This week on social media I have seen two different examples of local LDS leaders who have sent shaming letters to Mormons they believe have left the Church. (Though, as one recipient pointed out, we’re in a global pandemic and the church is closed in their area, so where are leaders getting their information about people being inactive? Everyone is inactive at the moment. Inactivity is kind of a thing.)
One of the letters in particular has struck me as harmful. It relies on two common but ineffective strategies I see among orthodox church members who are trying to reactivate their friends, family, or ward members.
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