So I wrote a little about this before and want to reiterate how thrilled I am that women have the right to be ordained and become senior pastors in the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada. This decision was made recently at the denomination’s General Assembly in Winnipeg during the first week of July 2012.

So about a month has gone by and I am wondering why there is no (not obvious anyhow) information about this on the CM&A website. I mean in the 125 year history of the Alliance this has got to rank right near the top in terms of momentous decisions (whether you agree with it or not). But I cannot find the announcement anywhere. I mean I can easily find an article about the election of the new president  but nothing on the ordination of women. This puzzles me.

When a critical decision like this is made information needs to be disseminated as quickly as possible because you can be sure that people (like me) are talking about it. The longer it takes the denomination to craft the message about this decision the more likely it is they will lose control of just what that message is. This should have been something that would have been anticipated and a message crafted ahead of time.

While there are no resources on the website one would hope that churches have been equipped to present, celebrate and discuss the decision, especially since the vote was so close (less than 60-40 split I believe).

So if you are reading this and you have a position of leadership in the Alliance please consider the importance of developing the message and resources as soon as possible. Publicize the information clearly on your website and in your monthly magazine. Equip churches to discuss and deliver the message and to deal with potential conflict.

An enormous decision was made recently and it needs to be talked about.

P.S. There is a very real chance that I am blind and have simply not found the info. If it is available on the web my apologies – please comment with the links) here.

UPDATE Sept. 8 2012: My articles on the C&MA’s move to allow women to be ordained have driven a lot of traffic and I thought I should mention that at long last they have added content about it on their website. You can find it here: http://www.cmacan.org/news_items/#General Assembly Votes on Ordination