Progress Report 2

Since Progress Report 1, everyone did some deep reflecting and soul searching. As a team, everyone wanted 2023 to be the year for Unaligned Academy’s grand opening and everyone agreed, that if something wasn't done soon, this online ministry was going to plummet to ground zero. Sure enough, it did. We got out of that place last year only to return to it this year. What was the issue? What were we doing wrong and why won't thing just be better?

The Church Board of Unaligned Church and Board Of Trustees of Unaligned Academy were not in sync or operating in unity. Neither side was communicating at all and this was not good for the ministry, it was not good for the online seminary and it certainly wasn’t good for the work culture we trying to build.

When the team assigned to Unaligned Academy came together for the first time and started the seminar school, everyone went from talking a lot, to talking to occasionally to finally, not talking at all. This bad habit became normalized and before anyone knew what was happening, the Board Of Trustees and the team became distant and stopped keeping each other accountable.

"Why bother texting or calling the others?" 

Minister Wilson thought to herself one day.

"It's not like they're going to answer me or be able to do anything I need them to do anyway. Furthermore, they can't do what I do and they're never around to learn what I do so you know what Lord? Forget asking for the team for help, I'll just do it myself."

And that's exactly what she did. Minister Wilson took on every department in the church and every deparemnt of the academy and didn't bother informing anyone. She was upset with everyone who failed her and let her down and rightfully so, because she as always having to remind the teams, call people, organize events, check in and make the first move with everything.

Minister Wilson going rouge and silent was to be expected after so much disappointment, but it wasn't the Elohim’s way for the ministry and far from what They expected. What Yahweh-Elohim needed all of us to do, was make time for each other no matter what was going on. He understood that we get sick, have bad days and other responsibilities outside of the ministry, but that's not a justified excuse to abandon Minister Wilson or each other.

Ironically, money wasn't our problem. It is true that Unaligned Church is a LLC, but the church don’t have enough dedicated Travelers who tithe and we don’t make enough revenue for payroll. This is why no one can be paid and even if we did have tithes and revenue coming in, we don’t work for money and it’s never about the money. As followers of Elohim, we are freely sacrificing our time and personal money to accomplish the Lord’s mission with Unaligned Academy. Tithes to the church would support bills as well as the need for the online seminary.

Everyone in leadership positions agreed to work for free and came together knowing it wasn’t about the money. Minsiter Wilson established from day one that the church company would solely rely on the Elohim for everything. This included, Unaligned Academy and its needs. We wanted to take a moment and explain this to help you understand that money truly isn’t and will never be the issue or motivation.

Imagine Minister Wilson’s shock when the team ghosted her, ran from their responsibilities and made appear as if it was about the money. No one could use the typical punchline,

"I don't get paid enough for this."

because you know it’s about money, yet this is sincerely what Minister Wilson concluded for herself. She couldn’t pay anyone and to this day, she still can’t afford to pay anyone and with so much labor and time going into the online seminary, lack of pay was the only rational

reason she could find that would explain her team’s absence.

Eventually, Minister Wilson and Rebecca, a Director on the Board Of Trustees, came

To Minister Wilson’s private residence to confront her directly. They had a private meeting and discussed what was going on. They understood that they were good as friends and their friendship was solid outrider of work, but when it came to operating as one unit and communicating in the ministry, they were lacking.

During the meeting, the women expressed themselves, were open, transparent and honest about their feelings and figured out the other was experiencing.

Minister Wilson confessed that she had been rejected, abandoned and betrayed by everyone, including Rebecca, because either Rebecca or the team was around when she needed them to be or able to come to team meetings when she scheduled a teen meeting. Until they had their talk, Rebecca didn't realize Minister Wilson harbored these feelings and she kindly told her leader and soulmate that she needed to be more assertive about how she feels, including their friendship outside of the ministry.

Otherwise, how was she or the team supposed to know what Minister Wilson is thinking or what she wants from the them in general? After their private meeting, Pastor Wilson continued to meet with Rebecca and find a means to resolve the tension between them and other members.

With Elohim's help, Minister Wilson realized why progress was stunted, slow and they weren't making progress with Unaligned Academy specifically. It was due to her lack of patience at times and not checking in to see where her teams were at spiritually and mentally. Patience is key when you do anything, but when you're in a position of leadership and have people who cannot fulfill their duties fully due to their personal situations, that's where the Fruits Of The Spirit come in and are needed.

Minister Wilson failed to do that for her team and the team failed admit their feelings and where they were struggling. Due to them choosing yo not speak up, this action communicated a bad message to Pastor Wilson and this is where the rejection and abandonment came into place. Not once did the team think to reach out and ask Minister Wilson if she was okay. Not once did the team think to ask her if she was all right with how progress was going.

No one bothered to text and call on whim or just because they were excited about the ministry and to be a part of if it. The team was silent and unable to perform. Minsiter Wilson lost patience and did think to ask the team why they were silent because she reasoned they would do what they always do.

Ghost and not respond.

To her credit, she was justified to think that because of what Minister Wilson saw from her people for months was silence, lack of participation, no response to texts or calls, no shows at team meetings and more distance following this unproductive behavior, so it's understandable why she felt the way she did and reacted how she did, but deep down, no one on the team wanted to leave the ministry.

Contrary to appearance, the team loved the ministry and cared deeply for Minister Wilson, but their inability to communicate those feelings or be active when it was important, is what made Minister Wilson truly believe they wanted nothing to do with the Elohim’s calling or with her.

After Minister Wilson and Rebecca concluded their meetings, they apologized to each other, forgave each other for what happened and decided to hold each other to accountability, to avoid such incidents in the future. Shortly after they made up, they called Whitney, another Director and informed her of what happened, tjeir meetings and what Elohim brought to their attention. They asked Whitney for forgiveness and apologized to her as well.

Now That's Real Progress

Did reuniting as a team solve money issues? No. Did fixing our broken communication help us as a team? Yes. Did agreeing to be understanding of each other's situations and more patient with each other motive the public to join our website site and apply to become a Seeker of Unaligned Academy? No.

Did our team harmonize and stay connected, despite having so much distance between us physically? Yes, 100%. Progress for Unaligned Academy is good, the doors will open this year and that's awesome, but Yahweh-Elohim was more interested in our team being restored and us being at peace with each other over the success of the online seminary. That's worth noting because a divided house cannot stand, it will fall.

We made such god progress as a team for two solid years, then we had fallen back into the pit we fought so hard to get out of and the Lord allowed us to stay in that pit until we womaned up, faced each other and confessed our true feelings.

They say secrets destroy relationships and they do, but being silent and refusing to use good communication skills is also a deadly poison that subtly was killing our team and the ministry. Our team will also have struggles to work through, but the struggle that torn our team apart this year in 2023 will never happen again. We are too determined and too stubborn to see Unaligned Academy fail.

We're also very determined to preserve the strong bonds we have formed over the years as friends and as sisters in Christ. Despite the pain, it was a good lesson. The Elohim had to humble us once and made us feel things we didn't want to feel. Everyone agrees that it will be a lot smoother and less painful if we are upfront about how we feel and making the effort to check in whether we’re at mentally or spiritually over keeping everything inside, not confessing how we feel and being exposed by the Elohim.

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