Christians are 'culprits @ destroying & oppressing' youths - Skelton-Cline
Skelton-Cline, a local Christian pastor, expressed his frustration during his opening commentary of the Tuesday, January 14, 2020, edition of his 'Honestly Speaking' show on public radio ZBVI 780 AM.
Crabs in a barrel mentality
"I want us to do a far better job in 2020 in building up each other, this tearing down, pulling down, this kind of... behind the back, crab mentality that happens to us, it is doing tremendous damage not just to each other... but really for our children and grandchildren," he told the listening audience.
Mr Skelton-Cline continued, "I want to challenge those persons who are in positions of authority... some of you who are in churches every week, the purpose of power is to empower, it's not to oppress, manipulate, frustrate persons or destroy people's spirit."
In a direct appeal to business owners and managers of various sectors, he urged them to treat people below their authority with courtesy and respect, 'we have to treat each other better with respect, particularly in these places of employment," he urged.
Christians singled out
In an unprecedented move, Skelton-Cline then moved to single out the Christian community, accusing them of being the oppressors in the Virgin Islands (VI) community, especially towards youths.
"Church people, a lot of us we claim to be a religious community and a lot of us are in these churches every week but often times we are the culprits in destroying, in frustrating the spirits of our young people, in oppressing and doing manipulative things that keep other employees and persons who are under your management, in these frustrating positions," he said.
Lashing out again, Mr Skelton-Cline said the behaviour is wrong on all levels, "It's dead wrong, it doesn't help you, it doesn't help this community."
Over the past few months, Pastor Skelton-Cline has been especially vocal on social issues affecting the VI community, rather than focusing on politics.
He promised to use his platform to go deeper into the issues surrounding Christians and their behaviours in the coming weeks on his 'Honestly Speaking' show.
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19 Responses to “Christians are 'culprits @ destroying & oppressing' youths - Skelton-Cline”
He must be speaking to his own VIP people especially those who are on these boards. Preach Claude PREACH!
Or rather:
"We have to treat each other better with respect, particularly in these places of WORSHIP"
If he really cares, why doesn't he preach about various personalities/temperaments that are in the bible so he can demonstrate that although they were different the Lord found ways to help them exist together in his kingdom and we can do the same. If we just take the time to understand each other. You had sanguines, phelgematics, cholerics and melancholics. If you understand each of the 4 temperaments, it would help us see past each other's weakness rather than listening to Skelton Cline click bate sermons. He needs to teach his congregants not feed them drama for a sermon. He sounds just as messy as the men and women who cause confusion.
Keep being a voice of reason and facts facts facts. We love your show also