Pierre Theron's Dialogue Response

From Pierre Theron
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2008
To: Bo Gordy-Stith
Subject: Mission Statement

I'm fine with the revised mission statement and will support its adoption by the church.

I doubt that it will have any impact on me or my family and do not believe that it will have a major impact on the church except that there may be a few members who may not be totally comfortable with it. To some degree I question whether a mission statement has any impact on the community outside of the church. In most cases you have to be involved with the church to be familiar with its mission statement. I believe church members and the way they act towards folks in the community have a bigger impact than a mission statement could ever have.

I try to behave the same towards everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation. Sometimes I succeed but other times I fail and have to remind myself to be a better person.