I don't think anyone in the Church of God would be all outraged about postponing the General Assembly under such circumstances. While my state may not be on lockdown, other states may still be.Further, some folks have been off of work with no paycheck, and it is simply not going to be at all affordable to go to the General Assembly. At the same time, some businesses have been shut down for a good while now, and they are not going to want people going on vacation right when its time to finally get back to work!In my over half-a-century in the Church of God, I have never known of a bad General Overseer. I'm sure that people closer to the action have seen the flaws or shortcomings in them all, but as far as the larger Church of God, it's going to be fine with us if Tim Hill continues for another two years. Besides, we were almost certainly going to reelect him anyway. He's done and is doing a good job. If the Church of God wants to have this unusual situation count against term limits, fine. But as far as I'm concerned, I'm good if we just keep on chugging along until the next General Assembly and not make it count against anyone. In the future, we may face situations where we simply cannot meet. Gas costs could be prohibitive. Terrorism. Pandemics. Whatever. What then? We need to add to the Minutes a clause that, under circumstances that are clearly prohibitive, and after consulting with all state offices--and after the state offices have consulted with at least 60% of state pastors--the Executive level will make a decision as to whether to hold the General Assembly or not, and/or whether to hold it using other means of voting (e.g., mail-in, electronic, etc.), and/or whether to rely solely upon the vote of the General Council in such times, etc.
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