{"id":3342,"date":"2018-10-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2018\/10\/19\/forward-by-faith-2018-delegates-update\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T18:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:03:09","slug":"forward-by-faith-2018-delegates-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/forward-by-faith-2018-delegates-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward by Faith \u2013 2018 ICOC Delegates Conference Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer, and perfecter of faith.<\/span><span style=\"font-style: normal\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\"> \u2013 Hebrews 12:2 <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_9199.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><span>On behalf of all the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/icocco-op.org\/icoc-delegates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regional Delegates<\/a> and ICOC Service Team members, we would like to thank every member of the ICOC worldwide for your ongoing prayers, encouragement,<span><span> and support in the strengthening and building of our global fellowship. The recent <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">2018 ICOC Delegates Conference<\/span><span><span> (Oct1-2) and the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">International Leaders Conference (ILC<\/span><span><strong>)<\/strong> (Oct 3-5) in Panama City, Panama marked the conclusion of our most recent series of discussions regarding our global and regional organization. The Delegates Conference had 245 attendees made up of 117 Delegates, 32 Regional Family Chairmen, Service Teams, and observers. The ILC had 630 in attendance from 49 countries. (A report on the 2018 ILC is coming soon). Many thanks to the disciples of our Panama and Central America churches who served as caring and thoughtful hosts throughout the conference and also spent many long hours in preparation. Also, a very special \u201cthank you\u201d to Josue and Veronica Ortega for their oversight, vision, and organizational expertise in coordinating and hosting these events. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZsFIKwTJd44?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As most are aware, the ICOC went through a significant reorganizational phase from 2003 to 2006 that culminated in the publication of the Plan for United Cooperation (March 2006) and its acceptance and ratification by 96% of the ICOC congregations. This proposal identified Regional Families of Churches, established a delegate system for approving global proposals, and established the formation of global Service Teams to coordinate efforts and build unity in ministry practices and overall church-building strategies. These developments had a <span><span>significant impact and by 2010 most Regional Families were cooperating well internally and most of the mission efforts were being funded and supported by incorporated Mission Societies. In 2015, because of slow growth in our churches and a lack of engagement among the delegates, the chairmen of all the various Service Teams (aka, the Chairmen\u2019s Service Team), initiated an \u201cICOC 3.0\u201d discussion to assess effectiveness as well as to explore new ideas regarding the current organizational model. Dealing with a wide range of topics, the most common factor in these questions was whether or not the ICOC churches felt the need for a stronger executive global component or would prefer to leave these issues at a regional or continental (i.e., groupings of Regional Families) level. In 2016-2017 two Leadership Surveys were sent out. The encouraging results were the nearly unanimous agreement that we wanted to continue to be a global fellowship and we remained committed to the Great Commission of Jesus. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the findings of those surveys, in April 2017 at the spring Service Team meetings in Dallas, Texas the ICOC 3.0 discussion was officially launched, thanks in large part to the impetus of the evangelists, Elders, and Teachers Service Team Chairmen, Doug Arthur, Walter Evans, and Ed Anton, to whom we are all immensely grateful. During the next three months, all Regional Families of churches reviewed the information presented in Dallas and conducted their own discussions. Based on the feedback of those meetings, in August 2017 five task forces were formed to develop presentations in the areas of communications, missions, conflict resolution, finances, and organizational structure for the 2017 Delegates Conference in Chicago (October 2-6). We are so grateful for all of those who served so diligently on these task forces, spending countless hours in discussion, debate, refinement,<span><span> and prayer in order to produce the best possible alternatives for the delegates to choose from. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><span>In Chicago, each task force presented multiple proposals reflecting the scope of the received feedback, and with the exception of the \u201corganizational structure\u201d discussion seemed to offer sufficient breadth and variance that the delegates could appreciate the rationale of the various possibilities. After much discussion in the \u201cstructure\u201d town hall meeting and the subsequent vote, a decision was made to add a proposal called ICOC2.1. The structured<\/span><\/span> task force was then asked to create a new proposal team. The Communications proposals received the most positive votes with four proposals being adopted with over 75% approval. (Click here for the report on the 2017 Chicago Delegates Meeting). Now equipped with all this great feedback and input, the task forces continued to refine the proposals for another presentation and review at the spring Service Team meetings in Orlando. As had happened at various stages in this process, all of the proposals and their revisions were made available on DisciplesToday.org and icocleaders.org so that by July 2018 the proposals were revised, finalized,<span><span> and published encouraging everyone to continue to discuss and pray for the three months before the vote. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018ICOCICONFINALARTcropped.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>In Panama, the final votes were taken on the various proposals with the understanding that 51% would be needed for approval. (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/icocco-op.org\/2018\/10\/19\/2018-icoc-3-0-delegates-voting-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOC 3.0 Final Voting Results can be found here<\/a><span>) As announced in advance, in cases where there were more than two options with none of them receiving a 51% majority, a second runoff ballot would be held to decide between the two most supported proposals. In the case of communications, missions, and conflict resolution, a majority vote was achieved in the first round resulting in: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"> Communications:<\/span><span><span> the selection of a new ICOC icon to be used worldwide (see above) <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"> Missions: <\/span><span><span>a \u201ccooperation missions task force\u201d to connect and help the development of the 14missions societies <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Conflict Resolution (Peace making):<\/span><span><span> a \u201cregional approach\u201d to conflict resolution (i.e., formation of regional Conflict Resolution Teams [CRTs]) <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>In both the finance proposals and structure proposals, no single proposal received the necessary 51% to pass. In both cases, the two leading proposals in the first round went on to receive the necessary majority in the runoff ballot: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"> Finances:<\/span><span><span> the decision was made to create regional funding programs for regional needs <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"> Structure:<\/span><span><span> the ICOC 2.1 model was chosen. This plan replaces the Evangelists Service Team with the congress of Regional Family Chairmen who will select a 13-member Catalyst Team to provide vision, focus,<\/span><\/span> and directives to the Delegates and Regional Chairmen. The Catalyst Team will include two elders, one teacher, two women\u2019s ministry leaders, a representative from the missions Cooperation Task Force, as well as seven representatives from the Regional Family Chairmen. For the next few months, an interim group was selected from members of the structure Task Force to serve as a \u201ctransition\u201d team until the Catalyst Team selection is completed. In the interest of unity and recognition of the small margin of the <span><span>vote, the ICOC 2.1 proposal team invited the chairmen of the other structure proposals to participate in the transition discussions. (<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/icocco-op.org\/2018\/10\/18\/icoc-2-1-transition-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the ICOC 2.1 Transition Guide<\/a><span>.) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_9426.jpeg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><span>All of the current Service Teams will remain in place with the goal of eventually recreating them at the continental or regional level. (The <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/icocco-op.org\/2018\/10\/18\/icoc-3-0-next-steps-october-5-2018-panama\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">NEXT STEPS<\/a><span><span> for the implementation of the selected proposals can be found here.) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>As we consider the trends within these voting results there seemed to be two consistent themes: our churches worldwide strongly desire to maintain a global identity and connection, while at the same time emphasizing the need for \u201cregional\u201d leadership and decision-making. Let us continue to pray for the Spirit\u2019s guidance, brotherly love, and a great spirit of unity as we continue to move \u201cforward by faith.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The ICOC 2.1 Structure Transition Team (Ron Conkling, Andy Fleming, Mike Fontenot, Darren Gauthier, Dinesh George, Kay McKean, Mohan Nanjundan, Daren Overstreet, Sebastian Serra) <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of all the Regional Delegates and ICOC Service Team members, we would like to thank every member of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":3343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71,387],"tags":[],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-3342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-leadership"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37FORWARD-BY-FAITH-2017-450x2451-1.png?fit=450%2C245&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-RU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22892,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/forward-by-faith-2018-icoc-delegates-conference-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":3342,"position":0},"title":"Forward by Faith \u2013 2018 ICOC Delegates Conference Update","author":"Sunday Awolowo","date":"October 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Fixing our eyes on Jesus,\u00a0the pioneer\u00a0and perfecter of faith\" \u2013 Hebrews 12:2 On behalf of all the\u00a0Regional Delegates\u00a0and\u00a0ICOC Service Team\u00a0members, we would like to thank every member of the ICOC worldwide for your ongoing prayers, encouragement and support in the strengthening and building of our global fellowship. 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