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This topic was first brought up by Juda4Him. He shares that it would require a Bi-Law change, but if that item came up fordiscussion at the General Assembly, what would be your [email protected]

I don't believe it is feasible in smaller states

And it can also bring about stagnation and an individual states isolationist position where we only vote for people from our state.

It’s my understanding that ministers are just appointed with no discussion. At least it was that way in the old days. So, if it changes to the states making that decision, there has to be some coordination between the states because 15 states may appoint the same man to be their overseer.

I don't think there is a best method. I personally think that the common perception that AB's appoint pastor's out of favoritism or cronyism would just fall upon individual power groups in the state and continue as usual. As long as humans are in the mix any system will be flawed. Long gone are the days when fasting and prayer we're the deciding factor in pastoral appointments. I know a current AB actively seeking candidates via Twitter,so what does that say about the current methodology “Hell will be filled with people that didn’t cuss, didn’t drink, and may even have been baptized. Why? Because none of those things makes someone a Christian.”

I don’t know I think it would be dominated by the largest churches in the state. I doubt the current model of some guy from Alabama going to a state on the west coast would ever happen. Again No one would know who he is. I think also it is for the bettter because the local pastors have skin in the game.

I don't foresee anything like this happening as long as the COG has a centralized government. Isn't that kind of the point of a centralized government style? Headquarters makes the major decisions.There has been a call from some ministers that the emphasis on prayer & fasting be renewed. And if I recall correctly, at the last GA, Dr. Hill opened the first session with a time of prayer. I agree that this is vitally important to what happens to our denomination.The only way I see anything like this happening is if perhaps they changed the ruling about how long an AB is allowed to stay in a state. That could be a great thing if you have a great AB or a bad thing if you have a bad AB.Perhaps they could give ballots for ministers of that state to vote on with perhaps 2names already selected by HQ. That would probably be really difficult on their end, though, since likely both names would be on the To Be Considered for AB list. Personally, though I doubt this is going to change. Just my humble opinion... More of Him...less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name

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