3.16
The IA operational deficiencies discovered today had been existed for years. In fact, they have been common and widely exist long before 2010. The saddest aspect of these mistakes was no one noticed (or no one dared to point out) the wrongs and mistakes of Elder Lin (see Evidence, pp. 28–40 and Section 4.1 below).
a. I described the errors and deficiencies of the IA’s administrative operations that I experienced in my 1st report to IA at the March 22, 2011 Forum), and asked the IA EXCO members to be aware of them and to address them.
b. Unfortunately, at the Forum none of the EXCO members
-1) noticed that they had been misled by Elder Lin,
-2) recognized the prevalence and severity of these deficiencies
-3) were willing to face, discuss and solve these problems.
As a result, the IA and TJC continue to suffer under the leadership of Elder Lin.
c. The Forum was the first time that Elder Lin had foregone the opportunity to discuss, communicate, and reach agreement with Preacher YM Yang with the help of other IA EXCO members and my participation. As a result, the church lost an opportunity to better and improve herself.
3.17
My discussion with Elder FM Tse and Deacon Bill Tseng after the Forum
a. While helping the IA, I often bore in mind Elder Lin’s request to me (i.e. he likes to make progress in the handling of the Pr. YM Yang Incident before the WDC in March 2011, so that he can report the good news at 2011 WDC).
b. In order to achieve what Elder Lin had entrusted to me, after the forum, I continued to discuss with Deacon Bill Tseng and Elder FM Tse on how to solve the misunderstand and dispute between Elder Lin and Preacher Yang. This discussion continued into the early hours of the next day. I am most grateful for the love and care of Deacon Bill Tseng on YM, Elder Lin and TJC. Deacon Tseng was not feeling well at the time but he still stayed up late and took part in lengthy discussion. As a matter of fact, the meeting had gone beyond the curfew hour that Deacon Tseng’s doctors had set for him.
c. During this discussion, the all 3 participants (Tse, Tseng and I) agreed that both Preacher Yang and Elder Lin had made mistakes and done wrong before God in the course of their argument and dispute. For the harmony and growth of the church, both Elder Lin and Pr. Yang must repent and admit their wrongs before God and man.
d. Having arrived at this consensus, I committed to Elder Tse and Deacon Tseng that I will talk to Preacher Yang and persuade him to apologize publically at the next IA EXCO meeting which was to be held next week (i.e. on March 30, 2011) for the turbulence that he had caused over the course of the dispute.
e. At the same time, I asked Elder Tse and Deacon Tseng to make the same request of Elder Lin.
3.18 “During IA EXCO March 30, 2011 meeting, Preacher YM Yang regret and apologized for the turbulence that he had caused over the course of the dispute. BUT, Elder Lin did not make any apology, nor did he apologize for any of the IA administrative lapses.
a. According to the meeting minutes of the IA EXCO meeting held on March 30, 2011, it states that Preacher YM Yang had apologized for the turbulence he had caused over the course of the dispute between himself and Elder Lin.
However, nowhere in the meeting minutes it can be found that Elder Lin had made a personal apology, or that Elder Lin had apologized for the administrative lapses of the IA.
b. In fact, during the IA EXCO March 30, 2011 meeting, not only did Elder Lin fail to admit his mistakes, he specifically insisted that neither he nor the IA had done any wrong.
c. Consider this:
-i. Could it be possible that Elder Lin and the IA were so perfect that they did not commit a single mistake/sin over the last 7 years while they participated/dealt with the Preacher YM Yang Incident??
-ii. What is even more unbelievable and disturbing is that, since March 30, 2011 IA EXCO meeting, Elder Lin has often quoted the minutes of this meeting to attack and criticize Preacher Yang. Recently (April 19, 2012), Elder Lin has even sent an internal document to TJC ministers, proclaiming that Preacher Yang has not complied with the resolutions of the IA’s meetings and has not kept the promises he made during meetings.
-iii. How did the apparently gentle and humble Elder Lin become one so deceptive, selfrighteous, arrogant and proud?
d. Elder Lin’s
-1) refusal of having both parties to admit mistakes and to repent together before God and man,
-2) habit of drawing attention to the specks in others’ eyes without seeing the plank in his own eye, and
-3) self-righteousness and arrogance has worsened and complicated the reconciliation process, and changed what was originally a simple misunderstanding to an insoluble problem.”
e. This was the second time Elder Lin had foregone the opportunity to resolve this conflict during my time of serving the IA.
3.19
After the Forum, I wrote four long letters to the IA Executive Committee.
a. After the Forum, I wrote four long letters (between July 10, 2011 and August 8, 2011) to the IA Executive Committee, in which I
i. discussed in detail the IA’s present administrative structure and mode of operation,
ii. used actual examples to illustrate the deficiencies and areas which could be improved upon in IA operations, and
iii. requested the Executive Committee to verify and address these lapses for the good of the church.
3.20
Elder Lin used false and fabricated information to mislead five senior elders in order to undermine proper church decision-making process (see Evidence, pp. 13–25).
a. On Nov 28-29, 2011 Elder Lin invited five senior elders (ST Hsieh, HT Chen, EY Hou, DL Hsu, and EZ Chang) along with incumbent IA EXCO members living in Taiwan to a special two-day meeting in Taichung, Taiwan. The purpose of the meeting was to report to them and consult with them on the work of the IA as well as to explain to them my report on IA and Elder Lin’s administrative lapses.
b. Coincidentally, I happened to be attending the wedding of a relative in Taichung on November 27, 2011 [note: I accepted the wedding invitation in the spring of 2011]. When Elder ST Hsieh and Elder HT Chen discovered that I was in town, they both felt that this was a good opportunity for me to explain the reports that I had sent to the IA to the participants of this special meeting.
c. The night before the special meeting, I read over the hand-out material which Elder Lin had sent to meeting invitees, and discovered that most of the information in the hand-out material was not consistent with the facts.
d. At the request of the meeting attendees, I made a 30-minute report to the group before the start of this IA special meeting.
e. Whether it was because Elder Lin’s plot had been uncovered or for other unknown reason, the meeting, originally scheduled for two full days, was cut short and concluded by Elder Lin after the first day.
f. It is clear from this special meeting with senior elders in the church, that Elder Lin used falsified records and false testimonies to
-1) mislead his counsellors and co-workers and
-2) use manufactured evidences and falsified reference materials to defame the innocent and to control the public opinion on the mater.
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