too decently and in order

why do those presbys have to be so efficient?

i had to work this morning and so could not make it to general assembly until the afternoon business meeting. i wanted to see the debate and vote on the agenda of the church orders and ministry committee, which was scheduled for the afternoon... because i am in favor of the following change to G 6.0106b:

this...

Those who are called to office in the church are to lead a life in obedience to Scripture and in conformity to the historic confessional standards of the church. Among these standards is the requirement to live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman (W-4.9001), or chastity in singleness. Persons refusing to repent of any self acknowledged practice which the confessions call sin shall not be ordained and/or installed as deacons elders, or ministers of the Word and Sacrament.

would be replaced with this...

Those who are called to ordained service in the church, by their assent to the constitutional questions for ordination and installation (W-4.4003), pledge themselves to live lives obedient to Jesus Christ the Head of the Church, striving to follow where he leads through the witness of the Scriptures, and to understand the Scriptures through the instruction of the Confessions. In so doing, they declare their fidelity to the standards of the Church. Each governing body charged with examination for ordination and/or installation (G-14.0240 and G-14.0450) establishes the candidate’s sincere efforts to adhere to these standards.

just in case the debate took too long, they moved it to the morning. as i understand it, they efficiently approved the change, and i missed it.

hallelujah, amen.