INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE CHURCH (1980)
WHEREAS communication, industrialization and expanding tech-nology make it obvious that peoples of our world are drawing closer together; and
WHEREAS this church has experienced phenomenal growth, especially in other nations and among other cultures of our world; and
WHEREAS there seems an obvious need for strengthening ties between the Church of God, U.S.A., and those congregations, missions, and fellow laborers in more than one hundred nations of our world; and
WHEREAS it has never been the will or the intent of this church to segment or in any way differentiate between bodies of believers since Jesus Christ taught and emphasized the brotherhood of all believers through divine grace;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this General Assembly recog-nizes and accepts its responsibility for promoting the inter-nationalization of the Church of God and that we herewith dedicate ourselves anew to the designing of programs and to the initiating of steps which will accomplish this purpose; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that our department heads and those who set policies and give emphasis to our education programs be encouraged to promote this concept; and that henceforth in all our publications and in all our official and private correspondence, we endeavor to recognize and to emphasize the international character of the Church of God as opposed to any national, regional, or sectional image (58th A., 1980, p. 50)
MULTI-CULTURAL MINISTRY (2010)
WHEREAS God has called us to be a mosaic of God’s creation that enables us to embrace racial,
cultural, and linguistic differences; and,
WHEREAS Scripture explicitly states that there is no distinction between Greek and Jew,
circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, and freeman, but Christ is all,
and in all (Colossians 3:11); and,
WHEREAS God’s people are ultimately not citizens of any one nation or country but of a king–
Jesus and a kingdom—the Kingdom of God; and,
WHEREAS the word of God embraces and encourages racial reconciliation and the healing and
forgiveness of past sins and hurts; and,
WHEREAS the promise of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was to all flesh, all races, and all
ages; and,
WHEREAS the Pentecostal experience introduced possibilities for the formation of a new
community that was to be multi-racial, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual; and,
WHEREAS every part of the body of Christ is just as important as the other parts and are
ordained by God to have a place at the table, a voice in the conversation, and a hand in
the action; and,
WHEREAS the Church of God has experienced phenomenal growth in other nations and among
other cultures both inside and outside of the United;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT we commit ourselves globally to continue to
intentionally build cross cultural relationships and continue to seek and embrace inter-
racial inclusiveness; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT we manifest multi-cultural awareness and unity in
concrete policies and behaviors that seek to provide ecclesiastical structures that reflect
multi-cultural leadership and provide multi-cultural, multi-language resources, so that the
body of Christ can participate in and be enriched by the contributions of each cultural and
ministry group.
Mass immigration of Islamist has an agenda. Comparing Jews is not a valid comparison under the conditions you present.Individual Jews, if guilty of manipulation finances (an old indictment), then individual Jews need to be addressed and not all Jews. Jews didn’t migrate across the nations because they wanted to but because God scattered them for their disobedience.RE Jewish duplicity in the death of Jesus, it is true Jewish spiritual leadership rejected Jesus as Messiah. They looked for justifiable cause according to the Torah but found known.They then manipulated Roman leadership who found giving in to the pressure for selfish political reasons who made the decision to have Jesus executed.But I always go back to Peter’s prayer after he was released from the Sanhedrin:For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant [son] Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
💯% in agreement Nature Boy Florida…., Look resident, those are ur brothers & sisters, that’s the family u, believers in Y’shua/G-d are grafted into…. Shall I bring up all the things Christians have done to the Jews throughout history, or do Christians get a pass? & Your comment about the Jewish people going against Germany and your stand in favor of Hitler is disgusting…. By the way stud, when Germany took away all the Jewish people’s guns 3 days later the Jewish people went to the gas. Look at the Liberals today with the same mindset as Islam wanted to take our guns. Do you think G-d’s not involved?And your anti-semitic slant that Jews are all for money in Banks is ridiculous, G-d said if you keep my Commandments you will be blessed, Jewish people have never stopped keeping Torah…. You should listen to what other people say, do research for yourselfI can tell u this & u can research it, the Jews have been blamed throughout history in issues like the bubonic plague, look up black death Jewish persecutions. That’s just for starters, let’s talk about that false accusation…. Don’t forget the Jewish people are G-d’s people, and the world hates them because they hate G-d. It goes all the way back to the garden with the prophecy in Gen 3:15; about the seed of the woman shall bruise the head…. And you can see in the Bible how Jewish people have been killed with Pharaoh, Harrod, and so on the apostles everyone. Did they do anything to provoke all that, or was hasatan involved through lies?G-d says the Jews are His chosen people, the apple of His eye, and apple translation in Hebrew as pupil. Someone people mess with the Jewish people, they’re literally sticking their finger in the eye of G-d Zech 2:8-10, & they’re going to get His attention. Isa 49:16, G-d has engraved them on the Palms of His hands.. Resident, you should pray about what Nature Boy Florida said about you, because it is right on You seem to have this spirit in Ps 83-2-3, Ps 83:4; they have said, come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Y’srael May no longer be rememberedPs 83:4is explained by Paul in Gal 4:29; But as then he (Ishmael-a-rabs-muslims) that was born of the flesh persecuted him that was born of after the Spirit (Issac-Jews-Y’sreal) even so is now. anti-semitism has never left..________________Ps 122:6