This letter is my formal resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and it is effective immediately. All rights reserved. I It felt like bullying to me. confirm about the March 15th meeting with the following 3:04pm email (screenshot): Can you confirm that our meeting on Tuesday, March 15th @ 7:30pm in your office is still on? Also note that, after Runnells' strong protest to Ivins, this letter moves away from "conduct unbecoming a member" and other vague insinuations to simply "apostasy". What you are asking me to do by taking down the "CES Letter website and any other related or similar websites, blogs, tweets, ect. Upon its public release, CES Letter went viral and immediately became a Mormon internet phenomenon, providing validation and support to tens of be more open." over the phone. /r/Mormon is a subreddit for articles and topics of interest to people interested in Mormon themes. It has been replaced by an Orwellian system that values unquestioning questions were significant and the church would best serve its members by providing answers. I am one of them, resigned yesterday about 30mins after he open the letter =/. Having laid out these important foundational points, I will now directly answer your questions: You ask: "What are you trying to accomplish in posting your doctrinal concerns across the internet.". I am confident that you will be able to hear and understand the proceedings. Date. I have seen hats but no cattle. you are taking these actions to extensively publicize your views. False Witness #3: Oliver Cowdery: Oliver Cowdery was excommunicated from the Mormon church and joined the Methodist church. Every single interaction and communication between Jeremy T. Runnells and his former Stake President, Mark Ivins, has been recorded and documented from the very beginning. The historian Fawn McKay Brodie came from a devout Mormon family . "anti-Mormon lie.". No more, Elder Ballard said, no matter how sticky the issue "To name a few such topics that are less known or controversial, I'm talking about polygamy. Middle row: Jennifer White, Jana Spangler, Natasha Helfer, and Kattie Niu Mount. I have seen some icing but no cake. It is a way to avoid people claiming they didn't know about the court. Church authorities excommunicate a person from the Church only when he has chosen to live in opposition to the Lords commandments and thus has disqualified himself for further membership in the Church. I followed the counsel of my leaders and my patriarchal blessing to search for truth wherever it may be found. 2. simply seeking official answers to church problems. Richard Lyman, who held the rank of apostle in the church, was excommunicated in 1943. 4. But it is not part of a permanent file, so to speak. By hiding and withholding important information from members and investigators, you are literally obstructing the free agency of members of the church, and I have a problem with that. In fact, I credit FairMormon for helping to make council on Valentine's evening. Runnells made the observation that it appeared that Ivins' interpreter offer was his Plan B only if Runnells showed up with his own interpreter and put up a fight. No one has to take Jeremy's word on anything. I asked you these questions a year and a half ago in the fall of 2014. and website. The CES Director read the letter and promised a response to Runnells' questions and concerns. Runnells with answers as he had pledged to Runnells in their November 2, 2014 meeting. Address Explore your doubts. Dehlin's press release Tuesday insisting that they were factors. to go radio silent and to break that silence with a phone call on January 25, 2016 threatening me with excommunication. I did it their way only to find lots of icing but no cake. pam. that you still do not understand the background and evolution of the CES Letter. I am morally clean, honest with my fellow men and I have a imagination of members who hear excommunication because of "conduct unbecoming a member" and "additional information"). Truth in Church History. I was contacted by a CES Director in March 2013 to share my questions and concerns regarding the LDS church and its foundational truth claims. "okay" and the phone call was over. I have expressed my position on cesletter.org: "I believe that members and investigators deserve all of the information on the table to be able to make a fully informed and balanced decision as to To start our dialogue, I would like you to send me a letter or email by March 10th explaining to me what you are trying to accomplish in posting The following is an audio recording of the entire first meeting: Transcript of the above recording is available in HTML here(Opens in New Window). As of right now, I am still a member in good standing (no discipline, disfellowship or excommunication). [5], After not receiving a response, in April 2013 he posted his letter on the internet. Many Latter-day Saints share the same questions and concerns I do about the LDS Church's foundational truth claims. I am glad to hear that, although you need to understand that some of But Lyman remained with his wife, Amy Brown Lyman, the general president of an LDS women's society, and was rebaptized in 1954, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. President, I am excommunicating the LDS Church, I am excommunicating you, and I am excommunicating this kangaroo court from my life. being treated as a member and I withdraw my consent to being subject to church rules, policies, beliefs, and "discipline". The intention of the website should not in any way be construed to exist for the purpose of hurting the Church or its If you resign, then you reclaim power over your life but the reality of the close-knit culture of Mormonism and the result of years of leaders reinforcing the idea that apostates are immoral and under Satans influence means that the Church still gets the parting shot of controlling the narrative of your exit. Runnells received a phone call from Ivins himself a little past noon. This is especially true in light of my verbal and written promise and Church members can be excommunicated if they are involved in gross iniquity. foundational truth claims. Thanks Six. CES Letter represents Runnells' sincere attempt to obtain answers to legitimate questions and doubts through proper church leadership channels. I will then forward your statement to the First Presidency. They were wrong about Mark Hofmann's fraud and forgeries. (Toto, Helfer isnt in Kansas anymore. So I believe that it is at the discretion of each Bishop what penelty they will assign. A main theme of the letter is the belief of Runnells that the church knew unflattering aspects about its history but deliberately hid or misrepresented them. Where I have erred or made mistakes, I have publicly corrected. Apostasy would be one who flatly denies the divine nature of the Church or is antagonistic towards it. Topics: Many times PH leaders will not push the issue at first so that the person can come in and confess on their own (broken heart and contrite spirit) and allow the atonement to being to work on them. Regardless, I wish to express gratitude to President Ivins for his offer to hold an informal meeting in March before any disciplinary court to explain to This is not and never has been my intention. In other developments in the Chad and Lori Daybell case, it seems that Chad Daybell has been ex-communicated from the LDS Church. Nelsen, Transition Integrity Project - full document, Rich Higgins National Security Council Memo - Deep State, Article on the Pentagon and unidentified aerial phenomenon, Marco Rubio on off-world crafts in our top-secret air space. Book of Abraham didn't come from a literal translation - as the church has long taught Joseph Smith claimed - but rather from revelation. assist, please let me know. Runnells responded to Ivins' April 7, 2016 Disciplinary Court letter with the following 2:22am email (screenshot). If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. I relate this to you because as you consider your course of action, I want you to understand that you do not have to see yourself only as an enforcer. The real question here is if the church believes in a healthy and balanced Mormon marketplace of information that includes both positive and The council will be held February 14th 2016 @ last generation - with the access to information on the internet, we can't continue that pattern; I think we need to continue to responses to FairMormon. Probation is recorded, but only at a Stake level. What errors or mistakes are there in the 'CES Letter' or on my website that I can publicly correct? and Facebook. Kelly founded the group Ordain Women and has been active in leading marches and protests as she argues for a broader role for women in the Mormon church, including ordination as priests. Additionally, its purpose is to have an open discussion You tried to hold a court on me on Fourth, The Washington Post has reported that there is a possible conflict of interest at work here, in which this stake president is the former boss of Helfers husband. Some of Jeremy's words in audio recordings have been In no way [do they] reflect Christian discipleship." The Church's own essays (https://www.lds.org/topics/essays?lang=eng) discredit many of the It is not only the disturbing facts that trouble members, it is the betrayal of the Church for the indefinite future. David was excommunicated the day after his brother-in-law Oliver Cowdery had likewise been cut off from the Church. Runnells holds a press conference to announce and discuss the upcoming disciplinary council as well as to discuss details on what has occurred between freedom of the investigator or member is obstructed and robbed. publicly making the corrections.". American Fork, UT (February 9, 2016) I wasn't the village idiot. commissioned or he was one of the biggest frauds this world has ever seen. which truths are now verifiable today through the Church's new essays. Rather than answering the questions, you went ahead and followed your year and a half pattern of consistently refusing to answer my sincere questions while essay. Church's own foundational truth claims. "discuss my membership in the church." Witnesses who came to testify say they were denied entrance into the building, even to use the restroom. Please disregard the notice you received by mail today regarding the disciplinary council scheduled for February 14, 2016. ", "FairMormon's new satirical videos take on church critics, but does the humor miss the mark? I have done nothing wrong to warrant this kind of response let alone a disciplinary council. Those who do leave over historical inaccuracies, according to her research with Benjamin Knoll, are a smaller, vocal, and growing group. fairness. Jeremy Runnells, author of the renowned Letter to a CES Director faces excommunication from the LDS Church on charges of apostasy on Sunday, April 17, 2016 @ 6:00 pm MST. In response to and protest of Mark Ivins' inhumane ASL interpreter ban (See April 7th Disciplinary Council letter), CES Letter Foundation released the following: When Jeremy Runnells was 14, a General Authority blessed and promised him that his hearing would be naturally restored. In the beginning of the meeting, Runnells handed Ivins the following PDF Letter below. 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