Leaving MC USA would require changing Gulf States’ constitution, and the 60 percent vote fell short of the required two-thirds. Conference moderator Mark Roth said 55 delegates attended the assembly.
“That’s true in baseball, theater and comedy,” he said. “I generally listen when things come in threes.”
The adage has served him well for more than 20 years, as the Eastern Mennonite University alumnus has engaged . . .
Since the book was finished this spring, leaders have been considering whether to ask the delegate assembly to approve it next summer in Kansas City.
Eighty-two leaders representing area conferences, constituency groups and . . .
“It hit me during that moment that rather than lots of individual hands on me, it really felt like a blanket of support, and that was really, really meaningful,” Rupp said in an Oct. 15 interview.
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No conference has withdrawn from MC USA in the denomination’s 12-year history.
