"Making Disciples: A Whole Church Effort" to Be GCE 2009 Theme

by John Foster

Aug. 12 the Council of Elders by unanimous resolution formally agreed to use the Holiday Inn Eastgate, Cincinnati, Ohio, for the May 3-4, 2009, General Conference of Elders annual meeting.

The GCE Planning Task Force presented four choices for themes. The Council agreed to proceed with the theme "Making Disciples: A Whole Church Effort." Some concepts listed in another of the theme ideas will also be incorporated.

A suggestion from the task force was to allot more time to the international reports—up to 15 minutes per area, which the Council approved.

The GCE task force was asked to look into whether there should be an open mike Q&A session with the Council.

Considering the high cost of travel expenses, they were also asked to consider whether there would be a need to have a full conference each year or if, instead, every third year there could be a full conference at which all elders would be fully subsidized.

The task force will report back to the Council in December. UN