Lack of interaction with conversations

[Carson]

Hi @diane1,

I apologize for the confusion.

I’ve tried to explain the new system here, but it may need additional revision to be clearer:

Faithful Stewardship: Raising the Bar For Participation

Hi friends, I’ve led online communities for spiritual growth since 2016. Here’s a question I’ve asked myself hundreds of times: How can inviting anyone to participate in our community be compatible with creating a consistently trustworthy resource for spiritual growth? It’s a complex question with no easy answers. Here’s how we’re trying to make that work: First, to enable every member to participate, we have set up our community so anyone can start a new discussion and then engage in the c…

There are two primary reasons for the change.

First, the ministry is starting to reach a much larger audience—over 15,000 people visit our website monthly. I felt responsible for ensuring that our community discussions would reflect kind, thoughtful, and Biblically grounded perspectives.

Second, the challenge of moderating an open community is very taxing—emotionally, financially, and in terms of time. Despite all the safeguards I had built into this community, people sometimes targeted us because they wanted to use the open nature of the discussions to spread aberrant theology.

I regret any disappointment, but I hope we will slowly but steadily build a vibrant team of volunteers and a regular stream of people asking good questions to facilitate many active conversations.