In his story, @StrongBadian alleges that CFC leadership is not only legalistic and dysfunctional but that Rick Sinclair makes demonstrably false claims.
cfctoo.com/stories/james-story-part-one
"I believed that the leadership had integrity, especially Rick Sinclair. I had gotten to a place where I felt like it wasn’t a perfect church (those don’t exist anyway) but as long as they were willing to have us, that’s where I wanted to serve.
That was basically how I felt until a meeting on September 16th, 2021: a meeting where my eyes were opened, creating another moment where I realized that I was wrong, I’m sorry, and I love you."
So what changed? It’s July 24th, 2021.
I’ve already had this email exchange with Bob Dale: docs.google.com/document/d/12aGFDrZZpdJeJsrV02ThPwSviPpIE9p50Wk8Oy7x_mo/edit?usp=sharing
...and sent many emails including this to our Pastor Mike Tomford where I explained that the level of blind obedience that CFC was asking of us was just too much.
drive.google.com/file/d/1RsYwidRZsvkL6psItRVjqtaNNqqA1-W5/vie
It was too much unchecked power and would set a dangerous precedent that would someday be abused. I never dreamed that it was already being abused.