Ed: See Sandy's lengthy post imedically above where he ask did I get that right?
My reply is "in Part" but to me it looks like a bowl of hash, a definite mixture of truth and error. When you say "I take it that you're not leaving because they are lifting some of those restrictions. You're still with ABC-USA which has a much more open and less restrictive policy regarding homosexual orientation that includes permitting ordination.
You make a couple unsupportable assumptions We have made no decision as to whether we will staying or not. We will be in Dallas, largely to get a personal feel for the reaction of the base. At this point I will say say that we will continue support some CBF partners and write a check to help pay the expenses of the Assembly above and beyond our scheduled assembly events (meals) where there is charge. Secondly our link to ABC- is quite thin. Officially our memberships rest with the last church that Trudy pastored in NYS. And her retirment check from MMB The only ABC church anywhere near us is as far as the 3 CBF churches we have visited. I guess no policy on homosexual ordination is less restrictive that something . ABC-USA has no such policy. Some Regions like Hauro's Evergreen Association make no such restriction, nor do they insist that churches ordain homosexuals ,