“What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs” (Mt 10:27).

“What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs” (Lk 12:3).

“Social media, when combined with individuals who are no longer afraid and willing to speak out, make it harder to do those kinds of things and keep them secret. The spirit of fear is slowly dispelling.” – See more at: http://www.ubfriends.org/2015/03/04/prayers-for-the-church-2/#comment-17084

ONE WORD: SPEAK UP.

I want to correct something that you wrote in your last comment. I did not agree to move slowly and deliberately in anything. But since I have pressed this matter now, I want them to be able to do a good job of responding to me right now. I won’t press them to answer my open letter within, say, 3 days if I see that a good-faith effort is being made and it seems likely that a better answer can come within, say, 7 days.

I understand why you agreed to move “slowly and deliberately” in these matters. But these are not only political matters, they are first of all spiritual matters. There is a real danger if things get delayed. You lose momentum and you weaken your conscience and those of others if you just wait. Acting like a child is better in spiritual matter (Mt 18:3). The child in the “emperor’s clothes” is a good example. Somebody must start to repent and speak the truth, and not wait for the majority (or even the king’s court) to agree whether the king has clothes or not. And repentance is always urgent, it must be done as long as the Spirit is blowing: “Today as you hear His voice, harden not your heart” (Heb 3:7). However, I don’t think the repentance or the following apology and changes must or can be done right with the “first shot.” You must just repent as sincere and best as you can at the given moment. And then you must continue to live that way, the more you start to understand, the more you need to repent – as Luther said, “the whole life of believers should be repentance.”

That is good to hear.

I still expect the president to make clear where he personally stands in this matter, as well as using his influence to give others direction on what is ethical and Biblical here and what not. Isn’t UBF leadership all about giving people direction and being shepherds, i.e. being good examples and going ahead? A shepherd does not wait until the whole flock agrees about the way. If there is only one correct way, he simply goes ahead and shows the way.

Regarding the open letter I wrote last week, they are going to respond in two stages.

The first stage will be a brief letter from the President in which he responds to the questions as best he can, honestly and without spin. As some of you know, the UBF organization is not of one mind on some the issues that I raised. These internal disagreements will make it impossible for the President to make conclusive statements on behalf of the organization when there is no consensus yet. I hope we can all agree that it is best for him to be honest and truthful with us, giving us a benchmark for where the organization stands right now, rather than issuing statements that might not be true or making promises that might not be kept. I believe he will make a good faith effort to respond as best he can.

The second response will come later. It will be more substantial, with more details, and it will carry more weight, because it will have been vetted by at least two groups of senior leaders.

At the end of our conversation, we prayed together in full agreement the four prayers posted here.

“Our one-to-one and small group Bible study and discipleship ministry may look insignificant in the eyes of the world. But the Lord works with us. Through our Bible study and discipleship God will throw the mountain of Europe and CIS’ secular humanism and hedonism into the sea, bringing a great spiritual revival to Europe and CIS. Amen.”

As long as UBF stays in such megalomaniac delusion, no repentance will be possible. UBF will revive Europe and CIS? They can’t even revive themselves.