The Proof that the CGGC's not Kingdom Concerned

I wish there was a better word than ecumenism...but, I guess that, in itself, is the point.

To be ecumenical is to be demominationally all-inclusive, to set aside theological concerns...

...to dilute passion for truth so that, primarily the hierarchs of, Christian denominational institutions can just all get along...

...and invest energy outside of their own churchly fiefdoms.

I want to say that the proof that the CGGC is not Kingdom focused is that we're not ecumenical.

But I can't because of what the word implies about the setting aside passion for truth.

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The fact is, though, that one reality that points to the fact that our leaders are CGGC-focused, CGGC obsessed even, and not Kingdom concerned is that, for them, everything is always all about the CGGC all the time.

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Years ago now, CGGC hierarchs renamed their Church Planting department, New Churches, primarily to divert energy away from our, mostly pathetically failed, church planting efforts...

...to attempt to convince viable churches to join us and to take, for themselves, the CGGC label...

...and (and let's be honest), of course, to pay a church tithe to our local and General Conferences.

Across the CGGC, it's always, these days, all about the CGGC and never about anyone or anything beyond us.

In the CGGC, anything that comes after that, comes waaaaaay after that.

But, if we cared about the Kingdom, that would not be even a little bit true.

In the CGGC, we, based on the fruit we produce, don't love the Kingdom.

When it comes to it, based on the fruit we produce, I'm not certain about our love for the King!

If we do APEST, according to the vision being cast for it among us, it will be so that, through APEST, we can strengthen CGGC churches and, later, at some future time, and in some undefined way, build the Kingdom.

Using APEST as an example, the proof that the CGGC is not Kingdom concerned is that, even in doing things that would naturally lead to Kingdom building, we think, first and foremost, not only church, but the CGGC church.

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What we do here, in our own gathering, is very far from perfect.

But, one way what we do here is right where the CGGC's wrong, is that we never, ever act in the interest of our own gathering. And, certainly, we never act specifically in the interest of the CGGC.

What we do is always and only Jesus focused.

And, that truth about us has been true about us for years.

I do wonder if that non-CGGC, Kingdom-focus at the root of the reason that the ERC expelled us?!?!?!!!

At any rate, we all know that the Lord of all authority and power and blessing isn't blessing the CGGC.