Hey friends. I wanted to make a standalone episode to address the recently released investigation results and point you to where you can read the full report yourself.

It's very important to us that each of you have access to the unbiased, unedited, third-party

report from Grace.

And we want you to be able to make an informed decision about if you want to continue

to listen to the TNE podcast or not.

While we're definitely not a church, and I've said that many, many times over the years,

and I'm not a pastor, which I've said that many, many times over the years. And I'm not a pastor,

which we've also said. We know that so many of you have been hurt in the past, and we totally support your decision either way. We actually launched a landing page on our website

that I'll put in the show notes. And on that landing page, you'll find the link to Grace's

full report with no edits and updates from the New Evangelicals Board of Directors so that you can track

and see the changes we're implementing based on the report suggestions. We'll also be updating

that page as we continue to move towards a better path forward within our nonprofit organization.

Now, if this is the first time that you're hearing about any of this and you're confused,

let me explain. The New Evangelicals board of directors commissioned

a grace investigation after an incident between myself and a contractor when we were unable to

come to a resolution after several failed good faith attempts to reconcile. TNE has spent years

calling out political and religious leaders for stubbornly insisting that they did nothing wrong,

even when people were harmed by their actions. Seeking out and working with grace, political and religious leaders for stubbornly insisting that they did nothing wrong, even

when people were harmed by their actions.

Seeking out and working with grace, which the board initiated, was our way of stepping

away from that path.

Both the board and I made mistakes that led to hurt, and we needed an outside expert

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