AN OPEN LETTER TO PASTORS IN SUMATRA, JAVA, AND AROUND THE WORLDThe Root Causes of the Conflict Between Gloria Dayun and Rev. Syaiful Hamzah M.Th
AN OPEN LETTER TO PASTORS IN SUMATRA, JAVA, AND AROUND THE WORLD The Root Causes of the Conflict Between Gloria Dayun and Me, Which Led the Gloria Dayun Group, Through AGS and HST, Who Are Very Eager to Become PASTORS, to Dare to Remove Me as Their Pastor The root causes of the conflict are as follows: 1. Gloria Dayun Breached Its Commitment and Withdrew Unilaterally Gloria Dayun itself requested to become a branch of our church and asked me to serve as their pastor. After I formally inaugurated and ordained them as our branch, 20 members signed a stamped written request for the establishment of the branch and pastoral oversight, witnessed by two witnesses. I pastored the congregation until the church grew and the church building was fully constructed. However, afterward, they withdrew unilaterally for various reasons, which eventually led to the problems we are facing today. 2. The Inherent Pattern of Defiance Within the Gloria Dayun Group The Gloria Dayun group has a hist...