Doing the Business of the Church
Andreas @ Sola Gratia's been tracking the ABC affair for quite some time - spending untold hours talking to people, writing articles about what he's learned, and doing his best to inform the church what's going on. In his latest article Andreas recounts the nuts and bolts of the ASC allegations that the District BOD... Continue Reading →
This article is reviewing a letter by District President Schaeffer to the members of the ABC District. Part 1 covered the introduction and the three major points of the letter, Part 2 covered the closing part of the letter, and this article will have some closing thoughts. Another small fact this letter leaves out is that the District President and... Continue Reading →
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and... Continue Reading →
When legal proceedings take place there's a number of players involved in the room - the judge or panel, counsel for the respondents (the people charged with an offence), the prosecution, and the ever-present court reporter that transcribes everything that happens into a permanent record. For the ASC hearing that took place on Aug 13,... Continue Reading →
The following letter was written by ABC District President Schaeffer to the members of the ABC District. The timeline of events referenced in this letter is as follows: June 27, 2018 - the ASC publishes a notice of hearing August 13, 2018 - the hearing is held to establish that service had been properly done and... Continue Reading →
A major role organizational leaders play is to set the standard example of behavior. Whether it is congratulating someone on an accomplishment, announcing routine business, taking a hard issue head-on, avoiding dealing with the elephant in the room, what leadership models publicly tells to the rest of the organization what they really value and believe.... Continue Reading →
"Way back when" was a cartoon called "Mr Peabody and Sherman." In this cartoon a genius dog "Peabody" adopts an orphan human "Sherman", then builds a Way Back Machine so they can witness historical events as they happened. While I do not have a Way-Back machine, I do have historical records of what's happened over the... Continue Reading →
We've all heard "fish stories" - tall tales where the teller must be exaggerating about the size of the fish they caught, how much they won the race by, how much money they made (and lost), and the like. The following may look like a fish tale. It is the cold, hard, truth. After some... Continue Reading →
When it comes to relationships between church bodies, doctrine and practice (supposedly) matters. Official church fellowships are a way of telling its members that are traveling which churches believe the same things we do, and vice-versa. This allows them to share in the celebration of the various sacraments at each other's alter, have pastors from... Continue Reading →
