NEW AFFLIATION OR NOT

[newcreation (newcreation)]

Deepinmaine-
You should ask your pastor where things stand with your church. If you've been removed from the GGWO site then your church has probably disaffiliated.
There was a Sandy Cove I, Florida, Chicago and Sandy Cove II meetings. There is a new affiliation, International Association of Grace Ministries (IAGM). Whether your church has chosen to be a part of IAGM...you'll have to ask your pastor/elders.
Read through the threads there is quite a bit of info on all of this.
Btw, I'm with an affiliate; we never voted to remain affiliated...yet we remain. }Geez, we've never voted on anything.
Hope this helps a little.

[david_munson (david_munson)]

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The members of any church body of believers has the right to a vote as to whether they stay in affiliation or not.
Maybe you should call a meeting of the body and force the issue if you get no real answers.

If there is avoidance to your questions,maybe they need to be asked in an open service.

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[hodeuon (hodeuon)]

Deepinmaine,

a lot of pastors met in Chicago May 19-21 and began organizing the new affiliation. Schaller took a big group from Baltimore. At least nine of them signed on with the new affiliation. Schaller, obviously, did not. The pastors met again at Sandy Cove June 16-19. The new affiliation is called International Association of Grace Ministries.

There's an info packet for IAGM. I thought it looked pretty good. I have a copy; can't remember where I downloaded it from. But could email it to you.

I, too, wish for more communication from the IAGM. There are some people who were viewing IAGM and Factnet as the same thing, when IAGM hasn't made any official statements here. There are good people here who left in the '81 or the '87 whose previous experience might be able to guide the IAGM pastors through some things.

Hodeuon