Doing the Business of the Church
In LCC: Constitutional Considerations I discussed counting delegates for a quorum, and what would happen if the entire CCMS was sent to the Committee on Adjudication. "Carl Vehse" once again weighed in with an interesting analysis in a comment on that article, and I'm quoting the comment in full here. The 24 congregation-appointed delegates was merely... Continue Reading →
In LCC’s Special Convention: Time’s Up (To Get Church Delegates in Place) I discussed a number of considerations about the October 2020 special convention the Board is calling to allow them to reschedule the 2021 regular convention. Counting Delegates for Quorum If The CCMS Is Subject To An Adjudication Case Counting Delegates for Quorum Today... Continue Reading →
Here's a summary of where things are with Synod's planned October special convention. Synod plans to hold a virtual convention on Saturday, October 17, 2020 in order to amend the Statutory Bylaws so the Board can move the regular convention in exigent circumstances. This is a laudable goal which should be supported in a manner in... Continue Reading →
Well that was fast. The original series of posts just finished today when I received an update: "LCC releases additional documents pertaining to 2020 Special Convention". This publication has links to Special Convention – Overture 1.01, Special Convention – CCMS Rulings, Special Convention – Bulletin #1 I'll discuss each in turn below. Overture 1.01 "Bulletin... Continue Reading →
It's said that the wheels of justice turn slowly because of how fine they grind. This is a good thing because a just system needs to correctly discern the good from evil so it can protect the good while holding the evil to account. Almost eight months ago in Sept 2019 the ASC settled with... Continue Reading →
In my prior post "CEF/DIL: Monitor's 38th Report" I surmised that this report pertained to an upcoming court case. I now believe that analysis is inaccurate because if you look at the report, it's dated Nov 26, 2019. My guess is that this report was originally generated and submitted to the Court last fall /... Continue Reading →
Just when I turned in for the night, my alerting system told me Deloitte'd published their 38th report to their website. This report was created to support a forthcoming application to the Court, as I'd discussed in "CEF: Deloitte Calling!" This report pertains to the Representative Actions and not a future distribution. Hopefully that'll appear... Continue Reading →
I'm reposting a Christmas article I wrote back in 2017 because it's as applicable today as it was then. Wishing all my readers a blessed Christmas in the knowledge of the reason for our Lord's coming! ANO In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when... Continue Reading →
Now that the CCAA process is almost done, the folks at Higgerty Law have been moving the CEF Representative Action case forward, and they recently published the following update to their CEF page. December 9, 2019 A third case management meeting occurred on December 5, 2019 at our initiation wherein most notably the Scheduling Order... Continue Reading →
The following quotes are from the twitter feed of Peter Janci @pbjanci Abuse lawyer / advocate; Citizen / community contributor /perplexed politico @ PDX; Christian / husband / family member / friend @ core. https://twitter.com/pbjanci/status/1169256857606606848 https://twitter.com/pbjanci/status/1169256859154313217 https://twitter.com/pbjanci/status/1169256859963801600 https://twitter.com/pbjanci/status/1138677640921960450
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