The Church of God 74th General Assembly, meeting in session on July 27, 2012 in Orlando, Florida, approved a set of resolutions as recommended by the General Council. One of the resolutions deals with the current societal topic of immigration. The foll…

In light of the recent announcement by President Trump to relocate the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem the “capital” of Israel from Tel Aviv will there be a General Assembly 2018 response from Orlando, Florida? The U. S. will be the first nation to move it’s embassy to Jerusalem. The 2014 resolution on peace in Israel […]

Minutes of the 62nd General Assembly of the Church of God Place: Tarrant County Convention Center, Forth Worth, TX. Date: August 2-7, 1988. General Overseer: Raymond E. Crowly. General Assembly Business Session: CHURCH OF GOD TEACHINGS – Practical Commitments (General Council Agenda No.10) — (p.51). SUPPLEMENT: Declaration of Faith (p.12). [48th A.] Church of God […]

Minutes of the 61st General Assembly of the Church of God Place: World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA. Date: July 29 – August 3, 1986. General Overseer: Raymond E. Crowly. Recommendations from the 1986 General Council to the General Assembly (pp.53-55). Item 5: Practical Commitments (p.54). SUPPLEMENT: Declaration of Faith (p.4). [48th A.] Church of God […]

Minutes of the 48th General Assembly of the Church of God Place: Municipal Auditorium, Memphis, TN. Date: August 16-20, 1960. General Overseer: James A. Cross. Church of God Teachings changed again (pp.158-159). Declaration of Faith (p.157). [42nd A.] The moving pictures restriction added to the Modest Apparel (p.179). Resolution Relative to the Principles of Holiness […]

Dale M. CoulterIn a previous blog post, I argued that resolutions are not the best way to engage contemporary issues. I noted that resolutions use highly-charged rhetoric to make a point. The resolution concerning human i…

In honor of the new year, and all of the resolutions that typically come with it, I thought a few thoughts on the whole resolution business would be apropos. Some things come to us in life as a surprising gift. We never saw them coming and we never could have conjured them up. Other things […]