So here we go. I wanted to get away from this, but the effects of setting up a Shibboleth continue to appear. I fully realize that this was most likely not the intent, but the effect is the same.

Wednesday, October 11th has been set aside for Regional Meetings.
Regional Meetings are being coordinated for those Churches that have ratified the Unity Proposal. As long as there is space available, which is limited, we will be happy to coordinate a venue for you.

Those that didn’t sign are on their own, I guess.

It reminds me of various IT conferences where one of the sponsors wouldn’t allow a specific speaker/topic. Usually, the folks organize their own meeting at a coffeehouse.

For the church I attend, this technically means that some of the churches we currently work with won’t be at a meeting on Oct 11, but will be at our own meeting(or conference call) in September. I know what will really happen is that one of the signing churches will book the space and all 12 will attend – no one is going to stand at the door and check nametags.

Still, who will Calgary meet with? Everyone else in Canada didn’t sign. Maybe they can go to the moot across the street. I imagine that the New England folks will allow Boston to attend and the Florida churches will still invite Orlando to attend.

All of this still is separate from the other split that may happen – will Portland, Syracuse, Savannah, Santiago and others send a delegate? Probably not.

For a preview of how this will end, I invite everyone to read the history of Armstrong’s Worldwide Church of God. There truly is nothing new under the sun.