January 8, 2010: Reading The General Assembly Manual

As we continue looking at "how to read" for the Assembly, one final category: the mail.

Huh?

The internet has changed many things, but paper is alive and well in the General Assembly world. Commissioners and advisory delegates will be known in a few short weeks, as many presbyteries confirm and deliver to the Office of General Assembly their names and addresses. Those lists are public information; thus, many special interest groups will request and get a disk with those names in a database. Then starts the flow of informal information.

Now, before you get upset at the compromise of your privacy and the imposition that such an intrusion represents, be aware that this is actually a good thing. It is remarkable that so many people care so much about what the church says and does that they invest time, resources, energy, and risk polite etiquette in order to provide you with information and analysis you need in order to help you be discerning. You will not agree with everything that you receive, and you may be offended by some of it. Welcome to the church.

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