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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It’s worse than that. Jen was the abuser and false accuser against the church she and her husband served at before they started ANC. They basically hurt a lot of people with their public statements about how fake and commercial and “surface” it all was. Hurt a lot of relationships. All her and Brandon’s doing. It was all a cynical marketing plan. You see, the Hatmakers were the “good guys”, those with a pure and virtuous heart for the Gospel. The others, the mega church, all frauds and only about appearances.[/quote]

Wow- I am no ANC-er but I read many of her earlier books, and "Interrupted" did kind of put their church in an unflattering, uncharitable light.  But because I was a fan of her and her mission, I was happy for her and Brandon to break away from that "superficial, fruitless" church and start their own church that really catered to the marginalized in creative and meaningful ways.  I now feel awful for the folks they publicly maligned.

Our church is going through a season of staff issues and discontent, and dealing with it thoughtfully has been such a hard job for our congregational president. We have a few families who bad mouth the church to other former members and other people, and it's just awful.  Our church really serves the community with a sincere heart, and the same people who faithfully volunteer week in and week out have to deal with gossip from this small, unhappy group who don't seem interested in unity or reconciliation at all.  I can see how Jen and Brandon really did some damage- for which neither will ever apologize.   [/quote]

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