Menlo Church leadership acknowledges abuse from decades ago

Posted by AMarkum
a resident of Atherton: other
on Mar 30, 2023 at 6:27 am
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I attended a visitors event at Menlo Church 7 or 8 years ago. I was looking forward to finding out more about the church and to possibly start attending. At the event, something was said and done that put a question in my mind about the church's stand on sin and holy living. That same week, I called the church because I wanted to know more and to understand the church's views, and I had a long conversation with the elder who led the visitor event. I was surprised by the casual view on certain sins and that holy living wasn't a focus. I remember thinking about the verse 1 Corinthians 5:6, "Just as a little leaven in bread quickly spreads completely through the dough, one "little" sin affects our whole being." Sin is like a cancer, invisible most of the time but silently working. I'm glad the church is going through this reformation but hope it looks beyond the symptoms and deals with the root cause of its moral failings.