tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post9133233029372325988..comments2023-11-05T12:41:31.171+00:00Comments on The Kneeler: Christian Conferring and misplaced loyalty.Angela Shier-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14293459698056190963noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-9831823151481910012011-06-27T11:22:46.736+01:002011-06-27T11:22:46.736+01:00I'm with revdkathy on this - as a fellow labou...I'm with revdkathy on this - as a fellow labourer in a part of the vineyard largely outside of our church structures, I've more or less given up on going to synod as there seems to be no point in attending. <br /><br />There is a bit of a cleft stick here. Martyn Alkins report correctly identifies that there are bits of Methodism locally which have turned their faces to the wall in a unichaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623202467055938546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-18174098585699352202011-06-26T13:18:58.100+01:002011-06-26T13:18:58.100+01:00Problem is, Conference never votes against the pla...Problem is, Conference never votes against the platform. So they can sneak anything they like through, without any serious debate at all. <br /><br />The same thing tends to happen at every level; so many churches, circuits, no doubt synods, are controlled by little in-groups which do what they like. So many meetings are about 'them' doing all the talking, while everyone else just sits Robert Brenchleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006227551531676492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-66709635687548203572011-06-26T09:55:27.209+01:002011-06-26T09:55:27.209+01:00I haven't been to Conference since the year af...I haven't been to Conference since the year after my ordination. But I have noticed in those intervening years a steady decline in the level of debate at synod. We are requested to "nod through" items which conference 'needs' synod approval on in order to rush onto the 'real business' of a speaker, teaching sessions - anything except actually debating where the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-62702915186883404262011-06-26T09:05:47.688+01:002011-06-26T09:05:47.688+01:00This is the first time I've had the opportunit...This is the first time I've had the opportunity to attend conference and I'm looking forward to seeing how it operates. Having read the Agenda reports I'm looking forward to observing lively debates upon some of them. I'm hoping it will not be, as seems to be in some areas of church life these days, a case of watching a presentation, with the decisions appearing to have been Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00281258866409110034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-54448116778544462702011-06-26T08:30:46.076+01:002011-06-26T08:30:46.076+01:00We wait with bated breath!We wait with bated breath!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com