Ex GCI Dude said: “Wow!!!! First time I have seen this. Amazing…A lot of people were hurt. Me too. I realized that the people who hurt me were mostly very young leaders (too young) who were just trying to serve God. I feel very certain that my experience with GCI gave me exactly what God wanted me to learn…which is that you must not take any one person’s word about the scripture, but you must search it out, and know the truth, not because man has told you, but God. I am so thankful to God for this lesson. A very painful lesson it was.
I felt very ashamed for many years about my cautious post GCI attitude toward men of God (Pastors). I now realize we should all have people to look up to and to learn from, but examine every bit of knowledge and know for sure it is true. 21 years old at the time…45 now. Wow!!
I found this site because I didn’t feel well enough to go to church today. I think about the men who were involved in my life of those days. I wonder how they are, and if they realize the pain the inflicted. And, if they are aware, what kind of burden that is for them. Some of them, If they were to show up at my door, I would huge and kiss them. Many of them had hearts of gold, but were just caught up the GCI grinder. How ironic….the people who would leave the church (those who were presumed to have fallen away), were actually the smart…or just lucky ones.”
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I like your attitude and balance. I think, you could say that all the leaders had good hearts. The main flaw with GC has been that there has not been tempered and aged wisdom of old “Gandalfs” of the faith who could provide wisdom to youthful and excited zeal. Most of the issues come from dysfunctions and developmental deficits that were amplified and enhanced by young leadership. It has happened in history many times. GC is another case to be added to that list. “There is nothing new under the sun”… Solomon
