Congratulations to Fulcrum7 ( http://www.fulcrum7.com/ ) for courageously publishing the article: Abortion: Time for a GC 2020 Vote .
Where do your church constituents stand on this issue?
What about your pastor? conference officials? departmental directors? principals? organizing committee members? nominating committee members? executive committee members?
How about those at the Union level? Division level? General Conference level?
If we want a change in our church for the better then we need to press for it. The status quo is not acceptable. Respectfully demand that your Leadership (all of those mentioned above) answer 3 simple survey questions. The questions are as follows:
Does the Bible support abortion? Yes or No
Should our church vote on this issue during General Conference Session in 2020? Yes or No
Will you do all within your power to bring this issue up for discussion in the upcoming 2018 and 2019 Annual Council sessions? Yes or No
I am using MailChimp and SurveyMonkey to elicit results from Leadership within the Illinois Conference, Lake Union, North American Division and General Conference. Responses (or a lack thereof) from individual leaders will be posted at a future date. Please check back before important votes are taken to elect members of organizing committees, nominating committees, executive committees and, most importantly, officers and departmental directors at your conference, union, division and general conference level. Share and disseminate this information far and wide to other lay members and constituent delegates. It is particularly critical to share this information prior to Constituency Meetings.
I expect some, perhaps even a majority of our Leadership, will avoid responding to this simple 3 survey questionnaire. If they do then remember this Ellen White quote:
"If God abhors one sin above another, of which His people are guilty, it is doing nothing in case of an emergency. Indifference and neutrality in a religious crisis is regarded of God as a grievous crime and equal to the very worst type of hostility against God” (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, pg. 280).
If you want to use MailChimp and SurveyMonkey to elicit results in your conference/union/division area then please do so. Also, please send the verified results to me and I will post them as an update. Both MailChimp and SurveyMonkey are free to use.
When Constituency Meeting time rolls around verify if Leadership is working to bring this up for a GC 2020 vote. If not, then consider replacing your elected leaders with others who will push for a 2020 vote -- otherwise, we may be stuck with many who manifest "indifference and neutrality in a religious crisis ...".