http://newbbcopenforum.blogspot.com/2011/08/wolves-in-music-ministry-part-2.html
"I just want to say for myself that this is not really a source of gossip. We never spoke about this much at Prestonwood, and that was a big problem., Many of us were damaged by not being able to go through the healing process together. For myself, I have completely abandoned the Baptist church as an adult because of many of the things that happened at PBC. These situations (JL and Billy Weber and more) were damaging to me personally and spirituality, and I hope more blogs like this can help people where our churches will not.
It is sad that the PBC cared more for their image in the community than for the victims in their body. If you ask yourself, "Is this what the bride of Christ would do?" you get your answer. I commend the older Pastor for your wisdom, and I wish there had been more wisdom at PBC at the time.
To the people of Clinton, you all are continually in my prayers. It deeply saddens me that this has also happened in your community."
-At the very least, it seems Belser was slow to act. According to this site, it took receiving the initial e-mail from Smith in January, speaking to one victim, speaking to Prestonwood, hearing word of two other claims of abuse in MS prior to Prestonwood, and speaking to a second victim.
ReplyDelete-After all of this was brought to the pastor/leaders' attention, according to this site, they threw a party for Langworthy when he left. Then, it took three months after Langworthy's departure for the congregation to find out why it happened. You were told he left for health reasons. You only found out because the story was starting to spread.
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ReplyDeleteI'm from Clinton, and just graduated last year. I was lucky enough not to have him as a teacher, and hope he gets his just reward. He doesn't deserve to be walking the same streets as us, while people are still traumatized from what he did.
ReplyDeleteI'm an ex-Baptist musician who has faithfully been involved in music programs for 30 years. I too have permanently left the Baptist church, as well as institutional church as a whole, over stuff like this. It is rampant in the megachurches and I'm done. My wife and kids have personally grown closer to the Lord and know that what really counts is it is up to us individually to maintain a spiritual walk with the Lord and have Christian brothers and sisters to socialize with and meet with. Nowhere in the Bible is it mandated to attend a 501c3 institution. I hope all of the megachurches crumble like Rome one day.
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