NGU Appeals Discipline

[Gregory Matthews]

The quote listed below should not be considered to be a summary of the document.  Interested people  should read the document for an understanding of  what it says.  In brief, the document makes the following comments:

*   The practice of the North German Union Conference in Blessing (Commissioning) both male and females is in compliance with the General Conference Working Policy.

*   The discipline voted at the recent Annual Council was neither fair in its process nor in that it failed to allow the North German Union Conference to defend itself to include informing the voting members as to what it actually was doing.

NOTE:  On a personal note, I question as to whether a formal process exists by which the North German Union may appeal the voted discipline.

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It is our feeling that the GC officers exploited the ExCom for an unjust and unspiritual process in order to demonstrate might and power.-For the NGU officers, the GC officers have become an unpredictable counterpart. Trust is deeply shaken. According to our perception, in recent years, a more and more rigid behavior of the GC officers in dealing with people and entities who are not conforming to the views of the GC officers has become apparent.-According to our view, what is described here is alarming for the entire world church, causing great harm to it as a whole. The exemplary course of action against six unions begs the question of the culture of interaction and, beyond that, of the spiritual condition of our church. Both are significantly threatened, constituting a crucial test for the church.