**DISCLAIMER** As with so many stories (here on the heals of election is a good example) we don't know the whole story. But the digging I have found suggests the information I chose to include is accurate. If however, someone knows something I don't, please feel free to comment and correct any information I may have misquoted!
Dear Nikki,
I recently came across your story, and I have a few thoughts. So where you, the CCM industry, or anyone else may never see this, I wanted to say it.
For those of you who may not recognize her name, it's because we never got the chance. I understand the story as follows: she won a singing contest and therefore a label deal with a Christian recording company. At the peak of her rapid rise to fame, she found herself in a situation she probably never imagined: pregnant and only 18. Since she was unmarried, the label dropped her- immediately.
So to you, Nikki, I first and foremost want to say, I am a Bible believing Christian. I still wholeheartedly align myself with the church. However, I think the Christians who were responsible for making the decision to drop you were sorely mistaken. Countless others before you found themselves in sinful situations I'm sure they never planned to be in either. Divorces, affairs, homosexual relationships, pornography addictions...though some of these people may have been dropped from a record deal, their whole careers were not flushed. I feel you were, however. And I'm so sorry.
We, as the church, as Christians, preach prolife, which yes, I am so thankful and glad you chose life for your beautiful daughter! But the church who preaches it, in any circumstance, should have helped you- and I am sorry they did not. We are so quick to judge those who have thrown their children away, and yet punished you for yours. You sinned, Nikki, but I am so sorry at the stones they threw. Sin must be dealt with, but I'm sorry for the way you were treated. You should have had people come to you in love, and if they did or not, I don't know. But it seems like it was a rash reaction to drop you.
We can point fingers, play the "what if?" and the "they should have..." game all day long, but I am so thankful you are still using your voice! Don't stop!
There is just one more thing- I don't know you (although I would love to meet you someday!) and I don't know what kind of resolve you have or haven't found, but I ask on behalf of the church, for your forgiveness. This situation wasn't handled the way it should have been, but I pray that you find it in your heart to forgive and love the church, and it's people once again!
Sincerely,
Ellen
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