Last week we got home from our church's General Assembly. It happens every four years. Over the course of my life I've gone to almost all of them that I could.
Well this year was an interesting one. We elected our first non-white, non-North American as one of our 6 General Superintendents. This was great news for our little denomination. Since we consider ourselves a global church, it is a good step following our 100 year anniversary, to have global leadership.
We elected 3 new generals at this assembly, and one I was ecstatic about, one indifferent, and one disappointed. The one I was disappointed with - isn't so much that I'm disappointed with him as a leader, but where he is coming from. David Graves has been pastoring the Olathe College Church in Olathe Kansas. What bothers me is that the last 3 pastors who have pastored that church have gone on to be General Superintendents. This bothers me that one church can have so much power within our denomination. I don't think it's right, and to be honest, it makes me sick to think about.
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