In looking at the consensus model, there is a lot churches could benefit from it. Here's my list of ways Parliamentary Procedure could be modified within the church.
1. There should either be complete consensus, or agreement to submit to a differing opinion by all. Two thirds is not enough when speaking about a local body of Christ making decisions with one another.
2. Rather than placing one person in charge, there should be co-chairs.
3. Possibly manipulative terms should be defined when given, such as the difference between receive and adopt.
There could be a number or problems with this model. First, if one person decided to be in difference to the group and is really hard-nosed about it they can halt all action. Second, two chairs could potentially create a great deal of confusion in the running of a meeting. Finally, if we are constantly defining terms, we are spoon feeding our members and not making them carry their own responsibility of terms, slowing progress considerably.
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