The 3rd letter submitted by Brother Michael Young to the IA on Sept 3 2012 Part 6

III.  My Involvement in the Pr. YM Incident: Timeline of Major Events 

This section describes the main events in my interactions with the IA over the past 28 months. Many of these records provide background information and may explain why there were so many shortcomings and lapses in the IA’s administrative operations.

3.1
In 2006, out of his own initiative, IA chairman Elder Yung Ji Lin sent me files concerning Preacher YM Yang.

a. In 2006, without warning, IA chairman Elder Yung Ji Lin sent me an electronic dossier of Preacher YM Yang which was about 60 pages.
b. I quickly telephoned Elder Lin to ask him why he had sent me these documents. Elder Lin replied, “The IA needs to let you know about matters relating to Preacher YM Yang.”
c. I told Elder Lin:
-1) church internal matters should be handled by church holy workers,
-2) as an ordinary member; I was neither interested nor willing to get involved in the affairs of IA. I thanked him for holding me in such high esteem.
d. Not long after the phone call, I deleted the files that Elder Lin had sent me from my computer.
e. Several months thereafter, I began to pay attention to news concerning Preacher YM Yang.


3.2
In April 2010, the IA invited me to help facilitate communications between Elder Yung Ji Lin and Preacher YM Yang.

 a.  In April 2010, while I was with my mother in Dalin, Taiwan, Elder Yung Ji Lin, accompanied by two other members of the IA Standing Committee (Elder Fu Ming Tse and Preacher Ming Yang Chao), came to visit me. Elder Lin, representing the IA, personally invited me to assist in the communications between himself and Preacher Yang.


b.  At the time, Elder Lin specifically told me that he hoped that some progress could be made in the handling of this matter before the 2011 World Delegates Conference (WDC) [to be held in Taiwan] in March 2011, so that he would be able to present a rosy, favorable report concerning its outcome at the WDC.

c.  The message from Elder Lin implied that if I agreed to help,
1) I would only have 11 months to assist the IA in solving a contention that had already lasted for 6 to 7 years, and
2) I would have to immerse myself immediately in the situation in order to help the church.

d.  Feeling the urgency of the matter, I
1) agreed to do my utmost to help the IA, and
2) asked Elder Lin to provide me with the relevant documents / information so that I could understand the ins and outs of the dispute.


3.3
Elder Yung Ji Lin and Elder Fu Ming Tse handed me 37 pages of IA documents on September 16, 2010 (see Evidence, pp. 45–74).

a. After the memorial service for my mother, my wife and I travelled on September 16, 2010 to the IA office in Taichung, Taiwan to hold a meeting with Elder Lin, Elder Tse, Preacher Chao and Preacher Yong-Shun Wu (person-in-charge of the South-Central district, Taiwan GA).

b. In order to help me understand the nature of the dispute between Preacher Yang and the IA, Elder Lin personally handed me 29 pages of IA document, and Elder Tse handed me another 8 pages of IA document (making a total of 37 pages). At the same time, the two elders both voluntarily promised to send me more IA documents and materials as soon as possible.

Note 1: The way in which Elder Lin subsequently dealt with these 37 pages of IA document
1) best illustrates the nature of the deficiencies in the IA’s administrative operations and
2) is representative of these deficiencies.

Note 2: These lapses clearly point to the greatest and most serious challenges and trials facing the true church today in its preaching, pastoral and administrative work.

3.4
Elder Yung Ji Lin reneged on his promise to send me more IA documents and instead changed his mind and tune, claiming that the above-mentioned 37 pages of IA document on various issues are all I needed to know on the matter.

a. Several weeks after the Sept 16, 2010 meeting, I had still not received any other IA documents; I therefore emailed Elder Lin asking him for the reasons for the delay in sending me additional documents.

b. Through Preacher Chao, Elder Lin strongly insisted that


-i. these 37 pages of IA document handed to me by Elder Lin and Elder Tse of the IA on Sept 16, 2010 are all I needed to know on the matter.
-ii. Elder Lin’s decision and message implied that I, the go-between between him and Preacher YM Yang, should not ask too many questions nor read too much -  all I need to do is be submissive to Elder Lin and do whatever he asks.