Today I get to see ( maybe listen to) one of the most heated argument in church regarding the nomination of Uncle Philip to be a deacon. The whole process was way longer than I thought I would be.
You cannot really blame the rules set in the constitution. (a set of rules our church suppose to be govern by as being biblical based, I haven't seen it before though). It all started out as someone in the nomination committee vetoing the nomination of Uncle Philip, which result in his name being excluded in the list of nominees for the post. Apparently it started when reason was asked about the veto and the evidence and proof to support this decision. To cut the story short, there were lots of drama. At one point someone shouting out his view loudly, at another another guy was punching in emotional words to express his thoughts. Not criticising or anything, but this debating seems rather childlike and doesn't reflect Christ in us.
There were however many points in which the members mentioned which I find valid and comforting. Like reading in context verses in the bible for use in edifying and not wrestling of each other. During the saga, Matthew 18 is one chapter quoted repeatedly. There's just too much in the mind action going on, and the best thing is, this nomination got pushed back further to two weeks later. Hopefully no more quarreling just because of problems like this that threaten to break up the unity we have in Christ and as a Church.
Just a link to Uncle Philip and his family's testimony. http://www.bfcministries.com/2006/03/01/the-tan-family/
Seems that he still a deacon (haha never update the website). xD
OK, enough of all this church matters. Two more weeks to A's and I am still not really confident of even getting good marks. Time to really hammer the books. HAHA.
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