XIV.      Tithing and Reporting Consistency RATIONALE: For various reasons, some Church of God credentialed ministers find themselves attending and financially supporting churches other than a local Church of God congregation. While not seeking to create a hardship for these ministers, it is felt that only those who are actively supporting a local Church of God congregation […]

The General Executive Committee elected in 1986 at the General Assembly. Were they the leaders of the new Church of God finally free of the old legalism of the past?

RATIONALE: The development of a Church Planting and Revitalization Task Force, and Church Planting and Revitalization Training Center in each state/region, will become a catalyst throughout the Church of God facilitating greater gospel multiplication by developing systems that increase capacity, advance effectiveness for communicating the gospel of Jesus Christ, and inspire church planting and revitalization in close proximity to the harvest. In […]

VII.      International Executive Council and General Overseer Duties RATIONALE: Church of God World Missions is a vital component of everything that the church does in fulfilling and finishing the Great Commission. However, no other provision of the Minutes mandates that a specific portfolio be assigned to a member of the International Executive Committee. We recommend: That […]

The following motions were submitted for consideration to the 2018 General Council. 1.  MOTION 1 – S68 COMPENSATION FOR PASTORS, I. BASIC COMPENSATION 2.  MOTION 2 – S5 INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, I. SELECTION 3.  MOTION 3 – S3 INTERNATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY, II. PROCEDURE 4.  MOTION 4 – S4 INTERNATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL, III. INTERNATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL AGENDA 5.  MOTION 5 […]

XIX.     State Overseer Qualifications RATIONALE: The position of state overseer is one which requires knowledge of the day-to-day work of the local pastor. By having accrued at least five years of active service as a senior pastor, the prospective state overseer will possess a first-hand understanding of the task of the local pastor, as well as […]