Comments on: When Robert’s rules dismiss God’s love

By: Pastor Nawanna Miller

Pastor Nawanna Miller — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:43:53 +0000

Beloved: I read your blog on Tennis and Faith and then this one on Robert’s Rules of Order. Both are very relevant to the way we move to accomplish the will of God in our lives.

I really respect Jacob’s comment, especially since he is a professional Parliamentarian. From my point of view, it takes a professional at the table to even conduct a meeting using the quidelines. I was never able to follow them…lol…I didn’t have a Jacob, so I scrapped the whole idea….works well….As he suggested democracy has its place…but is it possible that for the Kingdom business we could just get back to Theocracy….?

For me, my question is always “where is that in the Bible” or how does a position line up with the mandates of Christ and His Word…If they can’t answer, then we can’t respond…..It is my humble opinion that we should open the Bible and read the passage that relates to our plans, motions or whatever…How different would be our meetings, even in our homes and relationships, if we just made the Bible Rules of Order our prescriptive for behavior as you suggest.

Maybe Jacob could start a whole new ministry called Professional BRO’s – Bible Rules of Order…interesting how the acronym comes out….

By: yslamb

yslamb — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:43:05 +0000

Thank you for sharing your insights. I read your blog and began following you on Twitter. I welcome the opportuntity to expand
my knowledge of this important procedure.

Blessings to you also,
Yvonne

By: Jacob Gerber

Jacob Gerber — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:29:44 +0000

Thanks for this post. As a professional parliamentarian (a Robert’s Rules expert) as well as Christian, I spend a lot of time thinking about this subject–does parliamentary procedure really help Christians to make decisions?

Beyond the issue of God’s love, I also think that we should question whether democratic processes can achieve wise decisions. It’s one thing to come to a decision with a majority vote–it is another thing to ensure that such a decision actually accords with God’s will.

In general, I think that parliamentary procedure is a helpful tool, but it is also one that we have to be careful with. We live in a culture that is thoroughly saturated with democracy, and so we have to watch out to make sure that we don’t confuse our culture’s way of doing things with the way God would have us live.

You might be interested in my blog, “Toward Real Liberty,” where I think through a lot of these issues.

God Bless,

Jacob