{"id":467,"date":"2006-04-02T21:49:35","date_gmt":"2006-04-02T21:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/04\/the_dialog_begi.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:46","slug":"the_dialog_begi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/04\/the_dialog_begi.shtml","title":{"rendered":"The Dialog Begins …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today the leadership of the church, Evangelist, Deacons and house church leaders, had our first discussion on the Unity Proposal<\/a>. It was a very fruitful and encouraging time.
\nI’ll answer your first question right off the bat:
\nI don’t know if we will sign or not, and it would be inappropriate to speculate at this point, so don’t ask me to.
\nI will say this, I was very encouraged by the meeting. Not because I thought things will go ‘my way’ (see preceding paragraph), but because of the open, respectful dialog that was present. Not only that, but the plan for moving forward with this decision. The leadership team will have at least two times of discussion on it (including our discussion today), and there will be two additional times for the church to voice their thoughts as well. This will take us through this month, at least. We want to make sure everyone<\/em> is heard and no one<\/em> feels left behind.
\nOur minister has said that the way we make this decision is more important than the decision we reach. I think that is a profound and mature statement and speaks to how far we have come as a church. The days of leading by ‘strength’ and force are over, and humility, respect and love have been put in its place. That is why I am very encouraged. I am very<\/strong> confident in the process that we’ve put in place for this.
\nDon’t get me wrong, this is still going to be a challenging road. There was a pretty wide range of opinions on the proposal in just the leadership group. There will be plenty of opportunity for hurt and division. However, I think by proceeding carefully, respectfully, openly and prayerfully believe we can avoid those opportunities.
\nTime will tell, but I believe we are on a very good path. It’s a good thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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