The resolution Lost.
Keith
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From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:21 AM
Subject: RE: [RR] Keep your eyes open!
Our Pastors are all back from Colorado. The big CBC/EU merger confrontation
we were waiting for never took place and was never discussed. It was
quietly dropped from the agenda because so many had read the web page and
they were ready for major action. I suppose that because it never came up,
Thomas Trask is keeping his job. I imagine that will put some tension into
Michael Steffen returning to work... (if he does return). Michael was the
author of at least part of that web page and signed one article as follows:
Michael W. Steffen
Vice President for Operations (now on involuntary paid administrative leave
for taking a written and verbal stand against the merger and the larger
power grabbing issues)
Central Bible College
Thanks to Mark for alerting all of us to this issue.
I understand that one of the topics voted on was the ordination of pastors
who had been divorced. I don't know what the outcome of that was.
DPerich
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Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 3:20 AM
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Subject: RE: [RR] Keep your eyes open!
Any more news from Colorado?
Here is s sociologist Margaret Poloma's examination of the Assemblies of God
That I looked up:
http://www3.uakron.edu/sociology/AoGPastors02.pdf
It's a rather lengthy article. It's full of opinions, references, "ibids"
and sociology talk.
Here's a quote from it: "Although an important catalyst in the development
of all world religions, charisma is usually quenched in favor of the
patterned and predictable institutional features of social life."
Here's my interpretation of the quote: The church is born in the Spirit,
but we put people in charge of ministries who need to have control over what
they do and what they're responsible for. They can't control the Holy
Spirit, so they control what they can. There's a delicate balance between
working at what you can control and being a representative of someone you
have no control over. How do you develop and run a "Decade of Harvest" that
is different from any other decade when God is unchanging? Do we end up
trying to put God in a box or at least to make Him predictable or maybe
"operable"?
We're in need of a revival. Not a revival with success defined by bodily
and vocal manifestations that appear to be controlled by a spirit not our
own, but a revival that changes people's life direction. Not one that
simply displays cravings for God, but a top/down one, imposed by God, that
results in God's glorification through the realization of our righteousness.
I know what Isaiah 64:6 says about our righteousness, though->"filthy rags".
For me, the goal is the Great Commission and humility, or at least, my
striving toward that goal, filthy rags and all.
D Perich
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Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 2:14 PM
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Subject: [RR] Keep your eyes open!
This is some good material to read. It hits us right where we are. We all
need to keep our eyes open.
http://savetheag.com/InfoPapers.html#one
AG General Council in Denver. Keep them in Prayer!
Mark Jones
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