Mamo Dula of Lancaster, Pa., who grew up in Ethiopia and recently visited, says MKC congregations are “vibrant and energetic, embracing an amazing range of ethnic groups.”
The decreto supremo — which has been written but not numbered or signed — could also take away land purchased in the last 15 to 20 years.
To one of the worshipers, the disconnect between words and actions symbolized a problem.
“We say things that we don’t do,” said Cherith Fee-Nordling, a professor of theology at Northern Seminary . . .
The voting options, to stay or to withdraw, are being submitted by the conference’s Executive Committee. Leaving MC USA would be a constitutional change and require a two-thirds majority.
No conference has withdrawn from MC USA in the denomination’s 12-year history.
At its Sept. 26-27 meeting in Kansas City, Mo., the MC USA Executive Board appointed a committee to look at new ways for area conferences to relate to each other.
The goal is to bring a proposal to delegates at next summer’s convention in Kansas City.
