Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted September 28, 2018 Moderators Share Posted September 28, 2018 The author of the following article presents a view that schism is the most likely outcome of present events in the SDA Church. https://conversation.spectrummagazine.org/t/is-schism-in-the-adventist-church-unavoidable/16811 CoAspen 1 Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierrepaul Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Interesting. But if schism comes, it will be a shock to the 99.9% of Adventists who don't follow church politics and who neither understand nor care what the whole dispute is about. Were I to poll my local congregation and ask them what is the biggest challenge facing the church today, I doubt one in a hundred would name women's ordination. CoAspen and JoeMo 2 Quote God never said "Thou shalt not think". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoAspen Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Budgets...offerings...preachers...etc, etc more likely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted September 28, 2018 Author Moderators Share Posted September 28, 2018 My opinion: Female ordination is NOT the biggest challenge facing the SDA denomination today. The Unity document to include overall attempts to achieve unity, is the biggest challenge that the SDA denomination faces today. phkrause 1 Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierrepaul Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 28 minutes ago, Gregory Matthews said: My opinion: Female ordination is NOT the biggest challenge facing the SDA denomination today. The Unity document to include overall attempts to achieve unity, is the biggest challenge that the SDA denomination faces today. I would agree. But I would suspect that the vast, vast, vast majority, like 99.5% or more, of the active SdA membership has never heard about the Unity document or has any idea what it is. LifeHiscost 1 Quote God never said "Thou shalt not think". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jeannieb43 Posted September 30, 2018 Moderators Share Posted September 30, 2018 The only person who will be upset if the unity committee doesn't pass the proposed rules will be TW himself. He has a skewed opinion of his place in this denominational structure; he thinks (as did his father before him) that as president of the General Conference he is boss of the church. He can dictate when and how we should worship, for instance. As for myself, I'll just sit back and wait till TW's term of service is ended, and then the denominational activities can return to normal. Remember: The pastorate in our church is TO SERVE, not to boss the members. The strength of our church is at the grass roots -- in the membership. There is absolutely no Scriptural basis for disallowing women in the ministry. Jeannieb JoeMo and CoAspen 2 Quote Jeannie<br /><br /><br />...Change is inevitable; growth is optional.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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