Ed Willms had high hopes when he organized a September 13 event for about 45 pastors and other leaders from the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (ONMB) to talk about LGBTQ+ welcome and inclusion.
Willms, then Executive Director of ONMB, wanted to provide a “safe place to listen, learn and hear from each other on a topic we all know needed more discussion, and reflect together on what type of family of churches we envision growing into in the days ahead.”
Regrettably
for Willms, his effort resulted in his being terminated without cause by
the ONMB board. His last day was October 31.
Read about it in Anabaptist World.
I'm curious what the conference's actual reasoning was and why something like this would seem like such a threat that they would see a need to respond in such violent manner. Why is fear the predominant motivator? What are they afraid of? That we will learn how to love one another better or something?
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