FutureAG

We created this site prior to General Council this summer with really only one goal in mind, to create a virtual “senior pastor” search committee where AG ministers could openly discuss the characteristics needed in our next generation of leaders.

After the elections we continued the conversation with the hope that we could remove the “culture of fear” which seemed to exist in the AG and especially in Springfield. We especially wanted to give younger ministers a place to express themselves without fear of reprisal.

We were also hoping to generate some “grass roots” energy going in our movement - New ideas, fresh insights, etc. The programs and initiatives coming out of Springfield are fine, but the real change will happen out on the frontlines.

It was our hope that those of us who interacted on this site could begin to figure out our true identity together. Rather than waiting for another “top down” initiative from Springfield we could build consensus from the ground up. 



At the same time, we made a pledge to the leaders of our fellowship and our colleagues in the ministry that we would do everything we could to avoid divisive and negative content.

We wanted to create a place where we could disagree but disagree with love.

This has increasingly become a challenge. All of us are full-time ministers and many of us are also pursuing post-graduate degrees, writing projects, and blogs of our own. We do not have the time to read through all of the comments – much less “monitor” all of them.

So we have decided to close down FutureAG for the time being, with the possibility of opening it up again sometime in the future (possibly prior to the next General Council in 2009).

Our goal was always to make the Assemblies of God a better organization. We feel that the Lord has blessed us with a new generation of leaders, who are open to constructive criticism and new ideas (many of them have blogs of their own). The “culture of fear” has, for the most part, been removed. These men have God’s anointing to lead us into the future and they have our full support!

Thank you all for your interaction, your passion, and your ideas. It has been quite a ride. Let’s continue to work together with love, honesty and respect for one another and the leadership God has put in place to build a better FutureAG.