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Originally Posted by pelathais
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The entire Atlantic District was brought onboard without having to sign at the beginning. For them the 1992 AS was something of a betrayal of trust.
Before voting on the Resolution (I was there) the floor had many questions about how the General Board had voted on the issue. The fact of the matter was, there was so much division on the General Board that they never even voted. This fact was not disclosed and a false statement was made that "90% to 99%" of the General Board was behind the resolution. Basically, we at the conference in '92 were deceived. I have a problem with that.
Finally, the required reading material for ministers was always thought of as an "explanation" of the AoF, Manual and other things that a minister was signing on to. As the Required Reading materials were purged of their PCI material, the implications of what we were signing was changed as well. No votes were ever taken to purge this material. It was largely done behind closed doors. This also represented a problem for me. Basically they changed the meaning of the AoF between the time I first signed and the time that they asked me to sign again.
They made these changes behind closed doors without an open discussion; and then they offered up the AS deceitfully.
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This is nonsense, plain and simple. The Affirmation Statement asks whether or not you believe, preach, teach, and live the Articles of Faith. You truly expect me to believe that the entire Atlantic District NEVER had to agree to the Articles of Faith? I'm sorry, but I don't buy that.