They can silence the few, but they cannot silence the many.

Grace Point:

General: Info@iamgracepoint.com