I am ashamed to say that after being a member at Harvest for 8 years, that was the first real conversation I had had with an elder about the state of affairs of the church at that time.Ī year or so before leaving Harvest I had written a blog post about holiness in which I had referenced the growing fad of tattoos in our culture. So I called one of the elders in the video and got his side of the story. I then called an elder who was a friend and someone I trusted. The day I watched the video, I emailed my campus pastor and asked for an explanation.
I left the church 4 years ago, the week after 3 elders were publicly ex-communicated on a cheap home made movie not worthy of one wasted second of the worship service.īy then there were so many small things that weren’t so small and added up to big things that could have explained my leaving, but to me, that video was the tipping point. I attended Harvest Bible Chapel for over 8 years and served as the Women’s Ministry Director at the Rolling Meadows campus for three of those years (that’s the flagship original campus by the way). So many people have recently asked me why I left Harvest Bible Chapel when I did.
