First things first:
I RECEIVED THE NEWS ABOUT THE LAWYER DRIVING THE DECISION TO CHANGE THE DATE OF ERC CONFERENCE EARLY IN THE WEEK, LONG BEFORE I PUT THAT INFORMATION ON THE BLOG.
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My network is abuzz with rumblings and reports concerning the upcoming FLY BY NIGHT ERC Conference session now scheduled for January 13, 2018.
It was people who converse with me who filled me in on the actual truth behind the reason for change in the date of the Conference meeting.
Because the hierarchs have removed me from the mailing lists, I honestly didn't know that the original memo from the Conference didn't tell the full truth until an ERC person, who is a reader of this blog, informed me that he didn't know that it was because of legal concerns that the date of Conference was changed.
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I never expected that this blog would serve as source of "All the News That's Fit to Print" about the Eastern Regional Conference of the Churches of God, General Conference.
But, that is precisely what it seems to have become.
You should know that I still have friends across the CGGC and that I hear a lot. I only pass on what I consider to be important to the Kingdom and to come from sources with direct knowledge.
I don't spread gossip.
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So, as a matter of historical fact, understand..
...this blog told the truth about the reason for the change in the date of the Conference session...
...BEFORE the truth was unloaded from the Conference office.
Perhaps the Interim E. D. planned, all along, to wait at least several days, until late Thursday afternoon to tell the entire story about the change in the date of Conference...
...and, perhaps, the fact that I spilled the beans, earlier in the day, had nothing to do with the timing of the Conference memo.
Perhaps.
I personally doubt that.
We all know the real-life timing.
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As I see it, there are now several issues:
I already raised one of them: Current ERC leadership doesn't do institutional church as well as Kevin did.
Make no mistake about it.
These guys are institutionalists.
They support the new New Strategic Plan. They advocate the expansion of Conference staff to an E. D. plus FOUR Directors. But, based on this little dance over the date of Conference,...
...these guys do institutionalism very poorly.
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The second, more crucial, issue is the question of the new leaders' integrity.
Why would they wait even a minute to tell the real story about the change in the date of Conference?
Only revealing the lawyer's role...
...AFTER THE TRUTH WAS TOLD ON THIS BLOG?????
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I've pointed out many times over the years that, unchecked and left to their own devises,...
...shepherds are so focused on relationship that they have trouble telling the truth.
The indisputable fact in this case is that there is only one reason that the date of Conference was changed...
...and, the ERC mountaintoppers didn't reveal that reason until the truth was mentioned in a public forum elsewhere, i.e., here.
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My network is telling me that, when you get the proposed changes to the Constitution, you'll see that the hierarchs will be asking the Eldership to give up its voice in determining the makeup of Conference Commission Structure.
Or, the hierarchs will be asking for even more authority over the body...
Or,...
...to be less accountable to the Eldership.
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The hierarchs need a two-thirds majority, FROM THE ELDERSHIP, to be released from accountability to the Eldership in this way.
It's up to the Eldership to release the hierarchs from accountability.
In my opinion, it would be foolish for the Eldership to grant the hierarchs the new power they crave.
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