I posted the appointments from the 2024 Church of God General Assembly a few days ago. Unfortunately it's harder to obtain the final results of the agenda items. This is sort of the hard way to get those but following is a video of the General Assembly portion of the 2024 General Assembly. https://youtu.be/wI0XRJfHSjY?si=kvYhknEUO9xMyKpD At …
Church of God 2024 General Assembly Elections and Appointments
You can view the list here. As I noted in my post It’s That Time Again: Reflections on the 2024 Church of God General Council Agenda, I stated that the most intense focus would be on the appointments, especially the Executive Committee, which is why the appointments are published first. I think the best way to …
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The Creator of “Egos Inflatable to Any Size” Has Passed On
Yes, he has: Dr. Ron Gilbert of Cleveland, longtime educator and award-winning videographer, passed away peacefully on July 1, 2024, in a Chattanooga hospital with his loving wife, Cheryl, and his children by his side. He was 74. Long time readers of this site will remember my post Egos Inflatable to Any Size: The ACNA-AMiA Fiasco …
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Jürgen Moltmann RIP
Announced in the Church Times: THE German theologian Professor Jürgen Moltmann, who was widely read in English translation, died on Monday, aged 98. A member of the Evangelical Church in Germany, he was Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology in the University of Tübingen. But his serious theological reading first began in the UK, to which he was brought …
Facing Reality on Christian Colleges and the Liberal Arts Education
The news that Cornerstone University in Michigan is ending all humanities and arts programs (with booting of professors following) has shaken many in the Christian collegiate community. It's also something that comes close to home: this fall, Lord willing, I'll start teaching engineering at Lee University, which has been a liberal arts college for a …
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It’s That Time Again: Reflections on the 2024 Church of God General Council Agenda
It really is that time again: the Church of God is looking at another General Council and General Assembly in Indianapolis, IN. The agenda itself is here and I’ll be doing a “blow by blow” commentary on same. Before all of that let’s start with a cautionary note: the most significant part of the Council’s …
My Thoughts on “Lee University Doctrinal Integrity and Teaching Fidelity.”
Last month the Executive Council of the Church of God, in partnership with Lee University, completed the document referenced above. You can get the full details of this here. My purpose here is not to rehash the entire process (which started last September) but to comment on its results. The challenges from the culture that …
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My Mother the Exvangelical
These days the exvangelicals get a great deal of attention, both from those who are glad they're "ex-", those who aren't, and those who aren't sure there is an "ex-" from Evangelicalism. I fall into the last group, and a big reason for that was my own mother. Since next Sunday is Mother's Day, it's …
Dr. Howard Thomas: The Remarkable Deliverance of a Tennessee Physician from Drug Addiction–Flowers Pentecostal Heritage Center
This Week in AG History — May 3, 1970 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 02 May 2024 Dr. Howard Thomas (1927-2016) had a promising career as a physician, but a drug addiction almost destroyed his marriage and professional life in the early 1960s. After hitting rock bottom and ending up in a private …
My Response to “Embracing the Evangelism Opportunity as a General Department…..Again! Let’s Talk About It – Part One”
I was heartened to see Tim Hill's piece (reproduced by ourCOG) on this topic. As many of you know, I worked in the Department of Lay Ministries from 1996 to 2010, which came out of the Department of Evangelism and Home Missions in the early 1990's (something that Tim Hill mentions.) What many of you …
Positive Infinity 