Kirk Meets with Jeff Lehmkuhl Sep 2002

Why I am stirred up:

•  I am seeing that the Geftakys ministry is a sect. Not a cult, but a sect. It is an entity in itself and you are either in it or out of it, with no accountability but to the Workers meeting and therefore, GG.

•  I am seeing that there are a lot of battered souls that have left. That they are beaten sheep with a common story. Many that have left have the same story, it is one of abuse and control. This story is not unique to SLO but is one that goes from Fullerton to Seattle, from the Valley to Omaha.

•  To allow David to preach again, without true recovery, is to see the past repeat itself and abuses continue.

•  How Brent has been falsely excommunicated demonstrates continued abuses.

•  White elephant fellowshipping where the sins of the past are closeted cannot continue. Light is crying out to shine.

•  Time will not bring about healing. As time passes and repentance does not occur the window for recovery is closing.

Dealing With It

My plan is to follow the Matt 18:15-17 process to deal with these offences:

•  Step one, "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother."

•   Step two, "But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that `by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established."

•  Step three, "And if he refuses to hear them, tell [it] to the church."

•  Step four, "But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector."

I have repeatedly been ignored in step one, as others have also, and so I am determined to follow up with the next steps. This Sunday night meeting I will not have another repeat of step one. What is lacking is not another step one, but the steps two, three and four. I am willing to set up a meeting within the next week to accomplish step two. There must be plural witness. If you will not allow this then I must take further actions.