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		<title>Postcards from Phoenix: Friends May Not Be Friends Forever at The Trinity Church</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/08/12/postcards-from-phoenix-too-good-to-be-true/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren Throckmorton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 17:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This postcard from Phoenix highlights the role of distrust in bringing people into the orbit of the church. Kim Thompson had a preexisting distrust of media and the leaders of The Trinity Church used that to reduce her critical thinking about the promises made by the church leaders. This story also revisits the recurring theme&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Postcards from Phoenix: When Family Ties are Tested</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/07/02/postcards-from-phoenix-when-family-ties-are-tested/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren Throckmorton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 18:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In an earlier postcard, we heard from a young man who felt his family loyalties were tested by his employment at The Trinity Church. He felt he had to choose between his parents and loyalty to the leadership of the church. He chose his parents. In this Postcard from Phoenix, Jolie Monea describes a similar&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Postcards from Phoenix: When Church Demands Obedience</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren Throckmorton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 01:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this third Postcard from Phoenix, former The Trinity Church member Tiffany Eneas reflects on the costs of conformity to the will of Mark Driscoll. One by one, church leaders, including Grace Driscoll, demanded that she cut ties with close friends until one day she realized what was happening. Tiffany was slowly but surely being&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Postcards from Phoenix: When Church Divides a Family</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/05/30/postcards-from-phoenix-when-church-divides-a-family/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren Throckmorton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 04:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the second Postcard from Phoenix and it comes from former The Trinity Church worship staff member Luke Chase. Young Mr. Chase describes a difficult situation where he felt he had to choose between loyalty to his family and loyalty to The Trinity Church. When a child is torn between loyalty to a pastor&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Postcards from Phoenix:  Who Suggested The Trinity Church Hire a Private Investigator?</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/05/26/postcards-from-phoenix-who-suggested-the-trinity-church-hire-a-private-investigator/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren Throckmorton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 19:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since I first wrote about Mark Driscoll’s “elderless church,” former staff and members from the Phoenix church have emailed and called with stories of their experiences there. Some tales have been told elsewhere, but others have not. Some feel like news stories and others feel like laments from old friends I have never met in&#8230;]]></description>
		
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