tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post115826075170408197..comments2023-10-11T04:34:56.433-07:00Comments on His Barking Dog: Alignments and Re-alignments in the Southwest and the Prospects for a Bright Future for the ABCDennis E. McFaddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07580173031351978626noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post-1158586047492345392006-09-18T06:27:00.000-07:002006-09-18T06:27:00.000-07:00Dennis, thank you. I did not mean to cause any dis...Dennis, thank you. I did not mean to cause any discomfort. I believe Indiana qualifies as true blue as well as like-minded. <BR/><BR/>ISY, this caricature is what the techies at View From The Bleachers came up with. VFTB is my Cubs blog that I write on very infrequently. Actually, the image flatters me.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03614900870086438500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post-1158340025091483762006-09-15T10:07:00.000-07:002006-09-15T10:07:00.000-07:00Tom,Again, I have kept deliberately OUT OF THE LOO...Tom,<BR/><BR/>Again, I have kept deliberately OUT OF THE LOOP of TM officialdom in order to preserve the truth of my disclaimers. Now, however, IFF I am put on the TM board, some of those answers will be available to me. <BR/><BR/>At this point, my understanding is that TM has been working on reciprocity agreements for placement with a number of regions of like minded leaders. If you were in a true-blue, loyal-to-the-bone region, you could probably pass your resume/ABPS form to Dr. Salico for distribution.Dennis E. McFaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580173031351978626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post-1158323400921569952006-09-15T05:30:00.000-07:002006-09-15T05:30:00.000-07:00Dennis,How does someone with a profile go about se...Dennis,<BR/>How does someone with a profile go about searching for a church in the former ABCPSW? Surely they have no acess to the ABPS system any more do they?Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03614900870086438500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post-1158299564233187952006-09-14T22:52:00.000-07:002006-09-14T22:52:00.000-07:00Today, in a meeting with his pastors, Dr. Chetti r...Today, in a meeting with his pastors, Dr. Chetti reportedly argued that "dual alignment" with the ABC and TM would be oxymoronic since the term ordinarily denotes relationships between organizations that are in fellowship with one another. He also explained that TM is essentially a parachurch organization rather than a denomination.<BR/><BR/>Since I am supposedly slated to come on the TM board later in the fall (and my pastor is on the committee to write the procedures for receiving congregations), there is a good chance I might know something sometime this fall. Ask me again then.Dennis E. McFaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580173031351978626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post-1158267868810751342006-09-14T14:04:00.000-07:002006-09-14T14:04:00.000-07:00BLM,One of the signatories told me in a telephone ...BLM,<BR/><BR/>One of the signatories told me in a telephone conversation that the document was now public. I had forgotten that detail since it happened several months ago. If you want to be excruciatingly cautious, you might still treat it as privileged. However, the signatory told me that they wanted to keep it under wraps until the EMs could take it to their regions but that it was now a public document.Dennis E. McFaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580173031351978626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post-1158267237601233672006-09-14T13:53:00.000-07:002006-09-14T13:53:00.000-07:00BLM,To my knowledge, Sam mails letters to his past...BLM,<BR/><BR/>To my knowledge, Sam mails letters to his pastors but does not necessarily post them on his web site (???). My copy of the "Dear Colleague in Ministry" of Sept. 5 was faxed to me by one of the pastors who received it this week.<BR/><BR/>As to the Lancaster proposal . . . I had heard that it was a secret document. Then a person from WV who read my blog (but was unknown to me), sent me a copy for publication but did not want to be identified. I responded by asking if it was public. He said that the EM of WV was discussing it with his board and that other EMs were sharing it with pastors in their regions. That sounds pretty public to me.<BR/><BR/>My understanding of the etiology of the document is that Dr. Chetti told his people at the annual region business session that he was the instigator behind the idea and enlisted his colleagues in the east to work on it jointly. Dr. Spitzer has been named as the primary scribe of the actual working draft. You have already posted the names of the signatories. <BR/><BR/>Lancaster did not receive a very favorable hearing at the April GEC meetings where it was brushed aside by Dr. Medley. However, in the summer session with Trish Jones, it became one of about five proposals on structure thrown out for discussion. My understanding (and you have already blogged about the Sept meeting I believe) is that they intend to come out of Sept. with a pretty firm idea of how to restructure the ABC. <BR/><BR/>The signatories of the Lancaster Proposal have been fairly optimistic about chances for success. Note, however, the discordant notes sounded by Dr. Stinnett in his blog of this week.<BR/><BR/>BTW, BLM, you be the man! Your blog is probably the most informative ABC related blog on the net. It is must reading for anyone seeking to know what is going on. Thanks!Dennis E. McFaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580173031351978626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17154648.post-1158265357871339402006-09-14T13:22:00.000-07:002006-09-14T13:22:00.000-07:00Hi Dennis,Has Dr. Chetti's letter been posted onli...Hi Dennis,<BR/><BR/>Has Dr. Chetti's letter been posted online anywhere? It's not at the ABCLA site or the Southwest site as far as I can tell. Just curious for people not in the West Coast loops.<BR/><BR/>In related news, do you still have it on good authority that the working version of the Lancaster Document is public? <BR/><BR/><BR/>blmadministratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563065338597279210noreply@blogger.com