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In the Church of God Book of Minutes, under the heading S7. General Overseer (Presiding Bishop), I. Selection, number 2 is this statement: He shall be elected for a four-year term

You are correct. If a person who is not currently on the executive committee is elected as General Overseer, he be in a position to be the longest serving Overseer since A. J. Tomlinson. He will leave a huge finger print on the Church of God.Whoever this may be, I pray that he will be a man of absolute integrity, vision, and courage.

Oh...that was your signature line. I thought it was a suggestion of who should be the next GO. In all seriousness, this is weighing on the current EC, I believe. They are very aware of how important this next Assembly is. How important do they think it is? I got a message from one asking me to pray for them for the upcoming Assembly. Me! They must be very serious!

Oh...that was your signature line. I thought it was a suggestion of who should be the next GO. In all seriousness, this is weighing on the current EC, I believe. They are very aware of how important this next Assembly is. How important do they think it is? I got a message from one asking me to pray for them for the upcoming Assembly. Me! They must be very serious! How long does it take to become an Ordained Bishop - do I have time to get it done so I can vote next time

I understand term limits, but...

I wonder how much of this is a reaction to AJT?In MY OPINION, a General Overseer (or other Executive) should be permitted to serve for the first two terms on a simple majority, then be permitted to CONTINUE AS LONG AS ELECTED by some pre-determined super-majority. For instance, a man is elected two consecutive terms. He serves for eight years. HOWEVER, if at the next General Assembly, he receives at least, say, 60% of the vote (or maybe 66%), then he would be permitted to serve an unlimited number of terms PROVIDING he gets at least 66% of the vote.He can withdraw his name, of course. If he gets, say, 52% of the vote--not enough to continue--his name would be dropped and, say, the next five highest vote-getters would go into a run-off (dropping off the lowest vote-getter each time UNTIL one person gets a majority).