I have read the pastor’s memo over again and again. I just finished rereading it twice before writing this response.
I come to the following conclusions based solely on this one piece of correspondence:

1. He and his staff are encouraging the church to step out in faith to engage lost people in the context of the world beyond the walls of the church.
2. He is encouraging them to not worry about compromising their convictions. As an example he uses the story of the young person who has “dropped the biblical definitions of sin, and the example of Jesus in John 8.
3. The challenge is to balance both intolerance of sin with grace (& love).

He then shares the letter he wrote to a person who was interested in visiting the church but was open & honest about his lifestyle. In that communication he attempted to show the church’s clear teaching that about sin & grace offered to sinners, and that homosexuality is unacceptable to God. He tried to be respectful but upfront. Which is apparently how the “inquirer” communicated with him.

That’s my analysis.

What would you say to this person if he/she wrote to you?

Paul