This is old news. Resolution 14 failed, it was a public vote. Resolution 15 passed, it was by secret ballot. Resolution 15 was more drastic than 14. Just goes to show the power of peer pressure. ----- Original Message ----- From: Commander Pier Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 10:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RR] A/G History made today According to the A/G website, the resolution was forwarded to a committee
for a recommendation, here's the news:
The resolution changing the names was one of several items the General
Council approved Tuesday with little or no discussion. But there was much
discussion surrounding the issue of divorce and remarriage, specifically
Resolution 14, which would remove the marital history requirements for a
credentialed minister's spouse.
The original author of the resolution, Philip Walton, said that after the
1997 General Council in Indianapolis, where a divorce-and-remarriage
resolution for ministers was defeated, he began to examine the issue of
whether it mattered biblically if the spouse was divorced and remarried.
His conclusion, based on scripture, was that a minister should not be
disqualified from holding A/G credentials if his or her spouse had been
divorced.
Most of Tuesday's debate focused on whether Resolutions 14 and 15 to a
committee to study the issue and prepare a recommendation, along with a
minority report, for the 2003 General Council. Resolution 15 would allow for
the credentialing of divorced and remarried ministers, if the divorce
occurred prior to conversion.
The motion to refer was amended so that the Executive Presbytery would
conduct the study and issue the recommendation.
Several speakers said the referral was necessary because of different
interpretations of the scriptures cited in Resolution 14 and because it
would help ensure that the General Council reached a "reasoned" decision.
But others said that the Council was prepared to debate the resolutions.
Divorce-and-remarriage resolutions came before the Council in 1991 and 1997,
the speakers said, and sending the topics to a committee would needlessly
delay the debate.
Finally, a vote to refer the resolutions was taken, and the motion was
rejected. So, the debate over Resolution 14 will continue during this
morning's business session, which begins at 9 a.m.
The business sessions are running under "very, very tight (time)
restrictions," Trask reminded the General Council on Tuesday. Organizers
have scheduled just over five hours today for business items, and Trask told
delegates and pastors that if all the business is not conducted by 4:30 p.m.
today, an extra-hours session might be scheduled.
----- Original Message -----
From: clint grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 11:49 PM
Subject: [RR] A/G History made today
> The Assemblies of God made history today by passing resolution number 15
> that will allow those who have been divorced and remarried prior to
> salvation to seek ministerial credentials. I believe this is according to
> the will of God, since the woman at the well, (who had been married and
> divorced five times) just after her conversion, became a flaming
evangelist-
> leading much of her community to the Lord. Our own district broke new
ground
> last year by allowing a previously divorced man to run for an elected
> district Royal Ranger executive staff position. He won, placing him on
the
> NRRC. This move will now allow many who are callled by god to preach to do
> so without having to leave our fellowship. The resolution passed with the
> stipulation that the candidate provide evidence that the divorce was
indeed
> prior to conversion.
>
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