{"id":21645,"date":"2014-08-09T12:01:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T12:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/km7.a6a.mytemp.website\/journal\/75th-church-of-god-international-general-assembly-historic-encounters-hints-of-what-lies-ahead\/"},"modified":"2014-08-09T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T12:01:28","slug":"75th-church-of-god-international-general-assembly-historic-encounters-hints-of-what-lies-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/km7.a6a.mytemp.website\/journal\/75th-church-of-god-international-general-assembly-historic-encounters-hints-of-what-lies-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"75th Church of God International General Assembly: Historic Encounters, Hints of What Lies Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Church of God Presiding Bishop Mark Williams preaching.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Official church historians consider the Church of God (Cleveland, TN USA) the oldest continuing, and one of the largest, Pentecostal ecclesial organizations in the world. It dates back to 1886 with roots in the Unicoi Mountains of Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina. It considers itself more of a movement than a denomination, more of a dynamic and organic union than an institution. Yet with around 7 million members worldwide and a constituency closer to 15 million the Church of God certainly has developed some of the trappings of an organized institution. One of these institutional necessities has been its biennial General Assembly.<\/p>\n

True to its origins in the American Wesleyan Holiness Movement the Church of God early adopted a mostly Episcopal form of government. Among other things, this has meant a centralized polity, although with some admittedly hybrid elements of congregationalism showing through here and there. Every two years Ordained Bishops of the Church of God meet in a General Council to elect leaders, discuss business, and address pressing issues in the church and in society. Then the General Assembly, which still includes the General Council but adds other credentialed ministers as well as registered lay delegates, meets to confirm (or not) the suggestions of the Bishops. The General Assembly is the highest governing body of a group that insists it adheres strictly to the teachings of Scripture in its beliefs and practices. In between General Assembly sessions the Church of God is led by an International Executive Committee consisting of a Presiding Bishop (General Overseer), three assistants (executive bishops), and a Secretary General together with 18 councilors comprising the International Executive Council. The Presiding Bishop moderates the General Council and the General Assembly.<\/p>\n

Whenever and wherever the church gathers to worship, to witness, and, yes, to work, it becomes a sign of divine, heavenly grace in this earthly, material world. Or at least it should.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>The 75th<\/sup> Church of God International General Assembly met in Orlando, Florida from July 29 through August 1, 2014.[1] Pre-Assembly events included John Ashcroft, former US Attorney General, himself a Pentecostal (Assemblies of God), and other leadership guests from the broader Christian community. The conference theme was \u201cOne: One Faith, One Lord, One Mission\u201d. The General Overseer\u2019s \u201cState of the Church Address\u201d celebrated remarkable advances (mostly, in evangelism and mission) but also noted remaining challenges (mostly in identity and unity). The business of the Assembly began with discussion and expansion of the Church of God mission and vision statements. Seven emphases on Prayer, Pentecostal Worship, World Evangelization, Church Planting, Leadership Development, Care, and Interdependence were enlarged to include Communication, Discipleship, and Education, for a total of ten.<\/p>\n

For me, this opening process suggests something of an interpretative key for the 75th<\/sup> General and what it says about where the Church of God is today and what it is about. Two words come to my mind: retention <\/em>and expansion<\/em>. The course of this General Assembly suggests to me that the Church of God is engaged in Herculean labors to retain its Holiness-Pentecostal heritage and identity and also to expand its ministries and mission for contemporary relevance and effectiveness in a world that has changed dramatically since the turn of the 20th<\/sup> century. As a Church of God member, bishop, pastor, and educator, as well as something of an interlocutor with others, I applaud these dual drives. However, I recognize that there is an inherent tension in remaining rooted in the past while taking wing into the future. Nevertheless, I\u2019m convinced that the most consistent way forward for the Church of God still involves integrating just such continuity and creativity.<\/p>\n

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In many ways, this Assembly was an especially historic encounter. In other ways, it may offer some suggestive hints about future directions for this Classical Pentecostal denomination and perhaps for many in the broader Pentecostal movement as well. True enough, a lot of the business probably would appear mundane to most. Items like updating the official Minutes, <\/em>adjusting administrative tenure limitations, and working through various Resolutions through which the Church of God makes public statements about contemporary topics may not sound all that scintillating. But couched in the everyday work of the business of the church were some unprecedented events that may also serve as portents of things to come.<\/p>\n

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Mark Williams with newly elected Church of God of Prophecy General Overseer, Sam Clements, and their wives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here the theologian in me wants to argue that all of the work of the church, not just the worship singing and spiritual fellowship, is important. For me, attending General Assembly has something of a \u201csacramental\u201d quality. What I mean is that whenever and wherever the church gathers to worship, to witness, and, yes, to work, it becomes a sign of divine, heavenly grace in this earthly, material world. Or at least it should. So then, not surprisingly, in various Assemblies I\u2019ve seen the Holy Spirit break out, as it were, even in the midst of mundane business sessions.<\/p>\n

This Assembly the worship was, as always, especially inspiring. The Wednesday night sermon of Presiding Bishop Mark Williams, \u201cOne,\u201d based on Ephesians 4:1-16 and emphasizing unity in the midst of diversity is already being hailed as one of the greatest ever delivered at a General Assembly by a General Overseer. And it really did set the tone for some of the most transformative moments of the week. For one thing, the Wednesday night service highlighted the presence of \u201cFraternal Guests\u201d. Before the service, leadership representatives from the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, the Church of God of Prophecy, the Mennonite Church USA, and parachurch organizations such as Christian Churches Together, Pure Hope Ministries, Oral Roberts University, and others, met with the Executive Committee of the Church of God in an expression of love and cooperation. As a participant I can testify that this event was truly unity in action!<\/p>\n

God sees diversity in terms of beauty.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>For another thing, Joycelen Barnett of Healing the Harvest International, West Palm Beach, Florida, an Ordained Minister in the Church of God of African descent, became the first woman ever to preach a plenary worship service of the General Assembly. For yet another thing, Samuel Rodriguez, founder and director of National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, preached Friday night in a dynamic service. Additionally, the current Church of God Presiding Bishop, Dr. Mark Williams, became the first Church of God General Overseer to preach at the Church of God of Prophecy General Assembly since the two split in 1923 over administrative issues. The Church of God of Prophecy also held its General Assembly in Orlando with an overlapping schedule which allowed Bishop Williams to preach in its Saturday night service.<\/p>\n

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For me, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Church of God is beautifully diverse. The church is diverse in age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, languages, culture, and so on. Yet this diversity doesn\u2019t diminish but rather dramatizes the unity of the saints. Of course, derivate of our Trinitarian doctrine is an understanding that God delights in unity in diversity. (A few months ago during a chapel service at Pentecostal Theological Seminary the Holy Spirit spoke to and through me that God sees diversity in terms of beauty. Why is creation so diverse? Why do we have so many kinds and colors of flowers? Why is that even snowflakes and stars are all different? We could go on and on with such questions. In my spirit I believe there is one answer to them all: God creates diversity because for God diversity is beauty\u2014especially diversity in unity.) A diverse church delights God!<\/p>\n

A diverse church delights God!<\/em><\/strong><\/div>One of the greatest components of this particular Assembly was an effort to bring theological substance to the setting. Each day Church of God scholars addressed the General Council at length and in depth on important topics such as the pre-millennial second coming of Christ (R. Hollis Gause), the dangers of the doctrine of unconditional eternal security (French Arrington<\/a>), and the inspiration and authority of the Bible (Steven Jack Land). Of course, each session began with Bible reading and prayer from a very diverse group of pastors, missionaries, administrators, and others. Yet these doctrinal devotions raised the bar to a new and notable level for such a gathering too often dominated by less heavenly business.<\/p>\n

However, everything was not so encouraging and uplifting. Two items relating to marriage attracted a great deal of attention. There was energetic debate over allowing ministerial applicants with previous marriages ending in divorce to be accepted for credentialing. Again, there was a ruling denouncing same-sex marriage and prohibiting credentialed ministers from performing such ceremonies or Church of God facilities from being utilized for such purposes. One bishop, a good friend and a first-rate scholar, told a group of us over lunch of his concern that the former may suggest we\u2019re caving in to a culture of divorce while the latter may suggest we haven\u2019t grappled substantively enough with a biblical and theological view of human beings created in God\u2019s image and of human sexuality. (I must admit it was interesting to hear a Mennonite Church USA guest at the table tell of his own movement\u2019s efforts to address these same issues.)<\/p>\n

My friend has legitimate points. Not in lieu of but alongside of his concerns I might add my impression that our ecclesial tradition has tended to be hard to the point of being harsh on victims of divorce and is now trying to find that delicate line where mercy and truth meet and righteousness and peace kiss. Accordingly, the decision of the Church of God International General Assembly this session maintained strict guidelines regarding marital status for ministerial applicants while opening up compassionate avenues for case-by-case applications. Refreshingly, some denominational leaders with well-known reputations for strict ethics led the way in this attempt at better faithfulness in this area.<\/p>\n

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Regarding same-sex marriage, as it\u2019s popularly but not really appropriately called nowadays, perhaps we (Church of God) have been part of a subculture (fundamentalism, evangelicalism) that has indeed tended to succumb to homophobia but now we are confronting a larger culture (worldly society) that arguably has succumbed to homophilia. Aren\u2019t these equal and opposite errors? In such cases, surely a Spirit-filled Church is divinely called to be a prophetic voice in a world led astray by love of its own ways. Fortunately, the Church of God International General Assembly this session carefully chose language which aims to take a firm stand with a loving voice. In other words, it tries to speak the truth in love. In my reading, it doesn\u2019t condone \u201chate speech\u201d or real discrimination against anyone for their sexual orientation; but, neither does it compromise its understanding of, or commitment to, biblical teaching and righteous living regarding sexual ethics. I\u2019ve no doubt that activists or extremists who, on the one hand, accept nothing short of unmitigated endorsement of the gay lifestyle or, on the other hand, adamantly demonize gays, will be unhappy about the outcome. But to me we\u2019re taking a balanced position quite appropriate for the topic.<\/p>\n

There was, if possible, even more intense debate over a proposed resolution affirming support of the State of Israel and a possible counterpart affirming peace in the Middle East. Debate was fueled by present international focus on the war between Israel and Hamas in the infamous Gaza Strip. The duration of the General Council discussion exceeded its afternoon session and had to be carried over until next morning. As a registered lay delegate, my wife became indirectly involved in this debate through a social media post that was read and taken up by others, including some bishops on the General Council floor. It affirmed a \u201cpro-Israel\u201d stance but argued that events in the Middle East are complex. Building on the work of Margaret Gains, a Church of God missionary in the area for over 40 years, it argued that there\u2019s a distinction between ministries TO Israel and ministries IN Israel. Both are valuable and viable approaches. Yet \u201cin\u201d suggests more intentional inclusion of all parties: Israelis and Palestinians, Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The latter inclusiveness is consistent with a \u201cFor God so loved the world<\/em>\u201d approach to ecclesial mission. Accordingly, we pray for and support all of our sisters and brothers and friends and neighbors in Israel and Palestine.<\/p>\n

The General Council finally voted to refer the resolutions on Israel and the Middle East back to the Executive Council for further consideration and possible development. To my way of thinking, a biblically and theologically sound and politically circumspect form of any formal resolution on this issue will need to accomplish two objectives. Failure to address either of these essential angles will almost certainly forfeit vital voices in the region and around the world. That would do more damage than good.<\/p>\n

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First, a primary objective would be to undergird Church of God commitment to the unique and distinctive status of the people of Israel. Traditional Church of God teaching has long affirmed the historic and prophetic significance of the modern State of Israel. Israel is also an ally for democratic government throughout the world, including the United States. Therefore, I think, we can and should support the right of Israel to exist in security and prosperity in its ancient homeland. We should thus oppose terrorist groups and terrorist acts against Israel in principle, policy, and practice. However, we should simultaneously guard against any over-identification of the present secular State of Israel with the covenant people of Israel in the Bible. They are in a sense inseparable but they aren\u2019t strictly synonymous. Accordingly, we must not abdicate our prophetic right, indeed, our prophetic responsibility, to challenge bravely any<\/em> government, including Israel, which betrays our Christian faith and values. But we must not capitulate to the often insipient and sometimes blatant anti-Semitism that is once again on the rise in this world order.<\/p>\n

Second, a primary objective would be to undergird Church of God commitment to the broader community of the people of Palestine. Among Arab and Palestinian peoples are Christians, including Pentecostal Christians, and including Church of God Christians. These saints in Christ have every reason, and every right too, to expect their sisters and brothers around the world to lovingly and prayerfully stand with them in solidarity and to be supportive of their physical and spiritual wellbeing. Nationalistic or regional politics must not be allowed to trump ultimate commitment to the Kingdom of God and of Christ. Beyond the Christian sisters and brothers in Palestine are humanitarian concerns for everyone. Access to basic needs is essential for human sustenance. A Christian ethic cannot countenance intentional and extended periods of depriving families, including women and children, of food and water, shelter, work, education, and so on. Policies which promote the violation of basic human rights are to be rejected vociferously by believers. Yet one thing must be abundantly clear: we will not, indeed we cannot, in all good conscience as followers of Jesus Christ, align ourselves with any individual or group that even hints at the slightest tolerance of terrorist tactics.<\/p>\n

Perhaps one of the most divisive agenda items of the week involved a proposal to move General Assembly business meetings to a quadrennial and international basis while retaining alternating quadrennial celebratory meetings in the United States. My biggest concern here is that we\u2019re allowing parochial paranoia to prohibit much-needed internationalization. I personally am not in favor of extending the time between Assemblies from two to four years. For me, we should assemble together not less but, if anything, more often as we see the time of Christ\u2019s returning drawing nearer. However, I would be in favor of something like an alternating schedule between US and international locations and venues. Over and over again in this session we heard passionate appeals from the General Council floor by international members for more active involvement and sensitivity to the needs of the global movement. I\u2019m convinced we ignore these appeals at our own peril. The Church of God is no longer a Southeastern US entity. It is global. Our International <\/em>General Assembly policies and practices should joyfully reflect this glorious reality! Yet neither should we forget the tremendous debt that the Church of God owes to its American history and generosity. Accordingly, an alternating Assembly seems to me to be a plausible and reasonable option honoring both national and global perspectives.<\/p>\n

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A proposal to create a kind of \u201cOperations Manual\u201d effectively moving much of the traditional work of the General Assembly to the Executive Council with the rationale of freeing up the larger body for more important spiritual business eventually failed. This proposal was hailed as an attempt to \u201creclaim our center\u201d and to get back to our original vision and mission. In other words, historically the earliest Assemblies weren\u2019t concerned with managing a global movement but came together primarily for spiritual fellowship and scriptural instruction. However, the Church of God in its earliest history was not the size and shape that it is today either. In my opinion, we should certainly endeavor to be faithful to enduring principles garnered from our formative years, both in our theology and polity. But should we attempt to slavishly pattern our Assemblies today on small meetings in the homes of local church members in the mountains more than a century ago? I\u2019d say, probably not. What we can, and should, do is develop an understanding of ecclesiology that is non-hierarchical and lay inclusive in its essential nature. I\u2019ll say more on this in a moment.<\/p>\n

Of course, there are underlying issues behind each of these measures. A recurring theme was: Is this managerial minutia or ecclesiological mandates?<\/em> This important question seemed to inform many of the individual items up for discussion. Personally, I think I felt a lot like one bishop, also a pastor, who, speaking in session from the General Council floor, said on one matter, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I agree or not but these are the kinds of questions we need to be asking.\u201d Yes! Regardless of individual views, or even of the body\u2019s vote, we need to be wrestling with who we are and what we\u2019re doing. Let us pray, search the Scriptures, and reason together. The results of honestly and humbly engaging each other thusly cannot but be good. As another bishop, this one an administrator, said after the General Assembly concluded, \u201cWell, I won some and I lost some, but I can bow to the will of the body and feel good about it.\u201d As the New Testament Church demonstrated in the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15), the process really does work and it works well.<\/p>\n

At this point, please indulge me in a little opining on some troubling tendencies I think I see emerging in recent Church of God International General Assemblies. I\u2019ll try to be brief. With the increasing and immensely helpful assistance of the role of modern technology one would perhaps not implausibly expect time for more interaction from and among the body\u2014especially that which is often hailed as the most important body, the General Assembly, which includes registered delegates, male and female, clergy and laity, above the age of sixteen. That is not the case at all. There is a disturbing trend toward a lack of vital laity involvement. Over the last few decades we have slowly but surely decreased the length of the overall General Assembly\u2014especially the actual General Assembly itself. Consequently, active lay involvement, especially, has been steadily minimized. An observer could hardly be blamed for thinking that really the General Assembly is only expected to automatically ratify whatever the General Council chooses to offer it. That is not how the Church of God system is supposed to work!<\/p>\n

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The 2014 Assembly schedule allowed only four hours on Friday afternoon for any involvement of General Assembly delegates. Even this all-too-brief time was dominated by bishops rehashing arguments on their pet positions that they\u2019d already made earlier in the week. In spite of repeated appeals to allow ample time for others, this inconsiderate and unconscionable action continued unabated. My wife and I saw one sister near us go to a light and a microphone to speak at least two or three times without ever being allowed the floor because the time limits had been used up by bishops before her. Once again, that is not how the Church of God system is supposed to work!<\/p>\n

Another concern of mine is that the entire process of the Church of God International General Assembly is male dominated. One sister, a credentialed minister attending General Assembly for the first time this session, told me that she\u2019d never before fully realized the significance of the current Church of God policy of not allowing women to be bishops. Something about seeing all of those men bunched together down on the General Council floor with the women scattered around the edges on the other side of the short curtained barrier drives home the dividing wall between us. Having Rev. Barnett preach to the General Assembly probably speaks volumes about the fervent desire of the Church of God to find ways to include female ministers at the highest levels. I wholeheartedly applaud this action. However, such measures must not minimize our continuing commitment to free our women to serve without imposing unfair restrictions.<\/p>\n

Finally, the international and racial composition of the General Council and the General Assembly are clearly disparate. With the vast majority of Church of God membership and constituency being outside of the USA, non-white, and female, it is glaringly apparent that only about 10% of the General Assembly is international. The racial ratio is some better because of American bishops of African or Latino ancestry but still lopsided. Clearly the attendance and participation of the Church of God International General Assembly doesn\u2019t reflect the reality of its global membership and constituency. But it should!<\/p>\n

An authentically Pentecostal ecclesiology affirms the divine calling and employs the spiritual gifts of all the members of the body, and the whole body is better off because of it.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>The grand theme of this Assembly echoes in our ears: \u201cWe are One\u201d! What we see with our eyes is that white, male, American bishops dominate the Church of God. In my opinion, we have become too hierarchical and too exclusive. Laity, women, and internationals\u2014an admittedly clumsy way of referring to non-US Church of God folks\u2014are being intolerably marginalized. I suggest that a radical return to a good solid biblical theology of the Church is in rapid order. The Christian Church is an inclusive body. The Body of Christ exists as one body with many members. In Christ unity and diversity exist in perfect harmony. If the Church is to be a faithful sign and foretaste of the Kingdom to come and of its eternal verities, then it should reflect those dynamics here and now. We\u2019re not there yet, true enough; but, we should be already on the way and therefore participating in the spiritual union made possible by the Spirit of the age to come in the present time.<\/p>\n

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If I am not mistaken, that is, if my impressions are right, many of Church of God leaders are trying to move this great Church toward more inclusivity. I know for a fact that many of our white, male, American bishops would like to have far more inclusivity. Yet there appears to be a pocket of resistance, most likely driven by fear of change. Some, I\u2019m sure, are honestly struggling with concerns about compromise. Yet I suggest the Church of God can best go forward, as I indicated earlier, through both retention <\/em>and expansion<\/em>. Yes, there\u2019s an inherent tension in remaining rooted in the past while taking wing into the future. Nevertheless, I\u2019m convinced that the most consistent way forward for the Church of God still involves integrating such continuity and creativity. Nowhere is this complexity and subtlety more apparent than in the 75th<\/sup> Church of God International General Assembly in Orlando, Florida. The conference theme on \u201cOne: One Faith, One Lord, One Mission\u201d lifts up a glorious ideal which we must ever labor to make actual. The General Overseer\u2019s \u201cState of the Church Address\u201d celebrating remarkable advances (mostly, in evangelism and mission) but noting remaining challenges (mostly in identity and unity) prepares us for the present and points the way forward. I close with an invitation to consider this statement: an authentically Pentecostal ecclesiology affirms the divine calling and employs the spiritual gifts of all the members of the body, and the whole body is better off because of it<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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[1] For a very brief summary see the denominational online news service, Faith News, at http:\/\/www.faithnews.cc\/?p=18226<\/a>. My report includes personal encounters and observations along with interpretative analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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