And all I could think was, “Resistance is futile, you will become assimilated.”
Mid-summer vacations, distance, translations, internal challenges and other complications have slowed the pace of affirmations. However, we believe more churches will agree with and commit to the plan in the next couple of months.
We will continue to make every effort to reach out to the congregations that have not affirmed the Plan for United Cooperation, and we pray they will cooperate.
Cooperation provides regular, faithful encouragement from sister congregations (especially within a region) helping to protect congregations from heresy, lukewarmness, and fruitlessness.
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On another topic, I’m glad that they recognize some issues with regional representation.
God has an ability to work in the darkest moments. I don’t think it’s overdramatic to say that this is a very dark moment for the churches that formerly made up the ICOC. Those that were in charge before are going to put themselves back in charge again. The positions stated are just as extreme as ever, though buried in the gooey sweetness of political correctness. In a time when more and more people see less value in demoninational distinctiveness, we push harder and harder to codify our distinctives. In the end, we’ll have the same leaders, the same plan, with the same doctrine and the same message. Is it no surprise that we will acheive the same result?