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Thank you Doyle. My family has tremendous respect for Dr. Conn. His shoes will be difficult to fill. I did see the heading you are addressing, and was put off so much by it I did NOT even open it up to read. Truthfully, you don't need a Degree to see the negative implication of the heading alone.

Not being COG, I sometimes marvel at the extremes of opinions held concerning the denomination, and the willingness to express them without restraint (when writing under a pen name). Many COG leaders are spiritual giants and members who are the greatest of Christians, but there are those COG folks who are down right mean and self-righteous. Perhaps, as the old generation dies off there will be less of that COG is right and others are wrong nature. I call it the L. S. Llewellyn spirit, as his motto was rule or ruin.

Re: Not being COG ...

I didn't know anyone else picked that up about Llewellyn. You have to COGOP to know that, I imagine. I have, for a good while, pegged him as the key player in the game played in 1923. There has been some interesting research about the relationship/contrast/conflict between AJT and Llewellyn in recent years. It's worth noting, when Llewellyn died it was a COGOP pastor (F. F. Johnson) who preached his funeral as he was no longer COG. We are approaching the 100 anniversary (1923-2023) of the split, and for better or worst the events shaped generational in both groups. Maybe it would be good to have some high profile event in 2023, something like the Memphis Miracle (some positive press for both groups). There has to be a generational change in which a new generation values reconciliation over denominational hubris. At times I think we need to move closer quicker, but to be honest, the way some COG folks treat other COG folks (like in the women/bishop or new Lee President or elections issues), I get a little nervous. To your observation, I am COGOP, four generations - back to the Holiness Church at Camp Creek.