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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The attitude of other congregants online about this situation says a lot. I can't imagine worshipping side by side with these people after seeing their true colors.[/quote]The thing is, you can say this about hard-line people on either side. This doesn’t serve the church and the respective ministers very well. Nor does it help serve the people and causes that depend on All Souls.

Now more than ever, we need institutions like All Souls — imperfect, messy, and also transformative and brave. Let’s not tear it down. Let’s work together to make it better. 
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You really can't say this about hard-line people on either side, since the people on one side have said some pretty racist stuff (one white male compared a light-skinned POC to Elizabeth Warren - who knew there were Trump supporters at that church?) and been super dismissive when Black women have taken the mic at community meetings to talk about racism. A former staff member said in public that it would be racist NOT to fire Black staff if they had performance issues. (What a coincidence that all three staff that Rob Hardies fired, or attempted to, in the past few years for "performance" issues were Black!)

City Paper article is poorly researched - attendance IS down (when the choir gets up from the pews to sing, the church is half empty) and I was told by multiple people involved in the weekly offertory count that the amount of money collected at services was way down. Congregants are withdrawing pledges left and right.  [/quote]
I’m sorry, but as a fellow congregant I disagree with you and I do think there has been harmful behavior on both sides. It is ironic that the voices who dominate the Facebook posts are unwilling to hear from dissenting voices. [/quote]

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