Tome shared, “We say at staff every day, ‘Hey, it’s a great day to die.’”
“Hey, it’s a great day to lay down your pride. It’s a great day to lay down your reputation. It’s a great day to lay down all this stuff,” he added. “The most important thing is we we get to truth and we honor Jesus and the church in the midst of it.”
“I’m heartened by the steps that are being taken and wish [I] didn’t have to go through it, but I think the right things are happening under the direction of the board,” Tome concluded.
Wells asked members to pray for a “quick reconciliation, truth, and unity” throughout the process.
“I’ve never been through anything exactly like this,” Wells said. “I can only imagine the stress and the pain for everyone involved. I have, however, been sitting where you are being asked to trust someone in authority when I can’t have all the information.” He admitted, “It’s hard. It can lead to assumptions, to frustration, and to my own pain and I’m sorry for that.”
“I would just ask us all to extend grace all around for everyone while we go through this process,” Wells said.
