A
special constituency meeting was held Sunday
afternoon, August 19, 2012, in Southern California. On the
agenda were two votes: 1) to change the bylaws of the Pacific Union,
allowing the union
to be out of sync with General Conference regulations; 2) to
approve ordination to the pastoral ministry without regard to gender.
The bylaws vote needed a two-thirds margin to pass.
This vote failed by one percent, consequently making an ordination vote irrelevant.
The
executive committee continued the meeting to
"discuss and vote on the ordination issue." Though without
teeth, the union voted 79 percent to 21 percent to recommend women's
ordination. This
ordination vote did pass its 51 percent margin, yet the union
still cannot ordain women due to the failed bylaw vote. To do so would
put the union
out of compliance with its own bylaws which still state:
"All
the policies, purposes and procedures of this
Union shall be in harmony with the working policies and
procedures of the North American Division and the General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists."
In conclusion, the union president Ricardo Graham
stated, "I do not think this is a 'win'... but we have expressed our opinion through our vote."
Click here to read the response from the General
Conference officers.
Click here to read a feminine perspective on the
special constituency meeting.
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ARTICLES - HOT OFF THE FAGGOT
Adventist PUC Constituency Meeting Response
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