Nov. 29, 1998


Dear Mr. Meredith,

I must write you this in respect to your recent letter to the GCG members asking people to support you and to send God's tithes and offerings to your new P.O. Box.

I have supported you since June of 1993, but now there are some serious questions that deserve an answer from you before people should support your position.

In the August 31 edition of the Journal you are quoted extensively from a sermon you gave to the Global membership in Oklahoma. In this article you are quoted as denying any problems at headquarters: "No one has hinted of such a thing, even in the last couple or three months since we've had all these discussions. We've been in total harmony" - pg18.

Now in your letter of Nov.21, 1998 you inform us that certain men on the board of directors have bcome "more and more presumptuous over the last year." Again you state "For over the last year or two, some of these men have tried to 'push' me into going completely off WGN...". Again, "You would have to experience the atmosphere of profound disrespect, envy,
jealousy and open HOSTILITY displayed in some of our Council and board meetings to really grasp the impact of what I am talking about."

With all respect Mr. Meredith, in which case should we believe you? Either you were telling the truth when you told the brethren "We've been in total harmony" or you were not.

There are several instances that have become apparent where you are making contradictions. These have to have addressed if you are to have any credibility with those you are asking to support you.

In your letter of June 11, 1998 you affirmed your position that you believe in church government by consensus. You stated that this pattern is "Christ's form of government". You say that "we informed God's people in Global that the form of government we use would not involve rule by one man."

Now in your letter of Nov.27, 1998 you say "... the Bible NEVER speaks of 'Government by Committee.' Rather, ... God has ALWAYS worked primarily through one man...".

Again I ask, where do you really stand? Either you believe in government by consensus or you don't. You can not have it both ways.

You have led the people to believe one thing and now in a moment of crisis you have reversed your position on several matters.

In the Oct. 30, 1998 edition of the Journal you have a letter of response to the Journal's article "RCM says no takeover in offing". In this letter, last paragraph, you state "I want to make it clear that we stand by our commitment to the principle of 'multitude of counsel' and to decision by consensus of Spirit-filled and -led members of the council and the board". Here you say that GCG is led by men who are "spirit-filled" and now that they have removed you from office you say (in your Nov.21 letter) that "these misguided, but very political individuals are beginning to follow the pattern of those dissidents who tried to unseat Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong back in 1979."

Again, in which case are you right? How can they be "spirit-filled and - led" in October, and "misguided" and "very political individuals" in November? How do men change that fast?

Also, we must address some points of Mr. Salyer's letter dated Nov. 26, 1998. He states that while you are still on the GCG payroll you were "already setting up a competing corporation". Your Nov. 21 letter affirms this. He says that there was an agreement with you that you would not "try to stir up the church this weekend." Was there such an agreement? If so, then why did you write your letter over the weekend?

Mr. Salyer quotes you as saying "Well, I wrote the booklet on government to help people come out of WCG, but I never believed it was the way the Church should be governed." Is this true??

Mr. Meredith, what is (or, was) the money situation of GCG? Is the church in debt? If so, how badly? And why?

Why have you not informed the members of what the true condition is?

Often in your sermons you've mentioned how some of the early members of the WCG were "uneducated". Do you feel that we too are "uneducated" and are not able to sort through what's happening?

Why did you choose government by consensus? Wasn't this lesson already established by Mr. Armstrong's early experiences and written in his autobiography?

Your letter of Nov. 27 says "so many of you have told me that you do NOT want Government by Committee." Shouldn't your concern be with what GOD says he wants in terms of Church government?

Mr. Meredith, you have suffered a terrible blow to your credibility. How are you going to heal this breach of trust?

I am saddened by these events. Now there is another split among God's people and more division. How will the ministry ever gain the confidence of the membership when there is so much infighting among yourselves?

Mr. salyer has asked people to fast about this problem, perhaps you should do the same thing.

At this time I cannot support your position. Maybe in the future the situation can be healed. And, frankly, I do not see such contradictions with what I've heard from Mr. Salyer. And it is difficult to believe these men are of such corrupt character as you would have us believe.