“Following the defeat of the ten churches’ motion regarding the Fellowship Pacific policy of 2005, another motion was made and passed from the floor of the AGM, stating that the constituency “direct the Fellowship Board to follow up with the ten signatory churches who brought the motion forward today to see if they can joyfully...
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Second Letter from Five Churches to National
“Reason #1: This is not a new conversation within our Fellowship but is a conversation that has already been happening for over 30 years. Our churches already voted on a Position Statement in 1997 that was passed with an overwhelming majority (83%). In addition, an amendment was made to our National Bylaw in 2004, in...
FEB National Communication about the ’97 Motion
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...
FEB Central Communication about the ’97 Motion
“FEB Central adheres to the 1997 position statement on Gender in Pastoral Leadership and the Fellowship national bylaws. We are complementarian. What this means is that elders and lead pastors in FEB Central churches are to be biblically qualified men. FEB Central “churches are expected to call staff members “pastors” only when they qualify for...
FEB National Notice of the ’97 Motion
“We need to notify you that 29 churches have followed the due process outlined in our bylaws to bring a motion forward at FNC 2025. The motion is: “To elevate the Fellowship Position Statement entitled ‘On the Gender Issue in Pastoral Leadership in Fellowship Churches’ (formally adopted via vote at National Conference in November 1997),...
Explanatory Letter of the Motion Sent by Five Pastors to FEB churches
“The motion is a response to the increase in egalitarianism within the Fellowship and an attempt to offer greater convictional clarity to our Affirmation of Faith and Bylaws. We want all Member Churches to understand the reasons why the motion is being put forward, and the urgency of the situation our Fellowship is facing that...
Overview and Correspondence Between Concerned BC Churches and FEB Pac and National
“The FEBPac churches listed below are formally requesting that our National Board direct our Fellowship Pacific region to move into a position of compliance with our National bylaws by reforming or removing churches that are in contravention of 4.1(a)(iii), which states that, “In member churches, the pastoral office is reserved for qualified men recognized by...
National Ruling that FEB Pac Is Not in Violation
“After due deliberation and conversation with FEBPacific, National Council has concluded that the Pacific Region is not in violation of Fellowship National’s binding document for our churches, namely our current AoF and by-laws. The current policy of the Pacific Region falls within the scope of National’s binding documents with regard to women in ministry. This...
1997 Complementarian Position Statement
STATEMENT:1. We believe that the Bible affirms that both men and women are equal as image bearers of Godand together share the responsibilities of ruling over creation.2. As created and ordered by God, men and women are distinct from one another in theirmaleness and femaleness.3. While the fall added the dimension of conflict into the...