Those busy boys from Cincinnati recently held a Southwest Region Pastoral Conference in Phoenix, AZ where many topics were discussed.
One that may be of particular interest is how United Church of God ministers and elders are held accountable by their members and the church. Though I imagine in their minds they think they are only accountable to God and no one else. We have seen how well that has worked out over the decades.
Emphasizing the instructions found in 1 Peter 5 and the weighty responsibility to shepherd, oversee and lead God’s people by example, Steve Myers presented the topic of “Accountable Elders.” He emphasized a minister’s God-given duties and that ministers are “those who must give account” (Hebrews 13:17).
Many UCG members are asking, "just WHO are these guys giving account to?"
The other thing they all do is, speak the same thing...seriously?
“Speak the same thing,” taken from 1 Corinthians 1:10, was the overall theme of the conference. The conference began with a presentation from our president, Rick Shabi. He focused on the ministry’s first responsibility to be a disciple of Christ and the importance of speaking, teaching and living by God’s Truth
They are also pastors of vision! Woo Hoo! However, they just admitted last month that after 29 years they "Now we must get to work." Talk about a lack of vision!
In COGspeak, when these topics start coming up there is bound to be a church split somewhere down the line.
This post is a reach.
ReplyDelete“UCG on the weighty responsibility to shepherd, oversee and lead God's people”
ReplyDeleteThe UCG leadership was shamefully irresponsible. At this late date, the UCG might not even have any of God's people to lead astray. Based on the actual behavior of the people who attend with UCG, it looks like the UCG might have been left with only Satan's people. Big difference. You can see it clearly in their bad behavior. No doubt about it. The wicked people who went to the UCG are running the show.
Wish they had also been at work to keep a better eye on Steven Allwine.
ReplyDelete"Speak the same word" is code for the bible being the handmaid of church teachings rather than its source. The Catholic Church has been doing this forever.
ReplyDeleteNO2HWA
ReplyDeleteYou boldly arrogantly hint at a UCG church split. Are the wolves getting fed up pretending they believe?
No thanks, the Holy Spirit is to be the teacher of the Christian, not men. God is trustworthy and faithful.
ReplyDelete“But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.”
1 John 2:27 NLT
ReplyDelete1 Corinthians 12
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
ReplyDeleteToo bad their whole, entire, message is off the mark of the true gospel.