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Assembly Committee #4: Middle Governing Bodies

Posted on June 8, 2010 by presbybob

I am convinced Assembly Committee #4: Middle Governing Bodies is the most important and least known committee at the 219th General Assembly (2010). This is the committee dealing with the COGA commission. More than any other business — marriage, ordination … Continue reading →

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Money and the COGA Commission

Posted on April 8, 2010 by presbybob

One of the greatest justifications for the COGA Commission would be to address the realities of financial hardship being experienced by many presbyteries. Money — in short — is short and getting shorter. Something has to change. As the Stated … Continue reading →

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nFoG and the COGA Commission

Posted on April 7, 2010 by presbybob

Lost in all my attention to the COGA Commission has been the proposed new Form of Government (nFoG). Part of the reason for the shift in my attention is the COGA Commission has the greater likelihood of being enacted. That’s … Continue reading →

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Puerto Rico and the COGA Commission

Posted on April 6, 2010 by presbybob

Today, a practical application of the potential power of the COGA Commission (Recommendation-042). Recommendation 73-01 requests an administrative commission with the power to: B. Middle Governing Body Restructure—Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the Commonwealth) 1.   The 219th General Assembly (2010) authorizes … Continue reading →

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Back to it — The COGA Commission, that is

Posted on April 5, 2010 by presbybob

Two things today: 1. I have mentioned Phyllis Tickle’s, The Great Emergence, in several posts. If you are not wanting to read it, perhaps a 41 minute video would suffice. She’s engaging and it is a pretty good overview of … Continue reading →

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Framing the Great Emergence in the COGA Commission

Posted on March 23, 2010 by presbybob

I am still working through Phyllis Tickle’s The Great Emergence. It is a fascinating and troubling study. On the one hand, I find my blood pressure going up as I read things like , It would be very difficult, in … Continue reading →

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