3. What has been the National Council’s role in this motion?
National Council would encourage MEMBER churches to task National Council to steward a two to three-year process to bring congruence between the bylaws and our newly revised Affirmation of Faith if passed. However, this motion to make the 1997 Position Statement a Policy Statement was brought forward by 29 MEMBER churches. The signatory churches were asked on two separate occasions to consider not bringing their motion forward and allow National Council to steward a two to three-year process. These requests were denied.
National Council remains convinced that before our churches decide on anything becoming a binding document and test of fellowship, a prudent and reasonable approach would be a longer process (two to three years) of dialogue, consultation, reflection, and prayer. A vote would happen after our constituency has adequate time to prayerfully consider the issue.
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8. What would happen if this motion were to pass?
Churches should follow the Policy Statement and Regions should enforce all our binding documents whether Regional or National
documents. However, since local MEMBER churches and Regions are both autonomous, they may still choose to act as they see fit. Unless there is a mutual submission to one another (Ephesians 5:21), it seems little would change in the practice of our churches.
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