I had a brief exchange recently with a friend who is, let's say, not exactly wet behind the ears as far as the ways of what, back in the day, was still called the East Pennsylvania Conference of the Churches of God.
The two of us have seen a lot. Many reruns...
...but not much that is new.
My good buddy noted to me, and apparently others as well, that the strategy built into the ERC's new New Strategic Plan has been tried before.
He put it into perspective for me in this way:
If they took everyone to Disney World we would have better success.
No doubt at all.
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One of the ongoing failings of people who are breathing the thin air atop the highest ERC mountain is their conviction that they have just invented a brand-spanking-new gizmo that they are calling the wheel.
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Note to this new batch of hierarchs:
Your new New Strategic Plan ain't new.
Integral to the staffing plan which you just dumped, was an intense focus on supporting and building up the pastors of the ERC.
There was even a Director of Pastoral Care...
...as well as a whole team of Pastoral Care Workers!
And, for that matter,...
...there was also a Director of Congregational Care...
...who, if he'd succeeded, would have already empowered the existence of a whole gaggle of healthy life-giving churches.
Nuthin new.
Nuthin new at all!
Those wheels have already been invented...
...and,...
...gone flat.
What must we do? We must repent.
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