What's New in IAGM

From: "Terry Fleck" <terryfleck@gmail.com>
Subject: Letter from Pastor Powell - Please Read!!
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:40:24 -0400

Board of Representatives

Members at Large
Bruce Brown
Terry Fleck
Wayne Hogarth
Dr. Mark Morin
Bob White

North America
Tom Powell

Eastern Europe
Dr. Dennis Ellis

Western Europe
Rob Prokop

South America
Gary Smith

Administrator
Dr. Ken Dietrich

International Address
I. A.G.M.
PO Box 1422
Tacoma, WA 98401
USA

253-238-8745

Web-Site
www.iagm.org


TO: IAGM members

FROM: IAGM Board of Representatives

Dear Friend,

On behalf of the Board of Representatives for IAGM, I want to take the time to thank you for being a part of our association and tell you of some exciting news from this yearıs conference. I can truly say from my experience that the fellowship was a precious reminder of the life we all share in Christ. The messages were encouraging and refreshing. We thank all our speakers for participating in this great event.

A special thanks goes out to Dr. Ron Long and Dr. Robert Williams of LRU, and Stuart McAllister of RZIM for their enormous part in the success of this event. Lastly, to the pastors, members, staff and trustees of Grace Gospel Church in Swansea ­ THANK YOU. You opened your heart and provided a refuge. Your pastorıs message reflected so clearly the heartbeat of your church, and you have inspired us all in this great work of proclaiming the message of Godıs unlimited grace.

I also wanted to take the time to introduce to you the new administrator for IAGM, Dr. Daniel Lewis. He comes to us as a gift with his credentials of care, management and investment well known. He is also a prolific communicator, an asset treasured at this time. With all this said, I would also like especially thank Dr. Ken Dietrich for his tireless efforts and commitment to IAGM over the last two years. His expertise got us to this point and we are grateful.


At our meeting at the conference, we discussed the issue of funding for Dr. Lewis in his new position as administrator. The idea was raised by Pastor Kelley of adding a small fee onto the missionıs revenue to help offset the admin costs. This fee would go to Dr. Lewis in the form of salary and also help defray the costs of phone, office supplies and other relevant expenses necessary for him to fulfill his role as administrator. As you know for missionıs giving in other organizations, this is a common practice.

The amount we proposed was 5%. We would also write a letter to the donors introducing Dr. Lewis as the new administrator and informing them of this fee. The goal will be to ask the donors to consider adding the 5% to their missionıs giving. We would also communicate this decision the missionaries and ask them to inform us of any hardship or concern produced by it. Our goal will be to communicate to member churches to help in the event of any hardship placed on anyone. We understand that this fee may be a particular challenge to some. Again, we ask that you communicate any hardship caused by this to Dr. Lewis or myself.

Please note that this fee will not begin until January 08. This will allow missionaries who do not wish to participate to arrange other means for transferring funds to their accounts. This delay also produces the situation where support of Dr. Lewis at present is strictly dependent upon donor kindness. Please consider this in your prayers and love offerings for missions.

The conference messages have been posted on our churchıs website lgministries.org. Also, MP3 copies have been sent to all the attendees. My hope is that you take time to listen to these heart stirring messages if you werenıt able to attend.

In His care,

Tom Powell
Chairman
Board of Representatives
International Association of Grace Ministries

PS ­ I want to remind you of two important times coming up in the next few months:

The Canadian Conference ­ October 19-21, 2007

The 1st South/Central American Conference ­ January 17-21, 2008

Please pray for these events, we hope to see you there.

Anon Brief, you beat me to it. Administrator, please take off duplicate letter.

DONE as per your request.

And the band played on.......

I told someone last night that my average is better than Nostradamus. Maybe I could take the act to Vegas...if the entire thing wasn't so sickening.

Didn't IAGM say that former Baltimore elders wouldn't be in positions of authority for three years?

Hodeuon

I nominate Frank Zappa for an IAGM position!

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=07...&show_article=1

Pancakes, anyone?

Much respect to Frank, St. Alphonso ("as she abused a sausage patty..."), there is only ONE man capable of leading the IAGM. His name?

Simply, LEMMY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImrtZRrS70w...related&search=

You know, I've been thinking...

...if tithing is giving 10% to God (so to speak) and Lewis expects 5% from the IAGM missionaries (of all people), does that make Lewis a demi-GOD or a demi-GOGUE?

It makes him a thief of little children.

Gary Smith hasn't served on the board of Elders for more than one year?

Ken Dietrich Stepped down in December/January so although there is a thankfulness in him departing he has been gone for quite a while. He has not been involved to my knowledge at all.

Lewis has been functioning to some extent since then.
(Officially in May I believe but still starting back in Jan)

The two year agreement was how some people interpreted the agreement at Sandy Cove II (June 2005) I remember three years but when I came to Tacoma it was two. I can easily be wrong. Many decisions that were made were not actually voted on they were discussed and a "consensus" was determined. This is also why Schaller so adamantly says things like "That was not agreed upon". In a way he is right. (however in most matters the sheer numbers show he was in the minority on most of the Sandy Cove issues). That is how many things were decided. We had no formal organization so there technically could not be formal voting. I am pretty sure there is no record of voting on how many years people would have to wait. Apparently some thought it was two years.. since its only been two years. Either way.. its pretty liberal math if you start back in January 07. I know Michael Marr mas pretty very upset about the whole thing since he wanted to serve on the Doctrine Committee.

Ken Dietrich felt that two years were completed for him to serve as Administrator in Jan 2007( he promised to serve two years) since the whole process began in Jan 2005 regardless of the fact the the IAGM did not take shape until May 2005 and was actually ratified by those in attendance in June 2005. So in some peoples minds January 07 is two years since January 05 and they feel that is when this all started.


Thats how I see it and how I remember it.

Greg

Marr wanted to serve on the Doctrines Committee. That's really rich considering that he is a Universalist. He told me at the last Sandy Cove meeting. He said he's been feeling this way for ten years and didn't care who knew it. It means he believe that he doesn't believe, "That a loving Saviour would let anyone go to Hell." You know, in that "I'm more compassionate than you are" voice.

Does anyone know what Rodger Stenger is doing? Last I heard, he had gone back to seminary and was attending Calvary Chapel in Bel Air, but that was about a year ago. I often wonder what GG would be like today if he was head pastor as he should have been.

Even if Rodger had been the head of GG, what real difference would that have made? Now I see it as a blessing that he wasn't. It revealed for me finally how bad GG was. He probably sees it as a blessing that he wasn't.