Special News Delivery: Sheldon Munson, Church of God Assembly, splinter of LCG, has officially launched their own website to promote their work: Church of God Assembly. Oh and here is their official address: Church of God Assembly | 10319 Westlake Drive, #181 | Bethesda, MD 20817
Charlotte it's time for a new game plan. As the truth comes to light many or at least some I'm sure of the COG backround are disappointed in you. So you may want to consider newer, brighter, ideas.. like.. for instance.. acting humble. TRULY striving to express LOVE, NOT only to YOURSELF. I know it can be hard at times. But truly you and all of us can try better. I know I can. I suspect many at LCG will either ignore this and pretend it never happened or actually heed it and actually think about it. We'll see if any change comes about for LCG, the organization or the people who are lower in status. The members. Who seem to be in their own little world. Just an observation. Lets all try to be better people. Huh? what do you say? That's a goal we should all shoot for despite our differences. -NDAcogtruth
Play nice...HAHAH! Like that will ever happen. Again I go back to why do they make "dismissed" employees from Charlotte sign non-disclosure agreements if they've got nothing to hide?? Play nice...hahaha! I've been around the block a few times on diversions. Some of these are actually quite sophisticated. These seem to fit into 3 main categories- minimizing, blaming the victim and creating confusion.
ReplyDeleteMinimizing: Abusers can say they are imperfect ("nobody's perfect") and therefore their abuse is excusable. Abusers can blame their mistreatment of others on how busy they are doing "God's work." Abusers may apologize for "hurts" but never take responsibility or ownership for their part in causing the hurt; they will not call it "sin" or "abuse."
Abusers may attempt to treat a series of abuses as individual instances, fighting any attempts to view them as systemic, habitual patterns of behavior.
Blame the Victim: Abusers will claim that people brought these issues up in the "wrong way" somehow. Abusers may claim that those hurt are just too sensitive, not mature enough, didn't understand what was meant, or the like. A clever abuser may make sure there are plenty of people who think he is just wonderful. He can appeal to them and make it look like those who are accusing him of abuse are just "bitter" or "bad apples."
The abused may be accused of not strictly following Matthew 18:15-17 (bring the matter to the person privately first). Of course, abusers often intimidate and bully people, so there is little likelihood that anyone will directly challenge them. Further, these abusers are in a position of authority and can do anything they want to any "uncooperative" people objecting to mistreatment. Abusers can claim if people had just come to them and expressed how they felt, they would have been so sorry for the hurts that were caused.
Creating Confusion: Abusers may try to associate themselves with the good work of the church, so that holding them accountable for their actions becomes equated with opposing or attacking the work of the church. Abusers may appeal to others that they are "under the attack of Satan" when they are simply being held accountable. Abusers can act hurt that these allegations have been brought against them. They can "play the victim."
ReplyDeleteThe abuser may appeal to the good results of his ministry-- growth, expansion, or the like. This is an attempt to suggest that the good outweighs the bad. But both the good and bad fruit count. The abuser may cite Jesus' tough talks with the apostles (like his rebuke of Peter in Matthew 16), Nehemiah's pulling out of hair of rebels (Nehemiah 13:25) or other similar stories. The implication here is that abusive treatment is OK and even necessary. But was Jesus abusive? Could abuse co-exist with Jesus' teachings regarding the leadership practices of the Pharisees (Matthew 23)? Abusers may focus on the deep frustration and hurt of abused people and call it "bitterness." This makes them the issue instead of the abuser's behavior and can send the entire church into confusion. The abuser may know that if he can get others to see how "everybody has sinned" then he is more likely to escape consequences for his abusive behavior. Abusers may have a group of influential supporters in positions of subordinate leadership that provide favorable treatment. They engage in a quid pro quo (this for that) type of relationship that works something like this: the supporters deflect all concerns raised and even do counter-attacks on questioners as needed, and the top leader in turn persistently endorses the positions of influence of these influential members. When there are no checks and balances but rather favoritism, honest and legitimate questions somehow never make it anywhere. Abusers can appeal to the concept of grace and expect forgiveness for what they have done, without ever acknowledging wrongdoing. However, forgiveness demands that the offense be recognized as sin-- if something isn't a sin, there is nothing to forgive. What abusers often mean by "forgiveness" and "grace" is a lack of accountability for what they have done, that past events simply be re-written or expunged from history. If such "grace" and "forgiveness" are not given, abusers or their unwitting defenders will speak about how "we all need to forgive one another and if we can't do that, we're not very Christian."
Abusers can implicitly or explicitly threaten staff members. Staff members will know that if they raise questions or object to certain behavior, their positions are in jeopardy. Therefore, staff members may defend the top leader or the system out of intimidation or self-interest. This doesn't mean that staff members who defend the top leader are corrupted, but the possibility of being compromised has to be considered.
Bottom line, what LCG does is no different that what Flurry or Pack has done to it's membership, bully, threaten, intimidate and discredit. Shame on you LCG!
Looks like we have a new acronym COGA
ReplyDeleteCOGA is also used as an acronym for the following...
Acronym Definition
COGA Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism
COGA Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (Presbyterian Church)
COGA Colorado Oil and Gas Association (est. 1984; Denver, CO)
COGA Communauté de Communes du Grand Avignon (French community of municipalities)
COGA Constitution Gardens (US National Park Service)
COGA Cluster-Oriented Genetic Algorithm
COGA Council of Ghanaian Associations (Washington, DC)
COGA Clyde Old Girls' Association (Australia)
I would love for the Scarborogh family to hook up with COGA. Remember they got booted for having a TOGA party from LCG. Nothing better than to have TOGA and COGA combined!
It looks like the Bethesda address given is for a UPS store in a small shopping center. That's what Google Maps shows.
ReplyDeleteTonto: the Scarborough family has "hooked up" with COGA.
ReplyDeleteIt's not just about masks.
It seems that COG ASS is already following in Rod Meredith's footsteps. They breached their contract with their original FOT meeting hall, and moved to a bigger/better location. Now the lie is being spread that COG ASS "had to" leave the old hall because anonymous harassers were calling that hall and complaining about COG ASS.
ReplyDeleteSheldon Monson is a true disciple of the lying Rod Meredith. Why not just admit that they found a better deal on a bigger and better hall and jumped at the opportunity?
to anon, oct 6, 3:21, better yet, why doesn't LCG admit that they found a "better deal" with the governors when they struck a deal with them to bring their co-vid rules into the church in exchange for not being fined, jailed or losing their charity status? Shame on you for muzzling and distancing the people of God IN THE CHURCH where Jesus Christ is Lord and Head. So you want to put a mask on Christ in the church, do you?!
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ReplyDeleteSurely God is working miracles in Bethesda. Walter Reed, the same hospital that covered for Roosevelt just before his election and impending death. Loyal servants do a work from Bethesda it seems or perhaps they work miracles as the extension of god himself, who knows. Look at the fruits. Latest, they managed to revive a "fruit"cake.
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The Hebrew words beth esda can be translated into English as "house of shame" or "house of disgrace." Maybe COG ASS should have found a better location for its mailbox?
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