Departure From PDI
Tomczak eventually left the leadership of PDI in 1998 and has subsequently suggested that the increasingly Calvinistic theology of PDI was a major factor in this parting of the ways. Some of this period's tensions also arose because Tomczak's fitness as a father was called into question by church leadership over what Tomczak described as the "teenage rebellion" of his son. Tomczak declared that this time "...seemed like an unbelievable nightmare" during which he, his wife Doris, and their son Justin "were threatened in various ways if we did not cooperate with the ministry that we were leaving... A letter was circulated in an attempt to discredit me and to distort the events surrounding my departure. Our own family members were divided.". Tomczak claims never to have received an apology for the events of this period up until 2010. Subsequent to this statement by Larry Tomczak, in an email released by Sovereign Grace Ministries, dated July 4, 2011, it is clear that Larry and C.J. have been reconciled and C.J. has made a full apology to Larry and his family. Larry has been invited to be the special guest at the upcoming Leaders Conference in November 2011. The invitation to the Leaders Conference was ultimately withdrawn and Larry did not appear there. In November 2011, Larry and Doris released a document on their website entitled, "The Tomczak Departure from S.G.M. - What Really Happened." On February 1, 2012, Larry and Doris released a document entitled "Open Letter Upon Release Of SGM Panel Report On Tomczak Departure" in response to the Sovereign Grace Ministries panel report that was released on January 25, 2012. The document includes a discussion of what they describe as "seven significant points that need to be addressed". The points are:
1. Bias
2. Blackmail
3. Breach of Confidentiality
4. Breaking the Matthew 18 ethic in a public assembly
5. Banishment
6. Betrayal
7. Bad Theology
Attached to the end of Larry and Doris' document is a letter from a former SGM pastor that they thought was "timely, accurate and illuminating".
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