Apology Spam

Apology spam was sent to 20+ people by Austin Gardner, founder and former president of VBM prior to his running from church discipline while the church still held the position that he was unfit and disqualified for public ministry on the grounds of major sin problems with his character to start Alignment Ministries and the secret Society of Mentors.

"Dear [20+ people],

I write to you to admit and acknowledge my horrible filthy pride in how I have sinned against you and so many. My pride was so great that I didn’t even see what I was doing. God had to bring me this low for me to see me for who I am and I hate what I see. I will travel to you to ask forgiveness if you want. I love you and never wanted to fail you but I have. I have failed and sinned against God, the mission, the missionaries, and you. I know you will not believe that I am sincere and I will have to take a long time to prove that I really want to be a different man. I am not in the ministry and will not seek to be in the ministry until God finishes fixing me and all this wickedness in me. I will never seek to be part of Vision Missions again.

I simply write to ask you to forgive me. I do not expect an answer to this email. It is simply me trying to get things started now the right path. I can’t sleep. I know now how badly I have failed so many.

Please forgive me if you can. God bless you

W. Austin Gardner"