Letter from a Child Survivor to Joseph W. Tkach, Jr.
| This was a personal letter written by a child survivor of Worldwide Church of God. It was written for all child survivors that have been hurt by the Worldwide Church of God. A copy was forwarded to ESN and the following message was sent along with it. This child survivor's first letter to ESN: ----- Original Message ----- I thought you might be interested in this letter. I actually had written it before I got your reply that writing a letter can be good. There is only one problem, I sent this one. BUT, I certainly felt much better afterwards. It took me four hours to write it, and I honestly could not have done so without knowing that there are others out there who hurt as well. I kept thinking about the letters on your web site from people who are hurting as much as I am, and I wanted to write it for all of us. I tried to be kind, like you said we need to forgive those that have abused us. I thank you for keeping in touch. I will write again soon. Surviving Letter to Joseph Tkach Jr.: ----- Original Message ----- I have just finished reading several of your articles on your home page. I was raised in the WCG and am no longer a member. I am glad that you seem to think you are getting it all together. Unfortunately, there are many people that have been left wounded, hurt and spiritually destitute by the WCG. In reading your articles, it appeared you are, and were, more concerned about the drop in income over the years of your changes, than you were in the hurting hearts of those that had been mislead by the teachings. When will it get to the point where income becomes secondary to the people? Maybe that has been the problem all along, the people were only a means to an end. Once their income was no longer coming in, they lost their value to you as a "church." As any group of people, you have your loyalist, as well as those who find your organization disturbing. I realize that this letter will mean nothing to you and you have probably already hit the delete button. But, I am going to try and plead to your humanitarian side - if you have every cared about your congregation (and that includes those that are hurt, angry, bitter, disillusioned, and have left your organization), please, please never hurt anyone that way again. Not everyone was able to get over what WCG did - the hurt and pain that was caused by breaking up families, turning family members against one another when one or more where ex-communicated from the church, this is horrific. I now know that our God does not, nor has He ever supported such actions. I believe with all my heart that God loves each and every one of us - that He does and has forgiven us of our sins as we ask Him into our lives and ask for forgiveness. But, many people do not have that vision of God, and it has to do with the teachings of the WCG. (This would refer to those who were in the WCG) From Someone who cares Read: Hard to Believe That God Loves Me (from this same child survivor; includes several of her email updates to ESN at bottom of story) NOTE: No reply was ever received back from Joseph Tkach, Jr. (nor from anyone else at WCG headquarters). An Open Letter to Joseph Tkach Jr. (Forthright letter which boldly confronted Tkach with the double messages, half-truths and guilt placed on members during the changes; mentions Earl Williams.) Read this part on our site which covers WCG headquarters' "apologies." Comforting Words About the True God (true statements that show how God really sees His children) Research Information on Worldwide Church of God (history revision and exposé articles including reasons behind WCG's new changes) |