{"id":3253,"date":"2019-10-24T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2019\/10\/24\/built-together-for-the-praise-of-god-2019-icoc-delegates-meetings-report\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T18:02:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:02:58","slug":"built-together-for-the-praise-of-god-2019-icoc-delegates-meetings-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/built-together-for-the-praise-of-god-2019-icoc-delegates-meetings-report\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBuilt Together\u201d for the Praise of God \u2013\u00a02019 ICOC Delegates Meetings Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During the week of October 7-11, representatives of our fellowship of 700 churches from around the world gathered for the annual ICOC Delegates\u2019 Meeting. (Note: Beginning in 2020 this meeting will take place once every two years). Expertly and graciously hosted by the San Diego church, over 250 men, women, and\u201cnext-generation\u201d delegates, Service Team members, and observers from ICOCchurches came together for a packed week of prayer, biblical preaching, meetings, discipleship, and fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our ICOC churches are grouped into\u00a033 geographic and relationally connected families, each coordinated by a\u00a0Regional Family Chairman and Chairwoman<\/a>. Each Regional Family of churches is allotted a certain number of\u00a0delegates<\/a> based on the size of their membership. Last year the ICOC delegates affirmed the formation of the Catalyst Team: seven of whom were chosen by the Regional Chairmen and the other six from the Elders Service Team(2), Teachers Service Team (1), Women\u2019s Service Team (2), and the Mission Society Task Force (1). The Catalyst Team serves by facilitating and empowering effective discussion and cooperation between the Regional Family Chairs in the areas that we all agree are essential for the health and development of our churches and are necessary to spur us forward. Six \u201cTask Forces\u201d have been established since then by the Catalyst Team and the Regional Chairs, to prepare proposals and plans for the delegates to approve.<\/p>\n\n\n

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On Monday, October 7, The AdministrationService Team, The Teachers Service Team, The Youth and Family Service Team, and the Catalyst Team each held a day of meetings. At dinnertime on Monday evening, the 33 Regional Chair couples and the Catalyst Team met for an evening session, where Harliem and Vania Salim (Jakarta) and AT and Marci Arneson(Chicago) led the group in an inspirational time in the Scriptures, powerfully preaching and sharing on the topic of “Incomparable Power” from Ephesians1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next morning, Vince Hawkins (Colombia, Missouri) sat the Regional Chairs and Catalyst Team (a group of about 65) in a circle and set the tone for the day with a bonding and deeply spiritual \u201cdwelling in the Word\u201d exercise. His reading came from Ephesians 1 and everyone engaged in active listening and self-reflection before God. The rest of the day was spent discussing a list of topics suggested by the Regional Chairs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n