Andrew and Trevor, the decisions were not collossal blunders, they were decisions that had come through a process that we as a
Church have put in place. They were decisions that the Assembly came to after seeking out God's will and call for us as a
community, as a church, as the people of God. To call them "collossal blunders" or "wrong" is in my view an act of great distrust
in God, the people at Assembly and dare i say it blasphemy.
Sigh. Since Assembly 2003, there's been a bit of name calling, but this one is new - people who say they are uncomfortable with what happened at Assembly 2003 are blasphemers.
So I guess these must now be the rules of the game. Whoever doesn't toe the EMU/RA/Moyes/Jensen line is apostate (has "disregarded the Word of God to us in Scripture"). Whoever doesn't toe the Assembly 2003 line is a blasphemer. People who aren't at one of the poles of this present "difference of opinion" don't have many places to go, do they? Sounds like a lose-lose situation.
You're right Sue. The debates within the Australian church, including this list, are pretty gloomy and negative. Then I look at the 10 year membership trend and financial woes of my local UCA congregation and it gets even gloomier. It all doesn't seem to leave much space for the Good News.
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