As a nominal member of MNN and a U of M alum, I personally feel betrayed by MNS for it failing to live up to its stewardship responsibilities, and what has been visited upon ULC with seemingly no remorse by MNS leadership is horrendously sinful.
But...I think that we must keep in mind that ULC was, legally, a tenant at will. As such they could be removed for any reason or for no reason by the landlord, MNS. Elsewhere, it has been stated that $2 million is not nearly enough to compensate ULC, legally a tenant at will, for their loss, that $3.25 million, the purchase price of the property, would be just, which puts them in a position of the owner, not a renter.
There is something wrong here. I think the victimization mode has been carried too far. I see quotes of Scripture- "It is finished" with a pic of a crucifix. I read that, upon their vacating their rented premises, it was the first day of the Church in. exile. There seems to be much worship of a building. The ULC congregation lives, if they want to do so.
$2 million plus donations of...how much? And we are exhorted to keep on giving to put ULC back in the position that they were. They were renters! The funds they now have should find them a place that they can lease.
I digress... bottom line, the cornerstone is not ULC's. I have as much right, as a nominal member of MNN, to a claim of that cornerstone. And that's a flimsy claim, i.e., no claim.