On Wednesday I was in Vancouver, Washington for the first Leadership Rally of several that are planned over the next nine months across the country. General Director Ron Duncan will be hosting these events in an effort to gather broad input from the movement on important issues confronting our future and the work of Church of God Ministries.
Pastors from Oregon and Washington were invited to attend this rally, which was held in conjunction with the Ministries Council meeting that was also to take place. In total less than 50 people were in attendance, a small fraction of who was actually invited. The meeting was designed around roundtable discussions on several issues, including how we can best accomplish the Great Commission and Commandment, the biggest challenges facing the Church of God, the future of higher education, and general feedback for Church of God Ministries.
In the time allotted and the format limitations the day's results by themselves are unlikely to have any profound effect. But, it was a valuable experience, as it got people talking about critical issues and gave necessary input to Dr. Duncan from grassroots leaders. And, as more of these rallies take place in the coming months I'm sure that common themes and ideas will emerge that will provide the basis for stronger ministry.
Pastors from Oregon and Washington were invited to attend this rally, which was held in conjunction with the Ministries Council meeting that was also to take place. In total less than 50 people were in attendance, a small fraction of who was actually invited. The meeting was designed around roundtable discussions on several issues, including how we can best accomplish the Great Commission and Commandment, the biggest challenges facing the Church of God, the future of higher education, and general feedback for Church of God Ministries.
In the time allotted and the format limitations the day's results by themselves are unlikely to have any profound effect. But, it was a valuable experience, as it got people talking about critical issues and gave necessary input to Dr. Duncan from grassroots leaders. And, as more of these rallies take place in the coming months I'm sure that common themes and ideas will emerge that will provide the basis for stronger ministry.
2 comments:
The first post was before coffee...
It may not have turned out like you'd hoped but it sounds like a good start in the right direction.
The thing I was happy to see is it seems that this is an acknowledgement of our decentralized nature. Is this Dr. Duncan responding directly to Patrick Nachtigall's observations? Literally and figuratively the powers that be have come "us", instead of the other way around. Its felt in my life time that the attitude unconsciously effervescing from Anderson has been, "If you want to be connected or in the loop, you have to come here." Which seems counter to the rest of ChOG I've seen lived out or read about.
Thank you Dr. Duncan!
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