I’ve heard some of the
reasons NOT to elect JoAnne Lyon to the highest
elected office in The Wesleyan Church at our General Conference this June. Here are the three
biggest ones and how I see the rationale. ;-)
1. She
thinks globally. JoAnne Lyon is always thinking about the whole world. If
she takes the highest job in our church, she might make us all think more about
the entire world.
2. She’s
a woman. If our
daughters and granddaughters see an ordained woman in the highest office in the
denomination, they might entertain the thought that they too might
be called into ministry.
3. World
Hope might collapse. Maybe
the succession plan World Hope has agreed on for this summer won’t work,
because over the last 12 years she founded such a weak organization that it
will collapse whenever she retires, leaves to become GS, or dies.
4. She’s
successful where she is.
We
shouldn’t elect people to be GS who are doing a great job where they are now.
Instead, we should look for someone easily replaceable in their
present job.
On second thought, Why not elect JoAnne Lyon a
GS?
That’s what
I think….
Keith Drury,
4/26.08