Disrespect to the ELCRN

ELDER LUDWIG TANISEB WRITES:As claimed by the author of the letter published in the name of ignorant crony, “the bishop's residence is in a deplorable state” has raised a lot of questions for me.The administrative board of our church who the former deputy bishop was also part of is mandated to look after the movable/immovable assets of the church which according to my understanding includes the deplorable bishop's residence. To be claiming now that the house is in a deplorable state either constitutes to negligence or incompetence from the former members of the administrative board. It was their duty as the incumbents to have our assets in a proper state. But I guess they failed in that regard for the past 12 years which is indeed very disappointing.Rumours that we have to look after the former bishops in a dignified manner by creating a portfolio within the church befitting to their former status is totally not acceptable. Common practice by the former leadership was that they be placed on the call list if they are willing and be called by a parish and go and serve at that parish.How the outgoing leadership did not make provisions for their exit within the structures of the church surpasses my understanding. I contribute it to a lack of inclusive vision by the leadership or proof that they indeed had other crooked plans.The matter could have been dealt with under common law practices, like with their brothers (pastors) in the past. Common practice in our church was that if your term lapsed, if your spouse in the employ of the church dies, or if you are declared medically unfit for employment you have to vacate the church premises. Since there are no guidelines we must just follow common law.The former deputy bishop must therefor vacate the residence like other members who also served this church diligently. We have a lot of other members of the church whom I can describe as liberation icons, yet they are living in destitution. The notion that if a person did a lot for the church he needs to be treated exceptionally is not acceptable. We need fairness in equality in our church.The church is financially not in a very good state as attested to by the outgoing leadership so we can't afford to be paying bills for a 3rd residence. I will always reason that the former deputy bishop's spouse does not qualify for a housing benefit because of her employment within the church. It is just financially draining on our beloved church. We need to safe every penny in this financial environment.I did inform the former deputy bishop that his presence in person is required but still he did not attend the consecration of the bishop. Is that disrespect to the masses of the mighty ELCRN as I know they are the ones paying the bills of the residence?Describing the consecration of our bishop as a disastrous circus, aiding it with tribalism claims on social media while you claim to be a leader serving in our church council is ignorant and disrespectful to our bishop and the church by a person who is also serving as a traditional leader. We don't need leaders who sow seeds of tribalism. For such behaviour a church council member must be called to order.You always claim that there are structures to follow concerning grievances within the church, but I want to ask if it is only certain people in the church who are allowed to write anonymous letters, Facebook posts, WhatsApp chats etc. like the anonymous writer under the heading "Raak ontslae van die strydbyle" in the Republikein of 19 November 2019. Such people are not following these procedures and guidelines as advised in that letter.The former leadership never accorded us any platform to voice our concern, as claimed by the anonymous writer. If the former leadership did have an audience with us we would not have ended up in court. Because of ignorance from the former leadership and not wanting to be associated with certain members of the church it went haywire.The consecration and the induction of our bishops was the right platform for us as proud ELCRN members to smoke the peace pipe and we that were present can attest to that. You decided to boycott that auspicious event and is now talking about forgiveness.Respond to the facts factually please. And may the peace of our Lord who surpasses all understanding keep our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.Amen.

Disrespect to the ELCRN

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