Thursday #2 - 1/27

Since Robert’s Rules for meetings seems to quench the Spirit’s work within the leadership of a church, this is an attempt to make the process more welcoming to the Spirit’s leading on the body.

1. Instead of a motion by a single person, the motion, for a larger issue, should be decided before the actual meeting, and agreed upon by several people and then brought to the whole group in the meeting, suggesting that this might be what the Spirit is leading because more than one are in agreement.
2. The first step cuts out the need for a second, this would just go to the discussion stage. This stage would look different in a church such as this, the people are focused on the question “what does the Spirit want?” This directs every issue and concern for the decision back to God.
3. Once everyone is in agreement, then it is prayed over, asking for the Spirit’s confirmation on the decision. Then the decision is made by the agreement.
4. They then decided who will take action, only by agreement of the whole group.

There are quite a few problem with this suggestion.
First, this way assumes that people are going to be completely self-less in there thoughts and decisions. People have to completely understand what the Spirit is telling them down to the specifics, but last time I checked, the Spirit doesn’t speak to me in fine details for everything. I think that this would just force people to be unrealistic and maybe even create what they think the Spirit is telling them. Last, this says that the person has no ability to choose. This could imply that everyone is in touch with the Spirit, but that always isn’t so.
I believe that God has given people different experiences so that they can have the wisdom to make decisions, the Spirit is a part of this, but not making every decision. The Spirit empowers us by His wisdom, allowing us to think for ourselves.