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[Artiste]

A powerful sermon, thanks for posting that, Daryl.

[Daryl Fawcett]

I edited it to remove the photo comment stuff from that quote for easier reading.

Will keep and eye out for a video tape or audio tape of that message.

[Daryl Fawcett]

This is the link to daily new reports of the 2012 Annual Council meetings:

http://news.adventist.org/en/archive/category/meetings/2012-annual-council

[Daryl Fawcett]

Just heard that they will be discussing the situation with the Unions that have voted contrary to GC Policy at 2:00 p.m. today Eastern Time.

[Artiste]

I wonder if we will hear the results of that discussion right away.

[Daryl Fawcett]

I would expect we will hear about it in the daily report link in my quoted post below:

This is the link to daily new reports of the 2012 Annual Council meetings:

http://news.adventist.org/en/archive/category/meetings/2012-annual-council

[Artiste]

From Spectrum today:

"Just before 4:00pm (EST) today a "Statement on church polity, procedures, & resolution of disagreements in the light of recent union actions on ministerial ordination" was introduced."

Here is the link to the Statement:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/110234750/Annual-Council-Statement-on-Unions-and-Unity

[Artiste]

From the Committee Statement:

Decisions to pursue a course of action not in harmony with the 1990 and 1995 General Conference Session decisions (with respect to ministerial ordination) represent not only an expression of dissent but also a demonstration of self-determination in a matter previously decided by the collective Church.  The General Conference Executive Committee regards these actions as serious mistakes.

[Artiste]

This is the conclusion reached by the Committee:

The world Church cannot legitimize practices that clearly contradict the intent of General Conference Session actions...  Accordingly, the world Church does not recognize the actions of unions or conferences that have authorized or implemented ministerial ordination without regard to gender.

[Artiste]

The rest of the Statement goes over the actions of 1990 and 1995 and gives some Ellen White quotes, as well as reaffirming the importance of women in ministry.

[Daryl Fawcett]

Is that as far as they are going to go?

[Daryl Fawcett]

I don't know if everybody can access this, however, a lot of tweeting was done on the discussion, etc on this issue:

https://twitter.com/adventistchurch

[Daryl Fawcett]

ANN has posted their report:

http://news.adventist.org/archive/articles/2012/10/16/after-debate-annual-council-votes-statement-on-church-polity

[Daryl Fawcett]

The voting results were 264 in favor and 25 opposed.

I would say that was a strong vote against what all three Unions had done in their own sessions.

[Daryl Fawcett]

It is interesting that Northwest Pacific Union Conference president Pastor Max Torkelson II voted in favour of the statement.